SAN ANTONIO — In the first few hours of free agency on Monday evening, the San Antonio Spurs reportedly agreed to terms with veteran sharpshooter Doug McDermott and young big man Zach Collins.
McDermott's deal is reportedly for three years and $42 million, and Collins will earn $22 million over three years.
San Antonio was near the bottom of the league last season in terms of three-point accuracy and volume, and McDermott should help in that regard. He's a career 40.7% shooter from deep, and last year hit 39% on 4.3 attempts per game. That would have made him the most accurate shooter on the roster for the Spurs last season.
The 6'7" forward will turn 30 this year, and if the Spurs are paying him $14 million per year, it indicates that they plan to give him a solid amount of minutes. San Antonio went after two shooters in the draft in Josh Primo and Joe Wieskamp, fueling speculation that veterans like Rudy Gay, Patty Mills and DeMar DeRozan might not be back.
Zach Collins has some ability to space the floor and was selected with the tenth pick in the 2017, but the first few years of his career have been hampered by various injuries.
Reports indicate that Collins is signing for three years, $22 million. He's had three ankle surgeries in the last year, but he's just 23 years old.
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San Antonio still has a clear need in the frontcourt, and John Collins, Lauri Markkanen, and a few other big men remain available. The Spurs can still make about $30 million dollars in cap space after the deals for McDermott and Collins, and that would be enough to give John Collins a max deal. The Atlanta Hawks could match, but the latest reporting is that he and the Hawks are not close on agreeing to a new contract.