It’s June 26, 2008. The Spurs are coming off a disappointing, injury-riddled loss to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, failing to repeat as NBA champions for a fourth time. It’s time to start considering the future of several positions, including backup point guard (with an aging Jacque Vaughan the only returning point guard behind Tony Parker), and they have the 26th pick in the NBA draft to work with.
The Spurs predictably do what they had done for a decade and would continue to do for another: select an unknown prospect in George Hill out of tiny IUPUI over the likes of more known prospects, such as Mario Chalmers from college powerhouse Kansas (good call, Spurs).