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In the News : L. James , K. Durant , J. Embiid , J. Harden , S. Curry , L. All-Time Greats : E. Hayes , J. Stockton , H. Olajuwon , W. Chamberlain , D. Schayes , J. Active Greats : L. James , L. James , C. Ingram says he made the goal in high school to get off the draft board first. The 76ers took Ben Simmons No. They saw my potential, and I knew the range was from one or two.
But I had no problem going anywhere. As Chandler predicted after his workout, Washington infamously took Brown first overall in The Clippers grabbed Chandler with the second pick before trading him to Chicago where he became a member of the Baby Bulls. The draft is a crapshoot where no one, no matter his pedigree, is a certain product beyond once-a-generation talents like LeBron.
Years of hindsight undoubtedly clear vision. We now recognize the absurdity of a year-old Darko Milicic being picked second overall in , while Detroit bypassed proven collegiate commodities Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
We do as much or more background than any other team in the NBA because of that. I look back on it now and realize you didn't know half of the stuff you needed to know. The dilemma over how to handle the second pick has flummoxed organizations for years—most famously when the Portland Trail Blazers with future HOF guard Clyde Drexler already on the roster chose Kentucky center Sam Bowie over Jordan in Jack Ramsay, Portland's coach at the time, told NJ.
Had we known what you would be, we would have taken you and traded for a center. Several players picked second overall ripened into perfectly suitable professionals without the projected star power. And some No. Some have been hindered by injuries Parker and 's Jay Williams.
The promise of size merging with potential blinded some franchises 's Stromile Swift and 's Hasheem Thabeet. Occasionally an organization steeped in losing is bereft of veterans to steer a young talent. Chandler says that was the case in Chicago. Had he gone to Washington, he felt he would have learned the game faster as a rookie under veterans like Jordan and Christian Laettner.
You see Jamal Crawford. He's still having a successful career. If they are looking for weight lifters to come out of Texas, that's not what we're producing. There are a lot of guys who can bench press pounds in the NBA who couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie.
Kevin's the best player in the draft—period, at any position. Oden looked fantastic coming into the NBA, with better scores than Durant on the vertical leap, agility drill and three-quarter court sprint, but as it turns out, Barnes knew what he was talking about, and Durant has become one of the best players in the league—at any position. Two summers ago, Presti began trading All-Stars. First, it was Paul George, then Russell Westbrook. The following year in , he traded Chris Paul.
Those three trades yielded eight first-round picks. The Thunder are apparently pleased with their stockpile of draft picks. Some of those draft picks have protections, meaning if they fall in certain range say top six or top 14 picks , the pick may not convey and it might turn into a second-rounder. But Presti knows how to deal, and unless something drastic happens to Denver, Miami and Phoenix over the next few seasons, the Thunder will have nine first-round selections in the next three drafts.
It gives the Thunder a chance to build a sustainable winner, mainly through the draft but with enough assets to add quality players through trades, too.
No team hits on every draft pick.
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