The Top 32 NBA draft busts of all time.

[I could not get a direct link to the slide show to work, so this goes to the MSNBC.com NBA page. Look for the Special feature box at the right and click the Draft do-overs? link to see the slide show.]

No Blazer fan will be surprised to see Sam Bowie's dental-braced likeness at #1. Number 3 may surprise and will offend you, especially since, with Bowie at #1, the list appears to be ordered from worst-bust to least. Numbers 12 and 13 are no-brainers.

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No surprise to me actually. People are clueless.

by dario argento on Jun 26, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That is ridiculous. an 18 PER and he’s the third biggest bust of all-time.

by Cablinasian on Jun 26, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How is Darko # 21 and Oden is # 3

He is still waaaaay worse than oden is, and he was picked in font of d wade, bosh, and melo, compared to just Durant. and after one season that was just not as great as expected. I think it will be fun for Oden to prove people wrong.

by raging WebTed on Jun 26, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I enjoy that Oden is third, then Darko is 21st with a note that it's "too early to consider [Darko] a bust"

Someone’s trolling for hits at MSNBC.

by Timmay! on Jun 26, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, at least no LaRue Martin

So they definitely didn’t do their homework.

by Timmay! on Jun 26, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I should not be suprised and angry...

…but I am. How can Oden be considered a bust after only playing one season? And Jay Williams inclusion was in poor taste – the guy got into a life-threatening accident. Sure, he made a poor decision getting on that bike but accidents are just that, accidents. That is poor fortune, not “a bust”.

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by GonzoFan on Jun 26, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You're angry because you hate stupidity trumpeted as insight.

I understand and can validate your feelings. Thanks for sharing.

by MiledAnimal on Jun 27, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's see

There’s the time they found several tons of cocaine on that boat off the coast of Florida.

I remember reading about an entire house full of marijuana in So Cal that the police found.

Then there was…oh, draft busts…..nevermind……

by Storyteller on Jun 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hindsight is 20/20

It’s nice to say that teams should have done different things, and look back in history and blast teams for picking scrubs over HoFs, but it looked completely different at the time. I stopped reading when they were talking about how the Lakers should have drafted Wilkins over Worthy. Really? They drafted a hall of famer and you’re going to hate on them for it?

by LameR on Jun 26, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs