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Spurs re-sign forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract

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Updated27 Jul 2023

San Antonio Spurs re-sign forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract

The San Antonio Spurs are re-signing forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract, Todd Ramasar of Life Sports Agency announced on Wednesday. Barlow, 20, went undrafted in 2022 and signed a two-way contract with San Antonio, becoming the first Overtime Elite player to play for an NBA team.

The 6-foot-9 wing made his 2022 NBA Summer League debut in the Spurs’ 99-90 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jul. 8, 2022, scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds.

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Dominick Barlow appeared in 28 games off the bench with the Spurs in his rookie 2022-23 season. The New Jersey native averaged 3.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 14.6 minutes per game while shooting 53.5% from the field and 72% at the foul line.

In San Antonio’s 138-117 regular-season finale win against the Dallas Mavericks on Apr. 9, 2023, the forward recorded career highs of 21 points and 19 rebounds in 34 minutes off the bench. Barlow finished 8-of-11 (72.7%) shooting from the floor and 5-of-7 (71.4%) at the line.

During his rookie season, San Antonio assigned Barlow to the Austin Spurs, the team’s NBA G-League affiliate. Barlow made 11 starts in 18 appearances this past season, averaging 16.1 points, 8.3 boards, 1.5 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 29.7 blocks per game.

San Antonio Spurs re-sign second-year forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract; Barlow joins two-way signee Sir’ Jabari Rice

Guard Sir’ Jabari Rice occupies one of the Spurs’ other two-way spots. Under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement, the maximum number of two-way players per team increased from two to three.

Moreover, Barlow ((bird; $1,801,769) was among the three Spurs players with cap holds (Romeo Langford: restricted bird; $16,902,771, Gorgui Dieng: non-bird; $2,019,706). Cap holds are placeholders for unsigned draft picks, pending free agents, and offer sheets. Renouncing any cap holds can afford a team new cap space.

Last week, San Antonio renounced the free agent rights to Dieng. Per sources, the Spurs have no plans to re-sign the 10-year veteran. Dieng, 33, signed a pair of 10-day contracts with San Antonio in January. On Feb. 10, the 6-foot-10 center inked a one-year, $895,743 rest-of-season deal with the club.

For other offseason moves, the Spurs signed center Sandro Mamukelashvili to a one-year, $2.02 million contract, forward Julian Champagnie to a four-year, $12 million deal, and acquired wings Cedi Osman and Lamar Stevens from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team trade.


Additionally, Stevens was waived by San Antonio last Monday. Stevens had $400,000 of his contract guaranteed prior to his waiver. Of course, The Spurs will have $400,000 in dead money if the Penn State product isn’t claimed off waivers.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich also signed a five-year, $80 million contract extension with the team. Popovich, 74, is a five-time NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), three-time NBA Coach of the Year (2003, 2012, 2014), and four-time NBA All-Star Game coach (2005, 2011, 2013, 2016).

Earlier this month, Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams finalized a four-year, $53 million sign-and-trade agreement with the Mavericks. As part of a three-team trade, San Antonio received Mavs forward Reggie Bullock and an unprotected 2030 Dallas pick swap. The Celtics received multiple second-round draft picks.

Furthermore, the Spurs traded a second-round draft pick and cash to the Phoenix Suns for combo guard Cameron Payne.

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