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Originally Posted by Wongtouski
Nah, if the Grizz stayed in Van, you'd be PISSED.
Why? You know how picks can be protected right? At the time, Stu Jackson (I think) traded that pick as a Number one protected pick, anything outside the first pick it went to the Pistons. That's why Jerry West was so pissed when he took over in Memphis, I remembered he even complained to the NBA or something.
.........top 1 protected in arguable the best draft class EVAR, and stu is still employed by the NBA today....
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LOL.. yeah...I remember how that trade went.. I think it was protected to be outside the top 10 for the first couple of years, then top 5, then outside the # 1 pick. I guess Stu figured that we would be a playoff contender by then.
I still remember us trying to get Nash on the 96 Draft. But we didn't move high enough and got Roy Rogers. Then the next year's Draft, the Suns offered Nash to us for the 4th overall pick (we got Antonio Daniels instead). At that time, it was a lopsided proposal even if the draft was weak after Duncan. In hindsight though.. man oh man... I never would've thought Nash would reach All-NBA calibre..
Good ol' Stu... such a shitty GM..