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Who are some of the “sneaky” biggest draft busts in NBA history? The ones that don’t get talked about as much when this question gets asked? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by PossibleLocation3626@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I’m a fairly new NBA fan so obviously I didn’t follow the league when these guys got drafted. But I’ve done reading up on it and Anthony Bennett, Greg Oden, and Darko Milicic are the three that probably come most readily to mind when I think about this question.

My question is who are some of the sneaky draft busts? The guys you consider huge busts that don’t really get talked about as much when this question comes up. I’d love to hear about some of those guys and learn some more about NBA history.

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[–] iwontreadorwrite@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is a somewhat unfair question. Take the top 10 picks in the past decade, look how many are even on the bench. “Draft busts” don’t really exist, it’s made up term due to media hyping players and put’s expectations on them. Talk to most scouts and GMs and they will tell you the chances any pick ends up becoming a starter is pretty slim. I can think of maybe 5 examples of actual busts, but most do what is expected. Play a few games, get demoted to G league. And become free agents and leave the nba