Biggest NBA Busts

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Poll question: Biggest NBA Busts

I thought about putting Len Bias on this list and then decided against.

[LisaM]

1. Mateen Cleaves to the Pistons

waste of a good pick. Though it all worked out in the end.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. How high did he go? I didn't think that he would be drafted too high...

[LisaM]

9. I think he went to them in the first round!

If you can believe it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Oh. For a second, I thought you were talking about cheerleaders.

[VTdem]

4. it has to be Bowie

wasnt he drafted before Michael Jordan?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Yup! Check it out! (What a rich draft!)

1984 NBA Draft, First Round

First Round Player College
1. Houston Akeem Olajuwon Houston
2. Portland (from Indiana) Sam Bowie Kentucky
3. Chicago Michael Jordan North Carolina
4. Dallas (from Cleveland) Sam Perkins North Carolina
5. Philadelphia (from LA Clippers) Charles Barkley Auburn
6. Washington (1) Mel Turpin Kentucky
7. San Antonio Alvin Robertson Arkansas
8. LA Clippers (from Golden St.) Lancaster Gordon Louisville
9. Kansas City Otis Thorpe Providence
10. Philadelphia (from Denver) Leon Wood Cal State-Fullerton
11. Atlanta Kevin Willis Michigan State
12. Cleveland (1) Tim McCormick Michigan
13. Phoenix Jay Humphries Colorado
14. LA Clippers (from Seattle) Michael Cage San Diego State
15. Dallas Terence Stansbury Temple
16. Utah John Stockton Gonzaga

[VTdem]

6. A lot of hall of famers in that draft.

[Seabiscuit]

7. Dennis Rodman

[noonwitch]

12. Poor Dennis is insane

He played well for Chuck Daly, but once Chuck retired and Dennis slept with Madonna, he lost his f-ing mind.

[underpants]

8. I hate to say it ....Pistol Pete

I love Pistol Pete too. No one could live up to that hype.

[kcwayne]

10. Roy Tarpley

Could not keep the coke spoon out of his nose. Would have been a hall of famer.

[underpants]

11. Kings fans-funny story about watching the NBA All-Star game ('91)

Sometime in the early 90's. My roommate at the time (Army years) was a long time Sacramento Kings fan. As they introduced the line-ups he would mention how the Kings either drafted all of them or they were on the roster at some point or were part of a 3 or 4 team trade involving the Kings. We were rolling laughing by the first 6 ALL-STARS the Kings had somehow had all of them in front of them but let go.

[Semi_subversive]

13. Don't forget

Our illustrious former Kings management drafted "Slow" Joe Klein ahead of Karl Malone.

[flakey_foont]

14. Len Bias

[frylock]

15. pervis "out of service" ellison