The San Antonio Spurs are one of the most storied franchises in NBA history. Some of the best basketball players of all time have suited up for the Spurs at some point.
For this piece, we'll be focusing our attention on the Spurs' history in free agency.
August 12, 1976
The Spurs signed Mike D'Antoni as a free agent.
November 4, 1976
San Antonio signed Louie Nelson as a free agent.
August 31, 1978
The team signed Glenn Mosley as a free agent.
April 20, 1979
The Spurs signed Chubby Cox as a free agent.
April 26, 1979
San Antonio signed Mike Evans as a free agent.
March 9, 1980
The franchise signed Johnny Moore as a free agent.
December 1, 1980
The Spurs signed John Shumate as a free agent.
October 16, 1982
The team signed Mike Dunleavy as a veteran free agent and sent a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Horace Owens was later selected) to the Houston Rockets as compensation.
December 4, 1983
San Antonio signed John Lucas as a free agent.
April 9, 1985
The franchise signed David Thirdkill and Linton Townes.
October 23, 1985
The Spurs signed Wes Matthews as a free agent.
July 15, 1986
San Antonio signed Ed Nealy as a free agent.
October 16, 1987
The team signed Jerome Henderson as a free agent.
July 20, 1989
The franchise signed Caldwell Jones as an unrestricted free agent.
January 17, 1991
The Spurs signed Avery Johnson as a free agent. He was part of the 1999 championship squad and had three different stints with the franchise.
December 12, 1991
San Antonio signed Vinnie Johnson as a free agent. The Microwave played one season with the team before retiring from the NBA.
July 30, 1992
The franchise signed Vinny Del Negro as a free agent.
August 16, 1993
The Spurs signed Chris Childs as a free agent.
July 22, 1994
San Antonio signed Avery Johnson again, as an unrestricted free agent.
August 10, 1994
The franchise signed Hall of Famer Moses Malone as a free agent, but he only appeared in 17 games before retiring from the NBA.
December 26, 1994
The Spurs signed Doc Rivers as a free agent.
October 4, 1996
San Antonio signed Dominique Wilkins as a free agent. The NBA legend averaged 18.2 points in his lone campaign in The Alamo City.
July 31, 2001
The team signed Bruce Bowen as a free agent. The All-NBA defender won three titles with the franchise.
July 24, 2003
The Spurs signed Robert Horry as a free agent. Big Shot Bob won two rings in San Antonio.
September 2, 2005
The franchise signed Michael Finley away from the Dallas Mavericks. Finley won the 2007 title with the Spurs.
March 16, 2011
San Antonio signed Danny Green for the rest of the 2011-12 campaign. He wound up earning a lucrative NBA deal and won the 2014 championship with the Spurs.
July 9, 2015
The franchise lured LaMarcus Aldridge away from the Portland Trail Blazers. The All-Star is averaging 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds since joining the Spurs.
July 14, 2016
San Antonio signed future Hall of Famer Pau Gasol to a multi-year contract.
July 6, 2017
The Spurs signed Rudy Gay to a multi-year contract.
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