The Spurs extended a qualifying offer to Cory Joseph and Kawhi Leonard, reports Basketball Insiders' Eric Pincus. Aron Baynes, however, will become an unrestricted free agent.
The Spurs extended Leonard a qualifying offer mostly as a formality, as they were going to offer him a five-year max contract as soon as he became a free agent. For Aron Baynes and Cory Joseph, receiving a qualifying offer was the difference between restricted and unrestricted free agency and only the Canadian point guard got one.
For the Spurs to have the cap room available to sign LaMarcus Aldridge both Joseph and Baynes will likely have to be renounced, so neither was expected to return.