Should we have traded 2007 Draft Pick for Tim Duncan?

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Durant or Duncan?

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  1. KingSpeed

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    People always talk about how we should’ve drafted Durant, but what about the trade the Spurs offered us? What was the best move there? Drafting Durant or trading for Duncan?
     
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    Drafting Durant was on my mind at that time when Oden got injured but prior to it the draft choice was not as relevant for me. We should have acquired Duncan for his skillset and his model behavior. All class!
     
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    From what I recall that was a rumor that was denied by the Spurs.
     
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    Yeah I can't believe that Pop would have actually traded Duncan. Not for Oden. Maybe Pop was really interested in Durant but I still don't believe Pop actually called KP and inquired about trading Duncan. Not for one second.
     
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    It's not too often with players involved that teams confirm rumors.
    Would you think pop would say yeah, we offered timmy for oden, but they said no.
     
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    Exactly. They have to deny it out of respect for Duncan.
     
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    Do you really think Pops would trade Duncan? He was still in his prime then and was like a son to pops. From what I also recall it was a rumor being spread by Quick with no name involved and everyone speculated it was Duncan.
     
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    Did you ever see any articles that said Spurs were willing to trade Duncan? If so, then they should be on the web. Find one that validates your rumor.
     
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    I have it on good authority that the Spurs inquired about the pick. They did win one title after that but by then, Duncan was a shell of his former self and Leonard was far and away the MVP. Can you imagine Durant (if that is who they chose) and Leonard over that last 7+ years? Damn!
     
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    They would've taken Oden. Every one would have taken Oden and if they say otherwise they are lying and using hindsight.
     
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    Almost everyone. I know one pretend GM that has picture proof of whom they would have taken...and it wasn't Oden. :bgrin:
     
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    Of course there are fans that would have taken Durant. I'm talking strictly about the real 32 GMs at the time, not pretend ones.
     
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    I know...just having fun with it. Sometimes, this place forgets how to do that.
     
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    True story take it for what it’s worth. I was talking to Dave Twardzik, who was with Orlando in the front office at the time, and I will never forget him saying “Durant will be incredible, HOF, and is better than Oden but nobody I know would take Durant you just can’t pass on a once in a lifetime center like Oden”. It was the day of the draft lottery.
     
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    I can't imagine local Draft guru D69 was the only one who did as much research as he did and came away with Durant being "the obvious" choice. He had a list of reasons as to why and I can't believe he was the only one with that information or thought process.
     
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    You're the only one with proof (sign at the draft lotto party)
     
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    Fear. Go with the most popular choice. Takes balls to go KD for GMs at that time. People have a short memory. Different era too. Big men were valuable. Nowadays it’s a no brainer Kd.
     
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    Once again, lots of people would've taken Durant. Just not a GM of a real team.
     
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    Orlando would't have taken Oden because they had Howard. And Phoenix might have taken Durant over Oden because he would have fit D'antoni's system like a glove and they had Amare inside.

    but other than those two teams, I'd bet 28 others would have went for Oden, even Boston contrary to the spin out of there

    as it turned out, Portland winning the lottery was a curse. They could have finished 2nd and got Durant. They could have finished 3rd and got Horford. Either would have made those Roy/Aldridge teams exciting. Losing the value of that #1 pick coupled with only getting 4 good years out of the 6th pick and Roy set the franchise back big time, especially when you factor in the Blazers had a 3rd pick in 2005 and turned it into Martell Webster

    2005 - #3 --> Webster
    2006 - #4 --> Aldridge
    2006 - #7 --> Roy
    2007 - #1 --> Oden
    2008 - #11 --> Bayless

    5 years after drafting Roy, Aldridge was the only one of those still on the team. That has to be a historically bad result
     
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