Recent projection predicts San Antonio Spurs use No. 8 pick on Kentucky point guard

We might prefer the less-likely prospect from UConn in this projection.

In a recently released analysis from our sister site HoopsHype, the prospective pick of each draft pick in the 2024 NBA draft has been predicted via a method that, as H/H analyst Alberto De Roa writes, uses the Draft Predictor, “a new tool that factors in our Aggregated Mock Draft and our workout tracker to generate the probability of every player landing at each draft slot.”

And in the case of the San Antonio Spurs‘ No. 8 selection in this summer’s draft, that prospective draft pick would be freshman University of Kentucky point guard Reed Sheppard with 22.5% odds, narrowly edging out the next-closest prospect.

That prospect would be University of Connecticut combo guard Stephon Castle, with 19.1% odds.

The method posits University of Kentucky floor general Rob Dillingham as the third-most likely selection, with 16.1% odds.

It also has a pair of G League Ignite small forward teammates, Matas Buzelis (8.8% odds) and Ron Holland (8.0% odds) in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

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