The San Antonio Spurs are looking for the right sort of players to put around star French forward Victor Wembanyama next season. Bleacher Report NBA draft expert Jonathan Wasserman has a prospect in mind to that end for the Spurs to use their early second round pick in the 2024 draft on who might fit the bill.
That player, the University of Pittsburgh’s Carlton Carrington, is an intriguing player who could be an ideal support player for San Antonio in the future, but has some serious kinks in his game to work out. A 6-foot-5, 190-lb. wing who, at age 18, he is compared to Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
“Carrington could generate first-round consideration, but he’s not a lock, which will lead to an interesting decision over whether to scrimmage at the NBA combine,” writes Wasserman.
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“It’s easy to see the appeal (… of a) guard who averaged 4.1 assists and 2.0 3s (per game) and hit 102 pull-up jumpers,” adds the B/R analyst.
“There are just questions about his lack of quickness and burst, which limited his rim pressure and led to a red-flag low steal rate.”
Given he’d be looked to as a potential depth option, this feels like a solid pick at this point in the draft for the Spurs.
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