The Perpetual NBA Thread

[ILuvDetailing]

Steals in previous NBA Drafts
John Stockton
Karl Malone
Nick Van Excell
Jeff Hornacek
Bill Lambier
Sam Cassell
John Starks
Manu Ginobili (52nd pick)
Toni Parker (29th pick)
Kobe Bryant? (13th pick)

[empy]

just to add to the list above, Gilbert Arenas (2nd round, 2001) was a huge steal for the Warriors, but they couldn't keep him. Rashard Lewis also went in the 2nd round (forgot the year but it was 98 or 99).

some players are steals even though they went in the first round. the aforementioned Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, and Jermaine ONeal all went in the middle of the 1st round which is far later than they should have gone. imagine being the GM's that took Samaki Walker and Vitaly Potapenko over Steve Nash, or even the guy who took Sam Bowie over Jordan. maybe these GM's should stick to fantasy b-ball :bwahaha:

[ssaloon]

trade..... QRich for Kurt Thomas.

[pajerokid]

bilis ng action. trade agad.

[kimpOy]

well in the 84 Draft the portland already has a smooth gliding SG in clyde the Glide thats why the opted for Sam Bowie. during those times a Center was the cornestone every team wants to buildup on.

[empy]

since we're on the subject i decided to post an article i just read - CNN/SI's 20 biggest NBA draft busts:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.1.html

[ILuvDetailing]

Biggest Draft Bust for me -> Michael Olowakandi...

[kimpOy]

BUSTS

Pervis Ellison
Roy Tarpley
Chris Washburn
Len Bias
Trackor Traylor
J.R. Reid
Benoit Benjamin

Christian Lattnear
Michael Olowokandi
Kwame Brown
Ed o Bannon
Danny Ferry
Ron Seikaly
DeSagana Diop
Jonathan Bender
Shareef Abdul Talim
Shawn Bradley
Darko Millicic
Jerome Moiso
Mateen Cleaves
Trajan Langdon
Frederic Weis
Ron Mercer
Todd Fuller (picked ahead of kobe/nash/jermaine)
Joe Smith
Bryant "COUNTRY" Reeves
Glenn Robinson
Chris Jackson (Mahmoud-Abdul Rauf)

[theveed]

Kwame Brown

[BlackMagic]

Len Bias? Isnt this the guy who died before he even played in the NBA?

[kimpOy]

Leonard K. Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was a basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft.

From Landover, Maryland, Bias attended the University of Maryland where he became a star player and All-American. Wearing number 34, he impressed basketball fans with his amazing leaping ability and his ability to create plays. He was selected as Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in 1985 and 1986. Bias was selected second overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.

Bias died on June 19, 1986 of a cocaine overdose in a dorm on the College Park campus. Bias was 22 years old

well i shouldnt call len bias a bust (my bad) since he didnt step on the pro courts, i should put him in my "what might have been" list...

imagine len bias along with bird/mchale/parish/ainge and DJ tapos a few years pa Reggie Lewis (who died also kaso heart related) haaay what might have been talaga...

[mantoy]

Kwame Brown is the biggest draft bust.

[radiskull0415]

I think Darko Milicic have not yet been really given a chance to play more minutes saka sobra nya pa bata nun madraft sya, 17 lng ata...parang gasol din yan maglaro

[kimpOy]

Draft Do-Over by ESPN
with the first pick of the 1995 nba draft...the Golden State Warriors Select...Kevin Garnett
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2...e=redraft/1995

96-04 eh ESPN insider sayang dehins ko mabasa

[ILuvDetailing]

96-04 eh ESPN insider sayang dehins ko mabasa

Sino ba dito subscriber ng ESPN insider? Mahal kaya dehins ako mag register, sayang dami pa namang inside info dun.

[DoctorDoom]

How about YUTA TABUSE of Japan who played for the Phoenix Suns, does he qualify in this list too?

[ILuvDetailing]

IMO you can't include Tabuse on that list, he isn't expected to make an NBA roster, in fact he overachieved when he made it to the Phoenix roster, he wasn't even drafted. What we are talking about here are players who didn't reach their potential (Derrick Coleman) or who are overrated (Shawn Bradley, Michael Olowokandi) or who just couldn't stick around.... all players mentioned on the list are lottery picks.

[stinkaboy]

Kwame Brown is the biggest draft bust.

i agree on this one, he was pertty lucky he got to play with MJ.

[stinkaboy]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ft.ap/?cnn=yes

Buck chose bogut.

[empy]

Bogut will be a bust. save this post so you can either compliment or make fun of me later

on to my teams:

the Lakers' pick of Andrew Bynum was questionable. sure, they are hoping for the next KG/Jermaine/Amare in the next 3 years (he's 17 years old) but for every Amare, there's a Kwame. Ronny Turiaf was an awesome pick in the 2nd round though. the guy is like a Udonis Haslem with better offensive skills.

the Heat got a great pick at 29 with Wayne Simien. he's a big guy that can play next to Shaq right away. assuming they can re-sign Haslem, they've got a front court of Shaq/Zo/Udonis/Simien to match up against anything Detroit or Indiana can throw at them. of course neither of those teams have anyone to match up with D-Wade.

i think the biggest steal of the draft was Carmelo's old running mate at Syracuse, Hakim Warrick - to Memphis at 19. too small, too skinny, blah blah. the guy can play, he's super-athletic and he's a champion.

some other picks i like are Gerald Green to Boston, Rashad McCants to the Wolves and Deron Williams to Utah. the worst pick by far is Charlie Villanueva to Toronto. he sucks and he plays the same position as Chris Bosh. what is Rob Babcock thinking?