I’m a fairly new NBA fan so obviously I didn’t follow the league when these guys got drafted. But I’ve done reading up on it and Anthony Bennett, Greg Oden, and Darko Milicic are the three that probably come most readily to mind when I think about this question.
My question is who are some of the sneaky draft busts? The guys you consider huge busts that don’t really get talked about as much when this question comes up. I’d love to hear about some of those guys and learn some more about NBA history.
Sam Bowie, 2nd player selected overall the year he was drafted. Pick number 3 was wait for it, Micheal Jordan. If all you did was compare stats between him and MJ during their last season in college plus add in Sam was a 7 footer and Portland already had Clyde Drexler, at the time it seemed like the right choice to make.