First Round Picks No Longer in the NBA or never came in for the last 6 years 2001 7. Eddie Griffin 9. Rodney White 11. Kedrick Brown 16. Kirk Haston 17. Michael Bradley 21. Joseph Forte 22. Jeryl Sasser 23. Brandan Armstrong 24. Raul Lopez 2002 2. Jay Williams 5. Nickoloz Tskitishvili 6. Dajuan Wagner 16. Jiri Welsch 18. Curtis Borchardt 19. Ryan Humphrey 20. Kareem Rush 21. Qyntel Woods 22. Casey Jacobsen 25. Frank Williams 27. Chris Jefferies 2003 15. Reece Gaines 16. Troy Bell 22. Zoran Planinic 26. Ndudi Ebi 2004 21. Pavel Podkolzine 22. Victor Khryapa 23. Sergey Monya 2005 11. Fran Vazquez 20. Julius Hodge 28. Ian Mahinmi 2006 18. Oleksiy Pecherov 30. Joel Freeland
2001: Jerryl Sasser 2002: Ryan Humphrey/Curtis Bonchardt 2003: Reece Gaines And you thought the rockets drafting was bad. These players were all picked by the Magic......no wonder Tmac wanted to get out of that organization so badly.
It looks like about 1/3 of the first round picks will be no longer in the league within 5 years. If this trend continues expect another 5 or 6 players from the 2003 class to be out of the league after next year.
Freeland is 20yrs old and Portalnd might be bringing hime over for Summer League. Would be a good gamble as a 15th man if the Rockets can get their hands on him.
On a positive note, here are the 26th picks since 2001: 2001 Samuel Dalembert 2002 John Salmons 2003 Ndudi Ebi 2004 Kevin Martin 2005 Jason Maxiell 2006 Jordan Farmar
Oh come on. That's like saying the Rockets are good at drafting talent because they picked Yao. There have been very few times in NBA history that the team with the first overall pick didn't get somebody worth having. It's happened (Kwame Brown, Michael Olowakandi) but it doesn't happen often. The Magic couldn't have gone wrong with either Howard or Emeka Okafor.
Julius Hodge was released? He might be interesting....a big guy with handles.....he played for the Austin Toros in the NBDL...... Might be worth bringing to camp with a new coach. DD
Luke Jackson was scooped up by the Raptors late in the season otherwise you could have added his name to that list.
Yes. He was waived by the Bucks. The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on Julius Hodge, General Manager Larry Harris announced Wednesday. Hodge appeared in five games with the Bucks, logging nine points in 28 total minutes. He was acquired by Milwaukee from Denver on January 11, 2007 along with Earl Boykins in a deal that sent Steve Blake to the Nuggets. The Bucks roster now stands at 14 players. Hodge is a versatile player who needs to improve his shooting range and ability. He should be able to find a job as a backup swingman. http://www.insidehoops.com/hodge-waived-020807.shtml
