The San Antonio Spurs' 2024 NBA Draft was telling regarding the direction the young team is choosing to take to improve, and for multiple reasons. Here's what we learned.
Three names were called on behalf of the San Antonio Spurs over the course of the NBA's new two-day draft, and whether it be now or later, all of them are set to have impacts for the young team.
While it wasn't 100 percent certain who would go No. 1 between the two Frenchman, Alexandre Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher, the writing was on the wall that they'd go one after the other. That left the Houston Rockets at No. 3 to pick Reed Sheppard, which was also expected.In the back of their minds, UConn guard Stephon Castle was the player they wanted.
So, Castle was the pick. He's the new rookie that San Antonio can rally behind as he looks to become a fluid ball handler, pick-and-roll thriver and playmaker. He embodies what the Spurs look for in young talent, which is on brand for the young team.The Spurs picked twice in Round 2, but only one player is likely to see minutes next season.
Even so, finding your shooter in the second round isn't exactly a win-now mentality move. If that was the case, San Antonio might have even made Dalton Knecht its secondary first-round selection at No. 8. That wasn't what it needed, however.
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