There was a time when Jaron Blossomgame might have expected to hear his name called in the first round of the NBA Draft. There was another time when he might not have expected to hear it called at all.
What actually happened split the difference, as the former Clemson forward was taken 59th overall in Thursday’s draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Of all the places he could have landed, there probably aren’t many better equipped to use him than the Spurs.
Blossomgame’s strengths and weaknesses are well defined by now. Some of those have ebbed and flowed over time as his role has shifted in college.