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I know a lot of us like to brag about the prospects we knew would be great pro's when others were doubting, but there's a flipside to that... all of our draft "misses."
Who were some guys that you thought would be great pro's that would up being flops? Do you think they could have been better pro's in another situation, or did you just put too much faith into them?
I think my list's gotta look something like this -
2005 - #29 Wayne Simien - Yeah, he was undersized, but how many undersized PF's have gone onto great pro careers? A First Team All-American, averaging something like 20/11 at a major program like Kansas... sounded awfully similar to Carlos Boozer's situation. I was sure that he'd at least be a serviceable backup, but well, he barely lasted two years in the league and is now retired from basketball.
2005 - #44 Martynas Andriuskevicius - Never seen him play... bought into the hype and his "top 5" status in mocks a year prior... basically chugged the Euro kool-aid.
2006 - #3 Adam Morrison - Wasn't as gung-ho about Morrison as a lot of people were, but I always thought he could have had a Kevin Martin-esque roll in the league. The way I saw him just absolute tear my Spartans apart sold me on his play convinced me of that, and I'm still convinced, to this day, that maybe if he had more of a vote of confidence from the coaching staff in Charlotte, he would have developed in to a capable scorer.
2006 - #25 Shannon Brown - He's not a bust like a lot of guys on this list, but I expected him to be a flat-out superstar in the league. Back in this board's JBB days, I used to always call him Baby Dwyane. A lot of that is just homerism as an MSU fan, but shit, the guy was the biggest recruit we'd had in decades. The only players ranked ahead of him out of HS?... LeBron James and Luol Deng.
Besides, it's not like he didn't perform at MSU. As the third option as a junior, he was by far the best player on the team, and his statistics got skewed because he was put in a lot of situations where Ager couldn't create his own shot, so Brown had to pull "bail-out" duty with only a few seconds left on the shot-clock.
I mean, he was a straight up highlight reel at State, made good decisions, and played great defense -
I still think he can be a team's first option, but I doubt he'll ever get that chance in his career.
2008 - #2 Michael Beasley - Don't feel that bad about this one, because he could be an absolute superstar in the league if he wasn't such a headcase.
There are several more, but those are the ones that jump out. There are also guys in the last four drafts that I thought would have done better, but I still think it's too early to really shit on any of them...
Who were some guys that you thought would be great pro's that would up being flops? Do you think they could have been better pro's in another situation, or did you just put too much faith into them?
I think my list's gotta look something like this -
2005 - #29 Wayne Simien - Yeah, he was undersized, but how many undersized PF's have gone onto great pro careers? A First Team All-American, averaging something like 20/11 at a major program like Kansas... sounded awfully similar to Carlos Boozer's situation. I was sure that he'd at least be a serviceable backup, but well, he barely lasted two years in the league and is now retired from basketball.
2005 - #44 Martynas Andriuskevicius - Never seen him play... bought into the hype and his "top 5" status in mocks a year prior... basically chugged the Euro kool-aid.
2006 - #3 Adam Morrison - Wasn't as gung-ho about Morrison as a lot of people were, but I always thought he could have had a Kevin Martin-esque roll in the league. The way I saw him just absolute tear my Spartans apart sold me on his play convinced me of that, and I'm still convinced, to this day, that maybe if he had more of a vote of confidence from the coaching staff in Charlotte, he would have developed in to a capable scorer.
2006 - #25 Shannon Brown - He's not a bust like a lot of guys on this list, but I expected him to be a flat-out superstar in the league. Back in this board's JBB days, I used to always call him Baby Dwyane. A lot of that is just homerism as an MSU fan, but shit, the guy was the biggest recruit we'd had in decades. The only players ranked ahead of him out of HS?... LeBron James and Luol Deng.
Besides, it's not like he didn't perform at MSU. As the third option as a junior, he was by far the best player on the team, and his statistics got skewed because he was put in a lot of situations where Ager couldn't create his own shot, so Brown had to pull "bail-out" duty with only a few seconds left on the shot-clock.
I mean, he was a straight up highlight reel at State, made good decisions, and played great defense -
I still think he can be a team's first option, but I doubt he'll ever get that chance in his career.
2008 - #2 Michael Beasley - Don't feel that bad about this one, because he could be an absolute superstar in the league if he wasn't such a headcase.
There are several more, but those are the ones that jump out. There are also guys in the last four drafts that I thought would have done better, but I still think it's too early to really shit on any of them...
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