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The Biggest Draft Busts Of All-time

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  1. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    That would be Bruce Matthews, SI.
     
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    Correct, i said my personal expectations. I didn’t think he had starting qb ability and he proved me wrong, so to me he overachieved
     
  3. marks0223

    marks0223 2017 and 2022 World Series Champions
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    He had a decent career but I'll go with Sam Bowie, considering who was drafted immediately after him.
     
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  4. The Captain

    The Captain ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    WNBA Players aren't really known for big busts but they are drafted.







    Some are also very tall @jiggyfly
     
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    I'm more of a volleyball type than a basketball type but I always had a huge crush on TT.

     
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    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

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    Glad to see I wasn't the only person looking up pics of Liz Cambage yesterday.
     
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    If they actually make that on tap, any bar serving it has to be as good as it gets for people-watching.
     
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    Bennitt is a close 2nd to LaRue Martin a 7 ft C from Loyola of Chicago, who was the #1 overall pick in 1972 by the Blazer.

    2 yrs later, the Bllazers made Bill Walton, a 6' 11" C from UCLA, as the #1 overall pick
     
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    Akili Smith has to be up there
     
  11. Buck Turgidson

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    You have to take into account who was drafted after them.

    Oden-Durant
    Bowie-Jordan
    Mandarich-Barry Sanders
    Nevin-Jeter

    There's a million of these decisions. Some good...some bad.

    Horry-Minor
     
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    NFL:
    Josh Rosen
    Matt Leinart
    Justin Blackmon
    Trent Richardson
    Kevin White
    Jake Locker

    Texans:
    Kevin Johnson
     
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    Blair Thomas, #2, NYJ....

    Cortez Kennedy and Junior Seau went in the next 3 picks. Before Andre Ware (oops again), Richmond Webb went 9th

    Emmitt Smith went 17th that draft.
     
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    Sort of my bar too. Anyone who doesn't play at a high level when drafted before a HOF player is a bust.

    Example, 1984 NBA draft:
    • Hakeem
    • Bowie
    • Jordan
    • Perkins
    • Barkley
    • Turpin
    • Robertson
    • Gordon
    • Thorpe
    • Wood
    • Willis
    • McCormick
    • Humphries
    • Cage
    • Stansbury
    • Stockton
    Bold are HOF. Italicized had some All-Star level consistency through several seasons. The rest are busts, comparatively.
     
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    Three FRP for Eddie Griffin
     
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    Royce White #BeWell
     
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    Mark Appel
    Brady Aiken
     
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    StupidMoniker I lost a bet
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    Len Bias, #2 overall pick. Died before ever playing a game from cocaine.
     

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