Rookie contracts
– Jayden Quaintance will receive a starting rookie salary of $3.9 million for his first year, with potential total earnings up to $18.9 million over four years, assuming the standard 120% of the rookie-scale amount. Quaintance, a forward/center with college experience at Arizona State and Kentucky, may miss part of his debut NBA season due to a right knee injury requiring a second meniscus surgery.
– Tarris Reed Jr., a senior center from UConn, is set to earn $3.1 million in the upcoming season and $15.8 million across the rookie-scale deal. Like Quaintance, the first two years are guaranteed, while the third and fourth years are team options.
Two-way contracts
– Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Maliq Brown will operate under two-way contracts, allowing them to be active in up to 50 NBA games for the 2026-27 season. They will receive a non-guaranteed $679,000 in the next season and will not be playoff-eligible unless they are converted to standard contracts at some point.
Team-building context
San Antonio aimed to bolster frontcourt depth in this offseason, adding Quaintance, Brown (the reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year), and acquiring Reed via a trade to strengthen the roster. The Spurs also re-signed Harrison Barnes and added veteran forward Tobias Harris in free agency. Gillespie will serve as backcourt depth, complementing a guard lineup that already includes multiple playmakers.
Overall, the newly signed rookies and two-way players position the Spurs to add depth across frontcourt and backcourt as the team works toward competitive performance in the upcoming season.
