The Spurs are entering the upcoming NBA Free Agency period with a rare commodity — at least for them. With DeMar DeRozan, Rudy Gay and Patty Mills all coming off the books (assuming the former doesn’t sign an extension by August 1, which seems highly unlikely at this point), San Antonio is expected to have plenty of money to spend this summer.
As a result, they will be in a unique position to do something they don’t often get to do: go after restricted free agents, which applies players who are coming off the fourth year of their rookie contracts and did not reach a contract extension deal with their current team, veteran free agents who have been in the NBA for three seasons or less, or players coming off a two-way contract who were on an active NBA roster for 15 days or more the season before.