By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-15 19:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
两名选秀球员从未在NBA登场，另有两名新秀加入球队。
欢迎来到本讨论帖。在六月，我们将聚焦NBA选秀。随着6月25日2025年NBA选秀的临近，我们将陆续回顾马刺队的历年选秀选择。今天，我们一起来回顾2015年NBA选秀。
在连续两年闯入总决赛之后，马刺队在季后赛首轮就遭遇淘汰，对手是克里斯·保罗 (Chris Paul)领衔的洛杉矶快船队，那是一轮跌宕起伏、扣人心弦的系列赛。季后赛的失利，再次引出了那些老生常谈的困扰性问题：这会是那个时代的终结吗？[蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan)]会退役吗？马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)还会回来吗？如果“GDP组合”不复存在，波波维奇又将何去何从？
马刺队将全部精力投入自由球员市场，将[蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter)]送往亚特兰大，以便为那个夏天最炙手可热的自由球员——拉马库斯·阿尔德里奇 (LaMarcus Aldridge)腾出薪金空间。
与此同时，球队管理层（PATFO）将选秀视为一种“安全网”。如果邓肯退役，斯普利特东游，而阿尔德里奇又花落他家，那么球队对内线球员的需求将变得更加迫切。
作为当年的第26顺位新秀，尼古拉·米卢蒂诺夫 (Nikola Milutinov)兼具身高与运动能力。然而，对于这位7尺长人来说，当时马刺队内的内线位置已经全部饱和。尽管如此，米卢蒂诺夫在海外联赛取得了多项荣誉，包括2021年VTB联合联赛冠军、2023年VTB联合联赛MVP、塞尔维亚联赛冠军和希腊联赛冠军等，这仅仅是其中的一部分。
同样地，马刺队在第二轮第55顺位选中了卡迪·拉兰 (Cady Lalanne)。在前往海外打球之前，拉兰曾于2015年随马刺队参加NBA夏季联赛总决赛。他还在2015年效力于马刺队的下属发展联盟球队奥斯汀马刺队，并入选了全明星阵容，之后于2016年重返夏季联赛。他的职业生涯足迹遍布全球，效力过十四支不同的球队。
马刺队并没有选择让这两名选秀球员登场，而是在那个夏天签下了塞尔维亚中锋博班·马里亚诺维奇 (Boban Marjanović)以及发展联盟的“灰姑娘”乔纳森·西蒙斯 (Jonathon Simmons)。在仅仅一个赛季后，马刺队助推了他们的职业生涯，看着他们收拾行囊，拿着数百万美元的合同离队。
尽管米卢蒂诺夫和拉兰都展现出了不俗的篮球实力，但两人都未能进入NBA。2021年，马刺队将米卢蒂诺夫的选秀权交易到了布鲁克林篮网队。同样，马刺队也将拉兰的选秀权交易到了金州勇士队，换来了[马奎斯·克里斯 (Marquese Chriss)]和部分现金。
祝所有培养着下一代马刺球迷的男士们父亲节快乐！
温馨提示：十一年前的今天，马刺队赢得了他们的第五个总冠军。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: 2015 was another fruitless year in the drafting history of the Spurs
Open Thread: 2015 was another fruitless year in the drafting history of the Spurs
Two draft picks to never suit up in the NBA and two rookies joined the squad.
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 2015 NBA Draft.
Well after back-to-back trip to the Finals, the Spurs were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs in a nail-biter of a series against Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers. The post season brought the regularly nagging questions: was this the end of the era? Would Tim Duncan retire? Would Manu Ginobili return? And what was to become of Pop if the Big 3 were no more?
The Spurs put all of the energy into the free agency market sending Tiago Splitter to Atlanta to clear cap space for LaMarcus Aldridge, the most coveted free agent of the summer.
In the meantime, PATFO used the draft as a bit of safety net. If Duncan retired, Splitter went East, and LaMarcus landed somewhere else, a need for a big man would be more imminent.
As the 26th pick of the draft, Nikola Milutinov brought height and athleticism. Unfortunately for the 7-footer, the positions were all filled. Milutinov has garnered honors on multiple levels overseas including a 2021 VTB United League champion, 2023 VTB United League MVP, Serbian League Championships, and Greek League Championships, just to name a few.
In the same vein, the Spurs drafted Cady Lalanne in the second round as the 55th pick. Before heading overseas, Lalanne played with the Spurs in the NBA Summer League Championship in 2015. He also played with the D-League affiliate Austin Spurs in 2015 where he was named an All-Star before returning to Summer League action in 2016. He has played in fourteen different teams all over the globe.
Instead of playing either draftee, the Spurs signed Serbian center Boban Marjanović and D-League Cinderella story Jonathon Simmons in the summer and catapulted the careers of both, watching them pack up and head out for multi-million dollar contracts after one season.
Although Milutinov and Lalanne have shown they have basketball chops, neither has yet to make it to the NBA. In 2021, the Spurs sent Milutinov’s draft rights to the Brooklyn Nets. Likewise, the Spurs traded the draft rights to Lalanne to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Marquese Chriss and cash considerations.
Happy Father’s Day to all you men out there raising the next generation of Spurs fans.
A friendly reminder that eleven years ago, the Spurs won their fifth title on this day.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock