Spurs Win Draft Lottery, Ability to Draft Wembanyama

In Spurscast episode 698, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Challenge Spurs author Benjamin Bornstein talk about:  

The Spurs touchdown the primary decide within the draft lottery to draft Victor WembanyamaThe Spurs’ offseason strategy going aheadThe Spurs’ totally different cap area outlooks

Spurscast Breakdown

Spurs land primary decide to draft Victor Wembanyama

Tuesday was a memorable day for the San Antonio Spurs franchise, with the workforce collaborating within the NBA Draft Lottery and touchdown the primary general decide within the 2023 NBA Draft. Touchdown the primary general decide will give the Spurs the power to draft a franchise-changing participant in Victor Wembanyama of France.

For a lot of Spurs followers, the night time was a celebration just like 1997, when the workforce gained the draft lottery in having the ability to draft Corridor-of-Famer Tim Duncan.

Wembanyama goes to place the Spurs again on a path to compete for championships sooner or later. Though the workforce he’s becoming a member of in his first yr is totally different from the 1998 squad Duncan joined that gained 56 video games. In 1998, the Spurs had a number of veteran gamers and former All-Stars on the workforce. Right this moment, nearly all of the Spurs gamers on the present workforce are beneath the age of 24 with no established All-Stars at present on the roster.

The Spurs’ offseason strategy going ahead

The massive query going ahead is how do the Spurs strategy the offseason now that they’ve Wembanyama? Do they use their $30-40 million in cap area to signal one or a number of free brokers? Do they attempt to use their future picks to attempt to commerce for a present or former All-Star who hasn’t been profitable with their present workforce?

The longer term is brilliant for San Antonio going ahead. Now the entrance workplace has plenty of selections to make about how they’ll strategy this offseason.