With a pair of top-10 picks, the San Antonio Spurs have shooting and a point guard upgrade near the top of their draft wish list
Brian Wright and other members of the Spurs ’ brain trust awoke the morning of June 22, 2023 with what for the next 12 hours or so would be the easiest job in the NBA . Blessed with the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA draft, all Wright and Co. had to do was not oversleep and remember to say the name “ Victor Wembanyama ” when the big moment arrived. Some 370 days later, the Spurs and their general manager arrive at the 2024 draft with a bit more work to do than that.
The best Spurs coverage in the Alamo City, delivered to your inbox Armed with a pair of top 10 picks in the same draft for the first time in club history, Wright and his staff will face key franchise-shaping decisions as Wednesday’s festivities unfold in New York. “I say this all time — there are players in every draft,” Wright said. “You’ve just got to do your homework and make the best decision you can.” Wright will be the first to admit, owning the No. 4 and No.
mock draft 2.0: Spurs land another French star to pair with Wembanyama All told, it stands to be one of the most consequential and unpredictable drafts in Spurs history. “We don’t have the No. 1 pick, so that is someone else’s decision there,” Wright said. “We do think there are good players in this draft who can help us.” The consensus among draft observers is that the Spurs could look to fill a perceived void at point guard with one of their first-round selections.
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