NBA Every year there are many high draft picks, but very few teams rely on the draft for success, and the important reason for this is the team's draft vision! There are such three teams in NBA history. Even if closed their eyes and made a blind selection, they might end up with better results than in reality , let’s take a look at it!
Trail Blazers: They had four No. 1 picks, but Jordan missed it?
The Trail Blazers are one of the teams with the most draft picks in the NBA. They have won four No. 1 picks in history, second only to the Cavaliers six times and the Rockets five times in the league!
With Drexler, the Trail Blazers no longer need Jordan!
In 1972, the Blazers won the first No. 1 pick in team history, but in the draft year they used the precious No. 1 pick on Laru Martin. Laru Martin’s battle of fame was played in the NCAA. Burst Bill Walton once, besides Martin is 2.11 meters tall, bounce and wingspan are also very good, even though Martin's statistics in the college league are very mediocre, but in the end the Blazers decided to take a gamble and choose him !
In the end, it turns out that the Blazers were wrong. Martin averaged only 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in four years in the NBA. In addition, as an insider, his shooting percentage was only over 30%. Such a figure is comparable. 13 years of Bennett ! This year's second place is the MVP and three-time scoring champion McAdoo . In addition, Dr. J. Irving, Ralph Simpson, Taylor and others are also from this draft. The Blazers' signing is very outrageous!
Dr. J came out of this draft contest!
Then in 1978, the Blazers won another No. 1 lottery, and they also selected a celebrity.Michael Thompson, the father of the active Warriors Klay Thompson ! The old Thompson has never been selected to an All-Star in his career. In addition to the two championships he won on the Lakers bench in the 86 and 87 seasons, his only honor is the 79 rookie team!
This year the Blazers originally planned to choose Larry Bird, but in May Bird suddenly decided to go back to college for another year. As a result, the Blazers failed to hold on, and the Celtics, who had the sixth overall pick, were cheaper. !
After that, the Blazers had two more seasons to pick the wrong person, but these two times should have no problem with their vision. In 1984, the Blazers held the second pick, at the time Sam Bowie averaged in the NCAA. With 28 points and 18 rebounds, the Blazers will definitely not give up Bowie and choose outside player Jordan; and in 2007, it was a similar situation, Oden never lost at home in middle school and college. In the NCAA semi-finals against Georgetown University, Oden beat Horford and Jokinoa alone, so Oden is no doubt the number one pick, but the Blazers can only be blamed for their bad life. , The two talented centers were delayed by injuries!
Oden beat Horford and Noah in the NCAA!
Clippers: There is a reason why the Clippers have not had a championship for more than 50 years!
In 1984, the Clippers selected Lancaster Gordon with the 8th pick and missed Otis Thorpe and Stockton !
In 1985, the Clippers chose Wyeman for the No. 3 pick and missed Mullin and Karl Malone !
In 1987, the Clippers selected Reggie Williams for the 4th pick, and the 5th show was Pippen, the 6th show Kenny Smith , the 7th Kevin Johnson , the 10th Cobra Grant , No. 11 Reggie Miller!
1995 Clippers' second pick selection McDyess ,No. 3 show Stackhouse, No. 4 Rashid Wallace , No. 5 Kevin Garnett !
In 1996, the Clippers chose White with the 7th pick. In 1996, it was a draft year. The 7th picks were Kobe, Peja, O'Neill, Nash, Ilgoskas, etc. Waiting are all star players in the future, and Kobe also participated in the Clippers trial training, but in the end the Clippers said that we need a mature player!
Kobe also had scandals with the Clippers in 2007!
In 1998, the Clippers had the No. 1 pick. In this year Pierce was selected as the NCAA All-American Team. Before the election, Pierce expressed his desire to play for the Los Angeles hometown team. In the end, the Clippers chose the parallel Olowokan. Di, this year’s No. 1 Mike Bibby, Tanhua Lafrenz, No. 4 Jamison, No. 5 Carter, and Nowitzki and Pierce. The Clippers closed their eyes and pointed casually. One is better than Olowo Kandi!
Wilcox and Stoudemire Jr. participated in the Clippers trial at the same time in 2002. At that time, Stoudemire was better than Wilcox in all aspects during the trial, but the Clippers believed in the end. It was Wilcox from North Carolina. This year, Wilcox was the 8th show, Stoudemire was the 9th show, and the 10th show was Caron Butler!
Seeing Stoudemire win the best rookie, the Clippers regretted it in their first year!
So more than a championship lineup has the Clippers missed in these two decades?
Timberwolves : The best chance of 2009 was missed by the Timberwolves!
After Garnett left in 2007,The Timberwolves began to fall into rebuilding. The trade and the poor performance made the Timberwolves finally rewarded in 2009. This year, the Wolves held 5 and 6 high draft picks. As a result, they placed DeRozan_ Span2span and Curry are not selected, but Flynn and Rubio will not be able to land in the NBA until 2011 due to contract disputes!
In the following 10 years, the Timberwolves selected Wesley Johnson with the fourth pick, and missed the No. 5 pick Cousins, Hayward and Paul George !
At that time, Curry was indeed not as famous as Rubio!
If the Timberwolves choose Curry and DeRozan in 2009, Cousins in 10 years, in 11 years and Leonard in in 13 years, and in 13 years, the glory of the Warriors will belong to the Timberwolves. !
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