Welcome to the Open Thread. In the course of the month of June, now we have been speaking NBA Draft. As we lead as much as tomorrow’s 2025 NBA Draft, now we have been revisiting the Spurs draft decisions. At present we keep in mind the 2024 NBA Draft.
The Spurs selected Stephon Fort with the 4th choose within the draft. Fort had simply come off profitable the NCAA Division I Males’s title with the UConn Huskies. He continued his stellar play with the Silver & Black, incomes himself the 2024 Rookie of the Yr honors, the primary member of the Spurs to earn the honors with out being the highest choose of the draft. He joined Victor Wembanyama Tim Duncan. and David Robinson as the one gamers in franc sensible historical past to garner the accolade.
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As commerce hype has progressed this summer time, Fort title seems as a desired commerce asset. The Spurs have proven no indicators to date of parting with what most think about to be an integral part to the Spurs future.
The Spurs additionally drafted Rob Dillingham with the eighth choose of the draft. This draft choose got here as a part of a bundle from the Toronto Raptors in 2023 together with Khem Birch (who was waived), the 2023 second spherical choose that conveyed into the drafting of Sidy Cissoko, and a 2025 second spherical choose in change for Jakob Poeltl.
Dillingham was traded on draft night time to the Minnesota Timberwolves in change for a 2030 first spherical choose swap and their 2031 first spherical draft choose. Sidy Cissoko and Minnesota’s 2031 first spherical choose have been bundled with Zach Collins, Tre Jones, and 4 different draft picks within the three-team commerce that introduced De’Aaron Fox and Jordan McLaughlin to the San Antonio Spurs.
Within the second spherical, the Spurs drafted Johnny Furphy with the thirty fifth total choose. He was traded on draft night time for Juan Núñez, the thirty sixth total choose, and money. Núñez spent the 2024-2025 season with FC Barcelona. He has some teammates with previous ties to the Spurs — Tomáš Satoranský, Willy Hernangómez, and Nicolas Laprovittola have been all on the roster this season. Sadly, Nunez suffered a proper knee damage requiring surgical procedure final March and was estimated to be out for six months.
Final however not least, the Spurs picked up Harrison Ingram with the forty eighth choose within the draft. This choose was acquired in 2022 from the Memphis Grizzles in change for Kennedy Chandler, a 2022 second spherical choose initially obtained from Chicago when the Spurs despatched DeMar DeRozan to the Bulls by a sign-and-trade. There’s a for much longer backstory on that commerce that shall be mentioned later this week.
And that almost will get up to the mark.
Tomorrow, the Spurs have the 2nd total choose within the draft and are anticipated to decide on Dylan Harper. In addition they have the 14th choose within the draft (through the Atlanta Hawks), and your guess is nearly as good as mine as to how that can shake out. Any predictions?
Both method, tomorrow opens one more door towards the promise of the long run for the San Antonio Spurs and the way PATFO will proceed to construct round Victor Wembanyama.
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