The Spurs have locked in the next chapter of their young core, formally picking up contract options on Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper and Carter Bryant.
San Antonio exercised Castle’s fourth-year option and third-year options on Harper and Bryant, the team announced today. The decision was widely expected, according to Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
The moves keep all three players under contract for this season and guarantee their salaries for 2027/28. Castle is set to make about $12.7MM, Harper $13.6MM and Bryant $5.4MM.
Castle, the No. 4 pick in the 2024 draft, already has a Rookie of the Year trophy on his resume from 2024/25. He then backed it up with a second season in which he posted gains across virtually every major statistical category. The 6’6″ guard will be eligible for a rookie scale extension next offseason, with a possible new contract beginning in 2028/29.
Harper arrived as the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft and landed on the All-Rookie first team. The 20-year-old guard took another leap in the 2026 playoffs and is slated to begin his second season in the starting lineup next to Castle, De’Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama.
Bryant, the final lottery pick at No. 14 in 2025, is also on the path forward. The athletic forward saw limited run as a rookie, averaging 11.5 minutes across 71 regular season games off the bench, but the Spurs are expecting more from him in year two.
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