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NBA: top 3 picks the last 23 years doesn't look 2 good. Year No. 1 No. 2 No. 3
2007 Greg Oden Kevin Durant Al Horford 2006 Andrea Bargnani LaMarcus Aldridge Adam Morrison 2005 Andrew Bogut Marvin Williams Deron Williams 2004 Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon 2003 LeBron James Darko Milicic Carmelo Anthony 2002 Yao Ming Jay Williams Mike Dunleavy 2001 Kwame Brown Tyson Chandler Pau Gasol 2000 Kenyon Martin Stromile Swift Darius Miles 1999 Elton Brand Steve Francis Baron Davis 1998 Michael Olowokandi Mike Bibby Raef LaFrentz 1997 Tim Duncan Keith Van Horn Chauncey Billups 1996 Allen Iverson Marcus Camby Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1995 Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse 1994 Glenn Robinson Jason Kidd Grant Hill 1993 Chris Webber Shawn Bradley Anfernee Hardaway 1992 Shaquille O'Neal Alonzo Mourning Christian Laettner 1991 Larry Johnson Kenny Anderson Billy Owens 1990 Derrick Coleman Gary Payton Chris Jackson 1989 Pervis Ellison Danny Ferry Sean Elliott 1988 Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith 1987 David Robinson Armon Gilliam Dennis Hopson 1986 Brad Daugherty Len Bias Chris Washburn 1985 Patrick Ewing Wayman Tisdale Benoit Benjamin 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan [Edited 10/13/08 10:43am] | |
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Evaluating talent - whether in sports or business - is hard.
I think the head of personnel is the most important person in any large company. | |
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I don't see the problem. At least one or two of the picks turned out great almost every year except for the last two, which is still too soon to tell. Looks like reasonable odds to me.  | |
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RodeoSchro said: Evaluating talent - whether in sports or business - is hard.
I think the head of personnel is the most important person in any large company. This list just shows that it is NOT an easy gig. | |
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2007 Greg Oden Kevin Durant Al Horford
2006 Andrea Bargnani LaMarcus Aldridge Adam Morrison 2005 Andrew Bogut Marvin Williams Deron Williams 2004 Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon 2003 LeBron James Darko Milicic Carmelo Anthony 2002 Yao Ming Jay Williams Mike Dunleavy 2001 Kwame Brown Tyson Chandler Pau Gasol 2000 Kenyon Martin Stromile Swift Darius Miles 1999 Elton Brand Steve Francis Baron Davis 1998 Michael Olowokandi Mike Bibby Raef LaFrentz 1997 Tim Duncan Keith Van Horn Chauncey Billups 1996 Allen Iverson Marcus Camby Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1995 Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse 1994 Glenn Robinson Jason Kidd Grant Hill 1993 Chris Webber Shawn Bradley Anfernee Hardaway 1992 Shaquille O'Neal Alonzo Mourning Christian Laettner 1991 Larry Johnson Kenny Anderson Billy Owens 1990 Derrick Coleman Gary Payton Chris Jackson 1989 Pervis Ellison Danny Ferry Sean Elliott 1988 Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith 1987 David Robinson Armon Gilliam Dennis Hopson 1986 Brad Daugherty Len Bias Chris Washburn 1985 Patrick Ewing Wayman Tisdale Benoit Benjamin 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan I don't know, dawg. The ones in BOLD are the ones that panned out and the ones in ITALICS are either panning out and the jury's still out or they had decent careers. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: 2007 Greg Oden Kevin Durant Al Horford
2006 Andrea Bargnani LaMarcus Aldridge Adam Morrison 2005 Andrew Bogut Marvin Williams Deron Williams 2004 Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon 2003 LeBron James Darko Milicic Carmelo Anthony 2002 Yao Ming Jay Williams Mike Dunleavy 2001 Kwame Brown Tyson Chandler Pau Gasol 2000 Kenyon Martin Stromile Swift Darius Miles 1999 Elton Brand Steve Francis Baron Davis 1998 Michael Olowokandi Mike Bibby Raef LaFrentz 1997 Tim Duncan Keith Van Horn Chauncey Billups 1996 Allen Iverson Marcus Camby Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1995 Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse 1994 Glenn Robinson Jason Kidd Grant Hill 1993 Chris Webber Shawn Bradley Anfernee Hardaway 1992 Shaquille O'Neal Alonzo Mourning Christian Laettner 1991 Larry Johnson Kenny Anderson Billy Owens 1990 Derrick Coleman Gary Payton Chris Jackson 1989 Pervis Ellison Danny Ferry Sean Elliott 1988 Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith 1987 David Robinson Armon Gilliam Dennis Hopson 1986 Brad Daugherty Len Bias Chris Washburn 1985 Patrick Ewing Wayman Tisdale Benoit Benjamin 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan I don't know, dawg. The ones in BOLD are the ones that panned out and the ones in ITALICS are either panning out and the jury's still out or they had decent careers. I was gonna do this too, but I wasn't that invested.  Plus, some of the ones you didn't bold had long, productive careers even if they didn't maintain superstar status, including Laettner and Lafrentz. Didn't Charles Smith play awhile too? | |
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SCNDLS said: MuthaFunka said: 2007 Greg Oden Kevin Durant Al Horford
2006 Andrea Bargnani LaMarcus Aldridge Adam Morrison 2005 Andrew Bogut Marvin Williams Deron Williams 2004 Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon 2003 LeBron James Darko Milicic Carmelo Anthony 2002 Yao Ming Jay Williams Mike Dunleavy 2001 Kwame Brown Tyson Chandler Pau Gasol 2000 Kenyon Martin Stromile Swift Darius Miles 1999 Elton Brand Steve Francis Baron Davis 1998 Michael Olowokandi Mike Bibby Raef LaFrentz 1997 Tim Duncan Keith Van Horn Chauncey Billups 1996 Allen Iverson Marcus Camby Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1995 Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse 1994 Glenn Robinson Jason Kidd Grant Hill 1993 Chris Webber Shawn Bradley Anfernee Hardaway 1992 Shaquille O'Neal Alonzo Mourning Christian Laettner 1991 Larry Johnson Kenny Anderson Billy Owens 1990 Derrick Coleman Gary Payton Chris Jackson 1989 Pervis Ellison Danny Ferry Sean Elliott 1988 Danny Manning Rik Smits Charles Smith 1987 David Robinson Armon Gilliam Dennis Hopson 1986 Brad Daugherty Len Bias Chris Washburn 1985 Patrick Ewing Wayman Tisdale Benoit Benjamin 1984 Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan I don't know, dawg. The ones in BOLD are the ones that panned out and the ones in ITALICS are either panning out and the jury's still out or they had decent careers. I was gonna do this too, but I wasn't that invested. Plus, some of the ones you didn't bold had long, productive careers even if they didn't maintain superstar status, including Laettner and Lafrentz. Didn't Charles Smith play awhile too?Yeah, I missed Iverson and Camby for 1996, I just re-did them. And Smith played for a good while. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: SCNDLS said: I was gonna do this too, but I wasn't that invested. Plus, some of the ones you didn't bold had long, productive careers even if they didn't maintain superstar status, including Laettner and Lafrentz. Didn't Charles Smith play awhile too?Yeah, I missed Iverson and Camby for 1996, I just re-did them. And Smith played for a good while. And Antonio McDyess averaged almost 18 points and 9 rebounds for his first six years in the league and won a gold medal in 2000. Plus he's still contributing and I believe starting for the Pistons. So it ain't like he was a busta. Oh and I think Chris Jackson's career would've been more productive if it wasn't for the Muslim stigma. [Edited 10/13/08 18:18pm] | |
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SCNDLS said: MuthaFunka said: Yeah, I missed Iverson and Camby for 1996, I just re-did them. And Smith played for a good while. And Antonio McDyess averaged almost 18 points and 9 rebounds for his first six years in the league and won a gold medal in 2000. Plus he's still contributing and I believe starting for the Pistons. So it ain't like he was a busta. Oh and I think Chris Jackson's career would've been more productive if it wasn't for the Muslim stigma. [Edited 10/13/08 18:18pm] Yeah, once he became Mahmud Abdul Raouf and he wouldn't come out for the national anthem, that was pretty much it for him. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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