In particular, when a player is a top three selection in a draft, they essentially have to live up to expectations in order to be a justifiable pick. In the very least, a top three selection should go on to have a very productive NBA career, and be a borderline All-Star. Unfortunately, as we know, top three picks regularly disappoint us. The high hopes a top prospect brings to a team quickly vanish as the player struggles in the pros.
We slowly realize that the highly touted prospect will never turn into what we hoped. With that in mind, let's look at the five biggest disappointments the draft has brought us since It will be easy to see why these top selections live on in infamy. The Memphis Grizzlies finished in ''09, and decided they wanted to go with size in the draft. Unfortunately, besides consensus No. Thabeet was not good from the beginning. He had trouble earning playing time as a rookie, and was playing even less his second year until Memphis gave up and traded him for Shane Battier in February of By deciding to go for size, the Grizzlies missed out on selecting an exciting guard that could have had a major long-term impact on the franchise.
Thabeet is a great example of why drafting size over skill is ill-advised. While Thabeet was considered a quality prospect, many scouts were lambasting the pick as soon as it happened. The general thinking was Thabeet never should have been selected so early. His subsequent struggles were not that surprising. Thabeet is now trying to re-charge his career with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
While there still is a chance he will turn into a decent NBA player, there is no way he will live up to the billing a No. Memphis fans are kicking themselves over it to this day. Michael Beasley was supposed to be great. During the early part of , there was a debate as to whether Derrick Rose actually deserved to be selected before Beasley.
As a freshman at Kansas State, Beasley dominated. A legitimate candidate for player of the year, statistically Beasley seemed off the charts, and a potential combo-forward matchup nightmare in the NBA.
He was selected by Miami at No. A free spirit, his off-court troubles created more of a stir than anything he did on the floor as a rookie.
Last season, Turner played for the Hawks, got traded to the Timberwolves then found no traction on a buyout to join another team. At age 32, he saw the writing on the wall. Turner could be a good coach, especially in Boston.
He and Celtics coach Brad Stevens clicked. Turner is personable and sees the game with a certain perspective one that carries merit. We and our partners use cookies on this site to provide a better experience with content, analytics, ads and to help improve security on our site.
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