Where does Anthony Bennett rank among all time busts?

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The draft wasn't very good but he's not better than 2nd rounders in that draft

543 career points :x
 
He's the Ted Cruz of basketball players.

Born in Canada, loved by the simple minded, but most everyone knew he wouldn't show up when it mattered the most.
 
He had no business being drafted #1 overall. Blame the Cavs. I was absolutely shocked when that happened.

Still, good kid. Rooting for him that he can become a productive rotation player down the line. He was a man child at UNLV.
 
he's definitely a bust but because the players taken after him are mostly role players i don't think he's an 'all-time bust'
 
was considered a top 5-7 pick coming into the draft. It was a reach but not that much of a reach.

I don't know if I can call him the biggest bust ever because there was never that much expectation I the first place. I think the odds were higher for him not panning out than the odds of him actually panning out.

i read that Phoenix is considering picking him up for the rest of the season. He needs floor time. If he can't play he can't play but guys like him need floor time. As bad as Minnesota was last season there was no reason not to put him on the floor for 20+ minutes.
 
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Man that draft was bad :lol:

At some point there needs to be honest discussion on how the NBA can fix the way they draft. A guy like AB should have stayed in school and developed for 2-3 years minimum. I don't think many of us sees the NCAA as anything but corrupt but the way this is set up right now is broken. Far too many 5-star kids playing one year in school, bolting, then sitting on benches and/or out of the league before long.
 
Its so sad how this mans career has gone.

When we drafted him I can honestly say 40% of Cavs fans didn't even know he existed let alone go #1. I was in shock and thought it was idiotic.

Also made no sense.

Already had TT, and he had no chance ever playing the 3.

He came in out of shape, no motivation, pure definition of a bust.

thank god we got rid of him after just one year.
 
RyGuy45 said:
Man that draft was bad
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At some point there needs to be honest discussion on how the NBA can fix the way they draft. A guy like AB should have stayed in school and developed for 2-3 years minimum. I don't think many of us sees the NCAA as anything but corrupt but the way this is set up right now is broken. Far too many 5-star kids playing one year in school, bolting, then sitting on benches and/or out of the league before long.
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I like the baseball draft model TBH.

Ability to draft kids out of high school, but if they dont get drafted and go to college, they have to play there for 3 years.
 
^ I think that is probably the most realistic one, aside from a full-blown NBA minor league system which I don't ever see happening.

The union and the agents are not going to cave any more than they already have (one year after graduation).

I don't even know if a minor league system would work or how it would work with costs but the NBA is the only major league that does not have a realistic system (D-League doesn't count). NFL has the NCAA as their system, hockey has a huge feeder system, MLB players obviously spend years training in the minor leagues.
 
speaking of busts........i remember the incredible hype surrounding cody zeller in HS and college.......yet no one seems surprised now
 
RyGuy45 said:
Man that draft was bad :lol:

At some point there needs to be honest discussion on how the NBA can fix the way they draft. A guy like AB should have stayed in school and developed for 2-3 years minimum. I don't think many of us sees the NCAA as anything but corrupt but the way this is set up right now is broken. Far too many 5-star kids playing one year in school, bolting, then sitting on benches and/or out of the league before long.
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I'll never understand this. Some prospects pan out...some don't. That's the nature of any draft in any sport. You can make kids go to school for 10 years and it won't change the dynamic of players who succeed and players who don't.

A full blown minor league is already happening. That's why teams are launching their own dleague affiliates every year.
 
Bust or not, coming out the draft is always the best thing to do when you're a projected lottery pick. Especially in a weak draft. AB made himself good money he wouldn't have made had people knew he wouldn't pan out.
 
Addict4Sneakers said:
Bust or not, coming out the draft is always the best thing to do when you're a projected lottery pick. Especially in a weak draft. AB made himself good money he wouldn't have made had people knew he wouldn't pan out.
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Facts.

At the end of the day it's up to Anthony Bennett to choose his fate. There's no infrastructure that can prevent what happened to him.

Look at a guy like Steven Adams who underachieved in his one year in school, got to the league and put the work in.

Look at the last year HS players were allowed. Dudes like Lou Williams and Monta Ellis turned themselves into rotation NBA players after going second round as teenagers.

There's no exact science to these things. It's up to the player at the end of the day. AB could have went to UNLV for 3 years and still may have not panned out in the league
 
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RyGuy45 said:
Man that draft was bad :lol:

At some point there needs to be honest discussion on how the NBA can fix the way they draft. A guy like AB should have stayed in school and developed for 2-3 years minimum. I don't think many of us sees the NCAA as anything but corrupt but the way this is set up right now is broken. Far too many 5-star kids playing one year in school, bolting, then sitting on benches and/or out of the league before long.
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I'll never understand this. Some prospects pan out...some don't. That's the nature of any draft in any sport. You can make kids go to school for 10 years and it won't change the dynamic of players who succeed and players who don't.

A full blown minor league is already happening. That's why teams are launching their own dleague affiliates every year.
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If you think the D League is a full-blown minor league similar to the way the other sports have it you are dreaming.

As for the prospects themselves, teams are going to hit and miss on all drafts we know that. But as a paying customer of the NBA I am more in favor of teams picking players on a body of work of say three years instead of one. Or picking players and sending them to a real minor league system to develop until they are ready.

Is there a perfect solution to any of this? Of course not. Let me say that too. When the NCAA is as much a joke as we know it is you gotta throw a lot of ideas out.
 
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What do other sports minor league systems look like in comparison to the NBA? I don't watch anything else
 
RyGuy45 said:
If you think the D League is a full-blown minor league similar to the way the other sports have it you are dreaming.

As for the prospects themselves, teams are going to hit and miss on all drafts we know that. But as a paying customer of the NBA I am more in favor of teams picking players on a body of work of say three years instead of one. Or picking players and sending them to a real minor league system to develop until they are ready.

Is there a perfect solution to any of this? Of course not. Let me say that too. When the NCAA is as much a joke as we know it is you gotta throw a lot of ideas out.
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I didn't say it was. I said it's HAPPENING. As in its in the process of developing into one.

Nobody cares about you as a customer b. The league is growing in popularity year after year and doesn't look like it's slowing down soon. One and dones aren't hurting the league. And if a dude stays 3 years in this day and age it means he had to.

If you're an NBA franchise...you want the guy as young as possible because he has a longer shelf life. If a guy comes in and dominates in his freshman season...how much is he really developing by playing against the same comp for two more years?

College isn't some magical developmental program. Its up to the player and the player only. Adam Morrison had a great body of work and was food in the league.

The average basketball fan would look at Russell Westbrook's two years at UCLA and ask why he was a #4 pick. But you don't draft based solely on what a player has done in college. Potential will ALWAYS be the #1 factor when drafting.
 
RyGuy45 said:
FACTS said:
RyGuy45 said:
Man that draft was bad :lol:

At some point there needs to be honest discussion on how the NBA can fix the way they draft. A guy like AB should have stayed in school and developed for 2-3 years minimum. I don't think many of us sees the NCAA as anything but corrupt but the way this is set up right now is broken. Far too many 5-star kids playing one year in school, bolting, then sitting on benches and/or out of the league before long.
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I'll never understand this. Some prospects pan out...some don't. That's the nature of any draft in any sport. You can make kids go to school for 10 years and it won't change the dynamic of players who succeed and players who don't.

A full blown minor league is already happening. That's why teams are launching their own dleague affiliates every year.
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If you think the D League is a full-blown minor league similar to the way the other sports have it you are dreaming.

As for the prospects themselves, teams are going to hit and miss on all drafts we know that. But as a paying customer of the NBA I am more in favor of teams picking players on a body of work of say three years instead of one. Or picking players and sending them to a real minor league system to develop until they are ready.

Is there a perfect solution to any of this? Of course not. Let me say that too. When the NCAA is as much a joke as we know it is you gotta throw a lot of ideas out.
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Pretty sure teams are scouting (even if it's not in-person) the American prospects from their HS and AAU days, so that's basically four to five years right there.
 
WavyCrocket said:
He had no business being drafted #1 overall. Blame the Cavs. I was absolutely shocked when that happened.

Still, good kid. Rooting for him that he can become a productive rotation player down the line. He was a man child at UNLV.
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I don't understand how this kid is not productive in the NBA. Kid has to be mentally broke at this point.
 
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