30 Years of 13

by Dave on May 20, 2008 11:50 PM PDT

Because somebody needs to, here are the last 30 years of #13 picks. You will find a couple Hall-of-Famers, some good-to-decent guys, and a bunch of folks you won’t remember well. Enjoy!

2007 Julian Wright

2006 Thabo Sefolosha

2005 Yaroslav Korolev

2004 Sebastian Telfair

2003 Marcus Banks

2002 Marcus Haislip

2001 Richard Jefferson

2000 Courtney Alexander

1999 Corey Maggette

1998 Keon Clark

1997 Derek Anderson

1996 Kobe Bryant

1995 Corliss Williamson

1994 Jalen Rose

1993 Terry Dehere

1992 Bryant Stith

1991 Dale Davis

1990 Loy Vaught

1989 Michael Smith

1988 Jeff Grayer

1987 Joe Wolf

1986 Pearl Washington

1985 Karl Malone

1984 Jay Humphries

1983 Ennis Whatley

1982 Sleepy Floyd

1981 Danny Schayes

1980 Rickey Brown

1979 Dudley Bradley

1978 Winford Boynes

1977 Tate Armstrong

--Dave

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I see..

A couple champions, a lot of decent role players, a few underrated players, and 2 superstars.

Oh and also the coolest named 13th pick ever, Sleepy Floyd. Now that is just down right adorable.

Juan Dixon Owes Me $5 Dollars.

by Outlaw is Rejector on May 21, 2008 12:03 AM PDT reply actions

A very cool name

And the fact that he scored 51 points against the Lakers in the Western Conf Finals is pretty cool too.

by Corvid on May 21, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

My bad

It was the semifinals, and it was against the L*kers.

by Corvid on May 21, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

?

It was against the Lakers.

Juan Dixon Owes Me $5 Dollars.

by Outlaw is Rejector on May 21, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks good to me

I think this proves you can get a good-to-great player at 13. With Kevin Pritchard doing the picking, I like our odds.

by Jumbo on May 21, 2008 12:06 AM PDT reply actions

Danny Schayes!

We are guaranteed to have an awesome towel waver at #13.

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on May 21, 2008 12:25 AM PDT reply actions

When I think Joe Wolf, I think of two things.

Dairy Queen and drunken howls at sports bars.

by grimc on May 21, 2008 3:27 AM PDT reply actions

Dudley Bradley

what a name

by chickenmelt on May 21, 2008 3:27 AM PDT reply actions

Julian Wright

Is going to stand out on that list in a couple years. Maybe not as much as Karl Malone, but the kid is going to be good.

by sixth on May 21, 2008 9:46 AM PDT reply actions

Don't Fret KP Never Fails

Not counting Sergio, McBob, Freeland, and Green, has KP ever had a bad draft pick?

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by tominhawaii on May 21, 2008 9:50 AM PDT reply actions

D'oh

KP’s mom googles her son’s name every 5 minutes, looking for new writings of praise and love, and you just made her cry. Way to go.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on May 21, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

haha

that is funny

sophia

Sine Labore Nihil- Nothing without work

by BlazerFan1 on May 21, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

2nd round picks are a crapshoot

but Sergio, Freeland and Kopponen have some work to do to help save KP’s “perfect” reputation.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on May 21, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm just playin'

They all have potential, they just might not reach it with the Blazers.

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by tominhawaii on May 21, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

We can blame those on Patterson can't we?

by oderiferous emanations 74 on May 21, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

wow

sleepy, corey , kobe. Some good players have come out at 13! we can hope, should be a fun draft. im feeling a trade on draft day. should be fun

The super fan formally known as Bucky

by Blazin'aTrail on May 21, 2008 11:37 AM PDT reply actions

Jalen Rose

was the greatest player to ever play in the NBA. Way better than MJ

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- Isiah Thomas

by JTDuck22 on May 21, 2008 11:38 AM PDT reply actions

mmmhhmmm

agree to disagree

;)

Sine Labore Nihil- Nothing without work

by BlazerFan1 on May 21, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

There are great players available at this point in the draft—but nobody knows who they are yet! Plus, they’re more likely to be guards and foreign players; less likely to be centers and power forwards. The best centers seem to get recognized early and grabbed with the first few picks.

(Now, if the Blazers could only get a top pick and get themselves a quality center … oh yeah, I almost forgot.)

It doesn’t follow that all the top picks are stars. If you look at the past history, many, many so-so players have been picked with the top few picks. (Sometimes just because they’re tall.)

Conversely, looking back at players taken between 11 and 16, wouldn’t you take any of these players in about the top 3 if you knew what they would become?

16th – John Stockton (1984)
13th – Karl Malone (1985)
11th – Reggie Miller (1987)
14th – Dan Majerle (1988)
14th – Tim Hardaway (1989)
13th – Kobe Bryant (1996)
15th – Steve Nash (1996)

Obviously, people didn’t know. And while we’re at it, don’t forget these bargain basement pickups:

46th – Jerome Kersey (1984)
24th – Terry Porter (1985)
26th – Vlade Divac (1989)
28th – Tony Parker (2001)
57th – Manu Ginobili (1999)

So, 13 isn’t bad at all - it’s just a question of spotting the talent and/or getting really lucky. The odds aren’t great but the players are there - somewhere.

by jtanzer on May 21, 2008 3:09 PM PDT reply actions

Nice list

but where is Clyde?? 1983 14th pick I believe

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by 92wastheyear on May 21, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I see four former Blazers...

...on that list.

Some who played pretty well for us while they were here.

Wherever you go, there you are.

by Majikj0n on May 21, 2008 3:39 PM PDT reply actions

Whups. Make that five.

Missed one the first time.

Wherever you go, there you are.

by Majikj0n on May 21, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

High % of Shooting Guards who made it

Definitely the place to pick up shooting guards with NBA size, but unknown potential:
Kobe
Corey Maggette
Richard Jefferson
Derek Anderson
Jalen Rose
Sleepy Floyd (scoring PG)

Future potential:
Thabo Sefolosha (has a lot of developing to do, but has shown potential)
Marcus Banks (too small, but a valuable reserve)

Other than 2 very notable PF exceptions, the picks at other positions haven’t worked out nearly as well.

by hoopla-pdx on May 21, 2008 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

Since when is Marcus Banks a valuable reserve?

by howlingfantods on May 21, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Since we just traded for him

We sent Sergio, Frye, Jack, and the #13 pick to Miami for Banks. Here’s the link:

www.notareallinkthatwouldbeadumbtrade.com

Bold move by KP.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on May 21, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I clicked on it anyway.

Surprised it’s not porn.

Blazers have a five-on-three...and they pull it back and wait for help.

by QualityPie on May 21, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Looking at all players drafted

from #13 to the end of the draft I count 101 players in the years 1998-2003. These years are the years with 5 years possible and I wanted to see how many players drafted after 12 in the first round stay in the league. 52 players played in some part of 2007-2008 or 51%. The years are remarkable similar with 7-11 players of 16 or 17 possible in each year. The picks in the top 12 averaged 78% playing in 2007-2008 with at least a couple of busts every year.

My point is there are plenty of good players that are available at 13 but plenty of busts as well. KP gets us lots of picks and I still have confidence that he will somehow sort out enough to weave around through all these other GM’s and score. I will be surprised if we don’t end up with at least 2 1st round picks.

Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."

by lee3022 on May 21, 2008 8:52 PM PDT reply actions