2006 draft. One of the worst drafts of all time?

[boogydown]

Guys, it's been two years. You can't name a bad draft after two seasons, especially when a lot of them are still under 21. The worst draft is 2000 where Mike Miller was the rookie of the year, and Michael Redd, a 2nd round pick is the best player.

[gonnadunkonU]

The 2000 draft was definetly worse.

[pillwenney]

It's certainly not a great draft, but it's not terrible either IMO. I think it'll definitely surpass 2000.

[Buck You]

For the Bucks it was at least. David Noel and Damir Markota. Two of the worst players in NBA history.

[Serpo]

Boone was a great pick that year for the Nets considering Thorn wanted to trade up for Mo Sene .....

Marcus hasn't looked great but still looks like at least a solid backup PG .

Wasn't 06 the first year without highschool players ? I think it was , normally Oden and Durant would have been in the 06 Draft but then they changed the rule . The super talented freshmen like in this or last years draft missed because of that . All the potential freshmen where in the draft the year before .

Some good role / rotation players but few stars , bad year for lottery picks if you need a franchise player but otherwise quite ok.

[NYKBaller]

too early to tell...

[daddyfivestar]

Only if 20 percent end up in some form of incarceration... Then it can top that Chris Washburn draft.

[carrottop12]

Portland and Utah had really good drafts this year. Everyone else sucked.

[BucksRuleAll22]

2006 was one of the worst draft classes ever, if not the worst.

[Serpo]

That rule change to prevent highschool players from enterering the Draft really made it pretty weak but 2000 was still weaker .

[Leolovinliberal]

I actually think that Jar Jar Boone is turning into a very good player. Excellent rebounder with a much better offensive skill set then many of us thought. He's an atrocious free throw shooter however, allowing opposing teams to employee Hack-A-Jar-Jar.

Funny thing is, if he and Bustnani had swapped draft positions, going strictly on #'s, not many people would complain. That's why the draft is very often a crap shoot.

[ilooklikekirk]

way to early to tell after the 2010 season you can tell, like the 2003 draft and the duncan draft are the 2 best, 2000 is by far the worst of all time

[jman3134]

Three pages and no mention of Rudy Gay as a potential star. Wow, Grizz fan here representin!

It's not as bad as 2000, but I would say that 2000 was derailed by injuries. Look at Martin, Fizer, Mihm etc. Those were the prizes of this draft and they all are oft-injured at this point as well.

[_BBIB_]

One of the them.

Bargnani is horrific. Tyrus Thomas doesn;t seem to be anything other then a glorified role player. Shelden Williams was a reach and has shown why.

The only good players to come from this draft are:
Roy
Foye
Aldridge
Gay
Brewer
Rondo
Farmar

everyone else probably won't be in the league in a couple of years. that is just the first round btw.

That's a lot more talent than the 2000 draft.


Obviosly some of you haven't followed this process long enough if you think the 06 draft is worse than that one

[GJense4181]

2000 was ravaged by injury.
1. Kenyon Martin=constant knee battles.
3. Darius Miles=retired due to injury.
4. Marcus Fizer=knee injuries.
5. Dermarr Johnson=car wreck, no?
7. Chris Mihm=multiple injuries.
12. Etan Thomas=heart defect.
13. Courtney Alexander=injuries, as well.

Over half of the lottery was plagued by injuries!

[gswhoops]

It was pretty bad but nothing can top the 2000 draft.

[pillwenney]

2000 was ravaged by injury.
1. Kenyon Martin=constant knee battles.
3. Darius Miles=retired due to injury.
4. Marcus Fizer=knee injuries.
5. Dermarr Johnson=car wreck, no?
7. Chris Mihm=multiple injuries.
12. Etan Thomas=heart defect.
13. Courtney Alexander=injuries, as well.

Over half of the lottery was plagued by injuries!

Injuries didn't help, but K-Mart was always going to be a well below-average #1 pick, Miles was a bust long before his injuries. The same can really be said for everyone there except for Alexander (since his injuries were pretty early in his career IIRC).

[Serpo]

Well considering the rest of the draft K-Mart was the best player the Nets could take considering what we needed . Sure he had his problems but he had 3 good years with the Nets and we went to two finals with him . He was one of the few picks that actually don't have to be regretted that year .

[pillwenney]

Well considering the rest of the draft K-Mart was the best player the Nets could take considering what we needed . Sure he had his problems but he had 3 good years with the Nets and we went to two finals with him . He was one of the few picks that actually don't have to be regretted that year .

Oh he wasn't a bad pick by the Nets, but that's kind of the point. He made sense as the #1 pick and was never all that good--that shows how badly that draft sucked.

[Yadadimean]

I don't know what you mean. How could it be a weak draft? Portland got 2 of the best 3 players to come out. Sounds like a great draft to me!