Performance of draft picks last 10 years

by **maes** on Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:23 am

http://www.realgm.com/src_feature/175/2 ... _analysis/

Most of this is as expected, the higher the pick the better the performance, with 2 big exceptions.

The #2 pick is a statistical bust
The #9 pick is a statistical goldmine (Tracy McGrady, Dirk, Amare).

Can Marvin Williams break the voodoo curse??
Will Ike Diogu become a star?

:wink:

by **Hedo05** on Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:45 am

yeah next #9 superstar: Andre Iguodala
Why didn't my bulls draft him

but i still love deng

by **End Boss** on Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:20 am

Can Marvin Williams break the voodoo curse??

the curse didn't seem to phase meks 8-)

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:52 pm

Interesting perspective, though statistically speaking the #2 picks could probably be one place higher.

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:12 pm

Harvey Birdman wrote:
Can Marvin Williams break the voodoo curse??

the curse didn't seem to phase meks

Or Darko

by **j.23** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:09 am

don't blame darko, blame LB

by **cyanide** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:18 am

j.23 wrote:don't blame darko, blame LB

Interesting comment. If LeBron went second, would he be playing instead of Rip Hamilton, or would he be sitting on the bench (Olympics) under Brown? And if Darko was picked by Cleveland instead, would Darko be a pretty good player at this point? Hmmm..

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:20 am

And if Detroit had picked Dwyane Wade,who would be on the bench? DW, Rip or Chauncey?

by **Drex** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:52 am

Maybe Prince :idea:

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:35 pm

cyanide wrote:
j.23 wrote:don't blame darko, blame LB

Interesting comment. If LeBron went second, would he be playing instead of Rip Hamilton, or would he be sitting on the bench (Olympics) under Brown? And if Darko was picked by Cleveland instead, would Darko be a pretty good player at this point? Hmmm..

If Darko was drafted by Cleveland with the #1 pick, the Cavs GM would get fired by the #2 pick. Then Dumars would grab LeBron without using any of the 5 mins allocated to him and the Pistons would've been the champs for 2003, 2004 and 2005. While in Cleveland.. we would see Darko being a pretty good player.

by **Sauru** on Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:58 pm

j.23 wrote:don't blame darko, blame LB

you can all correct me if i am wrong but i am pretty sure he means Larry Brown and not lebron.

@LAST.FM · by **iG®** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:06 am

You'll laugh now I'm sure but, I'm pretty convinced that Darko is on the same level as Bogut is.

by **_marsal** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:15 am

I agree with Lpasso|SOR. I hate hearing Darko's a bust when he doesn't even get a chance to play..I wonder where would Bogut end up in Detroit's lineup if he and Darko switched teams...

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:18 am

I wonder where would Bogut end up in Detroit's lineup if he and Darko switched teams...

The only thing that truly separates those two is that Bogut had the playing time in college to show his game. Darko only played minutes for his team in Serbia... So Bogut is considered the 'safer' bet by all accounts.

by **maes** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:13 am

Bogut seems pretty agile for a guy his size, in his games he really moves around and spins and twists and extends. He might not be lightning quick but he isn't a walking billboard like a lot of 7 footers.

Darko...i'm not sure what his game his. Maybe more SF like? He seems to shoot well, can dribble.

Performance of draft picks last 10 years

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