Spurs to select 2nd and 14th in first round of the NBA Draft
The San Antonio Spurs know where they will select in the first round in the 2025 NBA Draft.
The San Antonio Spurs have the second and 14th overall picks in the 2025 NBA Draft after it was announced at the NBA Draft Lottery on Monday night.
The Spurs are the only team in the draft with two lottery picks. San Antonio landed the 14th pick because of the Dejounte Murray trade in 2022, where the Atlanta Hawks sent the unprotected draft rights to their 2025 and 2027 first-round picks and an unprotected first-round pick swap in 2026.
The pick acquired from the Hawks had a 50.5% chance to land 14th overall and a 3.4% chance to land in the top four. The Spurs pick had a 34.5% chance to land eighth, a 26.3% chance in the top four, a 6.3% chance to land second, and a 6.0% chance to land number one. The pick jumps up six spots from its initial projection.
This will be the second year in a row the Spurs have had multiple lottery picks, and it will be the third year in a row that San Antonio will select inside the top four.
The Dallas Mavericks received the first overall pick in the draft, giving the Mavericks the rights to draft Duke forward and consensus first overall pick Cooper Flagg. This allows the Spurs to select a player like Rutgers freshman guard Dylan Harper or freshman forward Ace Bailey. Multiple mock drafts have the Spurs selecting Harper. The Spurs could also use the second pick or both lottery picks to form a package for Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is “open-minded” about exploring other options outside of Milwaukee to figure out what’s best for his long-term career.
The NBA Draft is still over a month away. It will be held on June 25 and will begin at 7 p.m. (CDT) with the Mavericks on the clock.