By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-07 19:00:00
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这笔选秀交易为银黑军团留下了长远印记。
欢迎来到本期讨论。在六月期间，我们正在探讨NBA选秀。随着6月25日2025年NBA选秀的临近，我们将回顾马刺队的选秀选择。今天我们回顾2007年NBA选秀。
在击败由（首次效力期的）勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)率领的克利夫兰骑士队夺得总冠军后，马刺队在2007年NBA选秀中寻求一名内线球员。
尽管马刺队选中了巴西籍大前锋/中锋蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter)，但他与萨斯基巴斯克尼亚队签下了一份两年合同，薪资远超新秀合同薪资标准所允许的金额。这次等待是值得的，斯普利特于2010年加盟马刺队担任替补中锋，两年后进入首发阵容。他是马刺队2014年复仇总冠军的成员之一。
2015年，斯普利特被交易到亚特兰大，换取乔治斯·普林特西斯 (Georgios Printezis)和一个2017年次轮选秀权，此举是为了清理薪金空间以追逐当年夏天最受追捧的自由球员拉马库斯·阿尔德里奇 (LaMarcus Aldridge)。
不幸的是，斯普利特在离开马刺队后的几年里饱受伤病困扰。他因臀部伤势选择退役。他曾为布鲁克林篮网队担任职业球探和助理教练，直至2023年。随后，他在休斯顿担任了一年助理教练，然后转投巴黎篮球俱乐部担任主教练。
正如昨天所提及的，马刺队从密尔沃基雄鹿队通过交易达米尔·马科塔 (Damir Markota)获得了顺位更高的次轮选秀权。该选秀权在选秀大会上用于选中了第33顺位的马库斯·威廉姆斯 (Marcus Williams)。他身穿33号球衣，只打了一场比赛就被裁掉。在前往洛杉矶快船队之前，他曾效力于奥斯汀托罗斯队。一个赛季后，威廉姆斯重返马刺队，出战了两场比赛，讽刺的是，他当时身穿2号球衣。总计，威廉姆斯共出战了13场NBA比赛，其中3场代表马刺队，随后于2015年在中国联赛结束了他的职业生涯。
在第58顺位，马刺队选中了乔治斯·普林特西斯（没错，就是上面提到的那位），但随即把他交易给了多伦多猛龙队，换取一个2008年的次轮选秀权。他的签约权后来被交易到达拉斯独行侠队，换取亚历克西斯·阿金萨 (Alexis Ajinça)。2011年，他的签约权被交易到纽约尼克斯队。他拒绝了尼克斯队的合同，随后其签约权被交易到波特兰开拓者队。一年后，他的签约权又被交易到俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。又过了一年，到2014年，他的签约权转到了亚特兰大老鹰队并停留了一年，直到这些签约权最终又被交易回马刺队以换取蒂亚戈·斯普利特。需要说明的是，普林特西斯从未在NBA打过球。但他的签约权却着实辗转多队。在他14年的职业生涯中，有12个赛季都在希腊的奥林匹亚科斯队效力。在此期间，他赢得了两次欧洲篮球联赛冠军。
因此，总结一下——2007-08赛季结束时，只有一名在那个夏天被马刺队选中的球员出战了一场比赛。真正的回报随后通过蒂亚戈·斯普利特显现出来，他可能是马刺队自马努·吉诺比利以来，利用率最高的选秀球员。以及一名球员的选秀权，该球员最终不止一次，而是两次与马刺队结缘。如果你觉得这些信息量很大，那么等到普林特西斯那笔交易的选秀权在2008年被使用时，再看吧。
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Open Thread: 2007 NBA Draft brought in Tiago Splitter
The pick that made a long-lasting impression on the Silver & Black.
Welcome to the thread. During the month of June, we are talking NBA Draft. As we lead up to the 2025 NBA Draft on June 25th, we will be revisiting the Spurs draft choices. Today we remember the 2007 NBA Draft.
After winning a championship against the (first incarnation) LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, the Spurs went into the 2007 NBA Draft in search of a big man.
Although the Spurs drafted Brazilian Power Forward/Center Tiago Splitter, he signed a two-year contract with Saski Baskonia that paid him significantly more than rookie scale would allow. The wait was worth it as Splitter joined in 2010 as a back-up center before joining the starting five two years later. He was a part of the Spurs 2014 Redemption NBA Championship.
in 2015, Splitter was traded to Atlanta for Georgios Printezis and a 2017 second round draft pick in an attempt to clear cap space to chase LaMarcus Aldridge, the most coveted free agent that summer.
Unfortunately, Splitter spent much of his post-Spurs years riddled with injury. He retired after a hip injury. He served as a pro scout and an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets until 2023. He then spent a year as an assistant in Houston before moving on to Paris Basketball as head coach.
As mentioned yesterday, the Spurs has acquired the higher second-round draft pick from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Damir Markota. That was used for Marcus Williams as the 33rd pick in draft. He wore #33 and played 1 game before being waived. He played for the Austin Toros before heading to the Los Angeles Clippers. A season later Williams would return to the Spurs for 2 games, ironically wearing the #2. In total, Williams played 13 NBA games, 3 of them for the Spurs, before finishing out his career in 2015 playing in China.
In the 58th pick, the Spurs drafted Georgios Printezis (yes, the exact same one mentioned above) but traded him to the Toronto Raptors for a second round draft pick in 2008. His rights were later traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Alexis Ajinça. In 2011, his rights were traded to the New York Knicks. He turned down a contract with the Knicks and his rights were then traded to the Portland Trailblazers. A year later, his rights were traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder. And yet another year later in 2014 his rights went to the Atlanta Hawks where they stayed for another year until those same rights were then traded back to the Spurs for Tiago Splitter. Mind you, Printezis never played in the NBA. But his rights definitely made the rounds. He’s played in Greece with Olympiacos for twelve of his fourteen seasons. In that span, he has won two EuroLeague Championships.
So, to recap - the 2007-08 season ended with exactly one game featuring a player drafted by the Spurs during the summer. The dividends would emerge later through Tiago Splitter, possibly the most utilized Spurs draftee since Manu Ginobili. And draft rights to a player who would end up with the Spurs not once but twice. If you think this is a lot to take in, wait until Printezis’ trade pick is used in 2008.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock