The Spurs have one standard roster spot open, and David Jones-Garcia has put himself in the conversation to fill it.
That kind of opening can matter, especially for a team that once found real value by betting on a two-way player before he became a core piece. San Antonio did that with Julian Champagnie, who arrived on a two-way deal and later turned into a long-term investment.
Three years after landing in San Antonio, the former St. John’s standout holds the franchise’s single-season record for three-pointers made with 195 and the single-game mark with 11.
The Spurs then rewarded him with a three-year, $45 million extension.
Now there’s a chance the franchise could go down a similar path again.
Jones-Garcia, another former Johnnie and Big East standout, is the player waiting in the wings. San Antonio currently has only 14 players on standard contracts, which leaves the door open for him to be promoted from his two-way spot into that final roster opening.
Since entering the league in 2024, Jones-Garcia has not yet secured a standard NBA deal. But in the G League, he has done plenty to force the issue.
He has averaged at least 24 points per game in each of his two G League seasons, and his career shooting mark sits at 47 percent. The scoring is the headline, but it’s not the whole story.
He brings rebounds, passing, and defense to the table too.
He has the kind of game that shows up in multiple ways.
That hasn’t fully carried over at the NBA level yet, but the sample size is tiny. Jones-Garcia has played in just 11 regular-season games, and he has topped five points only twice. Even so, both outings stood out.
On Nov. 20 in a win over the Atlanta Hawks, he scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and added six assists, five rebounds, three steals and a block in 19 minutes. Then on Dec. 5 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, he logged 10 minutes and finished with nine points and four assists.
If he carries that momentum into preseason the way he did last year, when he posted 20 points, five rebounds and four assists, San Antonio could make the move before the 2026-27 NBA regular season even begins.
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