Thought people might be interested in this. Last 20 #14 draft picks. 1980 Wes Matthews. 1981 Herb Williams 1982 Lester Conner 1983 Clyde Drexler 1984 Michael Cage 1985 Alfredrick Hughs 1986 Walter Berry 1987 Tellis Frank 1988 Dan Majerle 1989 Tim Hardaway 1990 Travis Mays (Go Longhorns!) 1991 Rich King 1992 Malik Sealy 1993 Scott Haskin 1994 Yinka Dare 1995 Eric Williams 1996 Peja Stojakvic 1997 Maurice Taylor 1998 Michael Dickerson 1999 William Avery 2000 Mateen Cleaves 2001 Troy Muphy 2002 Fred Jones 2003 Luke Rinour 2004 Kris Humphries 2005 Rashad McAnts 2006 Ronnie Brewer 2007 Al Thorton 2008 Anthony Randolph 2009 Earl Clark
I wasn't sure what criteria to use. The impact players are obvious, and the majority of the list at least played in the league. It might have been easier to mark busts, but I wasn't sure of some of the early picks. In the end, I decided to just post the list as is and trust that someone more knowledgeable than I might expand on it.
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=186635&page=10&pp=20 thread http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=5309923&postcount=184 post Haha but it's all good.
So basically, of the 30 picks 1 superstar(Clyde) 3.3% 4 all-star caliber(Clyde, Majerle, Hardaway, Peja) 13% Not bad odds. Although it's pretty clear no one's going help us much next year. Unfortunately, at 14 you're not going to get an impact player in his rookie season. Even if you hit the jackpot and get the next Clyde. Not to mention the learning curve will be higher for a big man.
