Can a Top-10 NBA Draft Bust Be Salvaged? | The Ringer 

Simmons drafting The Dime Drop was definitely not a bust.

I laughed out loud so hard on the 'YOU. SHOULD. TAKE. THEM' zoom on Luka hahahahahahahahahahahna

I really think Markelle is in a position to have a great narrative and comeback. Magic having enough confidence to start him!

You need to do a follow up video on franchises notorious for not being able to develop top picks.

From the Dime Drop to the Ringer, glad this mans abilities are staying up front and available to the public. This guy knows his stuff and is exceptional at explaining it. Please let me know if you ever need an unpaid intern because I'd love to be that (19 year old sports journalism student at Bennington College)

The team you are drafted by plays the biggest role. There's a reason the sun's have had multiple busts while the Spurs keep finding gems. Teams need to help players cultivate there talent and place in the league, as, for most of them, the league is too challenging to do it alone.

This guy Kyle could narrate paint dry and I’d watch it twice.

My man(n)! Back with another work of art.

Fantastic video! Extremely informative and entertaining at the same time!

I was hoping this would be a J Kyle video!! My favorite

Take it from a Hornets fan, Jordan is the worst owner ever

The Beasley clip 9:43 killed me hahahaha Great video!

How do you draft a player without watching them play a game. Kiki should’ve been fired as soon as that report came out

Kyle your videos are top notch! Love the editing and the silky smooth voice doesn't hurt. 10/10

Man that was great! Keep them coming!

Awesome content as always. Hopefully a couple of these guys turn it around

Loved this. Thanks guys

People expect rookies to light up the stat sheet in their first years. These are literal teenagers competing in the best basketball league in the world.

Man I love the dime drop, great move

Wiggins goin Stoopid and fultz doin his thing rn

Something to add on Jahlil Okafor, he just found out last season that he is allergic to certain meats. I’m sure changing his diet has had an impact on his upward trajectory (in addition to being further away from the trash heap that is 76ers development).

“Holy shit. I might not even be a roll player.” 🤣😂😬😂😂😂😂😂😂😬😬😂 I had to subscribe on that one.

This is the type of content i need

"Kwaaahhhhhhmmmayyyyyy Brrraaaoooouunnnnn"

This is my goal. Fantastic work as always.

These videos by Kyle are golden. Keep em comin!

I love the RDR2 reference 😂 so random

8:34 How's the weather on the island?

that RDR2 quote got me watching. nice vid boah.

Love these vids

Can't believe I'm just finding out about this guy. Hooked on his vids now haha

And He’s back!!!!!

If you stick around as an above average role player, I don’t think it’s fair to call them a total bust. Also if a player dealt with injuries, I don’t think it’s fair either.

That beat cold tho

Damn that’s Markel Fultz on the cover 🤣😂

More Mann + O’Conner content please

This season we can definitely answer this by: Julius Randle.

I think drafting and the big boards out there influence that. The concept of scouting players ranked in the area of your pick, and if your guys gone or your needs are different than what's available, teams opt for the "best guy available". Generally the best guy available is the guy who is the consensus (for example) 8th overall pick. You take him, you might have done your homework and think he's gunna be fine, but the problem I'm trying to depict is the unwillingness to go farther down to get the best guy and maybe even the best fit. You want to take the best value for your pick. The smart teams take players they want, not based on the picks "value" but based on who they value. Those teams also capitalize on scenarios where they know who they want, and they have an idea where hell go, and they seek out that opportunity. Teams like Boston in the Fultz draft, or San Antonio in the Kawhi draft. Both those times they did their research, took players who fit their system, their mould, and showed them what they needed. Its obviously not all this, and there's a bunch more to it, but I do believe this is a bit of a factor.

Lmao, Sixers have busted Fultz, Noel and Okafor

video: exists luka doncic: noice

So Dime Drop is now in collab with the Ringer? Did I just die and go to heaven?

That was great!

frank ntilikina just another andre roberson who will be really valuable and highly praised when he's placed on a team like Clippers where they're loaded up on defense and offense, or Warriors the past 5 years

so far the raptors picked up some "busts" guys like hollis jefferson and it seems that opportunity and a detailed gameplan from the coach might be more important then trying to make a poster everytime you touch the ball

In all my years of watching the NBA never have I seen a top-10 pick become mediocre then recover to become elite. There are elite players regressing, elite being elite or mediocre players improving. Once you're a bust the best you can be is a role player.

Basketball is really hard to scout. EXTREMELY hard to scout. So many things can go wrong.

Dlo would have been a good example for the reclaiming a player and it actaully working

Thanks, Kevin O’kina

Can we get a video on Andrew Wiggins performance so far?

Josh Jackson averaging 13 as positive defender but a offensive minus on 50/33 splits

10:01 lol, grinding that youtube money

Frank’s shot being so slow to develop really surprises me. There are only a few clips in this video, and I’m not regularly watching him or anything, but the forms appears solid

Josh Jackson changing the story in Detroit this year

Chauncey Billups ended up being truly exceptional. I think Boston jumped the gun when they traded him.

Mudiay is playing well for the jazz.

Please make more videos!!

2:30 😂😂😂 💀💀💀

Tip: prior to going fully in depth maybe explain the +\- Rating for fans that aren’t too familiar with basketball and not trying to go read about it l.

Shouldn't the average box plus/minus across the league be 0? Why are the two categories both negative at the 2:15 mark?

Shoutout to Desagana Diop!!!

How does age effect this expectations?

Kinda weird hearing about Fultz in this video, when I believe he's actually taken massive strides into breaking his "bust" mold

Well now you have to do mid to late 1st rounders who exceeded their draft pick and definitely have to do 2nd round diamonds in the rough players.

A lot of times ain't the playing, scouting is sometimes shit.

When ben mclemorer was on the kings and was jumping through the roof, i really thought he had a future. Same with Jackson, i figured he'd be a solid athletic 4, think jerami grant.

Pau Gasol was All-NBA second team twice

I don't know if Andrew Wiggins was quite considered a full-on bust in Minnesota per se, but if so, he's pulled off the salvage

I do agree

At the end of the day he’s still a great finisher and point guard. Just has a weak outside shot currently that, if fixed, could become devastating

The Ringer is 10/10

Its the re-draft or second draft

Tiger’s don’t change their stripes. They just change jungles.

I think it would be cool to talk about these same guys now

The past tapes don't lie. I have no idea why they don't watch the tapes! :) Then after watching the tapes, a owner just need to know their attitude

top 10 pick is an overrate label. Some drafts only have obvious top 1~3 stars and everyone after that are taking projects, messing up on prospects based on scouting reports or finessing the trade markets to move up/down to get their guy AND value. Then you have guys sitting on the 10~15 who aren't oozing in potential but are NBA ready starters or even stat busters in shitty teams. You can't blame the talent for who they really are but the franchises sometimes dodge the bullet for putting the guys they want on a pedestal purely on potential/bad scouting. I can go way back when Rick Pitino picking perosnnel for the Celtics and had Antoine Walker and decided to pick a young Chauncey Billups seeing both to be his 'version' of Stockton and Malone. You also had that doofus David Kahn pick talent for Glen Taylor's T-wolves and the best team he assembled after five years was Kevin Love, Rubio and a buncha scrubs.

hey i agree

Suns messed up by passing on Luka and Trae but especially Luka. Ayton is a solid center and has all star potential but both Luka and Trae have MVP potential and multiple all star/all nba considerations.

5:07 wait wuhht??

The Kangs drafted Bagley who is clearly a rotation player before Luka and Tray Young lmao!

No mention of D'Angelo Russell?

The baffling Kings took Bagley over Luka.

KoC Frankie Smokes take is lukewarm.

Chandler for me is synonymous with recovering from that bust label.

Not listening to Veterans is the worst thing you could do. It could be the worst veteran ever, he learned from his mistakes and doesn't want you to make the same.

I was gonna say JJ Redick, but he was picked 11th. His first few years were pretty damn bad, he didn't even start a game until his 3rd year and it was only a handful of them. Redick was a guy who played a lot of college ball so he was not a kid, he was expected to come in and contribute and he did not. He eventually evolved into a 15-18ppg scorer for almost 10 years and is one of the better shooters in NBA history.

This guy is good.

Markell Fultz definitely hurt himself while in Summer league. Allegedly he got in a motorcycle accident

I was expecting a lot of Wiggins in this video. Seems like if it's possible for anyone to be a successful reclamation project, it's him with Ryan Saunders and Rosas.

Who is at 6:22?

A few months later marquese is looking really good.

I'm hopeful about marquese chriss

then they start drafting highschool players again

Honestly KOC is right. Thats the kinda guy that signs a 2nd unite Mid level exception on a team primed for a championship run. Unfortunately for KOC that will not be the Knicks

Someone’s probably mentioned, but LeBron isn’t on your All-NBA list at 2:22.

when u see the pink line on the graph. rip d rose

2:22 I Think you've left out a GOAT

02:16 Left out Elton Brand

Here after Wiggins trade

Yes and no, if you have a good coach and general manager, and a top pick who is looking to work, not party or mental ussue

KOC!