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Luka Samanic is out to prove his naysayers wrong
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Luka Samanic has been faced with nearly impossible expectations from the instant the San Antonio Spurs selected him 19th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft. A scrawny 19-year-old forward out of Croatia, he has the skills, speed and body type to be a promising NBA player in the future. The problem is “future potential” is not what Spurs fans were hoping for with that particular pick.
The Spurs knew Samanic wasn’t NBA ready when they drafted him and didn’t expect him to be, but fans have higher expectations for higher draft picks, especially from a class that has ended up being so deep. While 19th was higher than almost any mock draft had him, the Spurs had reason to believe he wasn’t going to be there by the time they picked again at 29th, so they snatched him up when they could. That, combined with the fact that they brought him right over to develop under thei