atlantabbq99 wrote:2017 Zach Collins
2016 Thon Maker
2015 Justise Winslow
2014 Elfrid Payton
2013 CJ McCollum
2012 Austin Rivers
2011 Jimmer Fredette
2010 Paul George
2009 Brandon Jennings
2008 Brook Lopez
2007 Spencer Hawes
2006 Saer Sene
Above are all all #10 picks, only 3 out of the 12 are not busts. It is actually very rare to get a quality starter at #10. Majority of 10th picks end up on the bench or out of the league after only 5 years.
Weird way of evaluating picks. Paul George was one of the best draft picks of the past 15 years, McCollum was a huge score, and Lopez was also a terrific find at #10. Those guys aren't just 'not busts,' they're massive successes that alter the franchise's trajectory. And the next round of players are also not 'busts'--Collins is already a solid rotation guy, Winslow is at worst an okay starter, and Payton and Rivers are currently decent rotation guys, and even Jennings and Hawes were legit roster guys (better than replacement for a while) for different teams. The only real 'busts' are Fredette and Sene.