So what then was signed on 7/20/24, i.e., yesterday?
Yeah, strange -- I never saw any clarification on him. I thought undrafted players signed to SL rosters didn't have any designation until they started to show something in games. His agency though said he signed an exhibit-10 contract back on July 7th.
Couldn’t it just be as simple as he agreed to an exhibit 10 back on July 7th vs now actually putting pen to paper and officially signing it
I think it's more likely that whoever put the tweet out for the agency just didn't know what an X-10 contract was and meant a summer-league deal. SL contracts are completely separate from regular deals. The Spurs signing Minix to play for their SL had nothing to do with him getting an X-10 deal now. Just to clarify, an X-10 deal is a one-year non-guaranteed deal that gives the team the option to convert it to a two-way deal automatically, as well as the X-9 provision allowing them to release the player and give their d-league affiliate the player's rights. I don't believe Minix had this, and I wonder why timvp suggests he did given the SL grades posts he made about Minix's chances of getting a two-way contract and don't mention that he's already signed to the regular roster. If Minix was already on an X-10 deal, the proof was going to come from training camp, not the summer league.
Right now the roster looks like this:
Paul, Jones, Wesley
Vassell, Castle, Branham
Barnes, Johnson, Champangie, Minix
Sochan, Mamukelashvili, Cissoko
Wembanyama, Collins, Bassey
TW: Bouyea
Two 16 full roster spots and one two-way with Ingram expected to sign some kind of contract. That 17/21 training camp spots taken with one spot expected to be filled. The Spurs have the room to sign three (technically four) players to X-10 or X-9 deals to fill up their roster. I think they get four X-9 slots a year, so we'll likely see them sign and cut some players either ahead or into camp. Whether Ingram is going to sign a two-way or an X-10 deal is to be decided, but for TC-slot purposes that doesn't matter.
Wait, I thought rosters were at 15 full contracts and 3 Two-Way deals? Or did they expand it to 16 with the new CBA?
In the off-season, teams are allowed to have up to 21 players under contract, including two-ways. People have been talking about the expected roster being full because they're assuming all of the guaranteed-salary players are going to make the main 15-man roster, that Minix's deal will be converted to a two-way and that Ingram will agree to a two-way contract. Those are not bad assumptions, but they are not currently reality. The Spurs have the option to keep Minix on his one-year min deal and release someone like Wesley or Cissoko. They could then that released player to a two-way deal or let them go. Or Ingram might not sign a two-way deal. He might sign an X-10 deal and make the 15. He might sign a tender deal and get waived as a full free agent (though he wouldn't be eligible to sign a two-way with any team other than the Spurs in that case), or they might use the second-round exception on him just as they did with Cissoko last year and sign him to the 15 fully expecting to make a move to free up space.
We don't actually know. My bet is that the 18 players people expect to make the team will make it in the slots we expect them to, while fringe guys get signed and insta-waived to provide some prospects for the Toros. I think the team has shown it's going to play this whole thing very conservatively. However, that's not yet set in stone.
Yeah you're right. Dougs off ball route running was elite and Minix has a little more inside game than Doug who really just made cuts to the basket. I am intrigued with Minix feels like a bit of a find for a longer look in camp.
that actually is in no way good
He averaged over 1 block and steal with that wingspan and almost 10 rebounds per game in college. I’m not convinced with his lateral speed though.
What's the official ST policy on player threads? Do we have to wait until this guy at least gets a two-way? (Because this is gold)
My suggestion was going to be The Short-term Adult Megaplex Ground Lease of Riley Minix
He's a baller but he moves like Brian Scalabrine.
He does look stiff laterally in majority of clips in college and the few games he got to play in summer league I saw the same things. I don't think he is as slow as he looks his movements look wooden is all.
Hi think he'll be okay as a bench rotation as a defender not a huge plus but not a major negative either.
His rebounding looks good and he has decent court awareness.
Players with bad lateral mobility get cooked. It’s like the NFL. If you want to play corner back, it doesn’t matter how fast you are if you can’t throw your hips open and move laterally. You’re just a safety, even if you run a 4.3.
Edit: I see now it was already posted in the Training Camp thread.
I'm not sure how his contract was guaranteed regarding injuries but it seems Spurs did a classy move by keeping him past the January 10th guaranteed date to allow him to get his full contract paid.
Now, Spurs have to decide whether or not to waive him to try new players with two ways contracts.
Sad. Minix was shaping up well as a shooter. Was money all season with Austin.
He'll probably be a future Spurs shooting coach. Seems he can't shake the injury bug.
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