Top-10 Draft prospects of the decade?

PrinceJames · Post #21 » by **PrinceJames** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:12 am

Melo was highlymore regarded than Durant, Durant just received a lot of talk because that draft class was only about 2 players.

TommyTheCat · Post #22 » by **TommyTheCat** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:34 am

i'm with those thinking oden received more hype than lebron

wasn't eddy curry gonna be shaq 2.0

Blame Rasho · Post #23 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:40 am

TommyTheCat wrote:i'm with those thinking oden received more hype than lebron

wasn't eddy curry gonna be shaq 2.0

Nope... that was Kendrick Perkins.

TA42 · Post #24 » by **TA42** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:39 am

Bgil wrote:Adam Morrison should get some love too. People were claiming he was the next Larry Bird.

This.

Morrison was so incredibly hyped that draft and like Bgil said...people were calling him the next Larry Bird and many honestly believed it.

prs · Post #25 » by **prs** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:23 am

I definitely think Jay Williams should be high on the list. Till this day when I hear people talk about Jason Williams, Jay Williams pops into my head and I'm like what he can play again?

Post #26 » by **Doctor MJ** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:38 am

KOBE_PAUER wrote:Rubio was compared to Pistol Pete Maravich.....enought said...

Some perspective is needed here. How good do you think Pistol Pete was? He's not in my Top 50.

Post #27 » by **studcrackers** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:27 am

quick question, i didnt really follow the draft back then, tell my how hyped these high school stars were:

the 3 headed trio of curry/chandler/brown
darius miles

Legendary 33 · Post #28 » by **Legendary 33** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:35 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
Funny how people forget Jay Williams. Dude had massive hype. Easily the second biggest bust of the decade.

No kidding... He was an uberstar in college.

unfortunate what happened to him. Idk if i label him a bust or not, haven't made up my mind..because I'm very convinced that if he didn't get into that freakish accident, he would have been a 20 pt n 10 assist guy in the league. he had so much potential

Post #29 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:08 am

Anyone who thinks anyone else here was remotely close to the level of hype Bron received is nuts... Being compared to Bill Russell and David Robinson or Tim Duncan is not comparable to being called the best of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson combined.

Harcore Fenton Mun · Post #30 » by **Harcore Fenton Mun** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:58 pm

DowJones wrote:1. LeBron James
2. Greg Oden
3. Yao Ming
4. Darko Milicic
5. Kevin Durant
6. Dwight Howard
7. Carmelo Anthony
8. Blake Griffin
9. Andrew Bogut
10. Derrick Rose

Darko was a unknown player, so I don't see how a player who most scouts didn't even know can be over hyped. This guy got maybe a couple months of publicity?

I would also remove Bogut and Rose. You could also make a argument for removing Howard as he didn't get much hype before the draft.

The rest where all talked about years before their drafting...

ropjhk · Post #31 » by **ropjhk** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:13 pm

I almost want to nominate Kwame Brown for this list due to press coverage, but it probably doesn't fit in terms of expectations. In the early days of the draft season back in 2001 there was no consensus #1. But when the Wizards won the lottery, all focus and attention was on Micheal Jordan and who he would pick. Because of Jordan's involvement, there was probably more scrutiny on this draft. When people started to realize that a high school player might make history and go #1, the attention grew even more.

Kwame got quite a bit of press leading up to the draft because of all these factors that were unrelated to how well he could actually play. This, I think, somehow elevated expectations for him.

ropjhk · Post #32 » by **ropjhk** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:29 pm

Just for fun, I'd like to offer up my top 10 for the 90's

1 - Shaq
2 - Tim Duncan
3 - Chris Webber
4 - Derrick Coleman
5 - Glen Robinson
6 - Larry Johnson
7 - Shawn Bradley
8 - Penny Hardaway
9 - Allen Iverson
10 - Jason Kidd

May not be accurate since my memory is sketchy on how hyped up certain players were. I do remember that Shawn Bradley got loads of attention for his height. Shaq, Duncan and Webber should probably be the clear cut top 3. Derrick Coleman and Glen Robinson were other big time picks.

SoulJah · Post #33 » by **SoulJah** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:03 pm

I don't know why people are claiming Bargs and Darko is a same breath... Bargs is million levels above Darko, and being a Raptors fan, he's turning into something we've been waiting for.

illiance · Post #34 » by **illiance** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:11 pm

For some reason, I believe Oden would have gotten picked over LeBron if they were in the same class and were both right out of high school.

_BBIB_ · Post #35 » by **_BBIB_** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:33 pm

Oden is clearly #1 considering the hooplah around him being the guy with the championship pedigree.

People were higher on unproven Oden over All-NBA Dwight Howard at that time

Cammo101 · Post #36 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:31 pm

Here is a list of the top 25 draft prospects of the decade based on how I rated them at the time. I posted this on a my blog a while back. I left off the players from this year because their stock is still up in the air to some degree. (sorry John Wall)

1. Lebron James (2003)
2. Yao Ming (2002)
3. Kevin Durant (2007)
4. Greg Oden (2007)
5. Carmelo Anthony (2003)
6. Chris Paul (2005)
7. Derrick Rose (2008)
8. Dwight Howard (2004)
9. Darko Milicic (2003)
10. Andrew Bogut (2005)
11. Emeka Okafor (2004)
12. Chris Bosh (2003)
13. Jay Williams (2002)
14. Michael Beasley (2008)
15. Kenyon Martin (2000)
16. LaMarcus Aldridge (2006)
17. Rudy Gay (2006)
18. Dwyane Wade (2003)
19. Shaun Livingston (2004)
20. TJ Ford (2003)
21. Deron Williams (2005)
22. Andrea Bargnani (2006)
23. Amare Stoudemire (2002)
24. Brook Lopez (2008)
25. Shane Battier (2001)

Guys who just missed the list: Al Horford, Caron Butler, Pau Gasol, Brandon Roy, Adam Morrison, Marvin Williams, Danny Granger, OJ Mayo, Gerald Green, and Nickoloz Tskitishvili.

Relentless88 · Post #37 » by **Relentless88** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:12 pm

SoulJah wrote:I don't know why people are claiming Bargs and Darko is a same breath... Bargs is million levels above Darko, and being a Raptors fan, he's turning into something we've been waiting for.

That Miami fan just likes hating on Raptors any chance he gets.

As to the thread, Mayo got a lot of hype pre-college. He was featured in SI when he was in the 7th grade. He was also touted as the next Lebron until he stopped growing. Once he got to USC people really started to think he was over hyped and lowered all expectations. Even days before the draft people thought he'd slip to 10th or worse. Some mocks thought he wasn't lottery worthy.

sorokii · Post #38 » by **sorokii** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:56 am

KOBE_PAUER wrote:Rubio was compared to Pistol Pete Maravich.....enought said...

They were compared by people who never watch one of them play, because their styles are totally different.

Bgil · Post #39 » by **Bgil** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:27 am

Pistol Pete probably had some ridiculous hype coming out of college. IIRC he averaged aorund 44ppg in college.

TheBigDiesel · Post #40 » by **TheBigDiesel** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:31 am

I don't see how Durant can be above Oden when Oden went over Durant and 90% of GMs would've made the same move. LeBron is the unquestioned number one. His high school games were televised on ESPN for one and the hype for him was unbelievable.

1. LeBron James
2. Greg Oden
3. Kevin Durant
4. Yao Ming
5. Darko Milicic
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Blake Griffin
8. Derrick Rose
9. Jay Williams
10. Beasley/Dwight/Okafor