July 24: Waters is officially a Spur, according to NBA.com’s transaction log. Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports (via Twitter) that the minimum-salary deal includes a $500K partial guarantee.
July 23: Free agent swingman Lindy Waters III has agreed to a one-year contract with the Spurs, ESPN’s Shams Charania tweets.
San Antonio officially had 13 players on its 15-man roster entering Wednesday, as our roster counts show, so the team won’t have to make room for Waters.
Waters spent his first three NBA seasons with Oklahoma City. He finished last season with the Pistons after playing with the Warriors until the trade deadline. Waters was acquired by Detroit in the multi-team blockbuster deal that sent Jimmy Butler to Golden State.
Waters played 38 games for the Warriors, including nine starts, and averaged 5.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 17.2 minutes per night. The Warriors acquired him in a draft-night trade with the Thunder.
Waters’ playing time dropped in Detroit, as its main motivation in the trade was to acquire backup guard Dennis Schroder. Waters made 14 appearances off the bench for the Pistons, averaging 3.4 PPG in 8.8 MPG.
Waters has 156 games of NBA experience and has taken a vast majority of his shot attempts from beyond the three-point arc. He’s had a 36.6 percent success rate from long range in his career.
With Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle, lottery pick Dylan Harper, Devin Vassell and Julian Champagnie among the Spurs’ options at the wing, there’s no clear path for Waters to gain rotation minutes but he’ll add depth at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Great depth signing!
Yes, he got game
Please sign Jacksen Moni
Is this a guaranteed contract? I doubt it and I’ll think he’ll get cut in training camp. He’s 27 and inconsistent. He’s got a decent stroke and he’s lengthy but can’t put it together on the floor.
I’d much rather have a 22 year-old with potential then a 27-year-old with potential.
I agree they need to look at young PF’s and not some 27 year old
Yes. Warriors fans saw that Lindy was given plenty of chances this last year.
He was plugged into the starting lineup and had a huge window of opportunity.
What more can a guy ask for?
Nice that he’s sticking around and getting another shot. It’s all good.
Isn’t the NBA minimum for a guy in this position more like $2 point something million?
I think what the reference states is that 500,000 of that is guaranteed.
So Lindy will get $500,000 at the minimum, even if he gets cut at the end of training camp, which I’m saying is probable.
But if he stays with the team, I think his salary will be the two point something million that is the veteran minimum. Is this correct?
Yeah, his full salary (if it becomes guaranteed) would be $2,461,463, with a $2,296,274 cap hit. $500K is the amount that’s guaranteed for now.