Taelon Peter is headed to San Antonio on a training-camp deal, and the move gives the Spurs another look at a player who already has a little NBA mileage under his belt.
Peter was a second-round pick by the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Draft and spent last season on a Two-Way deal with them, appearing in 38 games. He averaged 4.5 points and 12.9 minutes per game for Indiana, and his rookie year came during a Pacers season that followed a Finals run while Tyrese Haliburton recovered from an achilles tear.
The 24-year-old shooting guard is from Arkansas and took a winding path to the draft, spending five years across three different colleges before hearing his name called at No. 54 in 2025. His final college season came with the Liberty Flames, where he shot better than 45% from 3-point range and won Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year honors.
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Spurs are bringing Peter in for camp as they continue to make smaller roster moves around an almost complete team.
The contract he signed is an Exhibit 10 deal, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks reported. That kind of non-guaranteed agreement lets teams bring in extra players for training camp and gives those players a chance to earn a roster spot or collect a bonus if they end up with the team’s G League affiliate.
If a player on an Exhibit 10 contract is waived before the season and then spends at least 60 days with the G League team, he can earn a $91,000 bonus. These deals do not count against the salary cap or luxury tax unless they are converted to a standard contract, and they can also be turned into a Two-Way deal if the player is eligible.
For now, a full-time spot on the Spurs’ standard roster looks like a long shot for Peter. San Antonio still has one opening on the 15-man roster, but the team is sitting close to the luxury tax and will want to stay below it to delay the repeater penalty.
The Spurs’ three Two-Way slots are currently filled by David Jones Garcia and rookies Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Maliq Brown. There is a path, at least on paper, for San Antonio to convert one of those rookie second-round picks to a standard contract, add Peter as a Two-Way player, and remain under the tax line.
The likeliest outcome, though, is straightforward: Peter goes through camp, gets waived, and spends most of the season with the Austin Spurs in the G League. San Antonio also appears set to keep the 15th roster spot open for now, preserving flexibility and leaving room to eventually convert one of its Two-Way players to a standard deal at a prorated amount that would still keep the team under the tax.
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