Alvin Scott, 7th round #136 Mike Dunleavy, 6th Round #99 Harvey Catchings, 9th Round #138 Artis Gilmore, 7th Round #117 Dan Issel, 8th Round #122 Randy Smith, 14th Round #205
The Worst Rookie Of The Year In The Past 25 Year Since Michael Jordan won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award in the 1984-85 season, the player who received the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy has gone on to great success. Patrick Ewing (1985-86), David Robinson (1989-90) and Shaquille O’Neal (1992-93) are all in the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players, Tim Duncan (1997-98) has won four rings and LeBron James (2003-04) is well, LeBron James. But when you look at the complete list, there’s one name that just doesn’t belong: Mike Miller. While Miller (the Rookie of the Year in 2000-01) has had a solid NBA career, he’s nowhere near lived up to his peers. From Chris Paul (2005-06) to Brandon Roy (2006-07) to Kevin Durant (2007-08) to even Derrick Rose (2008-09), each of these guys have legitimate star power and will be holding down NBA All-Star games for the rest of their career. Miller has never made one. In my eyes, the only two players that could really battle Miller for this honor would have to be Chuck Person (1986-87) and Emeka Okafor (2004-05). While you may have forgotten, the Rifleman was a legit NBA pro for many years. And while some people’s first thoughts were that Okafor should be given this title, through battling injuries, the guy has averaged a double-double for his entire five-season career. Some other guys who did that: Shaq, TD and Dwight Howard to name a few. Not bad company if you ask me. Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to have Miller on my squad any day, and this post is by no means trying to knock him down. If the Wizards are going to win the championship, they’re going to need him to play a large part in it. But amongst a group that includes Allen Iverson (1996-97), Vince Carter (1998-99) and Amare Stoudemire (2002-03), he just doesn’t belong.
Big Ben 1 ring 4 x DOP 4 x all star 3 x NBA 2nd team 2 x NBA 3rd team 5 x Defensive first team 1 x defensive second team compare to manu 3 ring 1 x all star 1 x 6th man 1 x NBA 3rd team
Ben Wallace may be it, but I'll throw in an obvious answer who hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think) : Dennis Rodman.
to be fair, the 2000 draft class is said to be one of the worst draft class ever.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NBA_Draft Only Kenyon Martin and Jamaal Magloire were the all stars for that batch, and they are not exactly quality players even the top five picks were, Kenyon Martin, Stromile Swift, Darius Miles, Marcus Fizer and Mike Miller
The OP also explicitly said "lowest pick." Undrafted players don't count because they were not picks. That rules out Ben Wallace.
Bill Lambier, 3rd round #65 in 1979 Mark Eaton, 5th round #107 in 1979 Mark Eaton (again), #97 in 1982 Spud Webb, 5th round #87 in 1985 For Rockets fans: Mario Elie, 7th round #160 in 1985
Come on Tree-mac. You are the OP, you should have worded the post correctly. Fame has nothing to do with accompishments, it is simply who is given the most props by the media and fans. I would say the Big Ben is more famous than Manu because..... Ben Wallace has graced the front cover of an NBA video game. Being the cover boy for the 2K or Live (now called elite) series is only deserved by the most famous players from the previous season.
