1997 Draft fun fact

[Flux451]

Somehow came about 1997 draft through immense boredom and delirium. They should show old footage of Timmy at Rookie Camp, a la AMAZING commercials and have each of these guys step into the shot and spit the same foreshadowing spiel...

...or not.

Tim Duncan was drafted along with 7 other future Spurs' teammates.

#4 Antonio Daniels
#6 Ron Mercer
#12 Austin Chrosere
#13 Derek Anderson
#26 Charles Smith
#27 Jacque Vaughn
#43 Stephen Jackson

FUN!

[TDMVPDPOY]

if td didnt declared for the draft and declared in earlier years

who would the spurs had drafted that season? KVH? lmao

[Texas_Ranger]

lol @ some of those picks

2. KVH
4. A.Daniels
5. Tony Battie
6. Ron Mercer
8. Adonal Foyle
10. Danny Fortson....

[K-State Spur]

if td didnt declared for the draft and declared in earlier years

who would the spurs had drafted that season? KVH? lmao

Interesting question. No way to know because Pop pretty much made it clear that they wanted Duncan and weren't trading the pick about a grand total of 3 seconds after winning the lottery.

Billups was highly regarded and PG was a position that we needed to address in the near future - so that might have been the best case scenario (although it took him some time and even a trade to eventually find his game).

Definitely nobody (other than Duncan) in that draft who wins the Spurs a championship.

It's probably fair to say that if the Spurs don't win that lottery and/or if Duncan leaves prior to his senior year (he was projected as the #1 overall pick after his JR and SO years, and as a top 5 pick after his FR season), San Antonio may not even have a team today.

[Mr. Body]

I totally forgot we had Austin Croshere for, like, three days.

[TampaDude]

Definitely nobody (other than Duncan) in that draft who wins the Spurs a championship.

It's probably fair to say that if the Spurs don't win that lottery and/or if Duncan leaves prior to his senior year (he was projected as the #1 overall pick after his JR and SO years, and as a top 5 pick after his FR season), San Antonio may not even have a team today.

I shudder to think what might (not) have been.

[Blake]

Definitely nobody (other than Duncan) in that draft who wins the Spurs a championship.


The 1997 draft sucked. Only 3 future all-stars came out of it: Tim, Billups and TMac.

Compare it to the 1996 draft with 10 all stars, 4 future hall of famers and Marcus Camby

[Bito Corleone]

if td didnt declared for the draft and declared in earlier years

who would the spurs had drafted that season? KVH? lmao

Probably Ron Mercer of Tony Battie...and our team would have been sold 2 years later.

[will_spurs]

The 1997 draft sucked. Only 3 future all-stars came out of it: Tim, Billups and TMac.

One is a lock for the HoF, and the 2 others will get consideration, though (T-Mac will probably go in, even though Billups deserves it more). And S-Jax had a few seasons where he could have been an All-Star.

But it's clear that some drafts are a lot worse than others: 2003 was the 1996 of that decade.

[Blake]

One is a lock for the HoF, and the 2 others will get consideration, though (T-Mac will probably go in, even though Billups deserves it more). And S-Jax had a few seasons where he could have been an All-Star.


I doubt TMac gets in. I don't think Billups gets any kind of real consideration, but you never know.

[TDMVPDPOY]

One is a lock for the HoF, and the 2 others will get consideration, though (T-Mac will probably go in, even though Billups deserves it more). And S-Jax had a few seasons where he could have been an All-Star.

But it's clear that some drafts are a lot worse than others: 2003 was the 1996 of that decade.

man if only jax stayed here and win a few more rings, maybe he couldve had his jersey retired here also...

[FromWayDowntown]

I can remember there was upheaval in some corners of Spurs Nation that Pop wouldn't trade the pick (presumptively Duncan, no matter who exercised it) and get the 2 top 6 picks that Boston had. I vividly recall the thought of those who advocated such a move to be that the Spurs already had a great big man in David Robinson and needed guard/wing help.

There were also suggestions that the Spurs should use the pick to get an All-Star vet.

Hard to imagine where we'd be now had either viewpoint managed to prevail.

[lefty]

CROFL Celtics

[lefty]

http://sportingnews.printstown.com/ProdImages/2007_05_21_TIM_DUNCAN_LARGE.JPG

[baseline bum]

if td didnt declared for the draft and declared in earlier years

who would the spurs had drafted that season? KVH? lmao

Ah KVH :lol ... the late 90s NBA's answer to Benoit Benjamin.

[baseline bum]

I can remember there was upheaval in some corners of Spurs Nation that Pop wouldn't trade the pick (presumptively Duncan, no matter who exercised it) and get the 2 top 6 picks that Boston had. I vividly recall the thought of those who advocated such a move to be that the Spurs already had a great big man in David Robinson and needed guard/wing help.

There were also suggestions that the Spurs should use the pick to get an All-Star vet.

Hard to imagine where we'd be now had either viewpoint managed to prevail.

I can't imagine anyone who ever saw Duncan at Wake could ever think that. I remember the media hyping the idea a lot, but I can't recall anyone I knew who really followed basketball then who wanted to trade the pick.

[baseline bum]

Of course, the retard media also hyped the thought of the Spurs just handing Robinson over to LA or Boston in 87 also.

[Blake]

I can remember there was upheaval in some corners of Spurs Nation that Pop wouldn't trade the pick (presumptively Duncan, no matter who exercised it) and get the 2 top 6 picks that Boston had. I vividly recall the thought of those who advocated such a move to be that the Spurs already had a great big man in David Robinson and needed guard/wing help.

There were also suggestions that the Spurs should use the pick to get an All-Star vet.

Hard to imagine where we'd be now had either viewpoint managed to prevail.

I don't remember that viewpoint at all.

I do remember Sean Ellliottttt talking about watching the ping pong ball come up and him jumping up and down knowing he was going to have Duncan come here.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Wow that was a fun fact. I had fun reading it.