3 San Antonio Spurs Who Will Not Be Back Next Season

It's a ritual as old as the league itself: NBA teams must experience playoff heartbreak before breaking through to championship level. The San Antonio Spurs got a huge taste of what a playoff run can be like, but had to settle for second best. 

What can they do to get over the hump next season? First, it starts by deciding who won't be back, and for that, we present a list of three Spurs who won't return for the 2026-27 season. 

It begins at the center spot:

Bismack Biyombo

The big man from the Congo was brought in later in the 2024-25 season as an emergency addition at center after Victor Wembanyama went down with a frightening blood clot issue. Biyombo started 26 of 28 games with the Spurs the rest of that season and gave them 19 minutes a game in the middle. But his usage plummeted this season to just 25 games and a boatload of DNP-CDs. And when he did get on the court, it was just for 5 minutes a game. He provided some depth down low, but the Spurs can use his roster spot for something more functional.

Kelly Olynyk

Sticking with the 'five' spot, the soon-to-be 35-year-old Olynyk is not part of the future for the Spurs, as the backup center spot was filled admirably by Luke Kornet this season. Olynyk got into just half of the regular season games, just 8.6 minutes per contest, and then was an afterthought playing only in garbage time in the playoffs. He's a free agent this summer, and there's really no reason to think they'll try to re-sign him. 

Jordan McLaughlin

The 30-year-old veteran point guard is also a bit player on the team, and got onto the court extremely sparingly, both in the regular season and the playoffs. With rookie Dylan Harper's emergence as an immediate star in the backcourt along with Stephon Castle and De'Aaron Fox, it leaves absolutely no room on the roster for McLaughlin.

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