Like the Cavaliers in 2003 with LeBron James, the Spurs have a 100% chance of selecting Victor Wembanyama as the first choice. The French pivot has known this for a month, and in San Antonio, we have fun with the offers received the day after the “lottery“.
“The best offer we received was two days after the lottery, and a GM said to me, ‘I’m offering you my assistant GM’s right arm and his left leg'” laughs Brian Wrightthe GM of the San Antonio franchise. “I think people understood that this year we weren’t going to consider much…”
In fact, the only problem for Spurs is not forgetting to wake up on Thursday… but also to manage the other files. Because the franchise also has the 33rd and 44th choices, and they should not be neglected.
Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell untouchable
“The staff are furious because we have been here all day and all night” reports Wright. “Nothing has changed from this point of view. » We lend the Spurs the intention of recovering a second choice in the Top 15, and why not to reunite Wembanyama and Bilal Coulibaly in the NBA. But Wright warns, he will not touch the heart of his group. No question of transferring Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson, considered executives.
“We want to see what we have this team”, Wright continues. “We have a group that gave their all. What they were last year may not be what they will be in the future. We want to see how things work out.”
A “patient and deliberate” construction
Patience is the key word. No question of turning everything upside down to surround Wembanyama with superstars, and aiming for the title too quickly.
“Team building is patient and deliberate”concludes the GM of the Spurs. “We have to let things take their course. We are not opposed to any other method of construction. We are simply against making final decisions based on things we don’t know. We have to be patient on this subject. The players on the field determine how quickly you get there. What we have tried to develop in recent years are opportunities to build with this group. We cannot guess and invent the chronology of a construction. »
