After buying and selling away Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley to amass Kelly Olynyk (and shedding Chris Paul to free company), the Spurs discovered themselves with three open roster spots and a must shore up their guard depth behind De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Fort and Dylan Harper. To do this, the are re-signing level guard Jordan McLaughlin to a one-year, $3 million contract, per ESPN’s Shams Sharania.
Free agent guard Jordan McLaughlin has agreed to a one-year, $3 million deal to return to the San Antonio Spurs, agent Greg Lawrence of Wasserman informed ESPN. McLaughlin break up final season with the Spurs and Kings, and now enters his seventh NBA marketing campaign as a reserve guard. pic.twitter.com/DzyvaSP5cb
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 10, 2025
One doubtless purpose for bringing McLaughlin again is the Spurs can use the veteran’s minimal to maintain the $3.1 million that is still of their Non-Taxpayer Mid-Stage Exception and $5.1 million of the Bi-Annual Exception, which they’ll in flip use on their remaining two roster spots.
Fast replace, I used to be in a rush, sorry. https://t.co/3cu9VOibaJ
McLaughlin might be re-signing for the vet minimal ($2.9 mil). Had he used NB rights, that might have been $3.4 mil.
Similar state of affairs for exceptions.
$3.1 mil of NTMLE and $5.1 mil of BAE out there.
— Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) July 10, 2025
McLaughlin got here to San Antonio from the Sacramento Kings as a part of the Fox commerce in February. The six-foot guard appeared in 18 video games for the Spurs, primarily in rubbish time, whereas averaging 2.5 factors and 1.5 assists whereas hitting 9-20 threes — an admittedly tiny pattern dimension. He’s nonetheless a good outdoors shooter, although, averaging 37% throughout his 5-year profession. McLaughlin can most likely count on the same function subsequent season, however even when he’s an end-of-bench participant, he’s additionally a tremendous teammate and locker room presence who’s all the time prepared when referred to as upon.
Welcome again to San Antonio, Jordan!
