What follow is a look at theSpurs' drafts, as a corollary to the piece on the Blazers' picks. The main takeaway is this, I think: While the Spurs haven't had a high pick (I think #20 has been the highest), they haven't whiffed any of them (at least not yet--we'll see ifJames AndersonandCory Josephpan out). It's not that they've gotten great players, and there's often someone below that's better (there almost always is one or two second round gems), but they've hit value every single time late in the draft. Clearly they've got a really fine idea of what an NBA quality player is (and isn't). Obviously they're built around the great trio that came earlier, but they've kept nailing pieces to surround them. Now, truth be told, they've moved some of these pieces on quickly, but the initial picks are really quite impressive, I think, for drafting so late.

2002:John Salmons(26)/ Blazers tookQyntel Woods（22）

Better than: Nik Tskitshvili (5), Mel Ely, Marcus Haslip,Fred Jones,Bostjan Nachbar, Jiri Welsch,胡安·迪克森, Curtis Borchardt (18); Ryan Humphrey (19), Ryan Humphrey,Kareem Rush,),Casey Jacobsen, Frank Williams

Worse than:Carlos Boozer(35)

2003:Leandro Barbosa(28)/Blazers took Travis outlaw (23)

比：T。J. Ford（？），更好Mike Sweetney,Jarvis Hayes,Mickael Pietrus,Marcus Banks,Luke Ridnour(?),Reece Gaines, Troy Bell,Zarko Cabarkapa, Alek Pavlovic,Dahntay Jones(?),Brian Cook, Ndudi Ebi

Worse than:Josh Howard(at least at his best),Mo Williams

2004:Beno Udrih(28)/Blazers tookSebastian Telfair(13)/Sergei Monia (23)

Better than:Rafael Araujo,卢克·杰克逊,Robert Swift, Seb Telfair, Pavel Podkolzin, Victor Khyrapa, Serei Monia,

Worse than:Anderson Varejao,Trevor Ariza

2005:Ian Mahinmi(27)/Blazers tookMartell Webster(6) and Linus Kleiza (27); Kleiza traded for J. Jack

Better than:Ike Diogu, Fran Vazquez, Y. Korolev,Sean May,Rashad McCants,Antoine Wright,Joey Graham,Julius Hodge,Luther Head,Johan Petro,

Worse than:David Lee,Brandon Bass,Ersan Ilyasova,埃利斯, Lou Williams,Marcin Gortat

2006: NONE/Blazers took Aldridge/Roy (after trades)

2007:Tiago Splitter(28)/Blazers took Oden (1)

Better than:Yi Jianlian，Acie Law IV，Julian Wright,Al Thornton,Sean Williams，Javaris Crittendon，Daequan Cook,Morris Almond

Worse than:Carl Landry,Glen Davis,Marc Gasol,Ramon Sessions

2008:George Hill(26); Blazers takeBrandon Rush(13)/Darrell Arthur27, trade for Bayless/Batum

Better than:Joe Alexander,D.J. Augustin（？），布兰登·拉什（Brandon Rush），Anthony Randolph,Robin Lopez, Mareese Speights,Alexis Ajinca,Kosta Koufos

比：Nik Pekovic（也许），更糟糕DeAndre Jordan(probably),Mario Chalmers(?),Goran Dragic(也许,注意that Spurs drafted him #45 but sent him to Phoenix)

2009: NONE

2010: James Anderson (20); Blazers takeLuke Babbitt(16)

It's a little early to say; not clear that anyone after him is clearly better (probably Fields and Vasquez);

2011: Cory Joseph (29), trade George Hill forKawhi Leonard（＃15）

too early to say, but clearly Leonard is a player.