The Spurs will tip off the 2024-25 season in simply 5 days, and it seems the roster is ready. At some point after selecting up Victor Wembanyama’s third 12 months choice and the fourth 12 months choices for Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, they’ve now crammed their ultimate two-way roster spot with Riley Minix. Per the Spurs’ official press launch:
The San Antonio Spurs right now introduced that they’ve signed Riley Minix to a Two-Approach contract. Per workforce coverage, phrases of the contract weren’t introduced.
Minix, 6-7/230, has appeared in three preseason video games for the Spurs, averaging 7.7 factors and a couple of.0 rebounds in 7.8 minutes whereas capturing 70.0% (8-12 FG) from the ground. In three NBA 2K25 Summer season League video games, he posted 12.0 factors, 2.3 rebounds and a couple of.0 assists in 20.8 minutes for the Silver and Black.
Prior becoming a member of the Spurs, Minix performed 4 seasons at Southeastern State College earlier than transferring to Morehead State for the 2023-24 season. In a single season at Morehead, he began all 28 video games, averaging 22.4 factors, 10.1 rebounds and a couple of.1 assists in 34.9 minutes, incomes Ohio Valley Convention Male Athlete of the Yr in addition to Lou Henson Mid Main All-American whereas main MSU to the OVC common season co-championship and event title. At Southeastern State, he performed in 99 complete video games (83 begins) and averaged 20.7 factors, 10.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks on his method to being named NAIA and NABC All-American, two-time Solar Convention Participant of the Yr (2020, 2022) and First-Crew All TSC honors as a freshman.
Minix joins David Duke Jr. and second spherical decide Harrison Ingram because the Spurs three two-way gamers to begin the season. Of the gamers who had been on exhibition 10 offers vying for that ultimate spot, Minix was by far probably the most spectacular. All three gamers will spend time with the Austin Spurs whereas being eligible to seem in as much as 50 NBA video games. Whereas the Spurs are very deep, Minix could already be certainly one of their greatest exterior shooters, so he should still get an opportunity to indicate what he can do within the huge league.
Welcome to San Antonio for good, Riley!
