BYU with 2 players on the top 10. Thankfully none of them are Jazz picks.
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Top 10 All Time NBA Busts
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Archie Moses
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This is a pretty bad list. Bradley shouldn't be on it imo.
Where the hell is Nikoloz Tskitishvili?
Where the hell is Nikoloz Tskitishvili?
Chad Feldheimer
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Not really fair to call a guy a bust just because he was drafted before some other player that was a lot better than him. Is Sam Perkins a bust because he was picking in front of Barkley?
Archie Moses
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That. Also, Darko may not have panned out, but he's been in the league a lot longer than a lot of other top 10 picks.
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Interesting.
Marvin Williams, Jay Williams, Martell Webster, Dajuan Wagner (remember, he was going to be the next AI), Big Country Reeves, Ron Mercer, T-mac (for someone so talke about, you'd think that he would have won a playoff series in his career or something), and Kirk Snyder all come to mind...
Marvin Williams, Jay Williams, Martell Webster, Dajuan Wagner (remember, he was going to be the next AI), Big Country Reeves, Ron Mercer, T-mac (for someone so talke about, you'd think that he would have won a playoff series in his career or something), and Kirk Snyder all come to mind...
Chad Feldheimer
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Yeah there have been worse than Darko. Like Tskitishvili (as you mentioned). Just stings more knowing they could have had Wade or Anthony instead.
I really have a hard time calling players like Oden and Bowie "busts", simply because they were injured. If that's the case, where's Len Bias? Jay Williams?
Olowokandi is the biggest bust, in my opinion. A guy who was questionable anyway, and lived down to every bad expectation, even exceeding some of them. Adam Morrison is a close second. Hasheem Thabeet, third.
I don't agree with Bradley or Araujo being on the list. Bradley was a disappointment and didn't live up to being the #2 pick, but he had a productive career. If Araujo, who was a reach, is a bust, where is Robert Traylor?
Olowokandi is the biggest bust, in my opinion. A guy who was questionable anyway, and lived down to every bad expectation, even exceeding some of them. Adam Morrison is a close second. Hasheem Thabeet, third.
I don't agree with Bradley or Araujo being on the list. Bradley was a disappointment and didn't live up to being the #2 pick, but he had a productive career. If Araujo, who was a reach, is a bust, where is Robert Traylor?
terrible list. Bradley was a half-decent pro. he certainly had a better career than Len Bias. How about Chris Washburn? or Skita? even Darko probably wouldn't be on a true list of top-ten all-time busts.
Jerry Lundegaard
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I have a hard time putting Morrison in the bust category because of his injury, just like Oden and Bowie. No rookie was going to succeed on that train-wreck of a team, then he blew out his knee. He was traded to the best team in the league and buried on the bench mainly behind the best player in the league. He hasn't really had the chance to succeed.
I do agree Olowacrappy is the biggest bust I can remember. Eddy Curry is also close to the top of the list.
Chad Feldheimer
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I think most people steer clear of Len Bias just so they don't look like a jerk calling a dead guy a bust.
Chad Feldheimer
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Lorenzen Wright
Samaki Walker
Todd Fuller
Vitaly Potapenko
all picked in front of Kobe.
Samaki Walker
Todd Fuller
Vitaly Potapenko
all picked in front of Kobe.
Only because Arn Tellem told every team that Kobe would only play for the Lakers.