{"id":343738,"date":"2026-06-20T03:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343738\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T03:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:50:16","slug":"spurs-rumors-fox-bryant-frontcourt-barnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343738\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs Rumors: Fox, Bryant, Frontcourt, Barnes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will the Spurs trade De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> this offseason as his four-year, maximum-salary contract takes effect? While acknowledging that trading for Fox was the right move and stating that the team wouldn\u2019t have made the NBA Finals without him, Mike Finger of The San Antonio Express-News<\/a> (subscription required) argues that San Antonio will need to trade 28-year-old at some point during the next few years and might as well \u201crip off the bandage\u201d this summer if the right opportunity arises.<\/p>\n

However, even with Dylan Harper<\/a> and Stephon Castle<\/a> increasingly looking like the Spurs\u2019 backcourt of the future, the front office isn\u2019t operating as if a Fox trade is necessary in the short term, writes Michael C. Wright of ESPN<\/a>. According to Wright, the club remains committed internally to Fox being its starting point guard, with sources referring to the veteran as a \u201ccalming presence\u201d and noting that he was San Antonio\u2019s closer for most of the season.<\/p>\n

There will likely be a push from Harper\u2019s camp to make the second-year guard a starter next season, Wright says. But with Castle still on his rookie scale contract for two more years and Harper on his for three more seasons, there should be no urgency yet to make a move involving Fox, Wright adds.<\/p>\n

We have more on the Spurs:<\/p>\n

After averaging just 11.5 minutes per game during the regular season and 8.5 MPG in the playoffs as a rookie, Carter Bryant<\/a> is expected to take on a more significant role in his second year, according to Wright, who refers to the former Arizona standout as the Spurs\u2019 second-best perimeter defender behind Castle.
\nThe Spurs\u2019 success this season and the opportunity to play alongside Victor Wembanyama<\/a> has made San Antonio a desirable destination for free agents, sources tell Wright. Multiple big men are interested in joining the Spurs, Wright says, noting that the team may need to add a couple frontcourt players this summer, including a stretch four such as Rui Hachimura<\/a>.
\nWright confirms that the Spurs are interested in re-signing Harrison Barnes<\/a>, an unrestricted free agent, echoing previous reporting<\/a> from the Express-News.
\nThe city of San Antonio has pledged $489MM in public funds to the Spurs\u2019 planned $1.3 billion new arena, but San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones would like to see Austin billionaire Michael Dell cover a portion of that total to reduce the city\u2019s commitment, writes Molly Smith of The San Antonio Express-News<\/a> (subscription required). Dell, who owns a 10% stake in the Spurs, is one of the world\u2019s richest men, with a net worth of $245.9 billion, per Forbes. \u201cNormal folks in the community have routinely asked, be it at public comment or at other forums, \u2018Why can\u2019t we ask (billionaires) to pay more,\u2019\u201d Jones said. \u201cSo, I in fact did that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will the Spurs trade De\u2019Aaron Fox this offseason as his four-year, maximum-salary contract takes effect? While acknowledging that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[41580,16024,2715,32001,50576,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-343738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-carter-bryant","tag-deaaron-fox","tag-dylan-harper","tag-harrison-barnes","tag-rui-hachimura","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}