What REALLY Happened To The Biggest Draft Busts
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2025
- Every NBA team has its share of regrets, but some draft picks stand out as truly unforgettable disasters. From hyped prospects who never lived up to the buzz to players who were picked over future legends, this video dives into the worst draft pick from every NBA team. Discover the picks that set franchises back years and left fans shaking their heads.
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How did you go from that to 48k in 3 weeks?…
Maaaaan, putting Bronny on the thumbnail is not fair. Man sold 500k jerseys, he deserved the 55th pick just with that.
It's like investing in sports cards, he was a draw until they seen him play, only thing he had going was he was playing with his daddy sometimes
500k sold to LeBron James, Sr. Fans obviously
@@2villainy doesn’t matter, that’s 50 million dollars, and they spend only 8 on him.
@ivanivanovski1 8 more than they would have if it wasn't for LeBron James, Sr.
@@2villainy yeah, that doesn’t matter, it was a business opportunity. They sold 50 millions in jerseys, so who cares for 8. Also they made LeBum happy.
I disagree with the Thomas Robinson pick for the Kings being the worst. The Marvin Bagley was the worst one since Luka was still on the board.
Even Kansas fans were surprised he went so high in the draft. We knew his game wouldn't translate to the NBA but we were happy for him.
We were not happy for McLemore the next year. We knew he was screwed in Sacramento.
exactly even tho Sac could’ve had Klay & Dame, they weren’t on the same level as Luka is rn in their primes
My biggest question is how would Fox fit with Luka? Both of them need the ball. Otherwise, yeah, it's a big surprise that the Kings didn't see how bad his basketball IQ was
@@hansonlee5847I mean people were saying the same with Luca and Kyrie when it was announced Kyrie will be heading to Dallas. Yet they are currently one of the most entertaining duo’s in the nba rn
To make it worse, apart from luka being available, TRAE YOUNG AND JERIN JACKSON JR WERE ALSO AVAILABLE!!
As a Heat fan I wish we brought Beasley back to come off the bench during the big 3 era. Would’ve been crazy.
@@AmiriHipHopi don’t think k anyone had ever watched your live streams bud
@@AmiriHipHop on my ass ⏸️. Bc I said Beasley off the bench? A scoring machine tht wasn’t gonna get paid big $. I’m confused.
Micheal Beasley was a problem he was blackballed he wasn’t 🗑️
Right
Beasley had two DUIs and drug issues. He was never dedicated to the game and that's why teams stopped giving him a chance.
@ them guys got banned for smoking weed that’s not drug issues and once they found out Labron And KD smoke they made it legal 😂
@@sthmadnessfacts
@@xylynthian753 smoking weed is not a drug issue the whole nba smoke weed u just talking
Being this critical of a 55th pick is wild. I liked this channel but this is straight up hating.
Also cause he just dropped 17
As a Seattle fan, the fact that the Supersonics were skipped and not even mentioned during OKC's worst pick still stings..
here after bronny dropped 17 and then 39 in the g
Bronny has done great for being a 55th pick that got little pre draft development time.
I disagree with Jay Williams since he easily could have improved if he didn't get injured
Marvin Bagley is easily the kings worst pick.
Drafting is such a gamble one bad pick can change a franchise forever. Darko, Bennett, Bowie... tough misses!
Absolutely. Like anything else, there’s always the same teams drafting poorly. Everyone will miss on picks every so often no matter who. But there’s 5-6 teams ALWAYS in the lottery and never getting anything right.
Probably the best draft bust story of the last 25 years has to be the 2009 Timberwolves. They passed on Stephen Curry not once, they passed on him twice. Rubio was solid. It’s not his fault he was so hyped as a prospect. At the time you can see why they took Johnny Flynn over Curry. The fan base will never let that one go. But consider this. Would Curry have blossomed in Minnesota had they taken him? Probably not. He’d definitely be a perennial all star, unlikely he’d be able to led a group to a title up there.
I always have and will never understand why Ben Simmons is considered a bust, he was the guy who everyone said he was gonna be, but everyone wanted him to be a different player, a 3pt shooter, which is unfortunately what everyone is expected to be to succeed, without it he still got a handful of individual awards an all nba team, all defensive teams, steals leader, ROY, All rookie team never heard of a bust who achieved that. The Philly fans made him a bust by knocking his play style and criticism of his lack of 3pt shooting
It’s crazy how many of these busts ended up playing on my Timberwolves squad! It’s legit mind blowing
Man Portland could have had Bob Mcadoo, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Kevin Durant!! Instead they got Greg Oden, Sam Bowie Larue Martin and Mychal Thompson!!!
Drafting bowie doesn't bother blazers fans. Portland already had Drexler. What bothers blazers fans is getting screwed out of sabonis when they drafted him. Sabonis would have joined that prime Drexler team that went to the finals twice. Center was their biggest hole. That one what if could have changed the entire 90's to be blazers dynasty. That has HUGE impacts on MJ's legacy. Blazers are incredibly unlucky.
Rafael Araujo is easily the worst draft pick in Raptors history.
Mispronouncing a lot of these names…
Too bad the raptors didn’t get the #1 pick in the 1996 draft. If we did we would’ve had Allen Iverson as a raptor. Instead we got the second overall and we’re stuck with Marcus camby. Nothing raptors could do in that incident as iverson was the clear 1st overall pick, but just imagine the success we could’ve had if we got iverson
Ah man seeing Beasly on this list hurts. Love that guys game.
Liked and subscribed. Great video.
Using Bronny for clicks validates his place. I have yet to see anyone talk about where the top 12 picks are or the 54th pick. But yall love to use Bronnys name for money, so now im all for him getting his bread. If yall dont earn it, why should the person you are using for relevance?
And he proved them wrong by dropping 17 points against the bucks. Granted the lakers still lost cuz bron and Luka and Austin reaves weren’t on the floor
Entertaining & comprehensive
While not drafted by the Sixers, but traded right away to them after the Sixers traded Bridges to them, Zhaire Smith was even worse of a pick than Fultz.
the number one pick compared to a lottery pick?
@@dontlikeliving Yes, Smith did absolutely nothing, he wasn't even good in the G League. Fultz is still in the NBA, albeit with the Magic.
@ i mean if that’s your expectation of a number 1 pick i guess.
Wasn’t that pic you showed at 2:46 of a Bucks team that “sucked real bad” one of their better teams prior to the Giannis era? I believe they made it to the Semis, no?
Edit: Also, right after that, you mentioned “decades of dominance” of the Bulls, but wasn’t it just a decade of dominance? Jordan played 14 or 15 years (two or 3 of which were on the Wizards), and I’m pretty sure the Bulls weren’t dominant during the first few years of his career.
This is not even 5 mins into your video, so I’m wondering what other stuff is gonna be inaccurate.
4:44 WHOA😂😂
Fun fact about Frederic Weis (the Draft Bust of the Knicks) - He was drafted in 1999. Nine years later, in 2008 (and after playing ZERO total NBA games), he was traded to the Houston Rockets for... Patrick Ewing, Jr!
14:10 no way Russ and wade woulda worked bro 😂
Being 6 ft 8 and considered undersized is actually insanse and makes me feel like a dwarf and I’m 6ft😂
20:30 had me laughing hellaa
👍 and subscribed! I am confident.This channel will do extremely well in time!!
Jayson Williams played in 75 out of 82 games in his rookie year and you phrase it as “only played” 75 games his rookie year lol. 9 and 5 for a rookie back then is fine lol
Does anyone remember DJ MBENGA?? 😂 From the Lakers 😂
it took me 12 minutes and 51 seconds to realize theres snow going across the screen.
I would generally disgaree with the Donte Exum pick. He's real nice with it, but the system he was in with Utah wasn't suited for him. He performs well consistnely against high level ball players over seas, and I blame his lack of production on the organization, rather than the player in that circumstance.
Lmao that’s some real delusion right there
I’m a hornets fan I’d say Michael Kidd Ghilchrist, Noah Vonleh, or Cody Zeller were our worst picks. Zeller and MKG were ok at best players but we took them at 2 & 4 then we took Vonleh in the lottery too and I can’t even remember him playing in a single meaningful game for us. I kinda liked Frank and Morrison in a weird way way but both are busts for sure too
3:40 Williams played “just” 75 games in his rookie season.
Just??? 75 is actually nice I don’t think u meant to say that.
tbh id trade that 50 Mil for the 55th draft pick any day, the other drafts on this are considered great talents and your betting on the future of your org. specially picks 1-10, and lets be honest 30-60th, we ain't expecting much from them. might be a steal like some but, that 50 mil$ is a sweet in terms of finance and given that the draft was especially weak this year.
I would make an argument for the Celtics that their worst draft pick ever was Len Bias.
I remember when that horrible news was first announced. As a Celts fan it was such a gut punch. RIP to Len Bias.
I disagree, mainly because of the decision that cost him his life. We never got to see what he could do, which is why he is ONE of the Celtics’ worst picks, but guys who actually got out on the hardwood and proved they sucked for the club will always move ahead of “what if” guys IMO
I would disagree. I believe that being a “what-if”isn’t as bad as being a player who played and sucked. For guys like Bias or even guys like D-Rose and Sam Bowie it’s hard to be overly critical bc you know they were talented but due to circumstances they didn’t get to show it. If you’re a guy like Kwame Brown or Anthony Bennett where nothing was wrong with you, but you just sucked it scores higher on the bust scale to me
@@thebestcentaur he didn't even went to a single practice, at the very least that Smith guy finished a day of practice 😂
Which would be making an assumption that the Celtics knew he would die. Shit take bro respect the dead
Spurs fan here. I was NOT surprised to see Primo here. Good riddance.
Also, as a Cowboys fan, I find it hilarious that the Dallas Mavericks managed to draft a player in the 89 draft whose name happened to be the same as that of a certain Hall of Fame defensive tackle for their city's NFL counterpart.
Exum still breaks my heart.
Damn, no Kwame for Wizards. That's tuff.
Yeah Kwame was my first thought too.
I'm waiting to see Spurs one. I hope it's Sochan.
Anthony Bennett and Adam Morrison worst Nba pick of all time
My mom is fat
Not cool josh
Is your mom bad
Fat girls give good sloppy toppy 😂😂😂😂
Is that where you get it from?
Putting a late 2nd round pick in clckbait for busts during his rookie season is insane bro, that's an unsub lol wtf even is that
was gonna say the same thing😂
I wouldn’t call Andrea Bargnani the raptors biggest bust he was a okay solid number two or three options I agree he didn’t live up to expectations
Clippers can’t draft any busts if they just trade away all their picks
16:27 Exum is playing for the mavs he came back from overseas in 2023
Frank Weis never played for the Knicks because he was probably terrified over the fact he would have to play against Vince Carter again
the truth is sadder, he actually never got any call from the Knicks and that Vince dunk of death may have been one of the reasons why
I know that draft misses are very angering in hindsight but I'd like to believe that its a necessary evil because a lot of the biggest misses are from inept scouting and honestly if even half of these players ended up on the some of the sorry teams it wouldve been like strapping an anchor on them right from day one. Draft miss steps are a good for the health of the league, middle of the pack teams need inept scouting teams to have a chance at players.
The worst pick for the Knicks was Renaldo Balkman. What the F*ck was Isaiah Thomas thinking.
Ok...it's the Kings we are talking about, so plenty of errors...My thought is Pervis "Never Healthy " Ellison at the No 1 overall....and Yinka Dare'is the worst for the Nets at Number 3. I think Yinka in his native lounge means "He who come to NBA with no game."
13:28 caught you lacking with that misspelling
Putting Bronny the last pick of the 2nd round in the thumbnail is diabolical work😅 apart from delusional LAC fans we knew what he was.
Don’t forget that bucks also traded with the Mavs and the mavs got Dirk
Well for the Bucks, they ended up with Brook Lopez (and Serge Ibaka) anyways 😂😂
Also klay is nowhere near the argument of 2nd best shooter in history bro come on.
Drafting a guy whose career highlight was getting dunked on by VC…I don’t think the Knicks missed out on much 😅
Beasley was blackballed from the league. He didn't take the oath.
Larue Martin was the Blazers worst pick in NBA history.
@@rapgodreloaded9259 Sam Bowie and Greg Oden gotta be high on they list as well
@@H8pplSam Bowie at best would've been Bill Cartwright. When healthy Oden would've been a good player
@rapgodreloaded9259 fair but "at best" I could have a million dollars. "When healthy" I could run a mile.
@@H8ppl 🤣🤣🤣
@@rapgodreloaded9259he looked more agile than Cartwright in the brief footage I’ve watched of him. I think he was even pretty mobile.
Hawks: 2005 2nd overall pick is Marin Williams. 4th overall pick was Chris Paul. Williams gotta be the Hawks.
Marvin Williams was a decent player. Good enough to stick around for like 8 seasons. He averaged 15ppg a couple seasons. There are far worse Hawks draft picks than him. You mention Chris Paul like he’s some kind of must have top 3 pick. He’s a locker room bully who hasn’t even played in a finals game in damn near 20 seasons. Him and Marvin have the same amount of rings
@jimlahey3919 Agree on a few levels, but that time frame the Hawks was hunting for a franchise pg. Also, Paul made the finals with the Suns when they lost to the Bucks. I feel ya have to say Marvin just due to the fact you had Paul at 4 and Deron Williams at 3.
@@jimlahey3919he was around for much more than 8 seasons. 1072 games. Played for Charlotte as well.
@@jimlahey3919also Chris Paul blew a 2-0 series lead in 2021 nba finals.
You had to make some great picks if your Bust is a guy who averaged 12 points a game and played 11 seasons 😂
Commenting before I see the Pacers. If it isn’t TJ leaf then idk who it could be
how in the hell is Eric Montross not on that list seriously
Now if I don’t see LBJjr…I’m disliking lol
@@FrmDaLand-ENT *Are *you? Name me one pick who cost them more and is worse? Pro is a 2nd round last pick with a guaranteed contract lol…but I’m high tho lol
@@THENEWMrYungT1992 yes u are clearly
@ who’s worse then since I’m high…
Dude are you joking ? Lmao he is a 2nd round pick.
@@THENEWMrYungT1992 your acting like there is gonna be a hof after him lmao.
For the Nets, Ed O'bannon was definitely way way worse than OKoren.
For some of the international players that says opt out, could a NBA team "sue"?
Grizzlies Hasheem thebeet
You put Jay for the Bulls? Why not put Len Bias for the Celtics then?....c'mon man the Bulls have legit busts.
Never forget that weirdo Granger is a full r kelly.
Decades of dominance lol what other decade were the bulls even in any contention?
So not Harold Miner for Miami
That’s what I was thinking. I completely disagree with the Beasley pick.
JOSH JACKSON DID WHAT ?
Draymond green was not a steal for the warriors lol 29:23
20:43 Couldn’t be more true
The best pick for the Celtics is Bill Russell come on people
When you were talking about the raptors you mentioned the 2006 draft but didn't even bother mentioning Rondo
Nik Stauskas wasn't European, he was Canadian and went to college at Michigan. But I agree he's by far worse than Jimmer.
I like your videos but you have way too many ads
way too many ads in this video
Dante exum was and is atrocious… I remember back then I was just thinking to myself, why would any team have this dude on the court. He’s very clearly worse than everybody else..
Warriors drafted Jan Vesely???
Why do people say bronny James is good even know he isn't
Why do so many busts from Duke?
Nik Stauskas is Canadian not European
Austin Rivers for New Orleans isn't right. New Orleans (OKC) Hornets still count. And I know Rivers had a better career than Jul;ian Wright and Hilton Armstrong put tgoether.
During the mid 90s that Golden State Warriors player number 30 who was built like LeBron James and played all positions?
Are you referring to Billy Owens?
2 month later and wemby the biggest bust 😂
Pretty sure Nik Stauskas isn't European
Sheldon Williams was ass BUT he married Candace Parker before she decided to switch hit, so I’d say he broke even 🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂
nothing more annoying than having a most of you aren't subscribed when i am. makes me unsubscribe and block the channel
Is bronny good?
Did you do any research at all lmao
As a Lakers fan (on hiatus during LeBron's era because no thanks), I can safely say that Lonzo was the worst draft pick. Just because he was part of a trade to get AD doesn't change that. That trade was going to happen no matter what parts where used to make it work.
I would've considered James Wiseman as one of the Warriors worst draft picks.
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The Bronny hate is totally baseless. The best 55th pick of all time is Patty Mills. Would the pick have been better utilized on a different player who wouldn’t make the roster?
damn no Marvin Bagley over LUKA DONCIC for Sac?
the order picks you named were bad but klay or dame weren’t superstars like Luka is
Naaah.. Jerome Robinson is worse than Olowokandi.
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