7 Times NBA teams drafted a bust or role player right before a star player 

Just wanted to clarify that I wasn't calling the Knicks draft pick a bust, I was just saying I think Dennis is the one that'll end up becoming a star

*The Grizzlies missed out on the great GAY LOVE duo on their starting lineup*

What the grizzlies couldve had: Gay Love What they got: Gay Mayo

I just realised: Portland chose Oden over Durant 23 years after they chose Bowie over MJ. Coincedence? I think not

That Dennis Smith prediction has aged well, hasn't it?

I already know T Wolves on this list before watching

Wolves drafted Rubio and Jonny Flynn over Curry 😂😂

"Gay Love Gasol" "Gay Love" LMAO

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You answered your own questions twice. Portland did not need durant at that time. Portland needed a big. Portland had good guards, a super star with roy, and a power forward with aldridge. What they needed was a big, if that big didn't end up being injury riddled, that's a championship team. That same team with durant is not a championship team. The same thing can be said with MJ. Portland had drexler and needed a big. That same team with MJ does not win rings. The what ifs of portland in that time is losing the coin toss to get hakeem, who portland wanted, and getting screwed over by the soviets by sabonis being kept from them. Portland is not stupid, they're unlucky. That is a big difference.

Frank Ntilikina isn't a terrible player. As a Knicks fan I would have loved if the Knicks drafted Smith but the European players suprise sometimes. Darko was supposed to be a super star being the best player on a championship team, but was a bust. Kristaps (Knicks pick) was supposed to be a 3-5 year project but is now a top 7 power forward.

I fully believe that if Durant listed himself at 7 feet that he would have been the number 1 pick.

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What about 09 Knicks? Hill over DeRozan?

You said you didn’t watch college basketball in 2011, so I’m assuming you didn’t watch in 2007. Greg Oden absolutely dominated Al Horford, Joakim Noah, and Marreese Speights in the championship game. Noah could do absolutely nothing offensively against him and at the same time couldn’t stop him from scoring and staying in foul trouble the whole game. Odens ppg wasn’t as high as Durant’s because he usually didn’t play 4th quarters because they were blowing teams out while the longhorns hardly blew people out. Oden shared buckets with 4 NBA players on his team, while Durant had 3 Damion James wasn’t really a scorer. And Durant had horrible defense in college. I know you don’t have to play defense in the NBA today, but in 2007 defense was important. So 10 years later, I still say oden was an obvious pick.

Thank you dom for not putting me on this list cause I'm a superstar role player who have been ballin lately

Damn dom you a troll. You said smith to be the number 8 pick in a few years, and guess what the Knicks had the 8th pick and passed on him

The thing about Dennis Smith Jr was that he didn't even give the Knicks his medical record so that they WOULD NOT draft him, Smith didn't even want to play for NY

The Trail Blazers suck at drafting. They failed to draft Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant.

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How ironic 2 years later Dennis Smith Jr is now a Knicks 😂

The fact the people still get "to" and "two" mixed up is amazing two me

The way you said “Kosta Koufas” 😂

2 years later we look back and say Knicks passed on Dennis Smith Jr Its two years later and knicks have Dennis Smith Jr

Why everyone just talking about the Knicks not drafting Smith when neither did the Bulls or Magic 😂😂 lets not act like Elfrid Payton or Kris Dunn are some franchise PG's here

i think you mean 7 times the portland trail blazers and timberwolves have drafted jk lol

Kevin Love is one of my favorite players today because he wears his hard hat to work, does all the dirty work no one else likes to do, gets the job done and goes home with no complaints just the love to compete and win babe win, how can you not love someone who show's everyone what the name Love means to the game?

Yo Dom, I've always loved your videos man. But I've always wondered a what if scenario if all these draft busts weren't injured. Is there a possibility that we could've seen a Portland team with: PG - Dame Lillard SG - (healthy) Brandon Roy SF - Nick Batum PF - Lamarcus Aldridge C - (healthy) Greg Oden Bench: PG - CJ Mccollum SG - Rudy Fernandes SF - Travis Outlaw PF - Channing Frye C - Robin Lopez THAT WOULD BE INSANE RIGHT??

The sad thing is that some players likely develop chips on their shoulders due to their draft position and who was drafted ahead of them; and turn that adversity into fire. I mean, if Draymond Green was drafted 1st round, would he have so much to prove?

Timberwolves select derrick williams 2nd overall 2011 over kawhi, jimmy butler, isaiah thomas.

"The worst part: they traded him for Kosta Koufos" XD

klay Thompson stole jimmer powers😱😱😱 they really are the monstars

Oden was a beast in college. He had a better college career than Durant. OSU went to the finals and Oden DOMINATED Florida's front line. A healthy Oden is a Hall of Famer. His body just betrayed him. You were better off choosing Detroit passing over Carmelo or Wade.

still mad hawks picked Marvin Williams (ACC freshman of th year) over Chris Paul (ACC player of th year) ..and they already had Josh Smith at th same position ..the worst

Dom2k you forgot the holy grail of busts in the NBA Draft. 2003 Detroit Pistons 2nd pick- DARKO MILICIC

wanna hear a joke Lavar Ball Beating Michael Jordan

Pistons choosing kennard over mitchell when they both play sg will be one of the worst all time

Always draft for talent, not for need

Yet Anthony Bennett was worse than 59 players in his draft class and not included

Ratchet & Clank music. Respect.

How tragic that the Knicks passed on Denis Smith Jr. If only he went to MSG

i think you should give a chance to Ntilikina. Europeans cant turn to incredible players sometimes. of course there were quite a few busts in the past..

I know this is an old video but it's nice to see someone who actually knows basketball. Take klay in this vid. You recognize that him being on the warriors makes him an even better shooter. His teammates free him up for a whole lot of those open 3s. How he doesn't have the pressure on him at all to carry his team, he doesn't have to be great every single night. There are a lot of bball fans out there who don't see, think about, or even realize this stuff. It's refreshing to see a fan who knows the game, cheers.

kings could've had cousins and lilard. smh

Greg oden thought about being a dentist in college. Lmao I laughed so hard

Let's hear about mchale.

also both morris brothers over kawhi leonard

Everybody passed up on the Great James Jones

Love the videos dom! Thanks for putting out great content

I'm the only one that thinks Ntilikina has potential?

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The knicks cuz they drafted before Dennis Smith Jr

Wait.... I was a kid in 2011 and I'm still a kid and you were a kid in 2011 and now your a adult

Sam Bowie somehow isnt a meme

One thing that makes the Oden decision somewhat less terrible for Portland was that Oden started the season slowly because he had a hand/wrist injury, and then once the tournament came around, he was extremely dominant. He was the best player in the title game, and severely outplayed the Noah/Horford Florida frontcourt who were both lottery bound. To an extent, his college numbers were a bit misleading, and most NBA teams try to pick the guy who will have the highest ceiling. Oden's looked to be sky high, but the Blazers misread the tea leaves.

The Grizzlies would have drafted Harden If the They didn't trade Kevin Love. They would have Mike Conley at the 1 , Rudy Gay at the 3 , Kevin Love at the 4 , Marc Gasol at the 5 and they would be missing a shooting guard.

Love watching your videos Dom! Almost 200k subbers

The Knicks will be on this list soon

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Why would the Grizzles pass up on having Gay Love?

We can discuss Greg Oden to death, but at the time he looked like an amazing prospect. Durant couldn't bench press, and Oden was a big with a freakishly athletic body. Plus he looked the type of 5 that was a dying breed (and is indeed a dead breed today) - the likes that teams would draft in the hopes they developed into a Shaq, but even if he developed into a Dight Howard it wouldn't have been so bad. It wasn't a bad choice, I wouldn't fire my GM over that choice same as I wouldn't fire him for picking Griffin over Curry. I just think the Blazers are cursed - people joke about Philly but between Oden and Roy, the Blazers have had a huge history of drafting busts, except for when they landed Lillard and McCollum (and even then, think about the fact that they passed on Antetokounmpo).

Tatum had 2 busts infront of him Ball n Fultz

I love all the Ratchet and Clank background music. Takes me back to the good ol' days

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I don't think you remember how hyped Greg Oden was at the time, he took his team to a national title game as a freshman in college. He was the obvious #1 pick that year. Oden was one of the greatest prospects ever for a big man and many were calling him the next Bill Russell. Majority of teams would have taken Oden instead of Durant in that draft.

Memphis could have had the Gay-Love forward tandem

2013 mavericks were going to draft giannis but traded down to save cap space for Dwight Howard in free agency

03 Pistons? Darko over Melo, Bosh and Wade ?!??

Jimmer was born 20 minutes from me and trust me. Everyone in the Glens Falls area still loves Jimmer, he’s still a legend in our minds

They didn't draft KD because they knew he was gonna snake them and leave

The thing about oden: it was a different league. It was a big man's league, most teams believed they needed a dominant center to win. Shaqs lakers and heat,duncan with the spurs,they were the main guys. Different mentality

one thing that greg oden has advangate over kevin durant also greg oden wasnt a snake

I’m here a year later and Dennis Smith Jr. is on the New York Knick’s lol.

2 years later Giannis gets MVP Definitely called it Dom

Ntilikina can become the 6'5 Giannis at least give him a chance

2010 NBA draft: 8th pick (Los Angeles Clippers): Al-Farouq Aminu 9th pick (Utah Jazz): Gordon Hayward 10th pick (Indiana Pacers): Paul George

Yay I have liked this

What about 1984 Trail Blazers, they pulled the same move, drafting a injury 7ft instead of a scoring champion(KD and Jordan)

PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY KNICKS

coming back to this video a year and half and dennis smith got traded to knicks

He said gay love

great video dom. very nice

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Why the fuck is James Harden the thumbnail? Whaaat?

That SOB David Kahn screwed up the Wolves, once be left they got some good players in lavine, wiggins and KAT and now Butler. Finally gonna make the playoffs

let me guess before the video starts johnny flynn

I started cracking up when he said conley, gay, love, and gasol😂

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I feel like Oden was the pick to make because he had the potential to be an amazing center. I just feel like, in 2008 and up until recently, you pick a potentially amazing center over the potentially amazing forward.

Gay love

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11:15 haha Gay love

One thing people forget about the Harden-Grizzlies thing. If he was drafted by the Grizzlies he would've remained a great defender (see him guarding Kobe early in his career) instead of giving up on defense by watching his teammates.

As a heat fan I'm so disappointed about the heat drafting Micheal Beasley in 2008 NBA Draft they picked him 2nd ahead of names like Love, Westbrook,Jordan and Lopez if they drafted one of those guys and LeBron still decided to go to Miami oh god they might actually win 8 championship like LeBron said

Dude sounds like RDC world

No one remembers that most draft experts were concerned about KD ever being able to put on weight. He also couldn’t do one rep at the bench press during the combine. There were definitely KD concerns that made Greg Oden seem like the better fit.