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Tobias Harris Agrees to Two-Year, $31 Million Deal With Spurs

Harris said he joined San Antonio to chase a championship and the verbal agreement must wait for the NBA’s July moratorium before it can be signed.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets report Harris has a verbal two-year, $31 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs but the contract cannot be formally completed until the NBA’s July moratorium ends.
  • The agreement raises Harris’s career earnings to about $330 million, a total the coverage notes exceeds Kobe Bryant’s career pay over his 20 seasons.
  • Harris told HoopsHype he left the Detroit Pistons because of an “urgency to win a championship,” ending a two-season stint in which Pistons officials publicly tried to retain him.
  • San Antonio plans to use Harris as a floor-spacing, secondary shot-creator and veteran leader for its young core, with media projections listing him in a starting five alongside De’Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama.
  • The signing produced mixed reactions from analysts and fans, and Detroit has already moved to replace Harris by acquiring John Collins in a sign-and-trade that preserves the Pistons’ roster flexibility around Cade Cunningham.