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Wemby, of course, hasn't played in game conditions since February, when his All-Star sophomore season in San Antonio came to an abrupt end due to a blood clot. Yet I'm told he played in some recent fullcourt runs at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and, just so you know, is said to have looked quite stellar.
Ethan Strauss: “There’s been a lot said on one side. We’re getting a lot of play-by-play detail from the Spurs’ side. We haven’t heard anything — not from Kawhi, not from Uncle Dennis, nobody. They’ve respected the in-house, keep-the-laundry-in-house edict. The Spurs haven’t. And so, regardless of wherever people land on this, let’s just understand one thing: San Antonio is the one that’s acting out of character, in terms of how they usually keep their business internal. Right? So, I really took the Spurs to task.” “Adrian calls Kevin Wildes — yes, that same Kevin Wildes who, at the time, was the executive producer of The Jump. Kevin brings me in. I sit down with him. He says, ‘Adrian’s saying that you’re ripping on his reporting.’ I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Yeah, he’s very agitated.’ And I said, ‘Look, Kevin, here’s the deal: I didn’t say anything about the reporting. The reporting is valid. I’m saying that the San Antonio Spurs are leaking in a way that they’ve never leaked before. And it’s not fair to make this into “people have said.” I’m not criticizing his reporting. I’m criticizing his source — the truth of the reporting, which is how his source is behaving.’”
Spurs, Warriors interested in Trey Murphy III
Sources say that the Warriors have a strong affinity for Trey Murphy III and have made outreach to New Orleans as recently as this summer. Yet sources say that the Pelicans, to be clear, have batted away calls for the 25-year-old, valuing him highly. The two-way forward will be playing on a contract in 2025-26 — at precisely $25 million — as desirable as his talent. Another team known to have registered trade interest in Murphy, sources say, is San Antonio.
No plans for Trae Young, Atlanta to engage in extension talks this summer
After Luka Doncic inked his three-year, $165 million extension with the Lakers, followed by De'Aaron Fox landing his own four-year, $229 million extension with San Antonio, leaguewide curiosity naturally shifted to another prominent point guard: Atlanta's Trae Young. Unlike Dončić and Fox, after all, Young did not have to wait until early August to become eligible for a contract extension. He's been able to sign a new deal with the Hawks since July 6.. Yet league sources tell me there are no plans for Young and the Hawks to engage in extension talks this summer. This, though, does not necessarily come as a surprise.
Marc Stein: If the Mavericks’ provisional schedule holds, Dallas will play San Antonio at home on Opening Night on Oct. 22 in a showdown pitting No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg against No. 2 pick Dylan Harper, league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports.
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Shams Charania: San Antonio Spurs star De'Aaron Fox has agreed to a four-year, $229 million maximum contract extension with the franchise, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN. The max deal secures Fox's future in San Antonio through the 2029-30 season. Kevin O’Connor: I don’t love this for the Spurs. Fox is not a max level point guard on any team, and in San Antonio he has overlapping skills with Castle and Harper. Draymond Green: Imagine the pieces you can bring in, in that salary slot, to help speed up a rebuild. One thing for certain, in the next 24 months, Fox will not be a worse player than he is today.
De'Aaron Fox agrees to four-year, $229 million contract extension with Spurs
Shams Charania: BREAKING: San Antonio Spurs star De'Aaron Fox has agreed to a four-year, $229 million maximum contract extension with the franchise, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN. The max deal secures Fox's future in San Antonio through the 2029-30 season.
The Spurs want the city of San Antonio to kick in $500 million for the construction of a downtown arena — but the NBA franchise still won’t say how much it will contribute. Spurs Sports & Entertainment has said it’s willing to invest $35 million in early childhood education initiatives over a 20-year period to secure the city’s help in financing the arena at Hemisfair, according to a July 19 email from City Manager Erik Walsh to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. The team has proposed two options for a “community benefits agreement” to secure the city’s financial support for the arena project: renovating and converting 10 closed public schools into child care and early learning centers that would serve a total of 1,000 students, or setting up a “seed fund” to match San Antonio employers’ child care contributions by as much as $3,000 per employee, Walsh wrote.
Spurs hopeful De'Aaron Fox will be a long-term piece of their future
On a potential contract extension for De’Aaron Fox: “When we made that trade, we knew what the contract status was, of course. We see De’Aaron as someone who can grow with our young players and be a real leader for us. We’re hopeful we can make something happen to keep him in San Antonio for a long time,” a Spurs front office executive said.”
The workout took place on June 21 at the end of what had been an exhausting week for the 6-foot-11, 235-pound prospect. Beringer had already had workouts in San Antonio, Memphis and with the Bulls in Chicago that week, and his legs were feeling a little rubbery by the time the Timberwolves scrambled to get an up-close look at him less than a week before the draft. On the first two attempts to dunk it from the stripe, his legs just weren’t quite there. “I was tired,” Beringer said with a chuckle. “The last one I said, I need to finish a good workout. And that was it.”
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Fred Katz: Luke Kornet's deal in San Antonio is descending with a partial guarantee on Year 3 and no guarantee on Year 4, league source says. Here's the breakdown: 2025-26: $11M 2026-27: $10.45M 2027-28: $9.9M ($2.55M gtd) 2028-29: $9.35M (non-gtd)
Clippers, Spurs interested in Luke Kornet
To add to another Fischer report from Saturday night: The Clippers have also been described as a team to watch, alongside San Antonio, in the Luke Kornet chase.
There are some obvious potential fits for Brown around the league (Houston, San Antonio) but Zach Lowe of the Ringer hinted at a surprising new suitor on his podcast Saturday. “I get the sense there was real smoke, there was something going on,” Lowe said of Brown trade rumors over the past week. “That something maybe has subsided. I said last week that I would bet on (White and Brown) being on the Celtics next year but I’m not slamming the door shut on some team — the Kings come to mind — being like, we’ll offer you everything, all the swaps, all the picks, whatever you want for Jaylen Brown and at least making the Celtics think about it. I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think they will both be on the team next year but they instantly could become the main characters of free agency.”
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