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Josh Lewenberg: In just 48 games, Mamu already has more win shares (3.6) than any Raptors free agent signing since Biyombo more than a decade ago. The lowest of bars, but imagine where this team would be without him, especially in light of Poeltl's injury. Another gem tonight (16 pts in 20 mins)
Michael Scotto: San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo will make the team, sources told @hoopshype. Biyombo enters his 15th NBA season. The 33-year-old center was a strong veteran locker room presence who started 26 of 28 games and averaged 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Spurs last season
Keith Smith: Bismack Biyombo waived his implicit no-trade clause in his new Exhibit 9 deal with the San Antonio Spurs, a league source told @spotrac .
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Michael Scotto: The San Antonio Spurs are signing center Bismack Biyombo to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal, league sources told @hoopshype . Biyombo averaged 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in 28 games for the Spurs last season. ESPN first reported an agreement between both sides.
Shams Charania: Free agent center Bismack Biyombo has agreed on a one-year deal to return to the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell ESPN. Spurs and Biyombo's agents at Wasserman reached a new contract for his 15th NBA season. Biyombo averaged 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in 28 games last season.
With his homeland facing a humanitarian crisis due to a decades-long conflict that has been made worse by the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its many assistance programs that help the Congo, Bismack Biyombo has concerns that go way beyond basketball. "I think right now there is a little over two million refugees," Biyombo, 32, said of the crisis in the eastern part of the DRC. "I have visited them and have seen the conditions they are living in. It's very critical. And that's with the very little aid they were receiving. Now imagine without that little aid what that is going to do."
Biyombo is puzzled as to why the U.S. would abandon policies that helped millions of Congolese, including placing about 200,000 people on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) established by George W. Bush in 2003. "I don't like to get into politics, but I like to get into the human aspect of life," Biyombo said. "Where is humanity? How can we not overlook this?"
Biyombo's teammates applaud his commitment to the Congo. "Bizzy is unbelievably selfless," said Chris Paul, who also played two seasons with Biyombo in Phoenix from 2021-2023. "He is always looking out for others." Said Harrison Barnes, "Biz has always been intentional about giving back to his home. It's commendable what he's doing on the continent in terms of bringing awareness and donating resources. They need it now. He's been phenomenal in that regard."
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Paul Garcia: Per RealGM, Bismack Biyombo’s second 10-day contract has expired. The Spurs were reportedly going to sign him for the rest of the season.
Tom Orsborn: Bismack Biyombo said he was "beyond grateful" after the Spurs signed him to a second 10-day deal: "The game bring me so much joy...There's so many people that come to watch us. I'm extremely blessed to be here. I thank God and the organization for this opportunity.
