San Antonio Spurs rookie Dylan Harper underwent surgical procedure on Friday to restore {a partially} torn ligament in his left thumb, which occurred throughout a exercise earlier this week,based on ESPN’s Shams Charania. The “hope” is that Harper will probably be accessible for San Antonio’s season opener towards the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 22.
The No. 2 total choose within the 2025 NBA Draft out of Rutgers appeared in simply two video games in the course of the NBA Las Vegas Summer season League and averaged 16.0 factors, 4.0 rebounds and a pair of.0 assists. He didn’t take part within the California Basic — which is the summer season league prelim to the primary occasion in Las Vegas.
The Spurs climbed from the eighth-best odds to land the No. 1 total choose to the No. 2 draft slot and used the choose to pick Harper, who was the consensus second-best prospect within the class behind Cooper Flagg. San Antonio chosen Harper regardless of having guards De’Aaron Fox and reigning NBA Rookie of the Yr Stephon Fort already on the roster. San Antonio had only a 26.3% likelihood of leaping into the top-four.
With Fox and Fort solidified as San Antonio’s beginning backcourt to start the season, it was probably that Harper would start the season in a reserve position. The Spurs acquired Fox finally season’s commerce deadline and inked the previous Sacramento Kings star to an enormous four-year, $229 million max extension.
The Spurs open the 2025-26 season towards the Mavericks on the highway and face the New Orleans Pelicans (Oct. 24) and the Brooklyn Nets (Oct. 26) in the course of the opening week of the season.
