Winning the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Chicago is the next step in the Spurs' plan to land Victor Wembanyama.
CHICAGO - Coach Gregg Popovich has a pretty good hunch the rest of the NBA won't feel sorry for the Spurs if they fail to win the No. 1 pick in the draft lottery.After winning lotteries in 1987 and 1997 - massive strokes of franchise-saving good fortune that led to the drafting of future Hall of Famers David Robinson and Tim Duncan - the Spurs have been the envy of the NBA when it comes to benefiting from ping-pong ball bounties of the highest magnitude.
"Quit your crying. Poor us. We have to start over again. It's baloney," Popovich added."So, I'm just grateful for the good fortunate I've had personally." The lottery teams are the 14 clubs that failed to make the playoffs. The remaining 11 and their odds to land the No. 1 pick are Charlotte , Portland , Orlando , Indiana , Washington , Utah , Dallas , Chicago , Oklahoma City , Toronto and New Orleans .
As the most anticipated prospect since LeBron James in 2003, Wembanyama could add million of dollars to the value of the small-market Spurs, whose four-year playoff drought is the longest in franchise history. He's the kind of rare player experts believe can turn around the fortunes of a franchise from the start.
Playing last season for the Metropolitans 92 while competing in LNB Pro A League, one of the tougher divisions in France, he led the league in points per game with 21.6 and in blocks at 3.1 to go along with 10.5 rebounds.
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