Worst draft day blunders of all time?

NetsForce · Post #1 » by **NetsForce** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:43 am

What are some of the worst draft day blunders of all time?

Triangle Theory · Post #2 » by **Triangle Theory** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:45 am

Kwa .. no, never mind.

Pats19andO · Post #3 » by **Pats19andO** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:49 am

Kwame Brown

Triangle Theory · Post #4 » by **Triangle Theory** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:51 am

As for blunders, i really cant recall off the top of my head. There have been some funny ish tho.

Post #5 » by **theBigLip** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:08 am

As much as I love my GM Joe Dumars, the Darko pick was brutal. Yes, we still won a Championship the next year and yes, supposedly every other GM had Darko in the top 3, but unfortunately, we had to be the ones to make the pick. Ouch. Wouldn't mind having Wade, Bosh or Melo. Well, we did turn Darko into a #15 pick which is Rodney Stuckey, so I hope he turns out to eventually be a star.

Serpo · Post #6 » by **Serpo** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:14 am

Dirk for Robert "Tractor" Traylor and Pat Garrity

and

RJ , Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong for Eddie Griffin.

risktaker91 · Post #7 » by **risktaker91** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:16 am

Dirk for Traylor was a big one.

The Hawks traded Pau Gasol for Shareef Abdur-Rahim...

Pats19andO · Post #8 » by **Pats19andO** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:18 am

Serpo wrote:Dirk for Robert "Tractor" Traylor and Pat Garrity

and

RJ , Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong for Eddie Griffin.

Id rather have a dead Eddie Griffin(RIP) than Jason Collins

Shareef for Gasol. No1 ever mentions it

OmniDEN · Post #9 » by **OmniDEN** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:20 am

risktaker91 wrote:Dirk for Traylor was a big one.

The Hawks traded Pau Gasol for Shareef Abdur-Rahim...

Shareef was about as good as Gasol is now though.

Serpo · Post #10 » by **Serpo** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:21 am

Pats19andO wrote:

Id rather have a dead Eddie Griffin(RIP) than Jason Collins

Shareef for Gasol. No1 ever mentions it

Jason Collins was a very decent bigman in his first years and key to the Nets succes back then .

Unfortunatly he regressed bigtime very very fast .

Big Steak · Post #11 » by **Big Steak** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:01 am

theBigLip wrote:As much as I love my GM Joe Dumars, the Darko pick was brutal. Yes, we still won a Championship the next year and yes, supposedly every other GM had Darko in the top 3, but unfortunately, we had to be the ones to make the pick. Ouch. Wouldn't mind having Wade, Bosh or Melo. Well, we did turn Darko into a #15 pick which is Rodney Stuckey, so I hope he turns out to eventually be a star.

Yep, I agree 100%. Hopefully Stuckey can help remove the bad taste from our mouths.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #12 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:13 am

Sam Bowie

Teddy KGB · Post #13 » by **Teddy KGB** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:20 am

Dirk and Pat Garrity for Tractor Traylor!

Thanks, Milwaukee!

RJM · Post #14 » by **RJM** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:29 am

theBigLip wrote:As much as I love my GM Joe Dumars, the Darko pick was brutal. Yes, we still won a Championship the next year and yes, supposedly every other GM had Darko in the top 3, but unfortunately, we had to be the ones to make the pick. Ouch. Wouldn't mind having Wade, Bosh or Melo. Well, we did turn Darko into a #15 pick which is Rodney Stuckey, so I hope he turns out to eventually be a star.

I agree. Say they went with Bosh. This would have made Wallace expendable leading to....

PG - Billups
SG - Hamilton
SF - Prince
PF - Bosh
C - R. Wallace

Still VERY talented. I'm sure Joe would have found a way to pick up Stuckey anyways.

Post #15 » by **corona** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:34 am

1. Bowie - passing on MJ has to be the biggest blunder ever.
2. Darko - because there were superstar players at 3, 4, and 5.
3. Kwame - horrible...but not as bad because the best you get if you don't draft him is pau/johnson, not wade/melo/bosh.

peralta · Post #16 » by **peralta** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:58 am

worst pick...Rafael Araujo...we could've picked Igoudala lol

A.J. · Post #17 » by **A.J.** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:01 am

if u ask me this question in 2 years imma say sheldon williams

xcomputerman · Post #18 » by **xcomputerman** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:02 am

Shelden Williams at #5 gets a honorable mention.

JK80 · Post #19 » by **JK80** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:20 am

Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan.

The most infamous draft day blunder in American pro sports history. There is no contest.

NetsForce · Post #20 » by **NetsForce** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:23 am

xcomputerman wrote:Shelden Williams at #5 gets a honorable mention.

Is he still in the league?