In a recent mock draft, the San Antonio Spurs came away with their backcourt of the future.
The NBA Draft is just four days away, and the intel regarding where prospects will land is beginning to heat up.
The Spurs are likely the most interesting team in the draft, owning two top eight picks after landing generational talent Victor Wembanyama last year. In a recent mock draft I posted you YouTube, the Spurs left with Reed Sheppard and Nikola Topic to fill out their backcourt for the foreseeable future. You canWith Sheppard likely off the board in the top-six, potentially even as high as three, grabbing him with their top pick is likely San Antonio’s only real shot. And with Sheppard offering things like shooting, offensive and defensive play-making, that wouldn’t be a bad option.
At No. 8, the Spurs then gamble on Serbian guard Topic, who’s run the gamut of NBA Draft storylines this year. Topic suffered a knee injury that will see him sidelined for the next several months. But the Spurs — who are playing with house money here with their second lottery pick — have the runway to give the 6-foot-7 guard time to heal and develop.
Topic would eventually become the likely starting point guard alongside Wembanyama, table-setting and getting easy offense inside. Sheppard could play the essential two guard.Derek is co-founder and publisher for Draft Digest and Inside The Thunder for Fan Nation, powered by Sports Illustrated. He has been a sports writer in the Oklahoma City market for five years now, primarily covering the NBA Draft and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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