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The ninth pick, Tracy McGrady, captured two NBA scoring titles and was named to seven All-Star and All-NBA teams. The Washington Wizards forfeited their 1997 first-round pick in connection with the signing of Juwan Howard. (Washington would have had the 17th pick.) Thus, the draft only had 28 first-round selections and 57 selections overall.
In the 1997 NBA draft, the San Antonio Spurs drafted Duncan with the first draft pick. [7] The Spurs were coming off an injury-riddled 1996–97 season ; their best player, David Robinson —himself a number one draft pick in 1987 —was sidelined for most of the year, and they finished with a 20–62 win–loss record. [ 31 ]
In total, they have had 157 NBA draft picks. Tim Duncan, the first pick in the 1997 NBA draft, won all five championships with the Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014). Hall of Famer David Robinson, the first pick in the 1987 NBA draft, won two NBA Championships with the Spurs (1999 and 2003
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The 1997–98 NBA season was the Spurs' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 31st season as a franchise. [1] This season is most memorable when the Spurs selected Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest University with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft.
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After having the third-worst record in the 1996–97 season, the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA draft lottery, giving them the #1 pick in the 1997 NBA draft. [5] With that #1 pick, they drafted Tim Duncan. [6] Paired together, the 7'1" [7] Robinson and the 6'11" [8] Duncan became known as the Twin Towers.