The San Antonio Spurs followed their storybook championship run, with some off-season moves that surprised just about everyone in the NBA world. As the NBA Draft approached, many assumed that the Spurs were going to pick a European player that they could keep in Europe and eventually develop that player into a star, similar to what they did with Manu Ginobli, Tony Parker, and Beno Udrich.

In the NBA draft, there is basically a 25% chance that a European player will eventually pan out to be quality NBA player. Even teams drafting in the lottery cannot seem to grasp picking European players, shown by picks like Darko and the infamous ?Skeeta?. So then how in the world does a team that consistently drafts at the end of the first round always seem to draft diamond in the rough European players that aid them in their championship run?

It seems that the Spurs success rate for picking these players is on a completely different class than any other team in the NBA. Its almost as though they have a Back to the Future type of Sports Almanac, in which they can dictate the future of the NBA draft. Is there something Popovich isn?t telling us? Based on the Spurs moves this off-season, the answer to that question would be a triumphant ?yes?.