Tuesday, the San Antonio Spurs announced the team had waived backup point guard Nicolas Laprovittola. In 18 games with the Spurs, including three starts, Laprovittola, 27, averaged 3.3 points and 1.6 assists, while he was also shooting above league average from three, as he knocked down 37.0% of his looks from 3-point range. Because Laprovittola was the team’s third point guard behind Tony Parker and Patty Mills, he only saw 9.7 minutes per game when he occasionally did play.
With the young Dejounte Murray (20 years old) making trips back and forth between the Spurs and D-League Austin Spurs, the Spurs needed Laprovittola’s playmaking ability to keep the ship steady when Parker was either hurt or needed to sit out for rest.