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By
Jon Teitel
jonteitel@hotmail.com
June 24th, 2005
Top Ten NBA Draft Steals - 3rd Round and
Below
Earlier today, Justin Voccola presented his
list of the Top 10 NBA Draft Steals in the
first 2 rounds since 1980. In this list, Jon Teitel
offers his choices for the Biggest Draft Steal Outside of the
first two rounds. Of course, their hasn't been more than
two rounds since 1988, so all of these players are from before
that year.
1. Happy Hairston:
4th round, 1964, Cincinnati Royals, 11 years, 14.8
PPG, 10.3 RPG
2. Bill Laimbeer: 3rd
round, 1979, Cleveland Cavaliers, 14 years, 12.9 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 4-time
All-Star
3. Randy Smith: 7th
round, 1971, Buffalo Braves, 12 years, 16.7 PPG, 4.6 APG, 2-time
All-Star
4. Norm van Lier: 3rd
round, 1969, Chicago Bulls, 10 years, 11.8 PPG, 7 APG, 3-time All-Star
5. Bob Love: 4th
round, 1965, Cincinnati Royals, 11 years, 17.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 3-time
All-Star
6. Sarunas Marciulionis: 6th
round, 1987, Golden State Warriors, 7 years, 12.8 PPG
7. Drazen Petrovic: 3rd
round, 1986, Portland Trailblazers, 4 years, 15.4 PPG
8. Michael Adams: 3rd
round, 1985, Sacramento Kings, 11 years, 14.7 PPG, 6.4 APG, 1-time
All-Star
9. Steve Mix: 5th
round, 1969, Detroit Pistons, 13 years, 10.6 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1-time
All-Star
10. Spud Webb: 4th
round, 1985, Detroit Pistons, 12 years, 9.9 PPG, 5.3 APG
Check out
the Top 10 Steals Since 1980.
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