“What excites me most about supporting the Austin Spurs is that’s the place my journey began,” states Keldon Johnson on the prime of a video at the moment streaming on the Spurs twitter account.
Keldon, drafted in twenty ninth general within the 2019 NBA Draft, spent a part of his rookie season in Austin.
Johnson was a breakout participant within the bubble, incomes him extra taking part in time the following season. Like so many different members of the Silver & Black, KJ attributes his progress on to Austin.
However the present longest tenured member of the Spurs has an extra motive to make the trek to the state capital to cheer on the G-League affiliate – his brother Kaleb is a member of the Austin Spurs.
Kaleb, who celebrated his twenty seventh birthday yesterday, is averaging 13 factors over his first 4 video games.
“Having my brother on the workforce is big. Chasing his dream, residing out his dream, the one we labored so onerous for as younger youngsters togetherin the yard is big.”
That is Kaleb’s second stint with the Austin Spurs as he performed 11 video games through the 2021-2022 season.
Mad expertise should run within the household, and if the G-League does for Kaleb what it did for Keldon, we might see the brother taking part in collectively like they did rising up.
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