Seeing Pat Spencer push the pace with the Warriors, you’d never guess he spent most of his college career dominating a different sport -- or that almost no one believed basketball would be the path that stuck.

The Golden State guard -- currently on a two-way contract with the Santa Cruz Warriors -- was a four-time All-American lacrosse star at Loyola Maryland, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 Premier Lacrosse League collegiate draft and one of the most dominant players in the sport. But Spencer never dressed for the Archers Lacrosse Club. Instead, he used his graduate year to switch sports entirely, joining Northwestern’s basketball program.

For Spencer, the decision was simple.

"Love," Spencer told reporters when asked if the move was motivated by love or money. “I believe if you h

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