Davis Bertans to Spurs: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

A half-decade after being selected in the 2011 NBA draft, Latvian forward Davis Bertans is coming stateside. The San Antonio Spurs announced that they officially signed Bertans on Thursday. 

On July 6, Bleacher Report's David Pick reported that the sides agreed to a two-year contract.

Bertans, 23, was the No. 42 overall selection in 2011 by the Indiana Pacers, who sent him to San Antonio as part of the George Hill-for-Kawhi Leonard swap. 

A 6'10" power forward with a smooth outside stroke, Bertans averaged 7.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in Euroleague last season for Liga ACB's Laboral Kutxa. Fifty-seven of his 70 shot attempts came from beyond the three-point arc, and Bertans knocked down an impressive 47.4 percent of them. Over the last two seasons, 422 of his 603 shots between Euroleague and league play have come from long distance.

Laboral Kutxa took fourth place in Euroleague this past season.

While Bertans brings an ability to stretch the floor, he comes with some flaws. He doesn't possess a great offensive game inside the arc and is a below-average rebounder for someone his size. Injuries have also halted his development on the defensive end, where he was never going to be much of a stopper.

Bertans has torn his ACL twice; the most recent injury led to him making a trip to San Antonio to work with the Spurs' trainers.

“They are the best physical therapists and physicians with this type of injury, which is a great experience. I am happy that I was able to be there," Bertans said in his January return, per Jeff Garcia of Project Spurs.

Bertans hasn't developed into a star overseas in the way San Antonio had hoped, but he has the chance to be a solid piece in the rotation.

Teaching him the team's way of ball movement will go a long way toward making him a better offensive force, and it's not as if the Spurs are paying him an exorbitant sum. If he can even play 10 minutes per night for them next season as a floor-spacer, he'll have value from a contractual standpoint.