BREAKING: San Antonio Spurs to Pick 4th, 8th in NBA Draft, Lottery Decides

After receiving the right to the Toronto Raptors' 2024 first-round pick, the San Antonio Spurs will now select twice in the top 10 in June, giving them ample options for new talent next season.

May 12, 2024; Chicago, IL, USA; Duke University’s Kyle Filipowski at the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery. / David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

SAN ANTONIO, Tx. — The San Antonio Spurs have some decisions to make.

After a few hours of preparation, with both team representatives and media watching, the NBA's annual Draft Lottery took place Sunday afternoon. Ping-pong balls were numbered, mixed and drawn from a custom-made lottery machine with the end goal of delivering the full lottery order from picks 1-14, and that it was.

The Spurs will be picking fourth and eighth in the 2024 NBA Draft, putting them in a prime position to add even more young talent or trade the picks for a seasoned veteran in the offseason.

Which route will it take? That's not yet decided. But that's a query for another day.

The San Antonio #Spurs will pick 4th in the 2024 #NBA Draft as announced by Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum.

Here is the final four:

1) Atlanta Hawks
2) Washington Wizards
3) Houston Rockets
4) San Antonio Spurs

Atlanta wins its first Draft Lottery. Now, San Antonio has…

— Matt Guzman (@mattgzman) May 12, 2024

San Antonio was rewarded late for its deal with the Toronto Raptors, in which the Canadian team traded away two second rounders and this year's first round-pick for Jakob Poeltl, giving the Spurs Khem Birch as well. The first-rounder was top-6 protected, but the lottery was not in Toronto's favor.

The Raptors earned the eighth pick overall, meaning they had to convey it to the Spurs, giving San Antonio a second top-10 pick — the only team this season with such an arrangement.

According to San Antonio Express-News reporter Tom Orsborn, who was in the drawing room for the selection, San Antonio was one number away from earning the No. 1 overall pick for the second season in a row, but the final digit allowed it to go to the Atlanta Hawks.

Atlanta won its first NBA Draft Lottery in franchise history, and now gets a chance to draft a player first, which it hopes can turn into a generational talent. The Spurs, on the other hand, will have that same chance if they decide to use their picks.

Early indications have Rob Dillingham and Stephon Castle in Silver & Black threads. There will be ample time to flesh out an offseason plan, but any year with two lottery picks — let alone two in the top 10 — is a good year.

Next up, San Antonio will be on the clock at picks No. 4 and 8 inside Barclays Center.

The 2024 NBA Draft is scheduled for June 26 and 27 in a new format giving each round its own day. Coverage from Brooklyn, New York will begin in the evening.