The NBA off-season is about to end and we’ve seen a lot of interesting things happen since the opening week of the draft. Every GM, coach, and fan’s biggest fear is for a high draft pick that the management will lay an egg for and doom their franchise for years to come.
Of course, every team is dreaming of drafting their own Michael Jordan, but a lot of them end up being a bust. Here 3 of the greatest NBA busts of all-time.
Greg Oden: Portland Trail Blazers (No. 1, 2007)
In 2007, Portland had the first draft pick. They picked Greg Oden. Nobody blamed Portland for that decision during that time. Scouts had been raving about him since his early days in high school. But one injury after another resulted in Oden being out of the league.
Why was Oden a bust then? Because Kevin Durant was in the same draft.
Darko Milicic: Detroit Pistons (No. 2, 2003)
For this one, I blame the scouts and general managers. Every 7-foot European prospect is expected to be the next Dirk Nowitzki, and one has yet to come close to Dirk’s status. Milicic should’ve never been selected this high. Even at the time it was blasphemous. He ended his 10-year career with 6PPG.
Sam Bowie: Portland Trail Blazers (No. 2, 1984)
I guess you can say that the Portland Trail Blazers has a knack for drafting busts and missing out on some of the GOATs. The problem with them is they just choose centers over people with raw talent. Bowie managed to play 139 games in five years for the Blazers. Oh, yeah and some guy named Michael Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls right after him.
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