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Can Brandon Paul carve out a NBA role with the San Antonio Spurs?

Brandon Paul has been here before.

In 2013 and 2014, Paul had chances to show his stuff with the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League and the Chicago Bulls’ summer league team. But those chances were both sidetracked by shoulder injuries that required surgery.

Paul continued to play in the D-League and abroad over the next couple year, but never quite earned an opportunity to stick at the highest level.

Then the Philadelphia 76ers signed Paul to a partially guaranteed contract in 2016 after a series of standout summer league performances. Paul competed for a back-up guard position in training camp but ultimately fell short: The Sixers waived Paul near the end of the preseason to trim their roster to the maximum of 15 contracts.