The Spurs are rounding out their training camp roster. After bringing in Micah Potter, they have secured the services of sharpshooting guard Adam Flagler.
Flagler is a 6-3 combo guard who started his college career at Presbyterian before transferring to Baylor, where he played for three years, winning the NCAA Championship in 2020/2021 and sharing a roster with Jeremy Sochan on the 2021- 22 season. The then-five-year senior worked out for the Spurs ahead of the 2023 draft but went undrafted. The Thunder signed him shortly after, and he spent the past two seasons in Oklahoma City, suiting up for 39 NBA games and 31 G League games for the Blue.
Flagler, now 25, is a standout shooter. He finished his college career averaging 39.6 from beyond the arc, and his touch translated to the pros, as he connected on 42 percent of his G League attempts. He struggled in limited volume at the NBA level, but he’s undoubtedly a dangerous outside shooter who does most of his damage from the perimeter. As a combo guard, he is a capable, if unspectacular, playmaker, but his role at the highest level will be more dependent on hitting shots than anything else. On defense, Flagler is quick enough to be a pest on the ball due to his quickness, but his lack of size limits his impact.
Flagler played two games against the Spurs in a Thunder jersey, including a 10-minute stint in a bad loss for OKC in which San Antonio was missing Victor Wembanyama. The guard shot 1-7 from the floor in that matchup, but pulled down five rebounds, and logged three steals and two blocks. Here’s what coach Mark Daigneault had to say about his two-way player, courtesy of ThunderWire:
”He does not make a lot of mistakes. He’s got shooting gravity. Obviously, he didn’t shoot it well tonight, but he did what we’ve asked him to do, which is be reliable on defense, hunt shots on offense. It would be unfair to judge him in his first real stretch of minutes in the regular season for the shot-making element.”
The Spurs have enough guard depth that it’s hard to see Flagler taking the final roster spot, especially with his former teammate, Lindy Waters III, having a partial guarantee on his deal and offering a similar skillset with more length. He would have been a good candidate for a two-way spot, but San Antonio has filled those slots already. Things can change if Falgler impresses, but he won’t likely be in San Antonio for the games that matter. That said, he’s a good addition to the training camp roster due to his shooting ability and winning pedigree.