What Happened to Every #1 Recruit Since 2000?! 

You should do the lowest ranked recruit of each class to make it to the NBA. Love you videos man, keep it up.

4:35 that was such a great time for hoops in Indianapolis. Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Eric Gordon, George Hill, Josh McRoberts, Jeff Teague. All growing up in the Indy area at the same time and all went on to the nba.

Dajuan Wagner's father Milt was a top HS player in 1981 and actually ranked ahead of Michael Jordan at one point.

Love this video and your channel 🏀 I’m always looking up stuff like this, and I watched it the whole way through!

Greg was injured even during college when he had surgery on his wrist and it was pretty much down hill from that point, unfortunately the average big man during that era when I remember big men coming into the NBA, like Oden, Emka Okafor who suffered from back spasms even big man Hakeem Warrick who played for the Syracuse thier games didn't transition the same in the NBA.

He missed that Dwight Howard is also a Nba champion. Give that man his full respect, he deserves it. 3:16

Great channel. Keep up the good work. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

We need to stop this Andrew Wiggins slander dude had a 20 ppg average before he went to the warriors i'm shocked the warriors didn't draft lamelo

If Greg Oden hadn't been injured he could've possibly been the next Shaq till this day

Cool video! Very well researched. I just subscribed.

Thanks, lots of fun to view.

Great video. Got my sub. Much love from China

Dajaun Wagner was also one of John Calipari first one and done project.

So goated as always

How about a video where you look back at what scouts were saying about underdog stars like Ben Wallace and Fred VanVleet

Great video

What's the name of the song in the background??? Thanks and video was dope!

great video!

2017 was marvin bagley? i thought it was michael porter jr

Harrison Barnes is a luck luster for me, he's really great in college and he got all the tools, I expected that he become a Paul Pierce type of talent.. For Jahlil I think he's really talented but on the wrong era

good content

As a Warriors fan, he's exactly who I wanted us to have. It was just bad timing. The season where he could have gotten minutes and developed, he got hurt too. (shrugs) Before the injuries, he had some dang good looking games. Missing his first 1 1/2 seasons is what ruined him. I don't regret us not taking Ball. Ball doesn't become Ball on the Warriors, either. Where does he get the minutes to develop? Rookies rarely come into the league ready-made. You need to get playtime. I still insist if any team but the Pistons took Darko, he might have become something. He played a couple minutes of garbage time a game. You can't get better doing that.

I saw Greg Oden in a Verizon in like 2010. My mom saw him and said dang you’re tall 😂

Harrison Barnes hs team had doug mcdermott as well, they won 53 straight and won 2 state titles in iowa

Bro you cracked the code! Like half these dudes are on the Pistons now! That cannot be a coincidence they gotta be doing that on purpose for whatever reason.

Jahlil Okafor should be doing Ah twins tower thing wit Embiid right now

Barnes. The guy who can do 10 jab step, crossover, hesitation plus spin and a fadeaway. And he still be shooting a very contested shot.

Source of the rankings would be great. I remember Tyson Chandler and Carmelo being the #1 in the two years prior to Lebron. Also remember OJ Mayo instead of Gordon

Wiggins definitely lived up to the hype in Minnesota. He was a star. The wolves are just the worst team and didn’t help him be the best he could’ve been n now he’s going crazy for the warriors

It's absolutely INSANE that LeBron was the most hyped prospect EVER and STILL exceeded expectations by a looong shot. As is still a top 10 player (debatable but i think so) 20 years later when other people drafted years after are out of the league

Is it just me or he gives me that Mike Korzemba vibe? Anyways good job..

EG was fun to watch at IU. It felt like he only took NBA 3s

Cool idea! Alternate title: No brainers vs brain farts...Brandon Jennings is a curious case because he was spectacular at times in his rookie season and seemed to get worse as the season progressed...36% shooting after the break. Yikes!

Idk about the Lamelo take tho. I dont doubt that he’s a great player and he makes any team he’s on better, and I doubt even less that Wiseman is a bust at the moment, but the warriors didn’t need another passer/ball handler/point scorer, they needed someone to lock down the paint. Overall tho, great vid!

Ben simmons was actually a great player, and lived up to the hype for a couple seasons. Then that whole not playing thing happend, and that's all people know him for now

They did it again boys 👀

I thought that '03-'04 Cavs roster that has Dajuan Wagner, LBJ, D-Miles, Ricky Davis, Z, and Carlos Boozer would make the playoffs and be as exciting as that '00-'01 LA Clippers.

Not sure about Lamelo and the Warriors. If ever they knew Wiseman’s future and took Lamelo instead, I think the Warriors would have tried to flip him for somebody they need more rather than somehow try to fit him in their backcourt.

Are you from Minnesota? I see a Minnesota Timberwolves picture in your background.

James Wiseman is a much better fit for the Warriors as they have plenty of guards already. Wiseman situation is also unfortunate as the team drafted him was already a championship caliber team that needs to win now with an unfavorable system for him. His performance in the G-league has been amazing tho

the first one was insane 😭

I have a quick question. Can a prospect not enter the draft and just sign with team on his own? Like lets say a really good player from Duke. He played 2 years but he dont want to enter the draft because the top 10 draft teams are crap and he wants to play for a contender right away. Can he just quit school and sign? Can it work that way?

This was good.

Pretty sure it was John Wall number 1 class of 09 and class of 07 it was OJ on some sites, D Rose on others Eric Gordon was always ranked behind those 2

So only 5% of them actually lived up to the hype. This was a VERY interesting video 🤔

They need to allow nba teams to draft players out of high school again.. they allow it for young Euroleague players.

Gerold dunked his finger off !!!

If okafor was drafted in the 80’s or 90’s he would be an all time great

What rankings are you using? OJ And DRose were higher than EG. Michael Gilchrist?Kyle Anderson/Austin Rivers? Lance Stephenson/Xavier Henry? Brandon Knight? I remember all those guys being top 2 in their class the majority of their hs career. Few others also

Great video but wasn't Harry Giles number 1 ahead of Josh Jackson?

Yo the first story about Eddie Griffin is wild! 🤣 🤣 🤣

It’s crazy how you can work your wholeeee life to get to the nba training and preventing injuries or recovering just to make it to the nba and get injured and never playing again

I’ll never forget growing up I asked my dad if he thought Brandon Jennings would stay with the bucks, he said no because no good players wanted to stay in a small market. Then we were given the Greek God

Late 1st round and early 2nd seem like a great gamble on a highly ranked dummy

Ya'll remember Robert Swift?!?!? He was like top 25 in the country when I was a senior in H.S. and was drafted outta H.S. Last I heard he plays overseas like most end up doing.

Manu Ginnobli was picked up by Spurs at # 56 in the draft. What a steal by the Spurs.!!

Who’s rankings did you use for the 2001-2002 classes? 2001 was Eddy Curry/Tyson Chandler depending on recruiting service and 2002 Amare was #1 player in country

A ton of 5 star recruits never fulfill their potential nor make it to the NBA. Then you have a bunch of people think that Bronny is going to be star in the league because his father is LeBron. He'll likely get into the league because some team will do LeBron a solid but the reality is that Bronny does not have it to become a star in the NBA. And he's a 4 star recruit, which is a bit absurd for somebody averaging 12 PPG.

W Vid idea

Dwight also a NBA Champ too 👀

RJ Barrett signed a $100 million contract with the Knicks, so that's a success story right there.

what song is playing 5:45

Ok but you can’t say this dude lost a finger dunking and not expanding on it cause my imagination just going wild 🤣🤣

Shout out to the Pistons for eventually signing basically all of these busts lmao

My mom actually met Dejuan in hs no cap plus she went to the 100 point game.

It would be good to know what they are up to now

everytime i hear greg oden i think of portland being so unlucky. brandon roy ending career with injury also

Eric Gordon was not number one in 2007, it was between OJ Mayo and Derrick Rose.

Its worth mentioning that Noel suffered a devastating and gruesome knee injury his freshman year...

Wiseman is playing good for Detroit now

Greg Oden, Gordon, and several other players are from indianapolis.

Bagley might revive him self his doing good in the pistons this season

I feel so bad for Greg Oden smh

Eddie Griffen didn't crash into a train, he sat his car on the train tracks after begging the lady not to report the accident...she did and he sat his car on the tracks and drank until the train hit him

My guy it wasn’t AD it was Kylie 😂

I recommend that if you plan on doing entire eras or decades maybe just stick to one decade at a time and go more in-depth. This video felt rushed as you had to pack so many players into the short time you gave it. 10 min per era/decade would have allowed you to give each player their due respect. i.e. you didn’t mention Dwight Howard’s accolades, his finals appearances, or his eventual championship. Even if as a role man. It gives you more material to work with and better research would get you more views. Good luck.

Correction, Sim Bhullar is Canadian. He was born in Toronto.

That Lebron Jame kid had so much potential

hmmm didnt know there were 2 Griffin's and both #1 pick

Is no one going to talk about the fact he was drunk driving while watching p### that’s wild

Josh Jackson is definitely finding his way.

You left out how Nerlens Noel suffered a severe injury in his freshman year.

Greg Oden😢😢😢

Could have put basketball in the title lol

Jalil Okafor was just picked up by the 76ers

w video

Marvin bagly is raw asf

The video left out Jabari Parker. He was skilled offensively but didn't have a consistent outside shot. Also he's undersized and couldn't play defense.

Feel bad for Wagner. Another what if case. Especially for someone who averaged 20 ppg as a rookie, even if for only 11 games

I’ve never heard someone say “Montverd” when saying “Mont-Verde”

if the warriors did take lamelo ball jordan poole wouldn’t of develop that well with ball and lamelo would want out of golden state to have his own team and wiseman just needs more time and he’s been playing great of late he just needs more mins

Wiggins has had multiple 20ppg seasons..

I've heard of all these guys except one, who is this lahbrawn james fellow?

Rip Eddie

Did Gerald green really lose his finger in a dunking accident? I always wondered how he lost his finger

Cade Cunningham gives me trevor Lawrence vibes.

AD is another "What if they'd stay healthy" player. Fantastic when healthy which isn't long. And of course he won a ring in the bubble after a nice long break. He can't maintain his dominance an entire season.

I always find it incredible how so many basketball and football player's careers are destroyed by their own massive egos. Why doesn't this happen in Hockey and Baseball... curious...

Also Lenny Cook had agents?

Wiggins definitely lived up to the hype in Twolves, they’re just one of the worst franchises in the past decade and do the part in helping him become the best he could be