Found August 30, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
PLAYERS:
Carmelo Anthony,
Shelden Williams,
Nikoloz Tskitishvili,
Dirk Nowitzki,
Luke Jackson,
Stromile Swift,
Rudy Gay,
Shane Battier,
Pat Garrity,
Vince Carter,
Antawn Jamison,
Mike Bibby,
Rashard Lewis,
Paul Pierce,
Kwame Brown,
Gilbert Arenas,
Caron Butler,
Chucky Atkins,
Pau Gasol,
Adam Morrison
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Would you rather have this guy (pictured) or Carmelo Anthony?Thought so.For this particular list of past busts in the NBA Draft, I've decided to restrict it to the past 25 years, just so you're not bored with names like Kent Benson, the player the Milwaukee Bucks apparently deemed worthy of being taken first overall in 1977.Who is Kent Benson?Nobody knows.Anyway, here are my top 10 NBA Draft busts since 1984.
10. Shelden Williams-Duke (Taken No. 5 overall by the Atlanta Hawks in 2006). Shelden Williams didn't have too much going for him when he left the Blue Devils in terms of favorable NBA player traits.He's 6'9", traditionally too short for a center.He came from Duke, a school with a history of having bust NBA players.He didn't have much of an offensive repertoire.His wife, Candace Parker, would beat him in one-on-one 100 times out of 100.The Hawks still hadn't drafted a point guard in the lottery since 1866.Lo and behold, Williams has yet to pan out as a stud NBA center, and li...
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