{"id":118,"date":"2016-08-28T12:17:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T12:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2016-08-29T19:03:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:03:08","slug":"top-nba-draft-steals-since-2000-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/08\/28\/top-nba-draft-steals-since-2000-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NBA Draft Steals Since 2000: Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Top NBA\u00a0Draft Steals Since 2000: Part One<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/parketo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Parker<\/a> \u2013 2001,\u00a028th\u00a0Overall\u00a0\u2013 San Antonio Spurs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tony Parker<\/strong>\u2018s basketball career has been extremely successful. He\u2019s a four-time NBA champion\u00a0and\u00a0six-time NBA All-Star, having won\u00a0numerous European awards as well. <strong>Gregg Popovich<\/strong> was\u00a0head coach of the Spurs when\u00a0Parker was drafted, and helped\u00a0develop an undersized\u00a0European point guard into a star.<\/p>\n<p>There were two point guards taken ahead of Parker in 2001,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lopezra01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raul Lopez<\/a><\/strong> (24th) and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tinslja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamaal Tinsley<\/a><\/strong> (27th). Those two\u00a0players combined to play 14 NBA\u00a0seasons; Parker alone has 15 years of experience in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Parker\u00a0is definitely one of the best steals of this generation.\u00a0To this day, Parker has\u00a017,884 points and 6,349 assists\u00a0in his 15-year\u00a0career.\u00a0Parker was passed on 27 times on draft day, a decision that many GMs will regret for a long time.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stoudam01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amar\u2019e\u00a0Stoudemire<\/a> \u2013 2002, 9th Overall \u2013 Phoenix Suns<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/2016\/08\/28\/top-nba-draft-steals-2000-part-one\/\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BERLIN, GERMANY &#8211; OCTOBER 08: \u00a0Tony Parker (R) of San Antonio is challenged by Reggie Redding of Berlin during the NBA Global Games Tour 2014 match between Alba Berlin and San Antonio Spurs at O2 World on October 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. \u00a0(Photo by Boris Streubel\/Bongarts\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top NBA\u00a0Draft Steals Since 2000: Part One Tony Parker \u2013 2001,\u00a028th\u00a0Overall\u00a0\u2013 San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker\u2018s basketball career has been extremely successful. He\u2019s a four-time NBA champion\u00a0and\u00a0six-time NBA All-Star, having won\u00a0numerous European awards as well. Gregg Popovich was\u00a0head coach of the Spurs when\u00a0Parker was drafted, and helped\u00a0develop an undersized\u00a0European point guard into a star. 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