After (surprisingly) signing Summer League star David Jones-Garcia to a two-way deal yesterday, the Spurs aren’t done making moves yet. Today, they are reportedly signing 6’6” shooting guard Lindy Waters III to a one year deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. While the details of the contract have not been released, the Spurs still have $3.1 million of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception and $5.1 million of the Bi-Annual exception to work with. (This also appears to be a standard contract, not a training camp signing, but we’ll provide an update if that ends up not being the case.)

Free agent guard Lindy Waters III has agreed to a one-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs, agents Shy Saee and Winston Nelson of Klutch Sports tell ESPN. Waters has shot 37% from 3 in his first four NBA seasons in Oklahoma City, Golden State and Detroit. pic.twitter.com/RuUuvXfvdf

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 23, 2025

A citizen of the Kiowa Tribe and also of Cherokee decent, Waters is one of just three Native American players in the NBA, with Kyrie Irving and MarJon Beauchamp also having Native American ancestry. Waters went to high school in Norman, Oklahoma before playing college ball at Oklahoma State all four years. After going undrafted in 2020, he played for the Enid Outlaws of The Basketball League before trying out and making the G League’s Oklahoma City Blue in 2021.

He signed a two-way contract with the Thunder in 2022, which was later converted to a standard contract in 2023. He was then traded to the Warriors in 2024, and finally to the Pistons in February of this year as part of the Jimmy Butler trade. Despite being a journeyman, Waters is an above average three-point shooter, hitting 36.6% of his 579 attempts in his career, and above 37% in three of his four seasons. While 156 games (3.7 attempts per game) isn’t a huge sample size, it’s enough to not take for granted. The Spurs already have plenty of depth at guard, so he likely won’t see much time with the main rotation barring injuries, but he’s still a solid depth piece who can provide outside shooting in a pinch.

With the addition of Waters, the Spurs have 14 main roster spots filled, which is the minimum requirement at the start of the regular season. They still have one more roster spot open if they wish to use it, as well as two two-way spots. They also still hold Riley Minix and Harrison Ingram’s qualifying offers.

Welcome to San Antonio, Lindy!