#1 overall NBA picks ain't always great

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

This is kinda a stat. I'm trying to think of a way to poke holes in it, but I can't

Duncan and Robinson, Kyrie and LeBron

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Yeah.

Manning was playing great before injuries came through and crushed his career

That wilkins-manning trade

Dude blew out his ACL 26 games into his rookie year

Playing for the Clippers in the 80's and 90's was a voodoo curse

 

[McPiff]

Dude blew out his ACL 26 games into his rookie year

Playing for the Clippers in the 80's and 90's was a voodoo curse

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Duncan and Robinson, Kyrie and LeBron

I wasn't questioning the veracity of the stat.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

since the 80s...you're more likely to get a hall of famer than a bust with the #1 pick.

Not really, it's a mix of busts & average

Kwame
Bargani
Pervis Ellison
Larry Johnson
Andrew Wiggins
Joe Smith
Elton Brand
Bogut
Bennett
Oden
Derrick Coleman
Kenyon Martin

 

[KillbertArenas]

Fultz is from PG County MD...Trust me - he wont fail...

 

[keond]

Pervis Ellison was actually pretty good at the beginning of his career.

Never Nervous Pervis dropped 20 and 10 one season.

As a lifelong Celts fan i remember when he came to Boston, homie was WASHED

 

[ikbm]

Not really, it's a mix of busts & average

Kwame
Bargani
Pervis Ellison
Larry Johnson
Andrew Wiggins
Joe Smith
Elton Brand
Bogut
Bennett
Oden
Derrick Coleman
Kenyon Martin

all of the bolded have extended periods of their career of not being average
let me rattle the hall of famers...and potential hall of famers drafted #1
magic
james worthy
ralph sampson
hakeem
patrick ewing
david robinson
shaq
chris webber(imo he should be hof)
AI
tim duncan
yao
lebron
dwight
rip derrick rose
potential HOF off talent...just needs accolades...
blake griffin
john wall
AD
kyrie
karl towns

 

[Originalman]

Brotha Raul so you telling me Anthony Bennett wasn't a star player?

 

[Shadow King]

That's not the argument you wanna use. Busts happen everywhere. Only 4 #1's won a ring with the team that drafted them and they needed another #1 pick to do it

Magic
Hakeem
Duncan
Bron (though he left and came back)

What #1 won with Hakeem?

 

[Originalman]

On the real Raul. Never under estimate the celtics when it comes to drafting players (and to a lesser extent the lakers).

As I said before on here.....history shows the NBA is the Celtics and Lakers league and every other team is just on borrowed time and leasing spots.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Magic
Hakeem
Duncan
Bron (though he left and came back)

What #1 won with Hakeem?

Hakeem and Magic were pre-lottery. I'm strictly referring to the lotto era ('85- now)

The 4 are Duncan, David Robinson, LeBron and Kyrie

 

[jadillac]

1987: Danny Manning (LA Clippers)

Danny Manning was a good player on the Clippers.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

I wasn't questioning the veracity of the stat.

I knew you weren't I was just specifying

 

[Cladyclad]

Sure, everyone talks about Kwame Brown and Andrew Bogut and Andrea Bargnani.

But let us not forget these disappointments.



1987: Danny Manning (LA Clippers)
1988: Pervis Ellison (Sacramento Kings)
1995: Joe Smith (Golden State Warriors)
1998: Michael Olowokandi (LA Clippers)

Good luck, Boston.

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