After drafting two bigs with their first-round picks, the San Antonio Spurs added one other guard with their first second-round decide. With the forty second decide, the Spurs drafted Ja’Kobi Gillespie, a senior guard from Tennessee.
Gillespie was an All-SEC guard in his senior season, averaging 18.4 factors, 5.4 assists, and a pair of.1 steals whereas taking pictures 41% from the sector and 33.8% from three. Gillespie was recognized for his on-ball, microwave scoring potential and disruptive on-ball protection. Regardless of being an undersized guard at 6 toes tall, Gillespie thrived in a troublesome SEC. He notoriously had 34 factors towards Texas within the Candy Sixteen to assist the Vols advance to the Elite Eight.
Gillespie offers the Spurs one other robust younger guard to flank their trio of guards in De’Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper, and Stephon Fort. It stays to be seen whether or not Gillespie will probably be on a normal or two-way contract. Regardless, he’ll give San Antonio one other confirmed collegiate participant to supply some depth at an necessary place.
