After the San Antonio Spurs excited their fan base by taking champion University of Connecticut combo guard Stephon Castle with the No. 4 overall pick of the 2024 NBA draft, those same fans heard league Commissioner Adam Silver call out an unexpected name.
That name would be of University of Kentucky point guard Rob Dillingham, a player connected to the Spurs but making much less sense after San Antonio’s selection of Castle earlier in the draft. Mercifully, it turned out that the Spurs were dealing Dillingham to the Minnesota Timberwolves for future draft assets the team may use to pick up an established played when the moment is right.
The folks behind the “SSPN: A San Antonio Spurs Podcast” YouTube channel reacted to the decision to trade away the No. 8 pick’s return to the T-Wolves on a recent show.
Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.
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