How the Spurs nearly drafted Klay Thompson instead of Kawhi Leonard
he crop of players to come out of the 2011 NBA Draft has been rather
impressive, and the Spurs were reportedly ready to go all in on a future
all-pro not named Kawhi Leonard.
According to a recent column by ESPN’s Zach Lowe, the Spurs attempted to
move up in the draft to select current Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson.
An SB Nation article posted in June 2011 reported the Spurs were willing to
give up Tony Parker and/or then-Spurs forward Richard Jefferson to move into
the lottery to draft Thompson.
The Spurs were coming off a disappointing first round series playoffs loss to
the Memphis Grizzlies and knew they needed help at the shooting guard or
small forward position.
The Thompson deal did not go through and he was drafted No. 11 by Golden
State, but the Spurs still managed make a franchise-changing move when they
acquired the rights to Kawhi Leonard from the Indiana Pacers in the same
draft.
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2010-11賽季，馬刺取得了例行賽的西區第一，總排名第二的成績，但在例行賽的最後階
段，Duncan和Ginobili遭遇傷病，最終馬刺大比分2-4不敵西區第八的灰熊，慘遭老八
那個休賽期，馬刺決定進行一些改變，而他們看中外線射手Klay Thompson，不過馬刺並
沒有那麼高順位的選秀權
當時有消息稱，為了得到Thompson，他們希望能夠用Parker或者是Jefferson去向上交易
選秀權
但最後馬刺的交易計劃並沒有成功，那年的選秀大會中，Klay Thompson被勇士隊選走。
得知Thompson被選走後，馬刺隊改變了計劃，他們通過交易，用George Hill從印第安納
溜馬隊換來了Leonard。
那時換到的話 現在會如何呢