10 best NBA Draft picks in San Antonio Spurs history

10 best NBA Draft picks in San Antonio Spurs history

teacher talking sports with does what do how we live in the San Antonio Spurs are scheduled to have the second overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft while there are rumors that it could be dealt the Spurs have drafted some legends during their franchis’s history here are the top 10 picks in their team history it’s not necessarily the 10 best players ranked in order as where they were selected was also taken into consideration and remember Kawhi Leonard was drafted by the Indiana Pacers and trade to San Antonio on draft night and thus is not included i previously did this for the Mavericks who have the top overall pick i’ll post the uh link in the description to that one and some honorable mentions for the Spurs include Devin Vel Jean Banks Trey Jones Stefon Castle and George Hill so going descending orders starting with 10th Kell Johnson 29th overall in 2019 reigning rookie of the year ca Stefon Castle could easily take this spot in the near future for now the slight edge goes to Johnson a gold medalist in the 2020 Olympics johnson averaged 22 points in 2022 23 through his first six seasons a 25-year-old has averages of 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds ninth Derek White 29th overall 2017 while he seemingly leveled up since joining the Boston Celtics White also had a solid playing career with San Antonio he started 155 out of his 237 regular season games with the team white often guarded the opposition’s opposition’s top backcourt score and averaged 11.6 points with the Spurs de Jonte Murray eighth 29th overall 2016 murray really broke out in his last season with the Spurs in 2021-22 he was named an all-star that season and led the league in steals murray recorded 13 triple doubles that season and had 17 in a Spurs jersey seventh sha Elliot third overall 1989 drafted out of Arizona elliot Elliot played 11 of his 12 seasons with San Antonio named the two All-Star teams he was a member of their 1999 championship team elliot averaged more than 15 points per contest in five different seasons sixth Alvin Robertson seventh overall in 1984 while he played just five seasons with the Spurs robertson was a defensive menace while with them in 80 198586 he was named both defensive player of the year and most improved player the 6’4 guard led the league in steals twice and made four all defensive teams in his San Antonio tenure fifth Victor Wemama first overall 2023 this seems like a good spot for Webyama even after just two seasons unanimous rookie of the year in 2023 24 was well on his way to winning defensive player of the year this season unfortunately deep vein thrombosis ended his year prematurely at the All-Star break nonetheless sky is the limit for the 21-year-old fourth Tony Parker 28th overall in 2001 winner of four championships with the Spurs parker was named Finals MVP in 2007 a sixtime all-star finished top nine in MVP voting four times parker averaged at least 14.7 points and 5.3 assists for 12 straight seasons spanning from 201203 until 2013-14 third Manu Ginobi 57th overall 1999 gobbly didn’t begin his NBA playing career until 2002 but he made a huge impact from the get-go a selfless player who helped San Antonio to four titles genobi was named six man of the year in 200708 after a 16-year playing career all with the Spurs he was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022 second David Robinson first overall 1987 known as the Admiral Robinson was taken first overall with the Spurs well aware he would set out two years due to Naval Academy service the wait was worth it playing all 14 of his seasons with San Antonio robinson was named MVP in 199495 he also was named defensive player of the year in 1991-92 and won two titles during the back half of his career and first of course is Tim Duncan first overall 1997 an all-time legend duncan spent his entire 19-year career with San Antonio the list of accolades are endless some of them some of the more notable though are 15 time all-star 15 time AllNBA 15time alldefensive twotime MVP fivetime champion and threetime finals MVP he ranks fifth all time in blocks sixth in rebound and rebounds and 17th in scoring so yes a bunch of wonderful players in Spurs history the top four all in the Hall of Fame uh let me know in the comments what you agree with what you disagree with uh do you think Stefon Castle will eventually make this list do you think the Spurs will draft Ron Harper Jr with that excuse me Dylan Harper with that second overall pick or do you think they will trade it of course you know a lot of rumors going on in the NBA but as I mentioned I’ll link the Mavericks one I did about a week ago maybe I’ll do a few more before the uh NBA draft occurs we’ll see uh but anyhow don’t forget to subscribe tell a friend tell a friend tell a friend to subscribe like the video share the video hit the bell for notifications

With the San Antonio Spurs owning the second pick in the 2025 NB Draft, let’s take a look at their best draft picks. #nba #spurs #timduncan

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