LaRue Martin, Portland Trail Blazers | No. 1 -- first round, 1972
Portland passed on future Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo to take fellow big man Martin, who never averaged more than seven points in his four NBA seasons. The Loyola product retired in 1976, a year before the Blazers won their first and only championship.
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Bowie's selection underscores the cardinal rule behind NBA Draftology: You can't draft for need. The Blazers, flush with Jim Paxson and Clyde Drexler on the wings, needed a center and passed on drafting Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. Bowie struggled with injuries throughout his 10-year run and finished with career averages of 10.9 points and 7.5 rebounds.
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Of the dozens of busts in the '86 draft, most either fell victim to obesity (John "Hot Plate" Williams) or drug problems (William Bedford, Roy Tarpley). Washburn combined the two in one spiraling descent out of the lottery and into oblivion. The North Carolina State product totaled 222 points in 72 career games.
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It never got better for Benson than winning the national le at Indiana. He did stick in the NBA for 10 seasons but produced only three double-digit scoring campaigns.
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The Pacers pegged Stipanovich as their interior cornerstone, sort of a working-man's version of Ralph Sampson, who was taken No. 1 in the same draft. Stipanovich put up decent numbers for five seasons before a degenerative knee condition ended his career.
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Koncak and Kleine spent the bulk of their time in the NBA cashing in on their right to commit six fouls per game.
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The first in a series of "Next Jordans" flamed out before producing a fraction of what MJ accomplished. Hopson averaged 10.9 points in five seasons.
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Ferry had no interest in playing for the Clippers so he toiled for a season in Italy before Los Angeles agreed to trade his rights. Venerated Cavs GM Wayne Embry made one of the worst moves of his career by sending scoring machine Ron Harper to the Clippers for Ferry, who spent 10 nondescript seasons in Cleveland.
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Find him on a poster near you. To his credit, Bradley developed into a so-so big man who ranks 11th on the all-time list in blocks. He's the perfect example of a player whose draft position colors the perception of his career.
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I couldnt beleive Pervis Ellison was not on that list. I guess there are just too many busts to list.
And BTW, just post the link
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...1.html?cnn=yes
Average in name and game, Smith has had a serviceable career for six teams, but later selections Antonio McDyess, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace and (especially) Kevin Garnett have had better careers.
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The go-to guy for a UCLA team that won the national championship in '95, O'Bannon led the Nets right back into the lottery and played just two seasons in the NBA.
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LOOK AT THE FUNNY PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bust-worthy on so many levels. The Kandi Man was taken before future All-Stars Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce and a host of more suitable selections. Even the final pick of the first round, Nazr Mohammed, has had a much more distinguished career in the pivot.
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Indiana acquired the draft rights to the preps-to-pros, Kevin-Garnett lookalike for solid big man Antonio Davis. Bender showed tantalizing flashes of his potential but never put it together before cutting short his career because of knee injuries in February 2006.
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The 25-year-old still has time to turn it around, of course, but his body of work -- career averages of 7.7 points and 5.7 rebounds -- suggests that's a longshot.
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Skita created a buzz with his predraft workouts, and that was that. Four teams discarded him in four seasons.
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I know they left out PERVIS!!! I cant believe that.
Yea but did it this way to show in one page. I dont mind.
What.......no mention of Alfredrick Hughes??
I thought Pervis made an All-Star team. He was pretty good for a couple of seasons with Washington before his injuries.
Sam bowie is the worst pick ever. passed on jordan!
I know this is off topic and I apologize.... but when Rodman was a Spur he was the epitome of bad assedness.Bowie's selection underscores the cardinal rule behind NBA Draftology: You can't draft for need. The Blazers, flush with Jim Paxson and Clyde Drexler on the wings, needed a center and passed on drafting Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. Bowie struggled with injuries throughout his 10-year run and finished with career averages of 10.9 points and 7.5 rebounds.
That green hair looked freaky back then, but now it just reeks of "I'm a bad ass and you ain't.".
I'm your huckleberry.
and in some ways, he hurt KG's career with all that crap that went down when the T-Wolves got him.Average in name and game, Smith has had a serviceable career for six teams, but later selections Antonio McDyess, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace and (especially) Kevin Garnett have had better careers.
This is a silly at ude, a myth. He looked to be an excellent pick at the time. No one knew he would suffer an injury-plagued career, and Jordan would turn into this superman.
For more info:
http://bigbluehistory.net/bb/bowie.html
Portland offered Houston the second pick they used on Bowie for Ralph Sampson.
Houston said no.
Houston could have had Hakeem and Jordan.
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