7:12pm: The move is official, tweets Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News.
4:40pm: The Spurs plan to release small forward Chandler Hutchison, tweets Fred Katz of The Athletic.
Hutchison’s salary for the upcoming season is guaranteed, so San Antonio will owe him the full amount of $4,019,459. He was acquired from the Wizards in a five-team trade last month.
Washington picked up the 25-year-old from the Bulls at the trade deadline in March. He appeared in 18 games with the Wizards, averaging 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per night.
Chicago selected Hutchison with the 22nd pick in 2018, but he was never able to able to develop a consistent role. He played just seven games for the Bulls last season and sat out nearly two months before the trade for what the team listed as personal reasons.
The Spurs had 17 guaranteed contracts, so at least one more will need to be waived or traded to get down to the regular season roster limit. They have 16 players signed for camp, plus Joe Wieskamp set to fill one of the two-way slots. Keita Bates-Diop remains a restricted free agent and could fill the other two-way opening.
Did Bates-Diop resign with the Spurs? I thought he was still a free agent?
Two-way, I believe.
He’s still a restricted FA, with a two-way qualifying offer
So Mr. Guaranteed Draft Pick finally sees his rightful end. Chandler, we hardly knew ya.
Garpax were stupid gave him that guaranteed.
A guarantee worked better for Jerry West & ShaiGA.
I guess he’s not the next Scottie Pippen…
So they just wasted 4million?whose gonna get fired for that brilliant move