This video really shows how influential and unique Dirk was. So many teams whiffed on European players in the hope that they would even be half the player that Dirk was.
I know Kwame has basically become synonymous with bust, but the Wizards spot should really go to Jan Vesely. He was a #6 pick and had absolutely no business being in the NBA.
@@ashkechum101 in ‘03, his third year in the league, where he played the most minutes in his career, he had career high averages of 10.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. Never got in double digits afterwards.
@@arch8748 nobody ever thought he was better than Michael Jordan the blazers just already had a player like mj so they didn't need another premeiter player.
@Fries While LaRue Martin was drafted just ahead of HoFer Bob McAdoo, and Bowie was leaps and bounds ahead of him as a player, the revolution that MJ proceeded to have on the sport and the culture surrounding it (whether you like him as a player, owner, human or not) vastly outshines anything Bowie could have produced. Martin was drafted before an all-timer. Bowie was drafted before the hoops equivalent of Jesus. That reason alone is why Bowie is forever staying where he is as the worst draft pick Portland ever made, ability be damned. Another victim of the Blazers big man curse too…
Markelle Fultz was the consensus #1 pick coming into the 2017 draft. Before the season nobody knew him bc he was overshadowed by guys like Lonzo and Tatum, but as the college season went on, it became obvious that Fultz was going to be the #1 pick Edit: It was the 2017 draft not 2016
@@akeme25 Because the Celtics knew Philly wanted Fultz not Tatum and Lakers wanted Lonzo. So they just slide to the #3 spot, got the guy who they were always going to get and got another pick in return.
Sam Bowie was bad for yet another reason. Not only did they pass on Jordan, but even if people argue "they didn't need a guard" Charles Barkley went 3 picks later.
This video reminded me that since there's 82 games in a season, it's really easy to make a highlight reel of yourself if you score a basket or two a game.
He was still a number one pick just cause you’re alright as a back up on a horrible team doesn’t mean you’re not a bust people really ride fultz nuts it’s ridiculous he’s a bust get over it
@@Slickgary007 okay Fultz is as bad as a player as Anthony Bennett both are busts so doesn’t matter hey guess what guess Lebron is a bust cause he never got 6 rings like Jordan and at that Jordan is a bust cause he didn’t get as many rings as Bill Russel nor did he score 100 points like Wilt might as well make everyone one a bust since it’s used so loosely
Barry love the video but how can you use points vs. Shots attempted as a metric for player performance when only 3 players have ever finished their career with more or just as many points as shits attempted ( Kareem, Ray Allen, Bird)
Was at first surprised not to see raptors legend Andrea Bargnani, but he did have a better career than that other scrub. I didn’t think that would be possible
With all due respect to the poor decision to draft Sam Bowie, Greg Oden was Portland’s biggest bust pick. I think the jury is still out on whether Zion will be the Pelicans biggest bust or not. For all the hype, he really hasn’t done a lot for that team. And I’m just glad that Chicago had a bigger bust than Marcus Fizer. I really wanted to see that dude do well as a pro, but sadly…
That 2016 draft was laughably awful when it came to draft busts. You had great talents like Brandon Ingram, Buddy Hield, Jalen Brown, Domantas Sabonis, Pascal Siakam, and Dejounte Murray, but some of the top 10's were horrible. You could make a case that any of the first round busts from here could qualify for biggest busts by a team The Bulls whiffed horrifically on selecting Denzel Valentine with the 14th pick, ended up putting in mid numbers on bad efficiency, and will be known most for his poor decision making Not sure if this would count for the Kings or the Suns considering he was a draft day trade, but Georgios Papagiannis also deserves some note considering he was selected with an outside lottery pick at 13 when he wasn't even expected to be selected until the late second round, with some not even thinking he'd be drafted at all. He was terrible in the few years he played and is out of the league Milwaukee selected Thon Maker at 10 out of high school (decision required ruling from the NBA) and it was pretty much off hopes that a 7'0 tall player with an insane wingspan would become the next Hakeem or Kareem, and instead he put up mid numbers on bad efficiency at the center position, and never became a defensive threat. He is now out of the league Marquese Chriss was horrible. Part of that draft day deal with the Suns, he was selected 8th overall, and he won all rookie team, but after that continued to just be bad. He had a decent year on a terrible 2019 Golden State team in the middle of his career, but outside of that has been inefficient and is out of the league Kris Dunn was selected 5th overall, and had some initial promise, but was pretty inefficient and his averages continued to drop. He's never been terrible but he's nowhere near the 5th overall pick type promise he had. He had a decent showing in 22 games with the Jazz last year, so he could still end up being a solid role player And then you already talked enough about Dragan Bender. 4th overall, couldn't make his case to play for long, out of the league Edit: Why the fuck did I say that Buddy Hield was a great talent? Forgive me, I'm not the same person I was 4 months ago
It’s hard to call Anthony Bennett a bust when he wasn’t in the lottery for most mock drafts, dude was a troll pick. By definition he’s a major bust but he wasn’t even supposed to be picked that high by anyone
Yea he does what the fuck are you talking he was a number one pick, played like shit and is now a backup on one of the worst teams in the league. I’m really sick of people constantly defending fultz when he is pretty clearly a bust. Being an ok player as a number one pick will make you bust
I'd disagree that Fultz is only marginally better in Orlando. While certainly not looking like a #1 overall pick, he looks like he will absolutely have a place in the NBA for at least several more years, unlike the way he looked in Philly. Easy oversight though since there is not a soul watching Orlando games lmao
Funny enough Wayne Yates was my basketball and P.E coach years ago at Northwood high school. Great man told us stories about his time in the NBA. He was a great guy and great coach just not that great of a player.
Even at this point, you can tell that if you gave him that jumpshot he had in college you more or less have a pretty good player. But he never got to build on that foundation. It's a shame that he tried to play through it and didn't shut it down from day 1 when he started feeling that shoulder pain. But you live and learn. And I don't think he'll be out of the league anytime soon. When he's healthy, he's definitely an NBA player.
All these players became BUSTS because Tom Brady Didn’t Will them enough and Didn’t send inspiration text Messages thru out their professional Career!!!
Shout out to Greg Odin. Dude looked 55 years old in college. Had a bad feeling he wouldn’t work out in the NBA. Add to that the fact that it was a coin flip between picking him or KD first overall. I think there was even a billboard in Portland by the arena that said something like “Honk Once for Odin or Twice for KD.”
Dude with Sam Bowie it’s not even just that he was picked ahead of Jordan. He was picked ahead of Jordan, Barkley, Stockton, Sam Perkins, Kevin Willis dude holy shit. Yeah hindsight is 20/20 but damn
@@romanramirez7847 Drexler and Olajuwon is a crazy thought from 84 till whenever they were to split from one another via free agency when that opens in the 90s.
Tractor Traylor was a bust for sure and the Dirk trade makes it look even worse. But purely as players I'd put Joe Alexander and Yi Jianlian as bigger Milwaukee busts than him.
Darko might’ve been the biggest draft bust ever.. he had no pressure on him and couldn’t acclimate himself on an already championship Piston team.. he had no talent at all.. I was a 12 year old at the time.. I remember it distinctly
Jonny Flynn was a solid choice for the Wolves' biggest bust, but it's hard to just ignore Ndudi Ebi in this discussion. They basically picked that bust because he "looked good" in a practice against LeBron before the draft (No offense to Allen Iverson).
Sacramento Kings: Georgios Papagiannis. I know he was only 13th, 14th pick, but holy crap was he awful. He wasn't even considered in most mock drafts, in the some that he was, he was a late second round pick. He lasted one season, and now he's back in Europe, where he BARELY PLAYS, which is incredible for a guy drafted in the lottery.
I met Johnny Flynn when he was in high school. My schools basketball team lost to his in the NYS semi finals. He was signing cards of himself after and said “remember me, I’m going to be famous one day”. He was a baller. I thought he would make it work in the pros
I think you got the Fultz take wrong, he was the leading scorer in college basketball as a freshmen and he had a disgusting skillset. He legitimately looked like a 6’5 Damian Lillard/Harden hybrid with a + wingspan, but people didn’t hear much about him cause his team was shit, they missed the tournament, and the Lavar Ball circus dominated the draft news cycle The way poor coaching/trainer decisions and injuries have completely deleted his jumpshot is an absolute shame for all fans of basketball, he was special
@Raymond Sims … dumb reply. Name 1 concrete reason that he wasn’t an elite prospect? Forgetting how to shoot is like being struck by lightning, there was 0 indication that he would be anything but great
@Raymond Sims im arguing that your “hunch at the time” was total BS and until the most unpredictable meltdown in draft history happened he was going to be an awesome player. There was nothing wrong with his shot in college (it was excellent from all over) and it changed drastically once he entered the league cause of injury and bad coaching
@Raymond Sims he is a bust. But that’s like saying len bias was a bust cause he died before playing any games. Saying you were right about him is like saying you’re right about a dice roll. Nobody cares if you were right on a complete guess, and since you have no reasons about why you thought that clearly it was just a random hunch
I will not accept this slander of Jonny flyn. he had a hip injury after his rookie year that at his size made it difficult to ever be a valuable nba player. To this day you cannot find him. No, he shouldn’t have been taken before curry but I think he would’ve had an above average nba career as an offensive talent.
Yeah no, the Sam Bowie/MJ thing is 100% hindsight. MJ was a great college player, but tons of guys are great college players and lots of them become busts in the pros. No one at the time expected him to get even close to GOAT status, and anyone who says they did is lying. If you told people then that a guy from the '84 draft would become the GOAT, they would've said it would be Olajuwon, not Jordan. And the Blazers didn't just have Drexler. They also had Jim Paxson, who was 27 at the time and coming off back to back All-Star selections. If they picked MJ they would've had to play three guard (or even four guard) lineups to give everyone adequate minutes, and that's not really a thing teams were doing a lot back then. The consensus at the time was that the Blazers were a center away from being a title contender. If they pick MJ, it almost certainly ends with them dangling either him or Drexler as trade bait to get a big man. Instead they tried to get one with their draft pick. It just didn't work out.
You're right about the Blazers situation at the time, but you're ignoring Bowie's huge injury risks and the many people who saw Jordan's potential. Peter Vescey, who was one of the biggest NBA journalists at the time said that MJ was "Dr. J with a jump shot".
It’s not really hindsight. MJ was a superstar in college and was clearly going to be huge in the NBA. Bowie was good, but MJ was just way better overall already.
@vaclevsta There may well have been individual analysts who saw MJ as a transcendent superstar in waiting, but that was nowhere near an industry consensus at the time. He was not treated as god's gift to basketball like LeBron was in '03. MJ might not even make a top 20 of the most hyped draft prospects. Olajuwon was the guy everyone wanted in '84. Patrick Ewing got more hype the following year. So did David Robinson. So did Shaq. So did Tim Duncan. So did LeBron. Hell, even a guy like Anthony Davis arguably had more buzz going into his draft than MJ had in '84. Notice a common thread in that list of names, aside from LeBron? They're all big men. Elite centers were the most prized possession in the sport, and from the NBA's inception through the mid-80s virtually every team that won a title had a dominant big man. Centers were so prioritized that the Rockets already had an elite big in Ralph Sampson and they still took Olajuwon without a second thought anyway. It wasn't until MJ's Bulls came along (and also the Bad Boys Pistons to a lesser extent) that this post > perimeter conventional wisdom was seriously challenged. IMO, oddly enough, people who ding the Blazers for taking Bowie over MJ do MJ's legacy a disservice. This surface-level outcome-based analysis doesn't account for how teams thought at the time, and just how much MJ did to change the game.
Bucks have made so many terrible draft picks over the last 20 years, with the exception of Giannis. Top 10 picks that never worked out are Jabari Parker (over Embiid), Thon Maker, Joe Alexander, Yi Jianlian. Also trading away Dirk on draft day, and drafting Bogut over CP3. I guess Giannis makes up for all of that though.
You have to understand with Bogut that in 2005, Shaq/Duncan had won 6 of the previous 7 Finals MVP's and it was still a very defense-oriented league. Bogut seemed like a lock to become a great defensive big man [which he did] and he at least had raw talent offensively. It was a defensible pick at the time. Nobody knew that the league would shift so drastically towards perimeter offense or that Chris Paul would be playing at a superstar level at age 36.
@@dusk6159 A skinnier less physical Giannis would be nowhere near the MVP level player he is today, but would still be a good NBA player because of his athleticism, motor, wingspan and ability to handle/see the floor. That's more than you can say about Parker, Maker, Alexander or Yi.
0:13 DeMar Johnson - literally a car crash 🚗 0:41 Eric Montross - never found his way 🔻 1:06 Dennis Hopson - The Ohio State University 🥜 1:33 Adam Morrison - Rookie and then Sucked 2:00 Jay Williams - Color Commentator 🔊 2:32 Anthony Bennet - did NOTHING well 🙈 3:02 Bill Garnett - not Kevin Garnett 😑 3:33 Nikoloz ..... - 626 shots, 507 points 😂 4:16 Darko Milotic - 152 points 174 shots 🤣 4:39 Chris Washburn - Drugged Out 🤤😵💫 5:07 Pat Riley - just 1 season 5:42 Jonathan Bender - injured 🤕 6:13 (McCandy) Olwokandi - lazy ☝ 6:46 The Laker's Wayne Yates - 72 Points, 105 Shots 🐣 7:16 Hasheem Thabeet - Shame on the Grizzlies 🤷♂ 7:47 Michael Beasley - potential that didn't develop 8:20 The Sad Story of Robert Traylor - Traded as part of the Dirk Nowitzki trade 🥪 8:47 Johnny Flynn - could have picked Steph Curry instead 9:09 Austin Rivers - not terrible, bench guy 9:34 Kevin Knox - bad at everything 10:05 Sene - tall guy that let down expectations 🤧 10:34 Mario Hezonja - (really?) athleticism that got lost on the court 11:02 Markelle Fultz - Trust The Process, NOT 🥱 11:32 Dragen Bender - F 🥱 12:01 Sam Bowie - picked ahead of Michael Jordan 😯 12:37 Thomas Robinson - he played all over the league 🎒 13:04 Alfrederick Hughes - 1 season 🦆 13:30 Rafael Arajuo (Arroyo) - failed expectations 13:59 Dante Exum - hustle player off the bench, currently playing overseas 👋 🛫🌊🛬 14:32 Kwame Brown - solid defense, highly overvalued going in the 1st round 🐙
Update: Fultz is still made of glass but when he plays he’s good Dante Exum is back! He’s been giving Dallas solid minutes and I’m rooting for him I always figured there was a good player in there somewhere Knox is on the Pistons who are basically the last stop on the train out of the league. He’s actually putting up ok stats. at least he shot 40% for the season last year Dragan Bender is nowhere to be found
No, Mike Sweetney was a MUCH bigger bust for the Knicks. Frank Ntilikina the year before was worse, Jordan Hill did less as Knick, Renaldo fucking Balkman was a first round pick, and then there's Fredrick Weis.
Wow, I didn't know Dennis Hopson was Adam Morrison before Adam Morrison. I coined the term "Adam Morrisoned" as "A draft bust wins a championship as a seldom used reserve on another team" since he won 2 rings clapping on Kobe. I used the term for guys like David Carr (2011 Giants) and Blaine Gabbert (2020 Bucs)
The Traylor pick was a catastrophe for the Bucks, but the Nowitzki angle is more hindsight hype than reality. The entire point of that trade was to ensure that both the Mavericks and Bucks got the player they really wanted. If the trade hadn't been made, Dallas would have just drafted Nowitzki straight up at 6, and that would have been the end of it.
Beasley has always shocked me with how he didn't amount to more. I honestly think he just didn't care that much. He got the NBA spot and was completely content with just making the roster.
I think some players that got drafted in the NBA got already content on just making a roster and having a big paycheck (relatively to most people that aren't on the NBA) so they just stuck in mediocrity or being average.
I remember Thomas Robinson from NBA 2K13. Constantly being praised by the commentators during the rookie game. Also he has the same name as the guy in _To Kill a Mockingbird_
I was watching that draft with some friends. One commentator questioned whether Robinson had any elite skills and I said "busting up chifferobes". Nobody got the reference lol
This video really shows how influential and unique Dirk was. So many teams whiffed on European players in the hope that they would even be half the player that Dirk was.
Now they’re doing it again cus of Luka and Giannis, I wish it was Americans only again
The Bucks whiffed trading Dirk
@@Imrightyourwrong at least try and hide your racism
@@Imrightyourwrong why tf did 5 people like this? So basically you don't wanna see European players shine because... They're from Europe?
@@cursedassyeet yeah very weird comment lol
I know Kwame has basically become synonymous with bust, but the Wizards spot should really go to Jan Vesely. He was a #6 pick and had absolutely no business being in the NBA.
This!! Kwame eventually averaged 10 pts and 10 rebounds. Vesely never even approached that
@@ashkechum101 in ‘03, his third year in the league, where he played the most minutes in his career, he had career high averages of 10.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. Never got in double digits afterwards.
Poor Sam Bowie. Only ever remembered for going before Jordan. That's a rough thing to live with.
No the fuck it isnt, you can say 'I went before jordan in the nba draft', if they dont know about your career they'll think you're amazing
Just before Jordan and just after Hakeem. What a tough spot lol.
It also shows just how great Hakeem was because nobody ever gives the Rockets shit for drafting him 1st that year.
@@arch8748 nobody ever thought he was better than Michael Jordan the blazers just already had a player like mj so they didn't need another premeiter player.
@Fries While LaRue Martin was drafted just ahead of HoFer Bob McAdoo, and Bowie was leaps and bounds ahead of him as a player, the revolution that MJ proceeded to have on the sport and the culture surrounding it (whether you like him as a player, owner, human or not) vastly outshines anything Bowie could have produced. Martin was drafted before an all-timer. Bowie was drafted before the hoops equivalent of Jesus. That reason alone is why Bowie is forever staying where he is as the worst draft pick Portland ever made, ability be damned. Another victim of the Blazers big man curse too…
Markelle Fultz was the consensus #1 pick coming into the 2017 draft. Before the season nobody knew him bc he was overshadowed by guys like Lonzo and Tatum, but as the college season went on, it became obvious that Fultz was going to be the #1 pick
Edit: It was the 2017 draft not 2016
Glad that Danny Ainge had the foresight to trade Boston’s #1 pick to Philly and ended up with Tatum.
Nobody got Tatum top 3. Look at the mock drafts. They thought Boston was taking Josh Jackson or Fox.
@@thisisnotmyname8766 But my question is, why didn’t the Celtics just use their number 1 pick to draft Tatum?
@@akeme25 Because the Celtics knew Philly wanted Fultz not Tatum and Lakers wanted Lonzo. So they just slide to the #3 spot, got the guy who they were always going to get and got another pick in return.
@@thisisnotmyname8766 Oh yeah the other pick, now it makes sense
Jordan wasn’t the Majority owner of the bobcats until 2010. Did he have much say on picking Adam Morrison?
Nope but let’s blame MJ 😂
I'm surprised you didn't mention players that each of these teams could've had instead of the guy they drafted
Sam Bowie was bad for yet another reason. Not only did they pass on Jordan, but even if people argue "they didn't need a guard" Charles Barkley went 3 picks later.
Fultz averaged 23/6/6 in college and you never heard of him? Casual
As a brazilian, that "Araújo" pronunciation was something else
I blame Carlos Arroyo
This video reminded me that since there's 82 games in a season, it's really easy to make a highlight reel of yourself if you score a basket or two a game.
I cried after I couldn't watch this yesterday, finally the tears will stop
Don’t know about Fultz he looks really solid in Orlando
He was still a number one pick just cause you’re alright as a back up on a horrible team doesn’t mean you’re not a bust people really ride fultz nuts it’s ridiculous he’s a bust get over it
@@Slickgary007 okay Fultz is as bad as a player as Anthony Bennett both are busts so doesn’t matter hey guess what guess Lebron is a bust cause he never got 6 rings like Jordan and at that Jordan is a bust cause he didn’t get as many rings as Bill Russel nor did he score 100 points like Wilt might as well make everyone one a bust since it’s used so loosely
Markelle fultz dominated in college which is why he was considered the best player coming out that year lol
Lmao the shot to knox and bender lmao 🤣
Barry love the video but how can you use points vs. Shots attempted as a metric for player performance when only 3 players have ever finished their career with more or just as many points as shits attempted ( Kareem, Ray Allen, Bird)
I guess he meant field goals attempted
Was at first surprised not to see raptors legend Andrea Bargnani, but he did have a better career than that other scrub. I didn’t think that would be possible
With all due respect to the poor decision to draft Sam Bowie, Greg Oden was Portland’s biggest bust pick. I think the jury is still out on whether Zion will be the Pelicans biggest bust or not. For all the hype, he really hasn’t done a lot for that team.
And I’m just glad that Chicago had a bigger bust than Marcus Fizer. I really wanted to see that dude do well as a pro, but sadly…
What background song does Barry use? I hear it all the time and Im dying to know
11:06 Markelle Fultz didn't have a notable college career and was never talked about? How can that be true for the CONSENSUS number 1 pick that year?
Bro the Warriors literally drafted a dude whose last name is Washburn. I’m done.
9:55 lmaooooooooo
Kevin Knox averaging as many points as shots his whole career
Barry uploaded on my birthday
C'mon. Nets should have been Yinka Dare.
1:25 - I wouldn’t say he was bad. He put up decent numbers are decent efficiency.
That 2016 draft was laughably awful when it came to draft busts. You had great talents like Brandon Ingram, Buddy Hield, Jalen Brown, Domantas Sabonis, Pascal Siakam, and Dejounte Murray, but some of the top 10's were horrible. You could make a case that any of the first round busts from here could qualify for biggest busts by a team
The Bulls whiffed horrifically on selecting Denzel Valentine with the 14th pick, ended up putting in mid numbers on bad efficiency, and will be known most for his poor decision making
Not sure if this would count for the Kings or the Suns considering he was a draft day trade, but Georgios Papagiannis also deserves some note considering he was selected with an outside lottery pick at 13 when he wasn't even expected to be selected until the late second round, with some not even thinking he'd be drafted at all. He was terrible in the few years he played and is out of the league
Milwaukee selected Thon Maker at 10 out of high school (decision required ruling from the NBA) and it was pretty much off hopes that a 7'0 tall player with an insane wingspan would become the next Hakeem or Kareem, and instead he put up mid numbers on bad efficiency at the center position, and never became a defensive threat. He is now out of the league
Marquese Chriss was horrible. Part of that draft day deal with the Suns, he was selected 8th overall, and he won all rookie team, but after that continued to just be bad. He had a decent year on a terrible 2019 Golden State team in the middle of his career, but outside of that has been inefficient and is out of the league
Kris Dunn was selected 5th overall, and had some initial promise, but was pretty inefficient and his averages continued to drop. He's never been terrible but he's nowhere near the 5th overall pick type promise he had. He had a decent showing in 22 games with the Jazz last year, so he could still end up being a solid role player
And then you already talked enough about Dragan Bender. 4th overall, couldn't make his case to play for long, out of the league
Edit: Why the fuck did I say that Buddy Hield was a great talent? Forgive me, I'm not the same person I was 4 months ago
It’s hard to call Anthony Bennett a bust when he wasn’t in the lottery for most mock drafts, dude was a troll pick. By definition he’s a major bust but he wasn’t even supposed to be picked that high by anyone
Biggest Bust Ever? Wow am I in for a treat
Imagine drexler and jordan on the same team. They would have been the best guard combo ever
It’s funny now Exum back on my mavs!! I think 🤔 he be Decent now he fix his shot mechanics
Greg Oden may be worse than Bowie for Portland as he never played
Reupload?
trippin about fultz
I highly doubt the Nuggets will ever find a good player whose name starts with “NIKOL”
Jay williams? Really? Dude was a straight baller until accident
Kwame made up for his nba failure with his great insight on life afterwards
Basically a video saying WHO
Surprised i didn't see Len Bias on here...
Extremley harsh on Williams on the Bulls when they drafted Eddy Curry and Tyrus Thomas.
Marcus Fizer was a worse pick than all three of those guys
@@vaclevsta 2000 draft man.
Celtics: Len Bias.
Fact, check Patrick Ewing what’s the best player in college basketball
Everything you said about Markelle Fultz was wrong, and he doesn’t belong anywhere near this list 💀
Yea he does what the fuck are you talking he was a number one pick, played like shit and is now a backup on one of the worst teams in the league. I’m really sick of people constantly defending fultz when he is pretty clearly a bust. Being an ok player as a number one pick will make you bust
Luka saminic for spurs
This dude doesn’t know much about Markelle fultz…
Hezonja is a bust but him blocking Bron and Dunking on Giannis is legendary.
Ikr him stepping over Giannis had me dying
I'd disagree that Fultz is only marginally better in Orlando. While certainly not looking like a #1 overall pick, he looks like he will absolutely have a place in the NBA for at least several more years, unlike the way he looked in Philly. Easy oversight though since there is not a soul watching Orlando games lmao
Him, Cole Anthony, SUGGS? If they can afford a full medical team they got Jon Isaac. Bruh Orlando's lit.
@@lebendystraw3683yessir
Funny enough Wayne Yates was my basketball and P.E coach years ago at Northwood high school. Great man told us stories about his time in the NBA. He was a great guy and great coach just not that great of a player.
I mean I’d argue to make the NBA he was a great player..pretty cool my PE coach in HS was an ex nhler so floor hockey days were lit
When you compare him to only nba players, no he’s not a great player, any one else… he’s a superstar
Markelle Fultz was the consensus #1 pick because his great play at Washington University. Injuries aside, he was the guy, not just potential.
100% agree. Once a commentator said that Fultz, robbed of his biggest strength - the pull up jumper - was just a 6'3 Ben Simmons.
Even at this point, you can tell that if you gave him that jumpshot he had in college you more or less have a pretty good player. But he never got to build on that foundation. It's a shame that he tried to play through it and didn't shut it down from day 1 when he started feeling that shoulder pain. But you live and learn. And I don't think he'll be out of the league anytime soon. When he's healthy, he's definitely an NBA player.
@@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza Fultz is a great playmaker and defender, and his pull up game was amazing
@@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza Fultz is a great playmaker and defender, and his pull up game was amazing
And he isn’t a bust either
just remember that kwame brown and kobe once combined to score 84 points
How many points did Kwame score?
@@sastryvnk4402 83
All these players became BUSTS because Tom Brady Didn’t Will them enough and Didn’t send inspiration text Messages thru out their professional Career!!!
Honestly Len Bias was a huge bust it set back the Celtics for years
"With the 1st Pick in the 2013 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers select...Anthony Bennett"
*"WOAH!"* 😂
Fellow 2K 14 player I see.
@@gamerep2297 Yeah👌🏾
I love how that even made it to 2K 😂😂😂
I'll always remember when Knox dunked on Ben Simmons (Depressed Australian Michael Carter-Williams). Good times
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By far the best Ben Simmons description I’ve ever heard lmaoo
Shout out to Greg Odin. Dude looked 55 years old in college. Had a bad feeling he wouldn’t work out in the NBA. Add to that the fact that it was a coin flip between picking him or KD first overall. I think there was even a billboard in Portland by the arena that said something like “Honk Once for Odin or Twice for KD.”
Mr.Mcockiner, you are in big trouble.
What
Nice try, Tom Brady.
We got it this time!!! Thanks Barry! You the real deal (no offense to Evander Holyfield)
Dude with Sam Bowie it’s not even just that he was picked ahead of Jordan. He was picked ahead of Jordan, Barkley, Stockton, Sam Perkins, Kevin Willis dude holy shit. Yeah hindsight is 20/20 but damn
That’s already horrible and dumb, but imagine if Bowie had been picked by the Rockets instead of Hakeem. That would have been an absolute travesty.
@@romanramirez7847 Drexler and Olajuwon is a crazy thought from 84 till whenever they were to split from one another via free agency when that opens in the 90s.
Surprised you didn't go with Jan Vesely for Washington - yet another athletic 7-foot European big man who couldn't actually play basketball.
Agree. Brown is more infamous, but actually ended up having a decent career. Vesely was completely lost on the court
Tractor Traylor was a bust for sure and the Dirk trade makes it look even worse. But purely as players I'd put Joe Alexander and Yi Jianlian as bigger Milwaukee busts than him.
Darko might’ve been the biggest draft bust ever.. he had no pressure on him and couldn’t acclimate himself on an already championship Piston team.. he had no talent at all.. I was a 12 year old at the time.. I remember it distinctly
Jonny Flynn was a solid choice for the Wolves' biggest bust, but it's hard to just ignore Ndudi Ebi in this discussion. They basically picked that bust because he "looked good" in a practice against LeBron before the draft (No offense to Allen Iverson).
Kings could be a list of like 30 people. Has to be bagley though. Everyone in the world besides the kings knew luka would be a star
@Fries being ok on the worst team in the league isn’t really an accomplishment
Sacramento Kings: Georgios Papagiannis. I know he was only 13th, 14th pick, but holy crap was he awful. He wasn't even considered in most mock drafts, in the some that he was, he was a late second round pick. He lasted one season, and now he's back in Europe, where he BARELY PLAYS, which is incredible for a guy drafted in the lottery.
Remember when Dante Exum was your "rival" in 2K15? Even they thought he would be something special.
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I met Johnny Flynn when he was in high school. My schools basketball team lost to his in the NYS semi finals. He was signing cards of himself after and said “remember me, I’m going to be famous one day”. He was a baller. I thought he would make it work in the pros
Javaris Crittenton honorable mention for the Lakers. Dude is serving 23 years in prison for murder right now, so...
I think you got the Fultz take wrong, he was the leading scorer in college basketball as a freshmen and he had a disgusting skillset. He legitimately looked like a 6’5 Damian Lillard/Harden hybrid with a + wingspan, but people didn’t hear much about him cause his team was shit, they missed the tournament, and the Lavar Ball circus dominated the draft news cycle
The way poor coaching/trainer decisions and injuries have completely deleted his jumpshot is an absolute shame for all fans of basketball, he was special
@Raymond Sims … dumb reply. Name 1 concrete reason that he wasn’t an elite prospect? Forgetting how to shoot is like being struck by lightning, there was 0 indication that he would be anything but great
@Raymond Sims im arguing that your “hunch at the time” was total BS and until the most unpredictable meltdown in draft history happened he was going to be an awesome player. There was nothing wrong with his shot in college (it was excellent from all over) and it changed drastically once he entered the league cause of injury and bad coaching
@Raymond Sims he is a bust. But that’s like saying len bias was a bust cause he died before playing any games. Saying you were right about him is like saying you’re right about a dice roll. Nobody cares if you were right on a complete guess, and since you have no reasons about why you thought that clearly it was just a random hunch
I will not accept this slander of Jonny flyn. he had a hip injury after his rookie year that at his size made it difficult to ever be a valuable nba player. To this day you cannot find him. No, he shouldn’t have been taken before curry but I think he would’ve had an above average nba career as an offensive talent.
Yeah no, the Sam Bowie/MJ thing is 100% hindsight. MJ was a great college player, but tons of guys are great college players and lots of them become busts in the pros. No one at the time expected him to get even close to GOAT status, and anyone who says they did is lying. If you told people then that a guy from the '84 draft would become the GOAT, they would've said it would be Olajuwon, not Jordan.
And the Blazers didn't just have Drexler. They also had Jim Paxson, who was 27 at the time and coming off back to back All-Star selections. If they picked MJ they would've had to play three guard (or even four guard) lineups to give everyone adequate minutes, and that's not really a thing teams were doing a lot back then.
The consensus at the time was that the Blazers were a center away from being a title contender. If they pick MJ, it almost certainly ends with them dangling either him or Drexler as trade bait to get a big man. Instead they tried to get one with their draft pick. It just didn't work out.
Ya And People don't remember how bad LaRue Martin Was
You're right about the Blazers situation at the time, but you're ignoring Bowie's huge injury risks and the many people who saw Jordan's potential. Peter Vescey, who was one of the biggest NBA journalists at the time said that MJ was "Dr. J with a jump shot".
It’s not really hindsight. MJ was a superstar in college and was clearly going to be huge in the NBA. Bowie was good, but MJ was just way better overall already.
@vaclevsta There may well have been individual analysts who saw MJ as a transcendent superstar in waiting, but that was nowhere near an industry consensus at the time. He was not treated as god's gift to basketball like LeBron was in '03. MJ might not even make a top 20 of the most hyped draft prospects. Olajuwon was the guy everyone wanted in '84. Patrick Ewing got more hype the following year. So did David Robinson. So did Shaq. So did Tim Duncan. So did LeBron. Hell, even a guy like Anthony Davis arguably had more buzz going into his draft than MJ had in '84.
Notice a common thread in that list of names, aside from LeBron? They're all big men. Elite centers were the most prized possession in the sport, and from the NBA's inception through the mid-80s virtually every team that won a title had a dominant big man. Centers were so prioritized that the Rockets already had an elite big in Ralph Sampson and they still took Olajuwon without a second thought anyway. It wasn't until MJ's Bulls came along (and also the Bad Boys Pistons to a lesser extent) that this post > perimeter conventional wisdom was seriously challenged.
IMO, oddly enough, people who ding the Blazers for taking Bowie over MJ do MJ's legacy a disservice. This surface-level outcome-based analysis doesn't account for how teams thought at the time, and just how much MJ did to change the game.
You deserve so many more subs, Barry, and I'm really glad to see your channel growing the way it is.
Bucks have made so many terrible draft picks over the last 20 years, with the exception of Giannis. Top 10 picks that never worked out are Jabari Parker (over Embiid), Thon Maker, Joe Alexander, Yi Jianlian. Also trading away Dirk on draft day, and drafting Bogut over CP3. I guess Giannis makes up for all of that though.
You have to understand with Bogut that in 2005, Shaq/Duncan had won 6 of the previous 7 Finals MVP's and it was still a very defense-oriented league. Bogut seemed like a lock to become a great defensive big man [which he did] and he at least had raw talent offensively. It was a defensible pick at the time. Nobody knew that the league would shift so drastically towards perimeter offense or that Chris Paul would be playing at a superstar level at age 36.
Giannis and Embiid couldve become a Dinasty but handsight 20/20 Im extremley sure the Bucks wouldve traded him after the injuries the first years
@@dusk6159 A skinnier less physical Giannis would be nowhere near the MVP level player he is today, but would still be a good NBA player because of his athleticism, motor, wingspan and ability to handle/see the floor. That's more than you can say about Parker, Maker, Alexander or Yi.
Lol people never brought up context when they made those kinds of assumptions 🤦🏾♂️
0:13 DeMar Johnson - literally a car crash 🚗
0:41 Eric Montross - never found his way 🔻
1:06 Dennis Hopson - The Ohio State University 🥜
1:33 Adam Morrison - Rookie and then Sucked
2:00 Jay Williams - Color Commentator 🔊
2:32 Anthony Bennet - did NOTHING well 🙈
3:02 Bill Garnett - not Kevin Garnett 😑
3:33 Nikoloz ..... - 626 shots, 507 points 😂
4:16 Darko Milotic - 152 points 174 shots 🤣
4:39 Chris Washburn - Drugged Out 🤤😵💫
5:07 Pat Riley - just 1 season
5:42 Jonathan Bender - injured 🤕
6:13 (McCandy) Olwokandi - lazy ☝
6:46 The Laker's Wayne Yates - 72 Points, 105 Shots 🐣
7:16 Hasheem Thabeet - Shame on the Grizzlies 🤷♂
7:47 Michael Beasley - potential that didn't develop
8:20 The Sad Story of Robert Traylor - Traded as part of the Dirk Nowitzki trade 🥪
8:47 Johnny Flynn - could have picked Steph Curry instead
9:09 Austin Rivers - not terrible, bench guy
9:34 Kevin Knox - bad at everything
10:05 Sene - tall guy that let down expectations 🤧
10:34 Mario Hezonja - (really?) athleticism that got lost on the court
11:02 Markelle Fultz - Trust The Process, NOT 🥱
11:32 Dragen Bender - F 🥱
12:01 Sam Bowie - picked ahead of Michael Jordan 😯
12:37 Thomas Robinson - he played all over the league 🎒
13:04 Alfrederick Hughes - 1 season 🦆
13:30 Rafael Arajuo (Arroyo) - failed expectations
13:59 Dante Exum - hustle player off the bench, currently playing overseas 👋 🛫🌊🛬
14:32 Kwame Brown - solid defense, highly overvalued going in the 1st round 🐙
you still editing it lol, you should include the draft pick
Praise be to the time stamp guy, providing convenience with every time stamp
these tagline emoji combinations are a nice touch
You ruined the whole point of the video... Just put the teams not the players...
@@thouzer47.58 that's why you don't read comments before you finish the video
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Fultz is still made of glass but when he plays he’s good
Dante Exum is back! He’s been giving Dallas solid minutes and I’m rooting for him I always figured there was a good player in there somewhere
Knox is on the Pistons who are basically the last stop on the train out of the league. He’s actually putting up ok stats. at least he shot 40% for the season last year
Dragan Bender is nowhere to be found
Barry, PLEASE read this comment.
Someone is impersonating you on the Fandom Altipedia!
I mean for the celtics it should probably be Len Bias... Second overall, im sure you know the rest of the story.
If kwame was drafted like 1 or 2 spots lower I'd definitely put Jan Vesely in the conversation. What an absolute bum and waste of a top 6 pick.
No, Mike Sweetney was a MUCH bigger bust for the Knicks. Frank Ntilikina the year before was worse, Jordan Hill did less as Knick, Renaldo fucking Balkman was a first round pick, and then there's Fredrick Weis.
The Warriors biggest draft bust was trading the rights to Parish and McHale for Joe Barry Carole.
I would say the Celtics biggest bust was len bias... No offense but he didn't even play
The Raptors picking Andrea Bargnani #1 overall in 2006 stung the most.
The name "Washburn" is almost perfect for a Draft bust when you think of it.
Wow, I didn't know Dennis Hopson was Adam Morrison before Adam Morrison. I coined the term "Adam Morrisoned" as "A draft bust wins a championship as a seldom used reserve on another team" since he won 2 rings clapping on Kobe. I used the term for guys like David Carr (2011 Giants) and Blaine Gabbert (2020 Bucs)
Biggest bust in NBA history is kind of a stretch dont you think?
Americans speaking Araujo is fucking hilarious uaushahsuahsuhausus greetings from Brazil, don't have pre marital sex
Sam Bowie also tricked The Blazzers when they asked him if he was healthy enough to play in the NBA and Sam said he was. Mad man indeed.
I mean what else was he supposed to say? No and lose out on millions of dollars?
Bowie over Oden who was picked ahead of Kevin Durant?
Fun fact: Len bias had 0 career points
He also had 0 career rebounds
The Traylor pick was a catastrophe for the Bucks, but the Nowitzki angle is more hindsight hype than reality. The entire point of that trade was to ensure that both the Mavericks and Bucks got the player they really wanted. If the trade hadn't been made, Dallas would have just drafted Nowitzki straight up at 6, and that would have been the end of it.
Beasley has always shocked me with how he didn't amount to more. I honestly think he just didn't care that much. He got the NBA spot and was completely content with just making the roster.
Maybe you're right. Whatever his problem was, it was in his head not his body, that's for sure. Dude was beast, crazy talented.
He was a beast in the NCAA. Definitely had him pegged to be a star too
I think some players that got drafted in the NBA got already content on just making a roster and having a big paycheck (relatively to most people that aren't on the NBA) so they just stuck in mediocrity or being average.
Kevin Knox also wore a fortnite suit on draft night 🤣
Recency bias, I’m predicting Luka Samanic for the Spurs. Or maybe Dejuan Blair
Dejuan Blair was okay, especially given that he was a second-round pick. Second round bust isn't typically a thing.
I remember Thomas Robinson from NBA 2K13. Constantly being praised by the commentators during the rookie game.
Also he has the same name as the guy in _To Kill a Mockingbird_
I was watching that draft with some friends. One commentator questioned whether Robinson had any elite skills and I said "busting up chifferobes". Nobody got the reference lol
Are you generation tech? Yalls voice is similar
Beasley definitely isnt the biggest Heat bust, it's just hard to find many players Miami drafted
Just by looking at Anthony Bennets face you can tell he's a bust
Can you talk about the Steelers playoff shortcomings
Do the top 5 most underrated players ever NBA
Good pronunciation of Araújo. Barry /s
As a pistons fan I already knew it would be Darko before clicking the video.