Official Site of the Spurs · Jun 26, 2015
Spurs select Nikola Milutinov
The Spurs selected Nikola Milutinov with the 26th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft on Thursday.
Milutinov, 20, is a 7-foot-0 center from Serbia who has played with Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian Adriatic League for the past three seasons.
The pick of Milutinov comes eight years after the Spurs drafted a 6-11 player from a European league late in the first round, Tiago Splitter with the No. 28 overall selection in 2007.
Splitter stayed in Europe for three more seasons before he arrived in San Antonio in 2010. Other Spurs first-round draft picks who have been “draft-and-stash” selections from Europe include Ian Mahinmi (No. 28, 2005) and Livio Jean-Charles (No. 28, 2013).