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Spurs Nightly Desk · transactions · Friday, September 25

R.J. Davis joins the San Antonio Spurs

Free agent→San Antonio Spurs
R.J. Davis
G · 24 · rookie
The move
Joins the Spurs
official roster · Sep 25, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Spurs payroll
$198.3M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Spurs Nightly Desk · 1 h ago

R.J. Davis is now on the Spurs' roster as of Friday, Sept. 25, entering the league as a rookie guard. San Antonio has not had his signing preceded by any logged report, and his contract is not yet on file.

The move

R.J. Davis, a 24-year-old rookie guard, is on the San Antonio Spurs' roster as of the official listing on Friday, Sept. 25. He arrives from free agency, with no prior team on record. No report preceded the move in the tracked injury and transaction log, so there is no outlet or confidence level tied to how it was first surfaced. The Spurs now carry 21 players on their roster, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

The money

Davis' contract is not on file yet, a lag that can run a day or more behind an official signing. San Antonio's overall payroll for 2026-27 sits at $198.3 million across 15 contracts. That puts the Spurs over the salary cap of $165.0 million but under the luxury tax line of $200.4 million, and well clear of both the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million.

The fit

Davis has no NBA line from last season; this is his rookie year. He joins a San Antonio backcourt already built around De'Aaron Fox, who logged 31.0 minutes and 18.6 points per game last season, Devin Vassell at 30.5 minutes and 13.9 points, and Stephon Castle at 30.0 minutes and 16.7 points. Rookie guard Dylan Harper also factors into the rotation at 22.6 minutes and 11.8 points, on a roster now at 21 players.

What is R.J. Davis' contract with the Spurs?

Not announced. His contract terms are not on file yet, which can lag a day or more behind an official signing.

Where did R.J. Davis play before joining the Spurs?

He came from free agency with no prior NBA roster; he is a rookie.

Are the Spurs over the salary cap after adding Davis?

San Antonio's payroll is $198.3 million across 15 contracts for 2026-27, above the $165.0 million cap but below the $200.4 million tax line.

By the Spurs Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Spurs rotation

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De'Aaron Fox31.0 min · 18.6 pts
Devin Vassell30.5 min · 13.9 pts
Stephon Castle30.0 min · 16.7 pts
Victor Wembanyama29.2 min · 25.0 pts
Tobias Harris27.7 min · 13.3 pts
Julian Champagnie27.6 min · 11.1 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.