Welcome to the Open Thread. Throughout the month of June, we’re speaking NBA Draft. As we lead as much as the 2025 NBA Draft on June twenty fifth, we shall be revisiting the Spurs draft decisions. Right this moment we keep in mind the 2021 NBA Draft.
The Spurs selected Josh Primo from Alabama with the twelfth choose within the 2021 NBA Draft. It was a stunning choose, however he confirmed numerous upside for a younger participant: good capturing, notably off the catch, with a easy launch and good mechanics. Sadly, Primo was (in his phrases) coping with a earlier trauma, and he was waived 4 video games into his second season whereas going through expenses of indecent publicity (which had been ultimately dropped). He returned a 12 months later with the Los Angeles Clippers within the 2023-24 season and performed one recreation with the Windy Metropolis Bulls final October earlier than showing to go away the sport solely.
With the forty first choose within the draft, the Spurs selected Iowa Hawkeye’s swingman Joe Wieskamp. He initially signed a two-way contract which was transformed to a full contract in March of 2022. As followers could recall, the Spurs had been actively retooling the roster.
That they had traded Bryn Forbes and acquired Juan Hernangomez, who was later flipped for Tomas Satoransky, who was later waived. In addition they traded Drew Eubanks and Thaddeus Younger for Goran Dragić, who was additionally waived.
The Spurs then re-signed Wieskamp in August earlier than waiving him in October.
He bounced across the G-League buying stints with Wisconsin Herd, Raptors 905, Texas Legends, and Maine Celtics. Wieskamp is at present South East Melbourne Phoenix in Australia.
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