Wembanyama Spurs draft Juan Núñez

Juan Núñez is a new player for the San Antonio Spurs and will share the locker room with the French extraterrestrial, Victor Wembanyama. Although he was selected by the Indiana Pacers in 36th place, a series of transfers and pick exchanges turned the Madrid native into the Texans’ point guard. Núñez was the only Spaniard to be drafted in a year that seemed like it was going to be historic for our basketball, since at the beginning of the season Aday Mara, Baba Miller and Izan Almansa were in all the pools.

The 20-year-old player has to decide on his future in a summer in which he will have many basketball commitments. After his great 2023 World Cup with the national team, no one doubts that Juan Núñez will be called up by Sergio Scariolo for the Olympic Games. In fact, with the permission of the Federation, he was absent from the training camp for the Pre-Olympic Games in Valencia to be present at the draft ceremony.

Barcelona, ​​Madrid or San Antonio. Although the Spaniard has a remaining contract with the German club Ulm, the point guard was clear that he wanted to return to the ACB, and everyone was very aware of his situation. A few days ago the list of players who are subject to the right of first refusal came out, and Núñez was one of them for Real Madrid. The white club had to react after the rumors that said that Barça was going for him.

Now, his selection by the Spurs changes everything. The current situation of the Texans is unbeatable, they have one of the biggest stars of the future in Wembanyama, Greg Popovich as coach and teacher, and a very young team where he has opportunities to play and grow. In addition, the good experiences of the European players in San Antonio are well known, where Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Boris Diaw and Wembanyama himself have played.

On the other hand, Juan Núñez has become the 23rd Spaniard to be selected in the American draft. The most notable Spaniards who were selected the fastest were Pau Gasol, in 2001 in third place, and Ricky Rubio, in 2009 in fifth place. Núñez was selected in 35th place. Marc Gasol and Fernando Martín, among others, were selected in lower picks.

The Lakers select LeBron James’ son

For the first time in the history of the North American major leagues, a father and son share a team. Bronny James was chosen at the end of the draft, in 55th place by the Los Angeles Lakers. Throughout the night before his selection, several journalists and former league officials stated that Bronny’s agent, Rich Paul, who is also LeBron’s agent, warned teams not to select him, since if they did ” “he would go to Australia.”

The boy has not had it easy, as he has had part of the spotlights of his father on him. He has only played one year at the university level, with the University of Southern California. With the Trojans he has not reached 20 minutes of play per game, signing statistics of 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Added to this are the heart problems he has had, suffering a cardiac arrest a year ago that kept him from playing a single minute until last December.

In this way, LeBron James has a new coach, with JJ Reddick, his son now at the Lakers. Without knowing what he will do with his future, he hopes to sign his last big contract. He has to decide what to do with the player option of 51 million euros, by which he would renew one more year with the Los Angeles team. With his son’s choice, it seems that King James will end up renewing and fulfilling the dream of playing with his son.