With 17 players under contract guaranteed to attack this training camp, Spurs have no choice but to cut players, or trade them for Draft rounds to drop to 15. The first to be sacrificed is Luka Samanic , and it’s rather a surprise since he was still in his rookie contract.
The Croatian never managed to win, turning at 3.8 pts and 2.2 rebounds on average in 36 matches. It is especially in G-League that the 19th choice of the 2019 Draft was able to express itself with 16 pts and 8 rebounds per game with the Austin Spurs.
This decision is costing Spurs dearly since Luka Samanic must receive nearly three million dollars.
| Luka Samanic | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | SAN | 3 | 16 | 31.2 | 37.5 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 2020-21 | SAN | 33 | 9 | 44.8 | 27.9 | 55.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Total | 36 | 10 | 43.0 | 29.4 | 57.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.8 | |
