The San Antonio Spurs will enter the NBA Draft Lottery with two picks, lthough they will most likley end up as eighth and fourteenth overall, preventng them from pairing Vctor Wembanyama with top prospects like Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Baley, or VJ Edgecombe.

Gregg Popovich spoke publicly Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke six months ago, saying at the news conference where the San Antonio Spurs formally introduced Mitch Johnson as his replacement that the time was right to make that move.