{"id":229280,"date":"2025-09-15T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229280\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:46:15","slug":"big-man-bismack-biyombo-returns-to-san-antonio-spurs-on-reported-1-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229280\/","title":{"rendered":"Big man Bismack Biyombo returns to San Antonio Spurs on reported 1-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biyombo appeared in 28 games last season for San Antonio<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo (18) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski) (David Zalubowski,  Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A familiar face is returning to the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 roster this fall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Free agent center Bismack Biyombo agreed to a one-year deal to return to San Antonio on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/other\/sources-spurs-center-bismack-biyombo-agree-to-1-year-deal\/ar-AA1MAyxa?ocid=BingNewsVerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/other\/sources-spurs-center-bismack-biyombo-agree-to-1-year-deal\/ar-AA1MAyxa?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 15-year NBA veteran is the latest addition to the Spurs\u2019 frontcourt, which has added depth this offseason with the signings of Kelly Olynyk and Luke Kornet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">In Biyombo\u2019s 28 games with the Spurs last season, he started in 26 of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2025\/02\/20\/victor-wembanyama-will-miss-the-rest-of-the-2024-25-regular-season-team-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2025\/02\/20\/victor-wembanyama-will-miss-the-rest-of-the-2024-25-regular-season-team-says\/\">after Victor Wembanyama\u2019s season ended shortly after the All-Star break<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In 2024-25, Biyombo averaged 5.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists while shooting 58.8% from the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">With Biyombo\u2019s return, San Antonio has another veteran presence if and when Wembanyama may need a breather. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Biyombo, 33, has played for six previous NBA franchises before he joined the Spurs. He was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More recent Spurs coverage on KSAT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorSpencer Heath headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SH48BVPOEQ23109VBCZTHV\/\" title=\"View Spencer Heath&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Heath<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Spencer Heath is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. Spencer graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied Radio-Television-Film. He\u2019s worked as a journalist in San Antonio since June of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the newsroom, he enjoys watching movies and spending time with family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Biyombo appeared in 28 games last season for San Antonio San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo (18) in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":229281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,1260,7202,7203,62,7199,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-229280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-sanantonio","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-spurs","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115209567245157315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}