The San Antonio Spurs may be the luckiest team in the NBA. Three years in a row, they have jumped ahead in the NBA Draft Lottery to put themselves in a position to build a long-term playoff contender. On Monday night, the Spurs leapt from the 8th to the 2nd pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. They also hold the 14th overall pick courtesy of the Atlanta Hawks. They’ll have some big decisions to make at both picks.

Trades notwithstanding, San Antonio could grab two good prospects with their picks. The 2025 draft class has been heralded as top-heavy, with four prospects seen as a cut above the rest. The Spurs will get to draft one of those players at two and find another talented player at 14. Here are a few prospects they could select at both spots.

Second Overall
Dylan Harper, 6-6 guard, Rutgers

Dylan Harper has been considered the second-best prospect in the draft for most of the process. The scoring guard from Rutgers produced at a high level in his freshman season despite missing the NCAA Tournament. Harper averaged 19.4 points and 4 assists on 48.4% shooting from the field and 33.3% from deep on his way to an All-Big Ten season.

Harper is a pure scorer with the potential to be a three-level threat. The lefty guard is a walking paint touch with an awesome handle and finishing moves around the basket. He’s a solid passer whose assist numbers were hurt by the lack of offensive talent around him at Rutgers. He’s not known as a catch-and-shoot jump shooter, nor as an off-ball player. Harper has the potential to be an isolation and pick-and-roll offensive engine at the next level.

His fit in San Antonio is shaky. With De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle, the Spurs have two guards who are big parts of their future. Victor Wembanyama needs more players who can shoot and defend on the perimeter to maximize his ability. Loading up on big guards who aren’t knockdown shooters may not be optimal. Harper’s talent makes him hard to pass up on.

V.J. Edgecombe, 6-4 guard, Baylor

Two of the four top players in this draft are combo guards. V.J. Edgecombe profiles as more of an off-ball player, while Harper is better known for his on-ball scoring. Edgecombe is one of the most athletic players in the draft. He uses his speed and explosiveness to attack off the bounce, finish with athleticism, and hound ball-handlers.

Edgecombe won the Big-12 rookie of the year averaging 15 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals on 43.6% shooting from the field and 34% shooting from deep. While he’s not yet an awesome scorer with the ball in his hands, he showed enough flashes, combined with his athleticism, to project as a long-term two-way star in the NBA. He shot the ball well from deep, particularly on catch and shoots. Edgecombe will come into the league immediately and compete on defense, and can plug in easily to most offenses.

His fit with the Spurs may be better than Harpers’ because of his ability to play off the ball. His frame is almost identical to Victor Oladipo, and with his high athleticism, he should be able to compete with wings and guards defensively. He won’t need the ball in his hands to make an impact with his spot-up shooting and cutting. Still, the Spurs guard room gets crowded with Edgecombe, Castle and Fox.

Airious “Ace” Bailey, 6-8 wing, Rutgers

The best fit may be the most shaky prospect for San Antonio. In theory, a player like Bailey would be just what the Spurs need. A long wing who can shoot, create his own shot and has the tools to be an impact defender. Bailey never proved he can do that consistently in his freshman season at Rutgers where he averaged 17.6 points and 7.2 rebounds on 46% shooting from the field and 34.6% from deep.

Bailey’s shot selection is questionable. He took 14.7 shots a game, a lot of them were difficult. When the ball is going in, Bailey looks like an awesome, tough-shot making wing who has the length to get the ball over defenders. He’s very slight at 202 pounds, and would need to get stronger to compete at a high-level on both ends in the NBA. His defensive results were mixed. There is potential there, but the team that draft him needs to unlock it.

San Antonio needs help on the wings. They need shooting. They need more scoring. There is a universe where Bailey provides all of those things. There is another where he fizzles out in the NBA. The Spurs will need to be sure they can tap into his potential if they reach for him with the second pick.

Fourteenth Overall
Carter Bryant, 6-7 wing, Arizona

Bryant is a long, strong, athletic wing who shot the ball well in his freshman season. He’s just 1⁄4 of an inch shy of a 7-foot wingspan, and uses that length to be a real disrupter on defense. He may be one of the best three-and-D wings in the draft, but don’t expect him to create a lot of offense as a rookie. He averaged 6.5 points and 4.1 rebounds as a freshman while shooting 37% from three. The numbers weren’t there, but the tape shows a lot of potential.

Bryant may be a fast-riser in the draft with his combination of size, athleticism, defense and spot-up shooting. He’s an excellent fit for the Spurs, who could use more versatile defenders and shooters around Wemby. San Antonio should sprint to the phones to select him if he’s available at 14.

Thomas Sorber, 6-10 center, Georgetown

The Spurs need a center. It will be a position of focus this summer. They could grab one to develop with their fourteenth pick. Sorber is a strong, athletic and long center despite his height. He has a 7’6” wingspan with a 9’1” standing reach, and used it to block two shots a game in college, along with averaging 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds as a freshman.

Sorber hasn’t spaced the floot yet, but his jump shot mechanics are smooth. Maybe he develops into a big who can shoot from deep eventually. His biggest strengths are his physicality and rim deterrence defensively, while offensively he will be a solid weapon as a rim runner and short-roll playmaker in the pick-and-roll.

Liam McNeeley, 6-7 wing, UCONN

San Antonio needs shooters. McNeeley may be the best shooter still on the board at fourteen. While he didn’t shoot the ball particularly well last year (31.7% from deep) he has long been known as a three-point sniper who had hot shooting stretches at UCONN. He has size and strength on the wing, plays with fire and comes from a great college program. Defensively he will need some work, but the Spurs could use a knock down shooter to space the floor around Wembanyama, Fox, Castle and whoever the select at 2.