5:03 pm | July 8, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
The San Antonio Spurs have decided to decline matching Kyle Anderson‘s four-year, $37 million offer sheet with the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Anderson is likely to become the Grizzlies’ starting small forward.
The Spurs have until midnight ET to formally inform the Grizzlies of their decision.
Anderson, 24, was a primary target of the Grizzlies, who’ve been determined to upgrade the small forward position. Anderson has had an outstanding plus-minus on defense the past two years.
The Grizzlies consider the offer sheet to Anderson an investment in the franchise’s stated goal of recapturing the “Grit and Grind” culture under new coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
Anderson averaged 7.9 points and 5.4 rebounds in 26.7 minutes per game last season for the Spurs, who drafted Anderson with the 30th pick in the 2014 NBA draft, after he left UCLA following his freshman season.
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