NBA Free Agency 2018: 5 offseason targets for the San Antonio Spurs

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SAN ANTONIO, TX – APRIL 7: Tony Parker /

5. Tony Parker, Kyle Anderson and maybe Bryn Forbes

Heading into this year’s free-agency period, the Spurs have a total of nine players whose contracts may need restructuring. Highlighting this list are veterans Rudy Gay, Danny Green and Tony Parker.

Of the three individuals listed above, the first two have player-options they can choose whether or not to pick up, whereas Parker is an unrestricted free agent.

At 36 years of age, Parker is on the final legs of his career, but considering the Spurs’ history of keeping its core veterans until retirement, it seems all the more likely Parker will once again serve as one of the team’s main point-guards. Luckily for the Spurs, the Frenchman will earn substantially less than his current salary of $15.5 million no matter where he ends up, so re-signing Parker should be relatively harmless.

Where complications arise for the Spurs is whether or not both Rudy Gay and Danny Green decide to opt-in. Combined, Green and Gay would take up just under $20 million in salary should they exercise their options. However, there is a good chance at least one of the two will opt-out in hopes of making more on the open market.

Ideally for San Antonio, Gay would stay with the team to guarantee the Spurs a reliable scoring option off the bench. Should this occur, the Spurs would likely try to retain at least one of their more promising young players from the 2017-18 campaign, such as Kyle Anderson or Bryn Forbes.

Forbes, like Green is known for his spot-up 3-point shooting, converting on 39.0 percent of his attempts from distance this year. Unlike Green, however, Forbes does lack some defensive abilities and is rather undersized for his position. Anderson is definitely the more versatile of the duo. His offensive ability has less flare to it than Forbes’, but his rebounding and basketball IQ is much more valuable to the team.

In an ideal world, the Spurs would have Anderson accept his qualifying offer of $4.7 million and thus, have room to re-sign Forbes for a similar price tag as well. If another team submits an offer for either player, expect the Spurs to lean toward giving Anderson a pay-raise before they do Forbes.

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