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“NBA-DRAFT NIGHT”
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Will history be repeated tonight when the NBA kicks off the first round of the draft. History of great top picks becoming legends from LeBron James to Magic Johnson and anywhere in between.
Or will there be catastrophic mistakes where somebody (Portland) bypassed on Michael Jordan and took Sam Bowie.
It happens every year.
So we wait to see if Cooper Flagg, going to Dallas, becomes elite or if the bounty of young scorers, Dylan Harper-Ace Bailey or VJ Edgecomb become stars in the league.
A look back at the last 10-years of ‘first picks’ and a look at some really bad misses by teams with the first pick.
2024..ZAC RISACHER..Atlanta’s 6’8-F..decent learning year (12P)
2023..VIC WEMBENYAMA..Spurs instant 7’3-star..(22P)
2022..PAOLO BANCHERO..Charlotte big gun (22P)
2021..CADE CUNNINGHAM..Detroit great player-bad team (22P)
2020..ANTHONY EDWARDS..Minnesota-face of NBA-mouth too (24P)
2019..ZION WILLIAMSON..Pelicans-hurt virtually every year
2018..DE ANDRE AYTON..Suns big man-never became dominant
2017..MARKELLE FULTZ..Sixers-got hurt early-in and out of league
2016..BEN SIMMONS..Sixers-promising start-lots of back issues
2015..KARL ANTHONY TOWNS..Solid big man Minnesota-now Knicks
There have been plenty of failures too
ANTHONY WIGGINS..Traded 3-times
ANTHONY BENNETT..Disastrous Cavs pick-washed out
JON WALL..Washington-plagued by injuries-impacted his years
GREG ODEN..Played only 8-games Portland-foot injuries
ANDREA BARGNANI..Toronto pick-journeyman for a decade
KWAME BROWN..Worst modern day pick by Washington
Cooper Flagg…the stage belongs to you.
The NBA draft just around the corner
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