A look back at the past #1 Picks

[Tacker]

Last 30 #1 Draft Picks
Year Team Player
2007 Portland Greg Oden
2006 Toronto Andrea Bargnani Fail
2005 Milwaukee Andrew Bogut
2004 Orlando Dwight Howard
2003 Cleveland LeBron James
2002 Houston Yao Ming
2001 Washington Kwame Brown Epic Fail
2000 New Jersey Kenyon Martin
1999 Chicago Elton Brand
1998 LA Clippers Michael Olowokandi Epic Fail
1997 San Antonio Tim Duncan
1996 Philadelphia Allen Iverson
1995 Golden State Joe Smith Fail
1994 Milwaukee Glenn Robinson
1993 Orlando Chris Webber
1992 Orlando Shaquille O'Neal
1991 Charlotte Larry Johnson
1990 New Jersey Derrick Coleman Fail
1989 Sacramento Pervis Ellison Epic Fail
1988 LA Clippers Danny Manning Fail
1987 San Antonio David Robinson
1986 Cleveland Brad Daugherty
1985 New York Patrick Ewing
1984 Houston Hakeem Olajuwon
1983 Houston Ralph Sampson
1982 LA Lakers James Worthy
1981 Dallas Mark Aguirre
1980 Golden State Joe Barry Carroll Fail
1979 LA Lakers Magic Johnson
1978 Portland Mychal Thompson Epic Fail

[Mister Sinister]

Expertise in action, this thread is.

[Burn531]

I wouldn't call Bogut a bust just yet. Numbers wise he's gotten better every season.

[xcoriate]

Bogut isn't a bust.

14/10/2.5/2 is good numbers for C in this league... and if you look at his post all star numbers then you get 16/12/3/2 which is better than all but 3 or so legit C's in the league.

[IronMexican]

Bogut seems to be over shadowed by cp3,williams and bynum, but he is a very solid player.

[anakha]

Considering Derrick Coleman a Fail when he's had a better statistical career overall than Kenyon Martin (whom you didn't consider a Fail) makes me :lmao.

[ynh]

Manning wasn't a fail either.

[Nahtanoj]

Coleman and Manning didn't fail as much as Kenyon Martin.. don't mix highlight dunks with success.

[anakha]

Manning wasn't a fail either.


Coleman and Manning didn't fail as much as Kenyon Martin.. don't mix highlight dunks with success.

What they said.

It can be argued that their performance did not match the expectations from them that warranted the first overall pick, but in no way can they be considered 'busts' on the level of Kwame or Kandi either.

[monosylab1k]

Bogut definitely isn't a fail, and IMO neither is Joe Smith. He never lived up to his tremendous potential, and got involved in a few stupid things, but overall he's been a solid role player for every team he's played for. Not worthy of the #1 pick but not a failure.

[tlongII]

Kwame Brown and Olowakandi are the only true failures on that list.

[1Parker1]

oh Man, I forgot, K-Mart was a #1 pick??? Hard to believe it now.

[m33p0]

Kwame Brown and Olowakandi are the only true failures on that list.
singed and co-signed.

[JamStone]

Coleman and Manning didn't fail as much as Kenyon Martin.. don't mix highlight dunks with success.

If Derrick Coleman is a fail, so are Ralph Sampson and Brad Daugherty. For DC's first 7-8 seasons, he was a 20 and 10 type of guy. Injuries hurt Sampson's and Daugherties careers. For DC, it was crack cocaine. But, DC still had a decent start to his career.

As for Kenyon Martin, I actually agree that he wasn't a fail, but it's not because of his putrid career. It's because the 2000 draft was probably the worst in the history of the NBA draft and no one was really better than K-Mart from that class.

Hedo Turkoglu was probably the best player from that draft's first round. And, Michael Redd might be the best player from that class and he was a second round pick. That draft class was horrible, included high picks like Marcus Fizer, Stromile Swift, Chris Mihm, and Darius Miles.

[bigdog]

this was an argument on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning.

I don't think you can argue that Bargnani and Bogut are failures just yet. their careers are way too young to tell, although I haven't seen many promising signs that they will be stars.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

This thread is a big Fail.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

This thread is a big Fail.

[Red Hawk #21]

Bogut is a good player to me, Bargnani is on his way to becoming a fail but he's still young though, there is no way Joe smith is a fail imo, he's a solid player.

[Spurtacus]

This thread is a big Fail.

+1

[Tacker]

This thread is a big Fail.

Rage?

[slowchild25]

Shouldn't Kwame and Candy Man have EPIC fail next to them?

[Red Hawk #21]

Rage?

Why do you always say that? I lol every time I see you post that.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Why do you always say that? I lol every time I see you post that.

It's his gay schtick.

Here it comes...

[Red Hawk #21]

It's his gay schtick.

Here it comes...

LOL

And btw youre not a Spurs fan anymore?

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

LOL

And btw youre not a Spurs fan anymore?

Still am, but I felt like tlongII should have some company.

[Spurminator]

Bogut is a decent enough player to put up pretty good numbers on an Eastern Conference Lottery team, but considering the fact that he's a number 1 draft pick center playing next to an All Star and he hasn't sniffed the Playoffs... in the EAST... I think he's toeing the "bust" line. Especially when you consider that he was drafted ahead of Paul and D. Williams. I think he's still a valid Lottery pick, even top 5 maybe, but expectations are greater when you're a #1 and Bogut hasn't delivered.

[Red Hawk #21]

Still am, but I felt like tlongII should have some company.

Oh trust me he'll have a lot of company as soon as the Blazers start getting good over time. They'll be people jumping on their bandwagon left and right