The Spurs will fully guarantee the 2024/25 salary for small forward/shooting guard Julian Champagnie, sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
The 6’8″ swingman will earn $3MM in 2024/25 for a rebuilding San Antonio club. The team would have had to waive him on or before Thursday to avoid guaranteeing that $3MM.
As Scott observes, Champagnie started in 59 of his 74 contests with the club last year during a 22-60 season.
Across those 74 healthy games, he averaged 6.8 points per contest with a .408/.365/.815 shooting line. Champagnie also recorded 2.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.6 blocks and 0.6 steals in just 19.8 minutes per night.
The 23-year-old wing went undrafted out of St. John’s in 2022, where he had earned a pair of First-Team All-Big East accolades.
The Sixers signed him to a two-way deal in 2022/23, though Philadelphia eventually cut him that February. San Antonio quickly snagged him off waivers.
Nothing is guaranteed beyond 2024/25 for Champagnie on the final two seasons of his four-year deal. He’s owed $3MM in 2025/26, which is non-guaranteed until August 1, 2025. The Spurs hold a $3MM team option for the 2026/27 season.
San Antonio now has 15 players on guaranteed standard contracts for ’24/25.
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