I watched Kwame Brown last night attempting to fill in for Bynum. Not good. Part of it is that mentally Darko and Kwame don't seem to have it together. Both are flops.
You were joking, right? Bonderman has had a winning record the last 3 seasons and has helped turned the Tigers into a contender once again.
I would have to say Sammy Meija. At the beginning of the season, it looked like Billups days were numbered. Just a few months later, and Tashawn had to work the numbers to find his contribution to the Mad Ants. http://www.pistonsforum.com/detroit...on/7645-sammy-mejia-waived-16.html#post129040
We didn't finish strong last season cause Bonderman continued to lose his games after the all star break. He generally is weak the 2nd half of the season when crunch time comes. If he'd have had a winning record the second half of the season, we would have been in the playoffs.
he should have been selfish and shut himself down with the injury he had.... was on pace for a great season till then.
Whats the criteria? Top 10 - Rodney White. Out of the league for good apparently. Darko is only 22 years old still so its a bit early to write him off. He is an early candidate though for recent top 3 pick busts. Kwame Brown and Joe Smith were both top #1 picks. Definte busts for that. Andrew Bogut is bust like for a top 3.
I have to say that Meija just didn't get a chance. I had both Samb and Meija penciled in to many potential rotations.
8Since 1960, there have been only '7' real draft busts on the number 1 pick: NBA Draft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1965- Fred Hetzel, Davidson(SF Warriors) 2, Bill Bradley 4, Rick Barry 6, Jerry Sloan 7, Billy Cunningham 10, Gail Goodrich DETROIT, 3 - Bill BUNTIN ??? 1967- Jimmie Walker, Providence(Detroit) 2, Earl Monroe 7, Walt Frazier 1972- Larue Martin, Loyola(Portland) 2, McAdoo 12, Dr. J 74, James Silas DETROIT, 17 Chris Ford..9, Bob Nash 1977- Kent Benson, Indiana(Milwaukee) 2, Otis Birdsong 3, Marques Johnson(who they got anyway) 5, Walter Davis 7, Bernard King 8, Jack Sikma DETROIT- 36, Ben Poquette 1989- Pervis Ellison, Louisville(Sacremento) 3, Sean Punk Elliot 4, Glen Rice 14, Tim Hardaway 17, Shawn Kemp 36, Cliff Robinson 2001- Kwame Brown, HS brat, Washington 3, Paul Gasol 5, Jason Richardson 10, Joe Johnson 13, Richard Jefferson 28, Tony Parker 31, Gilbert Arenas DETROIT- Rodney White (25-Gerald Wallace) 1998- Mike Olawakandi, Pacific(LAC) 4, Antwon Jamison 5, Vince Carter 9, Dirk Nowitzki 10, Paul Pierce DETROIT- 11,Bonzi Wells 40, Korleone Young
That 1998 draft where we just missed out on Nowitzki and Pierce was about as bad as missing out on Anthony, Bosh, Wade or Heinrich in 2003. Can you imagine if Pierce had been the starting SF the last 9 years , with Tay coming off the bench and everything else was constant??? we'd be going for number # six in a row now...
