By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-08 19:00:00
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银黑军团最传奇的故事之一，正是从这位新秀开始。
欢迎来到本期讨论。在六月这个月里，我们将聚焦 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 历年的选秀选择。今天，我们一同追忆2008年NBA选秀。
马刺队在2008年选秀大会上以第26顺位总选秀权选中了来自印第安纳大学与普渡大学印第安纳波利斯联合分校（IUPUI）的大三学生乔治·希尔 (George Hill)。他在马刺队效力了三个赛季，担任替补控球后卫，随后成为了马刺队史上最著名的交易中的关键筹码。
首先，乔治·希尔被认为是格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)最喜爱的球员之一。两人之间存在一种独特的关系，这种关系一直延续至今。交易希尔的决定，是波波维奇教练做出的最艰难的决定之一。
“这是我在这里担任主教练二十几年里，做出的最艰难的决定，没有之一。当时我们坐在房间里，简直吓坏了。我记得那是第15顺位选秀权，当我们看到选秀顺位来到第11、12、13位时，我们的首席执行官丹尼·费里 (Danny Ferry) 和我面面相觑，互相问道：‘我们真的要这样做吗？’
“希尔是我最喜欢的球员之一。他对我们很重要，但我们需要提升阵容实力。……所以最终，我们决定孤注一掷，放手一搏。但那时我们并不知道科怀·莱昂纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 会成为今天的他，那样说就言过其实了。”
2011年选秀夜，希尔被交易至印第安纳步行者队，换来了第15顺位选秀权所选中的科怀·莱昂纳德，以及第42顺位选中的达维斯·贝尔坦斯 (Dāvis Bertāns)和步行者队在2005年NBA选秀中获得的埃拉泽姆·洛贝克 (Erazem Lorbek)的选秀权。希尔在步行者队效力了五个赛季，主要担任球队的首发控球后卫。
2016年，希尔在一笔三方交易中被送往犹他爵士队，这笔交易还包括亚特兰大老鹰队将杰夫·蒂格 (Jeff Teague)送至印第安纳，以及爵士队将托里恩·普林斯 (Taurean Prince)的选秀权送至老鹰队。在爵士队仅效力一个赛季后，他共首发并出战了49场比赛，随后与萨克拉门托国王队签下了一份3年5700万美元的合同。
国王队在交易截止日前将希尔交易到克利夫兰骑士队，换来了伊曼·香珀特 (Iman Shumpert)。
他卷入了一场总决赛G1的惨痛失误事件。在错失一次罚球后，J·R·史密斯 (J. R. Smith) 试图运球耗尽时间，误以为骑士队领先。实际比分持平，最终骑士队在加时赛中落败。
希尔和骑士队在四场比赛中被金州勇士队横扫。
2018年12月，他再次被交易，在一笔五队交易中加盟密尔沃基雄鹿队。
从2020年到2023年，希尔辗转于密尔沃基、俄克拉荷马城、费城，随后又回到密尔沃基，最终在印第安纳结束了他的职业生涯并退役。
在第二轮选秀中，马刺队利用通过2007年与多伦多猛龙队交易乔治斯·普林特西斯 (Georgios Printezis)（在昨天的讨论中提及）获得的第45顺位选秀权，选中了戈兰·德拉季奇 (Goran Dragić)。但随后又将德拉季奇交易到菲尼克斯太阳队，换来了第48顺位选秀权选中的马利克·海尔斯顿 (Malik Hairston)，以及他们2009年的次轮选秀权（后来成为德胡安·布莱尔 (DeJuan Blair)）和现金补偿。尽管海尔斯顿在赛季初未能进入球队大名单，但他于2008年12月与马刺队签约，并出战了15场比赛。他在接下来的赛季回归，出战了47场比赛。他此后在海外联赛效力，直至2019年退役。
马刺队在本次选秀大会的第57顺位选中了詹姆斯·吉斯特 (James Gist)。吉斯特随后在海外联赛效力，之后回到圣安东尼奥参加马刺队的夏季联赛。他在2010年被裁掉，之后继续在各种联赛中效力。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: For the Spurs, 2008 was all about George Hill
Open Thread: For the Spurs, 2008 was all about George Hill
One of the Silver & Black’s most legendary stories started with this draftee.
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 2008 NBA Draft.
The Spurs drafted IUPUI Junior George Hill with the 26th overall pick in the 2008 draft. He served as a back-up point guard for three season before becoming the token piece of the most infamous trade in Spurs history.
For starters, Hill was considered to be one of Gregg Popovich’s favorite players. The two have a unique relationship that continues to this day. The decision to trade Hill was one of the most difficult Pop ever had to make.
“The toughest [decision] in whatever, 20, whatever years I’ve been coaching here as a head coach. It’s not even close. We were scared to death sitting in the room. I think it was the 15th pick, if I remember, and when we got to 11, 12, 13. Danny Ferry, our CEO, and I were looking at each other saying, ‘Are we really going to do this?’
”[Hill] was one of my favorite players. He was important to us, but we needed to get bigger. … So in the end, we said we’re going to roll the bones and we’re going to do it, but I can’t tell that at that point we knew that Kawhi was going to be what he is today. That would be an exaggeration.”
Hill was traded to the Indiana Pacers on draft night 2011 for the #15 pick Kawhi Leonard, Dāvis Bertāns the 42nd pick, and the draft rights to Erazem Lorbek that the Pacers had acquired in the 2005 NBA Draft. Hill spent five seasons with the Pacers primarily as their starting point guard.
In 2016, Hill went to the Utah Jazz as part of a three-team deal that included the Atlanta Hawks sending Jeff Teague to Indiana and Utah sending Taurean Prince’s draft rights to the Hawks. He started and played in 49 total game in his lone season with the Jazz before signing a $57 million dollar/3-year deal with the Sacramento Kings.
The Kings traded Hill at the trade deadline to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Iman Shumpert.
He was involved in a Game 1 debacle. After missing a free throw, J. R. Smith attempted to dribble out the time thinking the Cavs were in the lead. They were tied and lost in overtime.
Hill and the Cavs fell to the Golden State Warriors in a four-game sweep.
He was again traded in December of 2018 to the Milwaukee Bucks in a five-team trade.
From 2020 to 2023, Hill went from Milwaukee to OKC, to Philadelphia, back to Milwaukee and eventually back to Indiana before retiring.
In the second round, the Spurs utilized the 45th pick acquired from the 2007 trade with the Toronto Raptors for Georgios Printezis (mentioned yesterday) to draft Goran Dragić, but traded his to the Phoenix Suns for the 48th pick Malik Hairston, their 2009 second round draft pick (who would become DeJuan Blair), and cash considerations. Although Hairston didn’t make the roster at the beginning of the season, he signed in December of the 2008 season with the Spurs and played in 15 games, He returned the following season and played in 47 games. He played overseas until retiring in 2019.
With the 57th pick of the draft, the Spurs chose James Gist. Gist played overseas before returning to San Antonio to join the Spurs in Summer League. He was subsequently waived in 2010 and returned to competing in various leagues.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock