After choosing Stephon Citadel with the 4th decide, the Spurs chosen guard Rob Dillingham out of the College of Kentucky with the eighth decide earlier than instantly buying and selling him to the Minnesota Timberwolves the rights to swap 2030 first spherical decide and their 2031 top-1 protected first spherical decide, per Shams Sharania. (In different phrases, they used the eighth decide to pick somebody who’s presently in eighth grade! No? I’ll see myself out, though that was J.R. Wilco’s line.)
With the eighth decide of the NBA Draft, the @spurs choose Rob Dillingham!
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— NBA Draft (@NBADraft) June 27, 2024
Timberwolves traded 2031 unprotected first-rounder and a 2030 swap (prime 1 protected) to Spurs for Rob Dillingham, sources say.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024
There was hypothesis that the Spurs might commerce this decide if to an absence of roster house and lots of extra picks in future, deeper drafts to return. If there’s extra to this commerce that has but to be reported, we are going to let you recognize.
Barring one other commerce that features a decide within the first spherical of this draft, that’s it for the Spurs tonight, however be sure you verify again tomorrow for the second spherical of the draft, starting at 3:00 PM CT. The Spurs will likely be selecting at each thirty fifth and forty eighth.
