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Spurs transform unknowns into known quantities

By Scott Howard-Cooper
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, June 14, 2003

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- No matter what. They are a success story if the NBA Finals end this week or next, in East Rutherford or the Old West, by the ocean or the river. The No. 28 pick in the 2001 draft who became the starting point guard and an early hero in the championship series. The free-agent signing who had to go around the world, literally, to find his way home and become the starting shooting guard. The guy who wasn't drafted, signed for the minimum and became the starting small for ...

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