The Spurs have a vision of their next great team: it’s hyper-modern — defensively switchable and replete with long and versatile offensive options that defy positional types; it’s true to the organization’s culture with high-character, coachable players; it has stars. And they’re not going to lose sight of that for what’s in the foreground.
If that much hadn’t been clear as of late, through consecutive summers taking swings on multi-dimensional guard/wings and last season’s trade deadline shakeup, then the 2022 NBA Draft was likely their boldest statement of intent yet.
The Spurs held on to all three of their first-round picks on Thursday night, turning them into perhaps the class’s most impactful defender in 6-9, 230-pound Jeremy Sochan (9) and two swingmen in Malaki Branham (20) and Blake Wesley (25) with three-level scoring potential.