Sportscenter: 1997 NBA Draft Edition (ESPN June 26th, 1997)

Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen host Sportscenter in coverage of the 1997 NBA Draft. They also discuss the rumored trading of Scottie Pippen from the Chicago Bulls for the 3rd and 6th picks of the Boston Celtics. The first pick of the draft was Tim Duncan, chosen by the San Antonio Spurs. Other notable draftees are Chauncey Billups (3rd) and Tracy McGrady (9th).
Although the Boston Celtics had the second-worst record in the 1996-97 season and the best odds (36 percent) of winning the lottery with two picks, the Spurs, usually a model of winning and consistency, lost David Robinson and Sean Elliott to injury early in the season, finished with the third-worst record, and subsequently won the lottery. Leading up to the draft, there was no doubt that Tim Duncan would be selected at No. 1 by the Spurs, and the rest of the draft was regarded with some skepticism. The Celtics had the third and sixth picks, selecting Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer, both of whom were traded in the next two years.
The Washington Wizards forfeited their 1997 first-round pick in connection with the signing of Juwan Howard. (Washington would have had the 17th pick.) Thus, the draft only had 28 first-round selections and 57 selections overall.
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[@alanvallazza9781]

Rip Stuart Scott

[@dbreiden83080]

Fuck I miss the 90's..

[@thewholeeventhorizon]

I know man I know

[@SeanNYGNYR]

Classic Sportscenter intro. This is awesome.

[@tirusew]

The most beautiful espn intro

[@RighteousRhythm]

This was back when espn was good.

[@Rountree1985]

OLD THING GOOD NEW THING BAD

[@dantegood2195]

People in the comment section say that about everything. Guess a lot of people hate growing old

[@sillygoose635]

Still is.

[@sillygoose635]

@@Rountree1985perfect 😂😂😂

[@lilpenny1982]

Stuart Scott 🎙🐐

[@thewholeeventhorizon]

Here on June 26th, 2022. 25 years to the day.

[@latinolawdog5067]

Miss the classic days of SportsCenter...news purely based on what is happening in the field of play, not what the athletes "think" or how they are "feeling". Everything focused on the sport, not the player.

[@patrickharrison4763]

Yup. Sports and talent over everything, it was pure and fun.

[@sillygoose635]

@Fries Are you sure, the advent of the late 80s and early 90s says otherwise.

[@sillygoose635]

Except SC IS about how they are thinking and feeling just as much as it is about the sports and leagues they're in. You forgot that one stretch where they basically were MJ's side chick?

[@bribay]

Yea just play ball niggas, unless you say something I like

[@patrickharrison4763]

That spurs logo was and still is🔥

[@thenextrung]

Those late 90s angels jerseys, wow!

[@joshuax6312]

The Deion Mos Def commercial is gold lmao

[@CoreyT127]

And thus began the Duncan dynasty! Because that's what it was a Duncan dynasty because the spurs an Pop never won shit before and haven't won shit since Duncan! Unless you give them half credit for Toronto's chip since Pop's underhandedness backfired and directly lead to him being traded?

[@devinlowe3495]

Thank you!!

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Back when Rich Eisen had hair.

[@thema1998]

Today is the *22* year anniversary of when this episode aired on TV. 🤓 EDITS- 6/26/19 (3:09 P.M.: 1 hour and 4 minutes later): I've been enjoying it so far but I had to stop at the 27:30 mark. 9/26/19 (4:56 P.M.): Since three months had gone by, I decided to start over an hour and 5 minutes ago. I like how the commercials were included.

[@barbedwirefire]

The foreshadowing on the spurs….

[@Aokoebor]

This duo was better than dan Patrick and Keith olberman because Stuart Scott and Ritch Eisen was true friends you can tell how good of a friend he was when he broke down and cried the day he died that’s a true friend that is friend that has no color a white Jewish guy from New York and a black man from North Carolina something that the racist in this country will never get

[@alanvallazza9781]

Eisen left espn in 03 for NFL Network and in 09 started his radio show.

[@sillygoose635]

???

[@allenjd4lifeproductions916]

Stephen Jackson was a steal over no names lol

[@Ebonyqueen-ul7pg]

I was 14 years old when this episode aired

[@at2130]

It was 4 days before my 10th bday

[@js2010ish]

12:21 Bill Gates clapping?

[@vinewood8295]

Sam Bowie was taken before Michael Jordan, remember that shit when questioning the moves GM's & Team Presidents make on draft day...

[@Only1SamRaw]

Bowie was inducted into the University of Kentucky's hall of fame lol he was literally amazing in college also better then Jordan in college...

[@Only1SamRaw]

Plus the blazers had CLYDE DREXLER, another hall of fame player but clyde actually was inducted into the nba hall of fame, so tell me, wtf was Portland gonna do with two shooting guards? They picked an amazing centre whos career was ruined by leg and ankle injuries...

[@bumblebity2902]

@@Only1SamRaw Bowie was injury prone at college and still his possible draft pick doesn't plumeted down. I don't get it.

[@allenjd4lifeproductions916]

Adonal foyle over tmac lol

[@bennyrobinson1935]

that's something michael jordan would do

[@vinewood8295]

To be fair, nobody knows on draft day how good a muhphucka is gonna be I mean Sam Bowie went in front of Jordan...

[@userh537g0]

52:05~

[@darreinrobinson5681]

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