Small Market Bias: A San Antonio Spurs Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 23 min · 14 segments
In the latest episode of *Small Market Bias*, host Paul Garcia discussed the following topics: - (01:25) The San Antonio Spurs signing Julian Champagnie to a new 3-year, $45 million contract…
And then on Tuesday, the big news was that they were able to sign, uh, get an agreement from Tobias Harris of the Detroit Pistons.
So I'll break down the, the Tobias signing, and then from there I'm gonna look at where the team stands as free agency continues.
Although for the Spurs, you know, they're pretty close to being done if, as long as they don't make any major moves.
So on Monday, um, I had talked about in the previous public call and read my guess, was that I either thought that the Spurs would decline Champagnie's option, uh, by Monday, June 29th, and sign him to an extension before, you know, he becomes a free agent, or maybe they'd exercise the team option and then they could sign him later on in, in the season or maybe during this off-season.
They declined Champagnie's $3 million option, and then they signed him to a three-year deal reported at $45 million.
There was like a 4:00 PM Central Time deadline for them to get this done, and so the news came out that they did.
Um, the fact that Julian only got three years instead of four is very interesting.
It does mean that, and as we're gonna talk about with Tobias as well, that they are watching their cap sheets, the Spurs are.
Because they have, uh, you know, we're expecting a Victor Wembanyama extension to come in pretty soon here, uh, during this off-season.
And then finally, uh, the, the, the reason why they didn't sign Julian to that fourth year is that in that fourth year, had he signed, that's when Dylan Harper's extension would've kicked in.
And honestly too, like we don't know what kind of track, um, Carter Bryant's gonna be on in the next couple of years.
You know, who knows if he earns himself, you know, a, a, a very, very large pay raise when it's time for his extension.
So that's why it was interesting that the Spurs did, um, sign Champagnie to only a three-year deal.
And then on Tuesday, the big news was that they were able to sign, uh, get an agreement from Tobias Harris of the Detroit Pistons.
So I'll break down the, the Tobias signing, and then from there I'm gonna look at where the team stands as free agency continues.
Although for the Spurs, you know, they're pretty close to being done if, as long as they don't make any major moves.
So on Monday, um, I had talked about in the previous public call and read my guess, was that I either thought that the Spurs would decline Champagnie's option, uh, by Monday, June 29th, and sign him to an extension before, you know, he becomes a free agent, or maybe they'd exercise the team option and then they could sign him later on in, in the season or maybe during this off-season.
They declined Champagnie's $3 million option, and then they signed him to a three-year deal reported at $45 million.
There was like a 4:00 PM Central Time deadline for them to get this done, and so the news came out that they did.
Um, the fact that Julian only got three years instead of four is very interesting.
It does mean that, and as we're gonna talk about with Tobias as well, that they are watching their cap sheets, the Spurs are.
Because they have, uh, you know, we're expecting a Victor Wembanyama extension to come in pretty soon here, uh, during this off-season.
And then finally, uh, the, the, the reason why they didn't sign Julian to that fourth year is that in that fourth year, had he signed, that's when Dylan Harper's extension would've kicked in.
And honestly too, like we don't know what kind of track, um, Carter Bryant's gonna be on in the next couple of years.
You know, who knows if he earns himself, you know, a, a, a very, very large pay raise when it's time for his extension.
So that's why it was interesting that the Spurs did, um, sign Champagnie to only a three-year deal.
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