Flinders80
Years ago
2012-13 Heat Roster and Spurs Roster
Thought it might be interesting to go through where each rostered player came from (for a recruiting and development view point).
Miami Heat
Ray Allen Connecticut/USA Pick 5 in 1996
Chris Andersen Blinn Junior College (TX)/USA Undrafted
Joel Anthony UNLV/Canada Undrafted
Shane Battier Duke/USA Pick 6 in 2001
Chris Bosh Georgia Tech/USA Pick 4 in 2003
Mario Chalmers Kansas/USA Pick 34 in 2008
Norris Cole Cleveland State/USA Pick 28 in 2011
Udonis Haslem Florida/USA Undrafted
Juwan Howard Michigan/USA Pick 5 in 1994
LeBron James St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)/USA Pick 1 in 2003
James Jones Miami (Fla.)/USA Pick 59 in 2003
Rashard Lewis Alief Elsik HS (TX)/USA Pick 32 in 1998
Mike Miller Florida/USA Pick 5 in 2000
Jarvis Varnado Mississippi State/USA Pick 41 2010
Dwyane Wade Marquette/USA Pick 5 in 2003
San Antonio Spurs
Aron Baynes Washington State/Australia Undrafted
DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh/USA Pick 37 in 2009
Matt Bonner Florida/USA Pick 45 in 2003
Nando De Colo Saint Catherine, France Pick 53 in 2009
Boris Diaw Pau Orthez/France Pick 21 in 2003
Tim Duncan Wake Forest/U.S. Virgin Islands Pick 1 in 1997
Manu Ginobili Kinder Bologna/Argentina Pick 57 in 1999
Danny Green North Carolina/USA Pick 46 in 2009
Cory Joseph Texas/Canada Pick 29 in 2011
Kawhi Leonard San Diego State/USA Pick 15 in 2011
Tracy McGrady Mount Zion Christian Acad. HS (NC)/USA Pick 9 in 1997
Patty Mills St. Mary's (CA)/Australia Pick 55 in 2009
Gary Neal Towson/USA Undrafted
Tony Parker Paris BR/France Pick 28 in 2001
Tiago Splitter Saski Baskonia/Brazil Pick 28 in 2007
Amazing that the Heat have been able to recruit a roster of primarily 1st rounders and win the championship. Equally amazing that Spurs has a predominitly second round recruited team and have made the grand final series and push heat to 7 games
