Palma product Bouyea expected to open season with the San Antonio Spurs G-League affiliate
SAN ANTONIO – Resigned by the San Antonio Spurs to an Exhibit 10 contract before being released prior to the start of the NBA season will allow the franchise to acquire Jamaree Bouyea’s G-League rights after he was not picked up off of waivers.
Bouyea, whose rights had belonged to the Miami Heat’s G-League affiliate in Sioux Falls, is expected to sign a two-way contract with the Spurs and start the season with their G-League franchise in Austin. Last year he played three games with the Spurs.
Players in the G-League are allowed to sign with any NBA team to a 10-day contact. But their rights belong to that G-League team unless they are signed to an NBA guaranteed contract or an Exhibit 10 contract, which allows that franchise to acquire their rights.
The 6-foot-2 Palma product has spent most of his first two professional seasons in Sioux Falls, earning first team all-rookie NBA G-League honors during the 2022-2023 season. Last year Bouyea was signed to two-way contracts by Portland and San Antonio.
San Antonio had originally signed Bouyea to a two-year contract last March, where he played on their Summer League team in Las Vegas, averaging 11.8 points, 3.6 assists and 3.0 steals in 24.3 minutes a night. He was released in September.
In three games with San Antonio last year, Bouyea, whose family lives in Marina, averaged 3.7 points, 3.0 boards and 1.1 assists in 13 minutes a night.
Having averaged just under 17 points a game last year in the G-League between Sioux Falls and Austin, Bouyea also doled out 7.2 assists, pulled down 5.9 rebounds and averaged 2.1 steals.
In 14 career NBA games between stops in Miami, Washington, Portland and San Antonio, Bouyea has averaged 2.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists in just under 12 minutes a night.
Undrafted out of the University of San Francisco, Bouyea led Palma to three straight undefeated Gabilan Division seasons and a spot in the State Division IV title game as a junior in 2016. He was a two-time Herald Basketball Player of the Year.
