| NBA Draft Do-Overs
ESPN.com has a cool thing today, where they looked back at the last 10 drafts, and redrafted according to how good each player's career has been to this point. I didnt read the article, so I dont know what they have. I'm gonna do my own, but just the lottery picks. For each player, I put their actual draft positionin parenthesis. 2004 was too recent for me to judge
1995:
1. Kevin Garnett (5)
2. Rasheed Wallace (4)
3. Jerry Stackhouse (3)
4. Michael Finley (21)
5. Antonio McDyess (2)
6. Damon Stoudamire (7)
7. Brent Barry (15)
8. Eric Snow (43)
9. Kurt Thomas (10)
10. Joe Smith (1)
11. Corliss Williamson (13)
12. Theo Ratliff (18)
13. Bob Sura (17)
Biggest busts: Ed O'Bannon (8), Shawn Respert (9), Bryant Reeves (6)
1996:
1. Allen Iverson (1)
2. Kobe Bryant (13)
3. Ray Allen (5)
4. Jermaine O'Neal (17)
5. Stephon Marbury (4)
6. Steve Nash (15)
7. Peja Stojakovic (14)
8. Antoine Walker (6)
9. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (3)
10. Marcus Camby (2)
11. Zydrunas Ilgauskus (20)
12. Derek Fisher (24)
13. Erick Dampier (10)
Biggest busts: Samaki Walker (8), Lorenzon Wright (7), Todd Fuller (11)
1997:
1. Tim Duncan (1)
2. Tracy McGrady (9)
3. Chauncy Billups (3)
4. Keith Van Horn (2)
5. Danny Fortson (10)
6. Tim Thomas (7)
7. Stephen Jackson (43)
8. Bobby Jackson (23)
9. Ron Mercer (6)
10. Derek Anderson (13)
11. Maurice Taylor (14)
12. Tony Battie (5)
13. Antonio Daniels (4)
Biggest busts: Olivier Saint Jean (11), Adonal Foyle (8)
1998:
1. Dirk Nowitzki (9)
2. Vince Carter (5)
3. Antawn Jamison (4)
4. Paul Pierce (10)
5. Mike Bibby (2)
6. Rashard Lewis (32)
7. Larry Hughes (8)
8. Bonzi Wells (11)
9. Cuttino Mobley (41)
10. Ricky Davis (21)
11. Jason Williams (7)
12. Al Harrington (25)
13. Raef LaFrentz (2)
Biggest busts: Michael Olowokandi (1)
1999:
1. Baron Davis (3)
2. Steve Francis (2)
3. Elton Brand (1)
4. Andrei Kirilenko (24)
5. Richard Hamilton (7)
6. Shawn Marion (9)
7. Manu Ginobili (57)
8. Corey Maggette (13)
9. Ron Artest (16)
10. Lamar Odom (4)
11. Andre Miller (8)
12. Jason Terry (10)
13. Wally Szerbiak (6)
Biggest busts: Jonathon Bender (5), Trajan Langdon (11), Alex Radojevic (12)
2000:
1. Kenyon Martin (1)
2. Michael Redd (43)
3. Mike Miller (5)
4. Jamal Crawford (8)
5. Quentin Richardson (18)
6. Desmond Mason (17)
7. Jamaal Magloire (19)
8. Stromile Swift (2)
9. Darius Miles (3)
10. Morris Peterson (21)
11. Hedo Turkoglu (14)
12. Primoz Brezec (27)
13. Marcus Fizer (4)
Biggest busts: DerMarr Johnson (6), Chris Mihm (7), Joel Pryzbilla (9), many others
2001:
1. Pau Gasol (3)
2. Gilbert Arenas (30)
3. Jason Richardson (5)
4. Vladimir Radmanovic (12)
5. Zach Randolph (19)
6. Richard Jefferson (13)
7. Eddy Curry (4)
8. Joe Johnson (10)
9. Tony Parker (29)
10. Jamaal Tinsley (28)
11. Troy Murphy (14)
12. Shane Battier (6)
13. Mehmet Okur (37)
Biggest Busts: Kwame Brown (1), Tyson Chandler (2), DeSagana Diop (8), Rodney White (9), Kedrick Brown (11)
2002:
1. Amare Stoudamire (9)
2. Yao Ming (1)
3. Tayshaun Prince (23)
4. Drew Gooden (4)
5. Caron Butler (10)
6. Carlos Boozer (34)
7. Mike Dunleavy (3)
8. Flip Murray (41)
9. Kareem Rush (20)
10. Nene (7)
11. Dan Dickau (28)
12. Fred Jones (14)
13. DaJuan Wagner (6)
Biggest busts: Jay Williams (2), Nikoloz Tskitishvili (5)
2003:
1. LeBron James (1)
2. Dwyane Wade (5)
3. Carmelo Anthony (3)
4. Kirk Hinrich (7)
5. Chris Bosh (4)
6. Josh Howard (29)
7. Kyle Korver (51)
8. Luke Ridnour (14)
9. Jarvis Hayes (10)
10. Chris Kaman (6)
11. TJ Ford (8)
12. Michael Sweetney (9)
13. Mickael Pietrus (11)
Biggest busts: Darko Milicic (2) |