Spurs center to miss remainder of season

Spurs big man Charles Bassey has a torn left ACL and will miss the remainder of the season, per ESPN’s Andrew Lopez.

Bassey suffered the injury on Sunday while playing for their G League affiliate, the Austin Spurs. Bassey was averaging 3.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game with the NBA club in 19 appearances this season.

Bassey had been sent to the G League to get more playing time. His last NBA outing was Dec. 1, a 19-minute stint against New Orleans.

This isn’t the first major injury he’s suffered since joining the Spurs. His 2022-23 season was cut short in mid-March due to a non-displaced patella fracture.

Bassey, who played with Philadelphia in his rookie season, signed a four-year, $10.2M contract with San Antonio in February. However, the final two years of the contract are not guaranteed. He’s making $2.6M this season in the second year of the deal.

His latest injury could open up more playing time for Sandro Mamukelashvili.