While the San Antonio Spurs are getting bugged by other teams persuading them to trade Kawhi Leonard, they also have to attend to other offseason priorities involving some players with expiring contracts. Among them is big man Davis Bertans, who received a qualifying offer from the Spurs, thus making the Latvian a restricted free agent, according to Tom Orsborn of MySanAntonio.com.
The Spurs made forward Davis Bertans a restricted free agent, tendering him a $1.6 million qualifying offer, league sources said Wednesday.
As pointed out by Orsborn, if Bertans accepts the deal, he will only be making $1.6 million. However, he could get a bigger deal than that from the Spurs if San Antonio negates the offer and changes it into a longer contract that could net the backup forward/center up to $35 million.
If the Spurs and Bertans desire a long-term deal, the team could rescind its qualifying offer and use his early Bird rights to ink him to a four-year deal worth up to $35.1 million.
Bertans has never made more than $1.4 million in any of his two seasons in the NBA. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in 2011 before his rights were immediately traded to the Spurs. Before making his NBA debut in 2016 with the Spurs, he spent time playing in Europe.
In 77 games, including 10 starts, last season, Davis Bertans averaged 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assist in 13.2 minutes of action, primarily serving as a backup to Pau Gasol and LaMarcus Aldridge.
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