Interesting tidbit (from SI): #1 does necessarily mean championships

[DDS4]

Sorry to break the news to you tlong.....

Breakdown of the last 20 top #1 picks and how far the team that drafted the #1 has gone:

Won NBA le: Tim Duncan, David Robinson
Lost NBA Finals: Iverson, Lebron James, Kenyon Martin, Shaq
Lost Conference Finals: Glenn Robinson
Won a playoff series, never advanced to conference Finals: Larry Johnson
Made playoffs, never won a series: Bargnani, Bogut, Kwame Brown, Derrick Coleman, Dwight Howard, Danny Manning, Yao Ming
Never made playoffs: Elton Brand, Pervis Ellison, Olowokandi, Joe Smith, Chris Webber

[CubanMustGo]

Umm, Shaq has certainly won.

[L.I.T]

Edit: nevermind, reread the post. Referring to the original team that drafted the player.

[DDS4]

Umm, Shaq has certainly won.

Not with Orlando.

[j-6]

edit: I'm a dumbass just like the other guy

[CubanMustGo]

Then perhaps the article should have listed the TEAMs rather than the PLAYERs, e.g. "Teams too STOOPID to take advantage of their #1 picks." Since Shaq is the only one on the list who DID win a championship I'm OK with pointing out that at least it's a very poorly articulated thought.

[jayfmyers]

Since Shaq is the only one on the list who DID win a championship...

add Glen Robinson to that list