Official 2008 NBA Draft Blog

[Buddy Holly]

The Mavs 51st pick will be better than the Spurs 1st round pick...trust me

The Spurs 1st round pick dropped 29 on your Mavs and the Mavs 51st pick just dropped one of the fries orders he just made.

[Muser]

The Spurs 1st round pick dropped 29 on your Mavs and the Mavs 51st pick just dropped one of the fries orders he just made.

[Darkwaters]

the ing spurs saw IUPUI and thought it was a ing euro team

I liked this one the best.

[jesterbobman]

I was definitely in the WTF club (though on the other site at that time, I've since moved over). I was definitely annoyed at missing on Batum, him being taken already, and we'd been having fairly intense draft discussion on the ideas of Brandon Rush and Courtney Lee so weren't paying attention to PG's), but I knew that I was quite high on Derrick Byars the previous year, and thought that he'd definitely be a contributor. I was wrong on that(obviously), which I reminded myself of, but even then, I was in WTF club.

Also, It's funny looking at drafts in retrospect(I know, 20-20 is everything), but both SI and ESPN gave the Spurs C's for the 08 draft, but if you look at what they got(Hill, pick that netted Blair, Hairston, Gist), that's an A+. Maybe Pop and RC know what they're doing after all.

[ffadicted]

omg this thread is so ing legendary, page 15 HAS to be the best page in any thread in any forum ever

CIA ing Pop

[coyotes_geek]

It's almost as if the Spurs know what they're doing...................

[will_spurs]

omg this thread is so ing legendary, page 15 HAS to be the best page in any thread in any forum ever

CIA ing Pop

True, and I'm even giving a link for it so minimize the clicking.

Legendary thread indeed

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Just for a laugh, here are a bunch of posts after the announcement (from late page 14 to page 16):

Hahahahahahaaaa!!!!

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o

what the ???????????

that was very surprising

Well, you wanted domestic!

fire rc

GEORGE HILL???

Wtf.

You have got to be kidding me. the front office

Who the !?

who is george hill????

George Hill was a player the LAKERS wanted. They were extremely interested in this kid and considering trading to get a 2nd round pick for him.

George Hill over Chalmers WTF!!!!!!!!!!

what's his trade value?

george hill? ok i dont feel so bad about robin lopez now

Seriously this piece of ?

omg..

Maybe the Spurs did this to make sure LA wouldn't get him.

6''9 wing span

Who gives a damn about 3% body fat....Arthur, CDR, Chalmers....

ugh

I'm sure Marcus Bryant approves of this pick!

Seriously, what the is wrong with them?

well they ing fooled everybody with that one

...they sure did!

Just goes to show that maybe just sometimes the FO has more of a clue than the average fan, and even the committed fan. Funny that.

[MannyIsGod]

Ok, sure everyone with hindsight can look back and be like OMG THE FRONT OFFICE IS SO AMAZING but if you look at their record in previous drafts there was reason to be upset. You toss in just how bad George Hill looked and the pick could have easily been a huge bust.

I think there were reasons most fans didn't believe the pick to be good and they are obvious. I don't think you can really knock fans too much for that.

That being said, the 2008 draft may turn out to be one of a draft for the Spurs. With Hairston likely to be in the rotation next year and Gist likely to be signed they may have the entire draft class on the roster. Very impressive.

[td4mvp21]

@ Ruff: I was so furious that night that they picked Hill over Chalmers. This is one of those times that I really don't mind looking stupid

[m33p0]

eat-your-crow night at the comedy bar?

[lefty]

i feel good about this pick.....athletic,scorer,and can play defense....perfect backup PG....Good find spurs!!

If he wins ROY, I'll kiss your ass in public.

What the ?

He's not a bad pick...but man there was still some quality players left on the board.

Not bad

sorry just woke up.. terrible dream, we picked some dude named george hill. he's Affredrick 'The Great' Hughes nephew.

Spurs left some big names on the board.
Will they keep Hill or trade him ?

Well, ....

wow, i ing hate rc and his white teeth, i hope they run out of his whitener and can't go out in public no more..........

wow...anybody ever heard of this guy?
I mean, we all probably thought the same when we drafted Manu & Tony, so we can't be too mad...lol

The Mavs 51st pick will be better than the Spurs 1st round pick...trust me

[DBMethos]

LOL @ the Chalmers love...Hill is already 10x the player he is.

[iminol]

one of best thread of spurstalk history