The 1997 Draft

[sickdsm]

Ahhh, 92'. The year the wolves won 15 games all year. Somehow they fall to third with Orlando with 21 wins and Charlotte with 31 picking two HOF centers ahead of them.

But Christian Laettner wasn't much of a step down from Shaq or Alonzo.


LOL at anyone trying to look back and think that Duncan wasn't the consensus pick.

And Cleveland almost took Darko too right?

[mookie2001]

No way, no how.

We got the right guy. Wade has 3 years on Melo. Lets see how melo plays when he's 23. Obviously your coach respects him. He's putting your best defensive player on him and is making sure to slide over a big for help shading to that side.

who cares about age, youre talking like dwayne is 34 at this point dwayne is much better than carmelo and when dwaynes 26 and carmelos 23 he'll still be better
and who else would bowen guard demarr johnson or bucker?

[picnroll]

Melo if he pans out will be a great scorer. Wade looks like he's on his way to being a great scorer, great playmaker and great defender. Wade by a mile.

[Leetonidas]

Wade > Melo

Duncan > Van Horn

[pjjrfan]

The moment the Spurs won the lottery, the whole city was abuzz. "We got Duncan. We got Tim Duncan!!! People at gas stations. People at church. People at school. People at HEB. "We got Duncan, did you hear?"

This was weeks before the draft. The whole town knew who the Spurs should take. I mean they had a big rally in front of the Alamo when Tim hit town, from all the high hopes and expectations. This town knew, alright.

Hey, I still got the paper they were giving out that day, I muscled my way down to the door he came out of, and my son sitting on my shoulder came out in the TV, (I didn't), it was like the second coming. When did you become a Spurs fan? It had to have been after that 1997 draft. And if Pop had traded that pick he would have been run out of town that same summer.

[spur219]

Van Horn was never even on the Spurs list. It would of been either Billups, Derek Anderson, or Ron Mercer. But they got Duncan.

[AgSnake361]

and yall still should have picked dwayne wade

I'll be glad when this series is over and every thread on this board will stop devolving into this argument.