Welcome to the Open Thread. Through the month of June, we’re speaking NBA Draft. As we lead as much as the 2025 NBA Draft on June twenty fifth, we might be revisiting the Spurs draft selections. Right this moment we bear in mind the 2018 NBA Draft.
The Spurs kicked off their 2018 marketing campaign by drafting Lonnie Walker IV, a Spurs Method participant proper out of the field. The Miami Hurricane jumped into group service in his new San Antonio hometown. He had his breakout recreation on December 3, 2019, scoring 28 factors, grabbing 4 rebounds, three steals and a block in a 135–133 double time beyond regulation win over the Houston Rockets.
Walker IV completed his contract with the Spurs in 2022 and joined the Los Angeles Lakers in free company. One your with the Lakers, one with the Brooklyn Nets. He signed a yr with the Celtics earlier than being waived. As an alternative he joined Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League and the EuroLeague, successful the King Mindaugas Cup on February 16, 2025. Three days later he returned to the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Spurs additionally selected Chimezie Metu with the forty ninth choose of the draft.
Metu spent two years with the Spurs earlier than being waived. He joined the Sacramento Kings for 3 seasons, adopted by a season break up between Phoenix and Detroit. Since 2024, he has performed with FC Barcelona.
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