The San Antonio Spurs acquired Harrison Barnes in a three-team commerce on Saturday night, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
“ESPN Sources with Tim Bontemps: The Sacramento Kings are agreed on a sign-and-trade that can land DeMar DeRozan on a three-year deal, ship Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Duarte, two second-round picks and money to the Chicago Bulls,” Wojnarowski wrote on X (previously often called Twitter).
The Kings additionally despatched the Spurs an unprotected 2031 decide swap.
Barnes, a 12-year NBA veteran, has spent the final six seasons in Sacramento and has averaged 14.8 factors per recreation on 47.4 p.c from the sphere and 38.5 p.c from downtown as a King. He has additionally performed in 82 video games in every of the final two seasons.
The previous UNC standout small ahead was chosen by the Golden State Warriors with the seventh total decide within the 2012 NBA Draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Group in 2012-13 and gained an NBA title with Golden State within the 2014-15 season. One yr and one NBA Finals look later, Barnes signed with the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent 18.7 factors per recreation over 2 1/2 seasons earlier than he was traded to the Kings on Feb. 7, 2019.
There is a good likelihood that Barnes will probably be a starter within the Spurs rotation, as there is a lack of serious depth at small ahead. That is San Antonio’s second offseason addition previously week as 39-year-old level guard and 12-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul agreed to a one-year deal on June 30.
DeRozan was the principle piece of tonight’s transaction as he was given a three-year, $74 million deal to go from Chicago to Sacramento. Earlier than taking part in the previous three seasons for the Bulls, the 34-year-old additionally spent three years in San Antonio. DeRozan, who performed the primary 9 seasons of his profession with the Toronto Raptors, got here from there and to San Antonio on Aug. 11, 2021 in a blockbuster commerce involving Spurs 2014 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard.