The San Antonio Spurs delivered a low-profile offseason, not making splashy signings, unlike other Western Conference teams. Instead, they signed Rudy Gay, Joffrey Lauvergne and Brandon Paul to fill the bench, joining 2017 first-round pick Derrick White.
Gay and Lauvergne joined the Spurs with years of NBA experience. The same couldn’t be said for Paul, who entered the 2017-18 season having never played one regular season minute in the Association.
San Antonio plucked the Illinois product out of the NBA Summer League, giving him a fully guaranteed contract. So, when he found out, after years of traveling through the G-League and EuroLeague, it led to a terrific reaction, according to an interview, he did with The Undefeated:
“That was crazy.