I’m especially curious about the players who had high work ethic, no injuries, a good attitude, etc. Those who had everything going for them but the team who drafted them screwed them over by pairing them with lacking players, a poor environment, etc.

  • AskeslBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    James Wiseman shouldn’t have been picked as high as he was, no matter what team he ended up on, but I also think GSW was a terrible place for him to develop. He came into the league having only played 3 college games, so for all intends and purposes, he was a high school player who was drafted by a team with title aspirations, where he was expected to immediately be the starting center in the most complex offensive scheme in the league.

    I’m happy for him that he’s now on a team where he has more room to develop, although it’s a team with three other young big men, so I don’t know how much playing time he’ll get.

  • twotonkatrucksBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not a bust (in fact opposite of that), but if Sabonis had stayed with okc any longer than he did, he would not have had the development and chance he was given to become the player he is today. He was a poor fit for that okc team at that time.