The San Antonio Spurs have made a living off of players who were taken late in the draft. The Indiana Pacers drafted Kawhi Leonard 15th and then shipped him to San Antonio for George Hill, one of the more lopsided trades in recent memory. Tony Parker was the 28th pick in the 2001 draft. Manu Ginobili was the 57th pick in the 1999 draft.
And Portland drafted Patty Mills, just the second indigenous Australian to ever play a game in the NBA, 55th in the 2009 NBA draft. After two years of limited minutes and the looming threat of the NBA Lockout, Mills moved his talents overseas and played first with the Melbourne Tigers and later in the Chinese Basketball Association.