With coaching camp simply over every week away, the San Antonio Spurs have stuffed their fifteenth and remaining roster spot. On Monday, the Spurs introduced that they had re-signed massive man, Bismack Biyombo to a 1-year contract.
Biyombo joined the Spurs final season within the aftermath of the De’Aaron Fox commerce that despatched Zach Collins to the Chicago Bulls, and Victor Wembanyama’s season ending harm. He began in 26 of his 28 video games with the Spurs, averaging 5.1 factors and 5.9 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per recreation.
At 33, Biyombo brings a veteran presence to the Spurs bench, and can doubtless play a depth function behind Wembanyama and the newly acquired Luke Kornet and Kelly Olynyk. Biyombo is coming into his fifteenth NBA season. He’s performed in 897 profession video games for the Charlotte Bobcats and Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder. He’s averaged 5.1 factors, 5.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks over the course of his profession.
Biyombo stuffed in admirably for the Spurs once they desperately wanted massive man depth final season. Regardless of being later in his profession, he’s nonetheless a stable rebounder and rim protector, greater than able to enjoying spot minutes in an NBA recreation. After San Antonio’s frontcourt depth was shortly depleted final season, they’ve made it a degree to have loads of our bodies behind Wembanyama.
San Antonio begins coaching camp subsequent Wednesday, September twenty fourth. They’ve a full roster with 15 gamers underneath NBA contracts, three two-way gamers, and 4 exhibit-10 coaching camp invitees.
