The San Antonio Spurs are headed into camp with most of their roster already set, and that leaves one final move likely sitting on the back burner until the season begins.
As things stand, San Antonio has 14 players on standard contracts for the 2026-27 NBA season, along with three two-way players. Taelon Peter is on a training camp deal, but unless he makes a major impression before October, he’s expected to be elsewhere next season.
That setup gives the Spurs flexibility, even if it comes with a catch. They can open the season with just 14 players, but that would leave them short of a full group.
There’s also the financial wrinkle: teams over the salary cap, first apron and second apron face different luxury tax penalties, and the Spurs are close enough to the next tax bracket that the timing of their next signing matters. Because those payments are tied to the opening night roster, San Antonio could wait until after the season starts to fill the final spot.
The bigger need is in the frontcourt. The Spurs have depth in the backcourt and on the wings, and even with Tarris Reed added and Luke Kornet back in the mix, they could still use another body behind Victor Wembanyama.
The name most likely to come back is a familiar one: Kelly Olynyk.
Olynyk traveled with Wembanyama and the Spurs to France this summer for training and bonding work, even though his contract had already expired. That raised some eyebrows, but it also fit the way San Antonio seems to view him - as part of the group, not just a temporary stop.
He played last season as a reserve, and almost all of his minutes came in garbage time. In his first year with the Spurs, Olynyk averaged 3.2 points and 1.2 rebounds after arriving in the trade that sent Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley to the Washington Wizards. The 13-year NBA veteran is still chasing his first championship.
The expectation is that San Antonio would like to keep him around in the same role.
"They're about $2 million from the luxury tax," outlined ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel. "So they could wait until sometime in the season to sign Olynyk to a prorated contract if they wanted to.
He's been hanging out in San Antonio. He's done workouts with some of those guys.
So it wouldn't shock me if he stayed there and went back, especially because he was a good locker room presence, a good veteran guy for a team that just came off an NBA Finals run."
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