After receiving the right to the Toronto Raptors' 2024 first-round pick, the San Antonio Spurs will now select twice in the top 10 in June, giving them ample options for new talent next season.
After a few hours of preparation, with both team representatives and media watching, the NBA's annual Draft Lottery took place Sunday afternoon. Ping-pong balls were numbered, mixed and drawn from a custom-made lottery machine with the end goal of delivering the full lottery order from picks 1-14, and that it was.
The Spurs will be picking fourth and eighth in the 2024 NBA Draft, putting them in a prime position to add even more young talent or trade the picks for a seasoned veteran in the offseason.San Antonio was rewarded late for its deal with the Toronto Raptors, in which the Canadian team traded away two second rounders and this year's first round-pick for Jakob Poeltl, giving the Spurs Khem Birch as well. The first-rounder was top-6 protected, but the lottery was not in Toronto's favor.
The Raptors earned the eighth pick overall, meaning they had to convey it to the Spurs, giving San Antonio a second top-10 pick — the only team this season with such an arrangement. According to San Antonio Express-News reporter Tom Orsborn, who was in the drawing room for the selection, San Antonio was one number away from earning the No. 1 overall pick for the second season in a row, but the final digit allowed it to go to the Atlanta Hawks.
Atlanta won its first NBA Draft Lottery in franchise history, and now gets a chance to draft a player first, which it hopes can turn into a generational talent. The Spurs, on the other hand, will have that same chance if they decide to use their picks.and Stephon Castle in Silver & Black threads. There will be ample time to flesh out an offseason plan, but any year with two lottery picks — let alone two in the top 10 — is a good year.
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