The San Antonio Spurs thought they picked up the best free agent on the market when they agreed to terms on a two-year, $20 million deal with Marcus Morris.
They had to conduct some salary cap gymnastics to get that deal done by reworking DeMarre Carroll’s contract to a three-year, $21 million pact and sending Davis Bertans to Washington as part of a three-team sign-and-trade.
Then, Morris and his representation threw a wrench into the whole process by reconsidering their agreement after the Knicks reconstructed Reggie Bullock’s contract to create the cap space to give Morris a richer offer than San Antonio was able to make using the mid-level exception.