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Originally Posted by ahb  Don't know if I'd call Van Horn a bust... he scored effectively, rebounded fairly well, made over $100 million during his career; sure, he was butter-soft and never a superstar, but of the players drafted after him only McGrady reached that level, and he was selected many picks later.
Here's my list of busts from the '97 to '06 draft classes:
1. Nikoloz Tskitishvili
2. Darko Milicic
3. Kwame Brown
4. Adam Morrison
5. Shelden Williams
6. Drew Gooden
7. Stromile Swift
8. Darius Miles
9. Raef LaFrentz
10. Tyrus Thomas
Honorable mentions include Andrea Bargnani, Jonathan Bender, Marcus Fizer, Jay Williams, Michael Olowokandi, Mike Dunleavy, and Seinfeld Harris. |
I would substitute Oden for Morrison. At least Morrison got one full year in before spending a year on R & R.
Gooden did not live up to expectations as a #4 pick but with a career ave of 12 ppg and 8 rpg he is definitely not a bust.
All of these guys were top 12 picks which means that should have become very good players. Some were bigger busts than others but all of them returned a lot less value for their draft position than one would expect.
Antonio Daniels - 1997 4th pick
Oliver Saint-Jean - 1997 11th pick
Jonathan Bender - 1999 5th pick
Trajan Langdon - 1999 11th pick
Marcus Fizer - 2000 4th pick
Jerome Moiso - 2000 11th pick
DeSagana Diop - 2001 8th pick
Kedrick Brown - 2001 11th pick
Dajuan Wagner - 2002 6th pick
Mike Sweetney - 2003 9th pick
Rafael Araujo - 2004 8th pick
Luke Jackson - 2004 10th pick
Fran Vasquez - 2005 11th pick
Yaroslav Korolev - 2005 12th pick
Randy Foye - 2006 7th pick
Patrick O'Bryant - 2006 9th pick
Muhamed Sene - 2006 10th pick
Greg Oden - 2007 1st pick
