The San Antonio Spurs are bringing back Jordan McLaughlin on a one-year deal, keeping a veteran option in the backcourt for another season.
NBA insider Shams Charania reported the agreement, which will keep McLaughlin on the roster for the 2026-27 season. As Charania wrote: “Free agent guard Jordan McLaughlin has agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million deal to return to the San Antonio Spurs, agent Greg Lawrence of THE•TEAM tells ESPN. McLaughlin appeared in 44 games for the Spurs last season and now enters his ninth campaign,”
McLaughlin just finished the seventh year of his NBA career and his second with San Antonio. Before arriving with the Spurs, he spent time with three other teams, carving out his role with playmaking and defense. Last season, he was used sparingly and mostly came off the bench in short bursts, but the Spurs still chose to keep him in the fold.
If the backcourt gets hit by injuries next season, McLaughlin gives San Antonio another experienced body to lean on.
In 44 games during the 2025-26 regular season, he averaged two points, 0.9 assists and 0.7 rebounds. He shot 41.8% from the field, 42.5% from three and 85.7% from the free-throw line. In 10 playoff games, he posted 1.9 points and one assist per contest.
Jordan McLaughlin has agreed to return to the Spurs on a one-year, $3.3 million deal, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/Ne70OsEglN
— ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) July 13, 2026
San Antonio is coming off a 62-20 season that earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, ahead of the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs then put together their deepest playoff run since 2014, beating the Portland Trail Blazers in five games, the Minnesota Timberwolves in six and the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven before falling to the New York Knicks in five games in the NBA Finals.
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