Early May isn’t typically the time for Spurs fans to be eyeing draft boards, but that’s where many may find themselves right now, pondering what young piece could be a part of that next great squad. There are a lot of directions to potentially go — the team has a handful of free-agent and retirement decisions still pending, they could probably use another big, they struggled shooting the ball, and then there’s the whole Kawhi thing — but here’s one half-baked theory from where that nameless person may come from.
The Spurs own the 18th pick in this year’s draft, which is technically the highest they’ll have selected since 1997 if you don’t count acquiring the rights to Kawhi Leonard (15) on draft night.