The San Antonio Spurs are in the midst of a stretch that sticks out, even for a franchise linked with a “Rodeo Road Trip.” A game at the Frost Bank Center vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on December 2 serves as the only home date in a stretch of nine games for the Silver and Black. For rookie Dylan Harper , who hasn't yet endured the yearly rodeo trip because it hits every February, it's a notice of the leap he's recently made.

“This is my welcome to the league moment.”

The second overall pick of this past summer's draft made his way back from a three-and-a-half week absence during a road swing that took the Spurs through Phoenix, Portland – where he returned to action, Denver and Minneapolis.

“We've been on the road for, what, nine days?” Dylan said in more exclamation than question.

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