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Spurs draft prospects to watch in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Potential Spurs draftees to check out in the Sweet 16. Is anyone else’s bracket busted? Outside of a few major first-round upsets like Oakland and Yale taking down the SEC’s best, the tournament has gone chalk. If you’re like me and predicted multiple double-digit seeds to make the Sweet 16, you’d be wrong. In fact, the final sixteen schools left are made up of top-50ish (NC State is 52) teams in Kenpom rankings. There are still plenty of NBA Draft prospects in the tournament for San Antonio Spurs fans to watch, despite early...

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Spurs draft targets to watch in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32

Photo by Sarah Stier/ NBA draft prospects Spurs fans should watch in the second round of March Madness. Well, that was certainly madness. The first round of the NCAA Tournament was not kind to the NBA Draft hopefuls. The Kentucky duo of Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham were disappointing in their early bounce to Oakland, and Cody Williams has struggled to make an impact in his first two games. As the tournament moves onto the round of 32, other lottery prospects and second rounders with something to prove will have a chance to wow scouts in their quest for the title....

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Lottery Update: Good Results From Warriors, Grizzlies

Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/NBAE via The Portland Trail Blazers benefited from favorable results around the league Friday night. Despite the ugly loss to the LA Clippers, not everything was bad news. The Blazers’ draft positions were helped by two game results tonight. First, the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs had a wild finish, leading to a 99-97 Memphis win. With the victory, the Grizzlies now have 24 wins, one more than the Toronto Raptors, and five more than the Blazers. Check out all the fun in the highlight reel. Second, the Golden State Warriors fell to...

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Why the Spurs should target wings in the 2024 NBA Draft

Photo by Cooper Neill/NBAE via In a draft full of questions, San Antonio should look for a hot commodity. The 2024 NBA Draft has been considered a weaker one by many. Scouts and internet talent evaluators haven’t been able to find a clear number one pick. With just a few months until the draft, it’s hard to discern who teams will be targeting in the top-5. This has left the worst teams in the NBA in a tough spot. What exactly should they prioritize at the top of a draft where the prospects’ NBA talent is so heavily questioned? The San Antonio Spurs should be...

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Potential Spurs draft targets in the NCAA Tournament’s first round

Photo by Andy Lyons/ Prospects that Spurs fans should keep an eye on in the opening weekend of college hoops greatest event. It’s finally March. It’s a beautiful time when basketball fans who’ve religiously followed college hoops have about the same chances of filling out a perfect bracket as someone who strictly picks off the quality of a school’s mascot. It’s one of the most fun sporting events in the world. For fans of the San Antonio Spurs, it’s a chance to see some of the best 2024 NBA Draft prospects who could suit up for the Silver and Black next...

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Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs game preview

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Rockets get their third crack at Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs I hope the San Antonio Spurs win the NBA Draft Lottery. Yes I know you don’t want them to, but I think it would be fascinating. The Spurs have lived a charmed life in the Draft, with the top overall pick in 1987, 1997, and 2023. In each of those years, there was a clear-cut top player in the Draft: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and Victor Wembanyama. But they’ve never won the lottery in a year in which there wasn’t a guaranteed star, much like the Houston Texans in...

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Victor Wembanyama’s dominance might force the Spurs to speed up their rebuild

Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports The Spurs seemed content with building slowly through the draft but their rookie is ahead of schedule in his development so the front office will need to reasses its plan. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst recently discussed whether the Spurs should risk rushing their rebuild because of Victor Wembanyama’s impact as a rookie. Is accelerating the rebuild as soon as possible the right move? Marilyn Dubinski: It’s hard to know what the Spurs’ actual schedule is/was considering they’re so tight to the vest, and we have...

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The Spurs’ 2024 NBA Draft strategy revolves around Wembanyama

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Why the old “talent vs. fit” question may be irrelevant. On NBA Draft night, you’ll typically hear scouts and analysts boil down a team’s strategy into one simple question – should they be drafting for talent or fit? To break that down a bit further, it means should the team in question take the best player available regardless of their skillset, or take the player who fits well with the current roster and scheme? The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a particularly interesting spot when it comes to the 2024 NBA Draft. The...

Spurs win Victor Wembanyama Sweepstakes with No. 1 pick + Reaction to 76ers firing Doc Rivers | KJM

Spurs win Victor Wembanyama Sweepstakes with No. 1 pick + Reaction to 76ers firing Doc Rivers | KJM The KJM crew discuss: 0:00 Victor Wembanyama and the Draft Lottery 4:35 What's Wembanyama's floor in the NBA? 8:00 76ers fire head coach Doc Rivers 10:00