It has been a long time since Notre Dame had one of its own enter the NBA with such promise. The term “one-and-done” in relation to the NBA typically isn’t thrown around South Bend, but we officially can give that label to Blake Wesley. When he was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 25th overall pick, he became the first Irish draftee since [autotag]Demetrius Jackson[/autotag] in 2016 and the first taken in the first round since [autotag]Jerian Grant[/autotag] in 2015.
Wesley did well for himself in his lone season with his hometown university. He led the Irish with 14.4 points a game and was second with 2.4 assists a game. That made him instrumental in the Irish’s run to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. The ACC agreed, naming him second team all-conference and to the all-freshman team.
Now, Wesley gets a chance to prove himself at the next level. Good luck to him with the Spurs, who will be extremely lucky to have him. Here’s hoping Dejounte Murray and company won’t haze him too much or too harshly.
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