Otto porter Jr, was the third pick in a draft with Oladipo Cj Gianni’s.
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That may have been the worst top five of all time. Oladipo is the best one, and he really only had one good season.
Giannis is the only sure fire Hall of Famer in that entire draft. Rudy Gobert seems the next most likely.
That draft was the biggest crapshoot in recent memory though.
To be fair Oladipo went #2… but yeah it was a shit draft.
Oladipo went in front of him so you can’t really count him.
Lebum
Was waiting for this. r/NBA never fails
Olowokandi
Ellison.
Does Rubio count?
I guess so, he’s had a decent career but never lived up to being a top five pick. If he had gone like 25-30 that would be much more reasonable for the kind of career he’s had.
You’re thinking of the draft as too much of a science. It’s a gamble.
no way, Rubio was a good starting point guard for like a decade, his teams have always been better with him on the court
I mean, he had a horrific injury in a really promising rookie season. Could he have had a better career? Sure. But he’s been a team leader everywhere he’s gone.
I can't think of any scenario in which Rubio can be considered a bust.
LaRue Martin. Was picked right ahead of MVP Bob McAdoo as well, when everyone else in basketball assumed McAdoo was a sure thing number one pick
Man, the Timberwolves have no luck in the draft. Other than Kevin Garnett their high draft picks always flame out. Even though KAT and Edwards have looked good, it looks like they’re gonna struggle to get anywhere in the playoffs with them.
No luck? I think it’s mostly incompetence and not luck that’s the issue. Let’s not forget they drafted TWO point guards 5th and 6th overall in 2009 when Steph Curry went 7th.
Yup. Jonny Flynn should be in this thread forsure
He had a very promising rookie year, but never recovered from his hip injury. Pretty sad.
Kmart was pretty shit for a 1st overall pick but that draft was terrible.
Yeah, I mean, say that the Nets have amazing clairvoyance and actually pick the best player from that draft, Michael Redd. He'd probably get the same assessment: "Definitely not the worst of his class, but not what you hope for out of a #1 pick."
Nah, only real basketball people know…
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Okafor, Mudiay, Hezonja, Bender, Chriss, Maker, Shabazz Muhammad, Stauskas, Nonleh, Thomas Robinson
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I feel like Thabeet and Olowokandi get kind of forgotten about these days
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Jarrett Culver. 6th overall pick that was in the G league within 3 seasons
The number of athletic two way wings that never pan out is scary. All because Kawhi turned out the way he did, guys like Culver, Knox, and Reddish are drafted highly. Even ones that are still in the league aren't even close to Kawhi level, like Patrick Williams, Zaire Williams, Josh Green.
Josh Jackson, Justice Winslow, Stanley Johnson, Nasir Little are just a few
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am i missing something ? i kno Cam Reddish ain't a PREMIER player but is he not at least solid ? genuinely curious btw, haven't really watched him ball
no, Cam isn't a solid player. he's on a 2 year/4m contract in LA which is a pay cut from his rookie deal. he's 24 and the Blazers didn't try to keep him around even though they're in a full rebuild.
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The #4 pick in 2017, Josh Jackson. Projected ahead of Tatum in a lot of mocks and big boards. Taken before Fox, Lauri, Donovan Mitchell, Bam, and many others.
Maybe I'm just close to it as a Suns fan, but I feel like it gets talked about a decent amount. There's just a ton of bad suns picks in that Era. Alex Len, marquis Chriss, dragan bender. I feel like any of those get less talk than Josh. The Josh pick almost seems to get a pass just because he's a shitty person.
The Suns blowing the #4 overall pick felt lukewarm an annual tradition for a while
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Jahlil Okafor. Michael Beasley wasn't a major bust per se but he just loved weed more than basketball.
Yeah, Okafor is a good call.
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I don’t hear enough about Thomas Robinson being drafted over Dame Lillard
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Put some respect in Oden, that was a travesty
Mario Hezonja. Taken #5, leaving Booker, Myles Turner, Oubre, Rozier, Portis, Looney, and more on the board.
Sigh, I'll throw this out before someone else does: Joshua Primo.
Woof you’re right. Hezonja was terrible. I wish someone had told Neil Olshey
Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry, taken 2nd and 4th by the Chicago Bulls. They were super high on these two high school phenoms hoping they would lead them back to the playoffs for the first time since MJ left.
Career wise Chandler was not seen as a bust, but for the Bulls they were both busts. Chandler was basically given away, but at least they got a good trade for Curry because the Knicks (who else) overpaid for him
Scottie barns
Danny Ferry
It’s Thabeet.
Did he even outplay his rookie contract??
Whenever Greg Oden’s name comes up in these conversations I feel the need to once again make the case that any player whose career was destroyed by injury should not be categorized as a bust, but rather a “what if”. Oden was a monster even as a rookie when he actually played but his body broke down.
The 2009 Wolves.
I feel like the focus has always been on them passing on Steph even though they had the #5 and #6 overall picks despite drafting PGs with the #5 and #6 pick.
Steph still went #7 overall. Higher than Joker or Giannis or Kobe or Kawhi went. Sometimes talent is just missed.
So, retroactively, of course passing on Steph was stupid.
But, in real-time, WHAT THE FUCK WAS MINNESOTA DOING?!?!?
They drafted a 6'2 PG. #5 overall. Solves a position for a bad team. I'd get any team then not wanting to draft Steph at that point (a tiny PG that plays the same position they just spent the #5 overall pick on.) Again, not talking retroactively. At that time, if MIN thought Rubio was a better prospect than Steph, then the pick made sense.
What does Minnesota do next? SELECT A 6'0 PG!!!!!!!!
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Jabari Parker - #2 in 2014 drafted ahead of Embiid, Randle, Smart, Lavine, etc. Obviously Jokic too at 41
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - #2 in 2012 ahead of Lillard, Draymond, Beal, Middleton
Enes Kanter - #3 in 2011 ahead of Jimmy, Kawhi, Klay, Kemba
Ricky Rubio
Dragan Bender
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