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NBA Draft Coverage on GoDuke.com
San Antonio (June 29, AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs chose shooting guard Chris Carrawell of Duke University and guard Cory Hightower of Indian Hills Community College in Iowa) last night in the second round of the NBA Draft.
Hightower was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Carrawell was taken with the 41st overall pick received from Dallas. He was a second-team selection on The Associated Press All-America team last year as a senior.
He was also the A-P's Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year after averaging almost 17 points last season and eleven points over his four-year career.
Spurs player personnel director Sam Shuler calls him ``a swing guy'' who's exactly what San Antonio needs on the perimeter. He could be a key player if the Spurs do not re-sign guard Mario Elie and forward Jerome Kersey.
The 6-foot-8, 200-pound Hightower was taken at number 54. He averaged almost 18 points in his two years at Indian Hills. He was traded to the Lakers for second-round draft picks in each of the next two drafts.
Coach Krzyzewski on Chris and the NBA Draft:
"Chris spoke to our camp. We've been talking to a bunch of people about Chris. Certainly we're proud of Chris Carrawell. He's come so far after being one of top players in high school, then experiences two shoulder surgeries here at Duke, then to see him come back, blossom and become the conference player of the year as a senior. Hopefully, he'll get drafted in a good position with a team that will appreciate his overall talents. I think Chris will be a journeyman NBA player. When he starts off, he'll be someone coming off the bench for a team. Because he's such a quick learner, because he's a winner. As a player here in the ACC, Chris was 58-6 in his career and in the last two years he was 37-1 the last two years. A lot of it has to do with the fact that he knew what it was to be either playing with players who were better than him or being the best player out on the court. He brings that to a pro team."
