The 1996-97 NBA season was historically bad for the San Antonio Spurs. They finished 20-62, the third worst record, but won the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997 NBA Lottery. One selection of Tim Duncan later, and the next 19 seasons of the organization was shaped.
In sports, there’s always the “what if” scenario. It’s how things could look if a different decision was made on a transaction or if a specific event never transpired, which meant it never had its domino effect on the game. We looked at this with the Kawhi Leonard trade of 2011.