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This Sunday took place the Lottery for the next Draft. Now that we know the choices that the Spurs will inherit, what will their targets be? Jacques Monclar revealed the names of players that the Texans currently have in their sights.

The Draft will take place on June 26 and 27. But before arriving at this day, we were able to witness the Lottery determining the choices available to the franchises among the top 14 of this class.

Among the names that resonated the most this year, we find those of Alexandre Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher. The two Frenchmen arouse the curiosity of almost all the teams.

Concerning the allocated places, we now know that the Spurs will have the right to the 4th choice, in addition to the 8th received from the Raptors.

Which prospects will support Victor Wembanyama next season? For the moment we can only be satisfied with Draft simulations, and they are advantageous for our nuggets.

Jacques Monclar’s prediction on Spurs’ Draft choices

In addition to potentially seeing a Frenchman in first position in the Draft, like last season, there is also a good chance that the first two places will be in blue, white, red with Alexandre Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher respectively.
They will no longer be available for Spurs, so which players could they choose? Jacques Monclar tried to provide an answer on the set of NBA Extra .

We risk having French teams, it’s beautiful. It’s true that Washington is well placed to have a Zaccharie Risacher/Bilal Coulibaly team.

Tidjane Salaün is in the zone where Spurs can sign him, but Spurs are interested in point guard Nikola Topic. Not much will change at the Draft. I’ll tell you frankly, there are going to be good players, but certainly little difference between number 5 and number 35.

Subsequently, the consultant spoke about this notable presence of French players in this Draft vintage.

It’s exceptional, it’s not a habit. You have to look at the photo carefully, when we have the three in the top 10… It’s extremely rare to see that.

If we have so many from the same country, not counting the United States, in the top 7 or 8, I think it’s unheard of. We must therefore be well aware of this and very proud.

Following the lottery, new Mock Drafts were released. And since choices number 4 and 8 were awarded to Spurs, Jacques Monclar declared that the latter would undoubtedly be interested in Nikola Topic, but a recruitment of Tidjane Salaün should not be ruled out either.