NBA Busts - Where Are They Now? 

no shit. Oden was a beast, poor kid tore out his knee playing video games ffsakes.

agreed. Injuries derailing careers are very different than guys failing to meet expectations because of work ethic, etc etc etc. Even if you do consider injuries... it's difficult to compare guys like Oden who played very little vs guys like Bowie who played a decade.

Lol

Oden yes was a bust

Smfh analysis of their stats???

Always the good ones to go smh

Sorry thinking of the other giant mr Eaton

Im still stuck on the part where he was "driving" his bicycle

@@kimberlycharles766a man got paralyzed and ur caught up on semantics?

for real. dude was really good actually, just goes to show this youtuber knows nothing about nba of the 90's other than what he's see on youtube.

Total bummer about Bradley's accident. Can't imagine being paralyzed, especially at 7½ feet tall.

Good guy, pretty good player. He did a decent job defending the best centers of all time. Wouldn't call him a bust either.

@@nicksquires5599 I felt really bad when I heard that too.

Yeah and how'd he perform against the Mon-stars?

oden cant be labeled a bust it disrespectful he got injured bad bust still had a decent career

yuh

Don't worry, Oden has more money than any of yall will ever see.

@@murtazaazam1275 Greg Oden is a bust. Live with it.

He lives in my neighborhood I saw him the other day playing with his son at the park playground he’s a good dude and a great father.

yeah

Yaaa lol

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LOL

I thought he was him

well,it seemed like this guy is another so called nba expert that is basing his documentary on nba highlights & google ...... 😂🤣😂🤣-😭😭😭😭😭😭 ......

joe kevin durant smith

Shawn bradley wasn't a bust he was drafted way too high. He played 1 year of college ball and then went on Mormon mission for 2 years. Other than blocking shots his one year was not really that memorable. I don't think he was expected to be an all star- he was a big gamble just because of his size. He should have been a late first round or 2nd round pick and his 12 year career would have been considered fine.

An absolute bust. Big country was one of the worst high draft picks ever. I don’t know why you guys cape for these players 😂

Exactly

@Mastodon1976 Nobody can take that crown away from Bennet

Yep those were good, not great but good

If Joe Smith had been drafted 11th, everyone would say he had a nice career and earned that spot. As a number 1 overall he was a bust though. At number 1, you're expected to be a Hall of Famer, or at least a multiple time all star.

@@danepotmo2513 We have different expectations.

105 total games is not a decent career.

Comments is full of Greg Oden asskissers lololol

@@littylit444 cuz it was shit how his career ended

He was a bust when compared to expectations.

He had a lot of foul trouble when he was playing. So, I wouldn't call that a decent career.

just about to comment about that. my man

Great job bro

Thought I was buggin had to rewind

Thought I was buggin

I was just about to point that out

Did Oden "Ball" while in the NBA? If not, dude was a bust.

Oden was a bust. Not sure what world you’re living in. He didn’t play a full season in his entire career. Never took the team to the playoffs. He was the number one draft pick. His career never panned out. Doesn’t matter what the cause was. He was a bust!

Fact and big country was a good player, Shaq said it him self that every time he played against big country it was a big challenge. So this video clearly didn’t do a good job at finding out the facts 👎👎

@@NorthElevation he was not but your a bum who will never be good at basketball

he had almost no time to pann out because of injury @@NorthElevation

Ouch

Wooooooh that rattled my sphincter

And worst of all, imagine being of those people and this pops up in your recommendation AND you are in the thumbnail

Is that you Anthony Bennet Lmao

Tacko

still a bust

Are you really Tacko Fall?

He was a 1 pick so if he did not play like one then he is a bust even if he got injured and how could you tell he would be a all star

Tacko

ODEN IS NOT BUST GUY IS ULTRA TALENTED BUST PPL ARE OLOWOKANDI PREDICTED NEW OLAJUWON TURN INTO MOST UNSKILLED BIG BODY.

Feel so bad for the clippers they had the worst draft for so many years lol

Morrison dealt with diabetes too. This guy don't know what he is talking about. People who are injured are busts? Smh

Flynn the point guard from Syracuse? Didn't he get injured after a good half a rookie year and then he wasn't quick enough to make it at 5'9?

You didn’t actually listen to what was said in the video, huh

Right, I hear ya.

For real idk why people disrespect European basketball like that he definitely could play in a lower division but not in the main leagues there’s no way he would make it

@@vkingcaesar He could play in some not so relevant leagues, like Island or smth, he couldn't play in the stronger ones, no way.

@@mihailopavlovic2027 kid just stop talk here. U have 5 years never watched Milicic in Hemofarm or his talent. U doesnt know anything bout sport. Darko is 1 of most talented Serbian player ever !! His talent is wasted cause he dont listen coaches dont love authority and not respect anybody. Just look at Boogie Cousins he is best center in NBA last decade. But he has no calm behavior and after injury he became even worse. Just stop talk here. Bust is player who cant play. Not the one whos best talent can play but WONT BEHAVE !!

@@PIP...33 First of all, I am not a kid. Second, you really think Miličić could be a great Euroleague player? As much as I know, Hemofarm was competing in Adriatic league, and never have they played in Euroleague. Their most successful season was 05, WIHTOUT Miličić. Sure, everyone can play in ABA League, that doesn't make them good enough for Euroleague (Which is considered Europe by most of the Americans). Also, man, I know you're also Serbian probably (Since you know of Hemofarm, or you have watched a lot of Miličić highlights which wouldn't make sense at all) so there's no point in writing in English, but man please If you want to speak English, at least speak it right. Also, the video says, right now, at this very moment. He is 36 years old, haven't played a game of pro basketball since 2012, he couldn't play in Europe right now (Maybe in some contries like Latvia or smth), but in Euroleague? No chance. I am nor a kid, nor do I am 5 years old. You have your opinion, I have mine, have a great day.

you just did.

Lol thats literally what I was saying the whole video

Yes you can. If you're a top 3 pick, you're projected to not only play for a long time but to also have multiple all star game selections. A lot of people play for 10 years.

Doesn't matter How many years They played, If They were 2nd Round Picks, They would play a Decade

Do what

@@diamondgamebeats8826 There is a song called "Bolje biti pijan nego star".Translate:"Better be drunk then old." "Star" means "old". So you get the joke now about Milicic: Better be drunk then allstar.

Brate

@@loljunkie9922 that’s. A big racist

@@jayus2033 ?

Unlike hasheem

It was Vancouver that pretty much sums it up

This guy was only 18 when he arrived in States. Serbia wasnt westernized back then, big language barrier amongst all other things. Adapting is hard, especially from somebody that came out of nothing, literally nothing. The dude was extremely talented but he didnt really care much, he did care, but not enough. People around him obviously werent interested enough to show him the right track. If you get a kid like him in the league right now I bet he would have 10 consultants around him all the time to guide him thru the league, times have changed, more money in bball now than before equals more skillful people working around you. Shame he wasnt able to sustain, his career would have been stellar, hall of famer possibly.

Having apple orchards and settling down, living a somewhat peaceful life is one of the best possibilities that could have happened to him.

@@lanelesic honestly man, it sounds like he’s happy now. He has kids and a peaceful life and obviously he saved enough or is making enough from his business that they’re pretty comfortable. I don’t think he ever necessarily wanted to be an nba player, but when he had the opportunity to he knew it would be dumb not to go do it and make a ton of money, especially as someone who grew up poor. I think he’s one of those guys where basketball was just a means to an end. At least he was smart enough to make his money and stick around long enough to do that, and now he’s just chilling and living a normal life. It’s a lot better than a lot of other former pro athletes

@Blac Nerd they could of gotten Dwayne Wade atleast

For a number one pick and the expectations for a top pick he was a bust.

He is a lot like wiggins.. solid role player who went too high in the draft

@@mukhtaarashraf3740 Wiggins is miles ahead of joe smith smith doesn’t have one season that compares to any of Wiggins he literally is one of the best wing defenders in the league right now can give you 18-22 a game and he’s been an all star I’d say he was a great number 1 pick considering the draft he was in Lavine embiid randle and Jokic were the only other significant players in that draft and no one knew at the time what those players could be Wiggins was a clear number one people forget to put into perspective of the draft itself and it leads to a lot of players getting shit talked for no reason

@@mukhtaarashraf3740 you’re drunk, Wiggins way better

Before it was “curry range,” it was “Jimmer range.”

10th overall pick was way too high for Jimmer

Big country is Good But on a Bad Team

All of them are bust. Please stop.

Ahahahhahahhahahagag

@@artandarchitecture6399 Three good seasons, then a huge contract, then he ate himself out of the league.

😂😂😂😂

Isn't he working in UPS or something?

???

#1 Brandon Roy

@@kobeherbo39 #2 Darren Collison

There was none, he just sucked

@@loveofmangos001 If you search up Old Videos, There is, Some Cavs fan called him the Next Charles Barkely

If u cant live up close to ur potential for whatever reason/excuse then ur a bust, him being injured doesnt make him any less a waste of money for the blazers

Centers just aren't worth it unless they're transcendent.

For sure

Serbia is not a third world country.

@@markokrajisnik2282 Ok, well, poor as dirty country, especially in 2004. Average per capita income was lower than Kasakhstan and sri lanka is the point.

@@gamble777888 given they were at war, 5 years prior to that and were recovering, to compare Serbia to Kazakhstan which had not experienced war is insulting. Come to Serbia and you'll see its more than just numbers on a paper ;)

@@markokrajisnik2282 I'm not disagreeing, but we are talking about Darko's experience growing up at that time, and my understanding is that it was quite a struggle. That's the only point I'm making.

@@gamble777888 fair enough

Bucks vs lakers

Nets vs suns/jazz

Nets are too injury prone

Jazz vs bucks

@@BOOCH73 lakers too

Wow. It does take some serious calculations to avoid all the right answers.