Biggest surprise bust ever?

Pinkyring · Post #1 » by **Pinkyring** » Wed Sep 4, 2019 11:46 pm

Not the kwame brown types, the guys u had pinpointed as major NBA talents that had mediocre careers

mabundo_nagumbe · Post #2 » by **mabundo_nagumbe** » Wed Sep 4, 2019 11:48 pm

Lonzo

Pinkyring · Post #3 » by **Pinkyring** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:04 am

mabundo_nagumbe wrote:Lonzo

A bit early for that

Dominator83 · Post #4 » by **Dominator83** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:20 am

Greg oden. Now I know I'm gonna get hit with "well he was injured", but still. Nonetheless he was projected to be Bill Russell, and instead was in the league for a cup of coffee.

Ice Trae · Post #5 » by **Ice Trae** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:20 am

Stauskas. I thought he was goona be a fringe all star.

Post #6 » by **Froob** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:21 am

Jayson Tatum

clyde21 · Post #7 » by **clyde21** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:23 am

obvious answer is Fultz

Kurtz · Post #8 » by **Kurtz** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:26 am

Alexandra Daddario (True Detective season 1).

Hindenburg · Post #9 » by **Hindenburg** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:49 am

Froob wrote:Jayson Tatum

LoveMyRaps · Post #10 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:52 am

Pinkyring wrote:
mabundo_nagumbe wrote:Lonzo

A bit early for that

Way too early for that

illuminati666 · Post #11 » by **illuminati666** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:53 am

Bruno Caboclo

draftnightsuit · Post #12 » by **draftnightsuit** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:58 am

Dragan Bender. A complete waste of one of the GOAT names in league history.

giberish · Post #13 » by **giberish** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:01 am

clyde21 wrote:obvious answer is Fultz

Yeah, Fultz was considered a relative sure thing. Perhaps not the super-high upside of other #1 overall picks but a higher floor then the other guys at the top of the draft.

TheRealKaboom · Post #14 » by **TheRealKaboom** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:01 am

Dominater wrote:Greg oden. Now I know I'm gonna get hit with "we'll he was injured", but still. Nonetheless he was projected to be Bill Russell, and instead was in the league for a cup of coffee.

Oden was born with one leg shorter than the other. He was never going to last in the NBA. Weird how Portland's medical staff didn't catch that.

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babyjax13 · Post #15 » by **babyjax13** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:02 am

Evan Turner

ThomYorke · Post #16 » by **ThomYorke** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:02 am

Beasley

dc · Post #17 » by dc » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:22 am

Darko. Every scout considered him the consensus #2 pick and nobody thought the Pistons were crazy for not even considering Carmelo at the #2 pick. I figured he'd have at least a steady/productive career at worst.

Joe Smith. Looked great at Maryland and his rookie NBA year but it was all downhill from there. Ended up a career journeyman.

Glenn Robinson was a surprise bust/disappointment. I know it's strange to say that of a 2 time all-star, but consider that he was basically the consensus #1 overall pick in a draft with Kidd and Grant Hill taken after him. He had some good years with the Bucks, but he ended up being a journeyman by the time he hit his late 20s. That's a big disappointment considering his draft hype what people expected of him.

Pervis Ellison was another consensus #1 overall pick after a great career at Louisville. Sac traded him away after his rookie year. He looked like he revived his career with the Bullets with 2 really good seasons there, but I think he had Brandon Roy type knees and he became a journeyman. Played a lot as an undersized C back in the day. In today's game, he wouldn't be all that undersized at C.

Stacey King. Same draft as Ellison. Guy was 6'11" and went for 26 and 10 his senior year at Oklahoma. #6 overall pick going to a team with Jordan/Pippen on it and that was in need of a good bigman. I thought that was the perfect situation for him. Best year was when he went for 9 and 6 his rookie season. He was pretty much a replacement level player/journeyman his entire career.

Egg Nog · Post #18 » by **Egg Nog** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:22 am

Ovinton J'Anthony Mayo

playoffs · Post #19 » by **playoffs** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:25 am

Pinkyring wrote:
mabundo_nagumbe wrote:Lonzo

A bit early for that

Also, not really a surprise.

dorkestra · Post #20 » by **dorkestra** » Thu Sep 5, 2019 1:30 am

babyjax13 wrote:Evan Turner

This was it for me because unlike the Derrick Williams and Joe Alexander of the world, Evan actually knows how to play. Doug Collins, an awful human being, tried so hard to ruin his career.