How fast can two # 1 picks change a teams fortunes? Look at this Spurs breakdown.....

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  • James D
    SBR MVP
    • 01-03-13
    • 2040

    #1
    How fast can two # 1 picks change a teams fortunes? Look at this Spurs breakdown.....
    a little long but I felt it was worth posting. Let's see if Cleveland can replicate another small market team that turned everything around after a three year draft run...


    Cleveland just got the #1 pick for the second year in a row. I wanted to show the younger posters how huge that has been before in NBA history. A perfect example is the San Antonio Spurs. Most people on SBR know the Spurs as perennial winners. Well until a fortuitous three year years in the draft that was not the case. In 1986 the Spurs were awful and got the 1987 # 1 pick. lucky for the spurs the #1 pick david Robinson had one more year in the US navy so he didn't report . Therefore they stunk again and got a top ten pick in 1988 and the #3 pick in 1989. So three high picks in a row and they went from Averaging over 55 losses a year to immediately averaging over 55 wins a year!!!! They IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY TURNED THE CORNER. DESPITE BEING SMALL MARKET THEY HAVE BEEN A POWER EVER SINCE .


    Season City W - L % Division Standing
    2013-14 San Antonio 62 - 20 .756 1st
    2012-13 San Antonio 58 - 24 .707 1st lost in nba finals
    2011-12 * San Antonio 50 - 16 .758 1st
    2010-11 San Antonio 61 - 21 .744 1st
    2009-10 San Antonio 50 - 32 .610 2nd
    2008-09 San Antonio 54 - 28 .659 1st
    2007-08 San Antonio 56 - 26 .683 2nd
    2006-07 San Antonio 58 - 24 .707 2nd Won NBA Title
    2005-06 San Antonio 63 - 19 .768 1st
    2004-05 San Antonio 59 - 23 .720 1st Won NBA Title
    2003-04 San Antonio 57 - 25 .695 1st
    2002-03 San Antonio 60 - 22 .732 1st Won NBA Title
    2001-02 San Antonio 58 - 24 .707 1st
    2000-01 San Antonio 58 - 24 .707 1st
    1999-00 San Antonio 53 - 29 .646 2nd
    1998-99 * San Antonio 37 - 13 .740 1st Won NBA Title
    1997-98 San Antonio 56 - 26 .683 1st
    1996-97 San Antonio 20 - 62 .244 6th
    1995-96 San Antonio 59 - 23 .720 1st
    1994-95 San Antonio 62 - 20 .756 1st
    1993-94 San Antonio 55 - 27 .671 2nd
    1992-93 San Antonio 49 - 33 .598 2nd
    1991-92 San Antonio 47 - 35 .573 2nd
    1990-91 San Antonio 55 - 27 .671 1st
    1989-90 San Antonio 56 - 26 .683 1st
    1988-89 San Antonio 21 - 61 .256 5th
    1987-88 San Antonio 31 - 51 .378 5th
    1986-87 San Antonio 28 - 54 .341 6th got #1 pick after this season
    1985-86 San Antonio 35 - 47 .427 6th
    1984-85 San Antonio 41 - 41 .500 5th
    1983-84 San Antonio 37 - 45 .451 5th
  • youclowns
    SBR Rookie
    • 02-27-14
    • 45

    #2
    Embid monjky bust

    they better draft parker
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    • easyliving
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 06-25-12
      • 8876

      #3
      Embiid has bust written all over him. Last years #1 Bennett already a bust as well as their is no way he lives up to the potential of a #1 pick.
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      • bobby heenan
        SBR MVP
        • 03-20-09
        • 4120

        #4
        Originally posted by easyliving
        Embiid has bust written all over him. Last years #1 Bennett already a bust as well as their is no way he lives up to the potential of a #1 pick.
        embiid...barring injury...from day one will be way more impactful than anthony bennett...

        dont know why so many seem so down on him...i guess hasheem thabeet scared everyone
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        • edawg
          SBR MVP
          • 07-09-11
          • 2820

          #5
          Wiggins!
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          • youclowns
            SBR Rookie
            • 02-27-14
            • 45

            #6
            Originally posted by bobby heenan
            embiid...barring injury...from day one will be way more impactful than anthony bennett...

            dont know why so many seem so down on him...i guess hasheem thabeet scared everyone

            because embid has an IQ of about 53
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            • bobby heenan
              SBR MVP
              • 03-20-09
              • 4120

              #7
              Originally posted by youclowns
              because embid has an IQ of about 53
              oh well in that case then....guess its written in stone
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              • ChalkyDog
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 10-02-11
                • 9598

                #8
                If you take anyone ahead of Wiggins, that GM doesn't have a job in 3 years.
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                • ROYAJA8
                  SBR MVP
                  • 10-23-09
                  • 2069

                  #9
                  I would take Jabari Parker first. That guy is a stud.
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                  • meader99
                    SBR MVP
                    • 10-30-10
                    • 4223

                    #10
                    I'm a big Duke/Parker fan, but Wiggins ceiling is as high as it gets in this draft. Parker reminds me a little of Glenn Robinson. He's gonna score, but I don't think he's ever going to develop defensively. Embids back issues would scare me away as a GM.
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                    • jtoler
                      BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                      • 12-17-13
                      • 30967

                      #11
                      Never saw the hype of Wiggins wish someone could show me what Im missing thing is I dont think Im missing anything. In high school he looked really good, can dribble, pass do it all, just didnt see that in college, didnt alot of stuff I was expecting.
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                      • James D
                        SBR MVP
                        • 01-03-13
                        • 2040

                        #12
                        A few guys I really respect in talk radio are scared to death of wiggins. They say he vanishes in any real spot and are killing him for ncaa tournament. I did notice that Kansas has two of the top three prospects in the draft. Amazing they lost as a two seed in second round of NCAA tourney to a ten seed Stanford that then immediately lost the next round by double digits. I can see why people are scared if these guys TOGETHER can't get out of the opening week of the tournament are they going to help an NBA team anytime soon?
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                        • meader99
                          SBR MVP
                          • 10-30-10
                          • 4223

                          #13
                          Originally posted by James D
                          A few guys I really respect in talk radio are scared to death of wiggins. They say he vanishes in any real spot and are killing him for ncaa tournament. I did notice that Kansas has two of the top three prospects in the draft. Amazing they lost as a two seed in second round of NCAA tourney to a ten seed Stanford that then immediately lost the next round by double digits. I can see why people are scared if these guys TOGETHER can't get out of the opening week of the tournament are they going to help an NBA team anytime soon?
                          In case you missed it, which you obviously did, Embid did not play in the tourney.
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