Breaking News: San Antonio Spurs Star Who Requested Trade Finally Agree To Join Departure Golden State Warriors When Devonte’ Graham joined the San Antonio Spurs in 2023, the team had 27 games left. Graham played in 20 of them.
His 31 points a day after he arrived set the franchise record for most in a Spurs debut. He also collected three rebounds and three assists in that 138–131 double overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons. In averaging 13 points per outing and starting eight over those last two months the season,
Graham became a regular part of the rotation. Heading into an off-season in which the Spurs didn’t overhaul the roster upon the drafting of Victor Wembanyama, it may have been natural to think Graham would again find himself among the team’s regulars. But 2023-24 proved to be a vastly different story.
After seeing the court in those 20 of the aforementioned 27 games, the sixth-year veteran played in only 23 of their 82 games last year.
“I’m sure he didn’t like it, but he was always there for his team,” Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said toward the end of the season. It proved Graham’s last in San Antonio after he signed a one-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. Right after the Silver and Black’s huge win vs.
the then defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets in the second-to-last game of the regular season for both, Popovich called Graham a “player.” “Down the stretch, he got to play a little bit more and he’s shown that he’s still a player,” the winningest coach in NBA history said after Graham hit a game-winner in the 121-120 final.
