Worse Draft Class in NBA????

[macc e-money]

Which Year? Guess you would base off of first 20-30 picks and see where their careers ended. Least HOF'ers, Least ALL Stars, etc

Honorable Mention Shout out to itsbx

 Lottery Picks

1. John Wall

2. Evan Turner

3. Derrick Favors

4. Wesley Johnson

5. DeMarcus Cousins

6. Ekpe Udoh

7. Greg Monroe

8. Al-Farouq Aminu

9. Gordon Hayward

10. Paul George

11. Cole Aldrich

12. Xavier Henry

13. Ed Davis

14. Patrick Patterson

Where is your all-star/franchise player???

I know their careers havent Flourished but they look pretty weak so far.

 

[Bert.]

if you think thats the worst draft class then you know nothing about basketball.

 

[finallyfamous]

Weak class no doubt.

Wall's gotta become a star. Only chance they have one. Cousins too attituded up to ever be a star.

 

[pmatic]

2000, by far.

 

[Peep Game]

Besides Wall & Cousins (obviously) that list is mostly solid dudes (Patterson, Monroe, George), or guys who haven't had a fair chance because of trades or whoever they play behind (Favors, Aldrich). Don't know who Davis or Henry are though

Worst class though? Nah

 

[bearclawd]

2006 was pretty weak.

1 1 Andrea Bargnani
1 2 LaMarcus Aldridge
1 3 Adam Morrison
1 4 Tyrus Thomas
1 5 Shelden Williams
1 6 Brandon Roy
1 7 Randy Foye
1 8 Rudy Gay
1 9 Patrick O'Bryant
1 10 Mouhamed Sene
1 11 J. J. Redick
1 12 Hilton Armstrong
1 13 Thabo Sefolosha
1 14 Ronnie Brewer
1 15 Cedric Simmons
1 16 Rodney Carney
1 17 Shawne Williams
1 18 Oleksiy Pecherov
1 19 Quincy Douby
1 20 Renaldo Balkman
1 21 Rajon Rondo
1 22 Marcus Williams
1 23 Josh Boone
1 24 Kyle Lowry
1 25 Shannon Brown
1 26 Jordan Farmar
1 27 Sergio Rodríguez
1 28 Maurice Ager
1 29 Mardy Collins
1 30 Joel Freeland

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

2000, by far.

This will always be the correct answer.

Lock this one up.

 

[jay y kay]

Was it 1998 when Michael Olowakandi went No. 1? I think that year was pretty weak, too. But 2000 probably takes the cake. Off the top of my head, No.1 was Kenyon Martin, and ROY was Mike Miller. That's it.

 

[nationaltruckerdave]

2000, by far.

So much potential in that draft , just never panned out

 

[JD617]

Weak class no doubt.

Wall's gotta become a star. Only chance they have one. Cousins too attituded up to ever be a star.

Greg Monroe?

2000, by far.

Yes. Best players in the draft ended up being Hedo Turkoglu and Michael Redd. 

Was it 1998 when Michael Olowakandi went No. 1? I think that year was pretty weak, too.

That draft had Dirk, Paul Pierce, and Vince Carter.

 

[pmatic]

Was it 1998 when Michael Olowakandi went No. 1? I think that year was pretty weak, too. But 2000 probably takes the cake. Off the top of my head, No.1 was Kenyon Martin, and ROY was Mike Miller. That's it.

Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison were top ten picks in that draft.

 

[Kev93]

2000, by far.

/thread

 

[buc em]

2006 was pretty weak.

Not even close to as bad as the Wall draft. You got 4 All-Stars in Roy, Aldridge, Gay and Rondo plus solid players in Lowry, Brewer, Bargnagni, Foye, Reddick, Sefolosha, Farmar and Shannon Brown. The only guys with even a CHANCE to make an All-Star game in their career in the other draft are Wall and Cousins, and I don't think they have the mentality to do it. Maybe if they sign with a bigger market team when their first contract is up. Greg Monroe might actually have a shot too if the Pistons ever get good.

 

[datznasty]

2000 aka the Stromile Swift draft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NBA_Draft

3 All Stars

Kenyon Martin
Jamaal "Look Ma, No Hands!" Magloire and we all know he only made it because of positional technicalities
Michael Redd

 

[Animal Thug]

2000, by far.

The best player from that draft was picked in the 2nd round.

nuff said...lets just go ahead and close this thread.

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

2000 aka the Stromile Swift draft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NBA_Draft

3 All Stars

Kenyon Martin
Jamaal "Look Ma, No Hands!" Magloire and we all know he only made it because of positional technicalities
Michael Redd

 

[dland24]

The word you are looking for is WORST.

 

[jay y kay]

Oops, gotta retract my post about 1998 lol. Anyways, Even in Wiki it says 2000 is by far the worst class. No more discussion needed.

 

[japanair21]

1988 was pretty bad too. Not as bad, but still poor. Danny Manning, Rik Smits, Mitch Richmond, Hershey Hawkins, Rex Chapman, Rony Seikaly, Thunder Dan, Rod Strickland, VDN, Vernon Maxwell, Steve Kerr

2000 can't be the worst draft class, Brian Cardinal was in it. Rck will be here to back me up.

1996 was the worst IMO. I mean Lorenzen Wright? Kerry Kittles? Samaki Walker? Erica Dampier? Todd Fuller? Tony Delk? Meh.

07 might be one of the worst outside of the lottery. Picks 15-30. Rodney Stuckey, Nick Young, Sean Williams, Marco Belinelli, Crittenton, Jason Smith, Daequan Cook, Jared Dudley, Wilson Chandler, Rudy Fernandez, Morris Almond, Arron Afflalo, Tiago Splitter, Alando Tucker, and Petteri Koponen. I wouldn't touch any of those dudes with a stuck other than Jared, Wilson, and Arron.

 

[macc e-money]

if you think thats the worst draft class then you know nothing about basketball.

Never said thats what i thought fam, just a post i saw somewhere else i thought Id bring to NT.

 

[macc e-money]

HAHAH at the numerous 2000 replies and close thread.

#TRUEEEEEE

 

[tripda6]

1988 was pretty bad too. Not as bad, but still poor. Danny Manning, Rik Smits, Mitch Richmond, Hershey Hawkins, Rex Chapman, Rony Seikaly, Thunder Dan, Rod Strickland, VDN, Vernon Maxwell, Steve Kerr

2000 can't be the worst draft class, Brian Cardinal was in it. Rck will be here to back me up.

1996 was the worst IMO. I mean Lorenzen Wright? Kerry Kittles? Samaki Walker? Erica Dampier? Todd Fuller? Tony Delk? Meh.

07 might be one of the worst outside of the lottery. Picks 15-30. Rodney Stuckey, Nick Young, Sean Williams, Marco Belinelli, Crittenton, Jason Smith, Daequan Cook, Jared Dudley, Wilson Chandler, Rudy Fernandez, Morris Almond, Arron Afflalo, Tiago Splitter, Alando Tucker, and Petteri Koponen. I wouldn't touch any of those dudes with a stuck other than Jared, Wilson, and Arron.

 Dat sarcasm.

2000 was god awful

Dont forget '86 either tho...

 

[mmg]

2000 is widely known as the worst draft class.

Don't disrespect Kerry Kittles though

 

[demonbasketball04]

I had such high hopes for Marcus Fizer when we drafted him.

 

[munnnjee]

if you think thats the worst draft class then you know nothing about basketball.

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