The Spurs had an uncharacteristically busy trade deadline this year, and it was made abundantly clear that they are officially in asset-collecting mode. With Thaddeus Young, Juancho Hernangomez and Drew Eubanks mostly out of the Spurs’ rotation, the only impact player traded was Derrick White. One could argue for weeks whether or not the Spurs were smart to move on from White this early into his new contract, but that’s not the purpose of this article. Instead, I want to focus on how these trades impact the Spurs’ future from a salary cap and roster perspective.
Salary cap implications
Trading Hernangomez for Tomas Satoransky has no salary cap implications on the Spurs moving forward as Satoransky will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and Hernangomez’s contract would have been fully non-guaranteed next season had he remained with the team after the deadline.