What Happened To The 2002 NBA Draft? (Top 10) 

I appreciate how respectful you are of every player in these videos. Virtually every other RU-vidr is rude to the “busts” and role players. Like you insinuated with Nikoloz Tskitishvili, being drafted into a different situation could have made a world of difference.

a lot of people dont want to recognize the greatness of yao ming and like to talk about his height only, most of those people wouldn't know shawn bradley from the same era and was even taller than yao. and dont forgot, yao ming shoots the foul shot for houston, he was an incredible shooter. if he plays in the modern era he would be shooting the three and dont suffer injuries as much due to the softer less physical game. he had to go back to china to play for the national team for the olympics, asian games and other international competitions also, so this 100% added to his injuries.

Wow, such nice words of Yao by T-Mac, so wholesome

Bro you deserve so many more subscribers seriously! Your content is up there with those other creators, plus you go in depth! Seriously never knew how dominant Yao was in China until you mentioned his stats, keep up the great work brother! 🙏🏻

Drew Gooden got passed like a blunt😂

Great video! Yao’s daughter goes to my son’s school. He is super nice but just doesn’t sign autographs anymore. Much love from China

Hands down the Best swift breakdown of the long greatest anime of all time. Well done

it’s crazy how this is considered one of the weaker drafts in history and it still produced almost 5 times as many all-star selections (14) in the top 10 as the 2000 draft (3) had in total

Man I'm a diehard Celtic fan first and foremost, but my little brother had a weird obsession with Yao, so I followed his career a little closer than the average non-houston or non-Chinese fan and in my opinion, him and TMac always being injured at different times and never getting really a full healthy season in the league together remains an under-discussed what if. Injuries truly are a bitch and a half. I wish we could've seen a fully healthy Yao and TMac in their prime just as a pure basketball fan. Houston might've had an extra banner or two in their stadium if the injury bug didn't exist.

Nice content man! Thanks.

you mad underated on some rs keep it up 💯

Honestly, one of my favorite players of all time is NeNe Hilario, I'm glad somebody finally talked about him... such an underrated player with physical offense and his rough, hard-working interior defense... It's also crazy that he beat Cancer and continued to play far after that! Such a under-rated player

My birth year draft class!! Underrated

I love this series man keep up the great work

YAO was underrated .. for me personally .. i think YAO was one of the most dominant players to ever play the game .. hes difficult to stop, he cant shoot, he can pass, hes suprisingly agile for his size, and his IQ is also impressive .. i didnt mention his bread & butter, low post !! thats a no brainer ..

Yao Ming, 1st NBA player that becoming meme ambassador on social media 😁😁😁

So yao joined the nba in 2002, retired in 2011 then got inducted to the hall of fame in 2015. Crazy to think yao said he could've played until 36 instead of being in the hof if he didn't get injured.

Back then it was a vote system because he had the backing of a country in and outside of the NBA the people vote was a breeze

Mike Dunleavy was on the Bucks for 2 years between his stints in Indy and Chicago.

I knew the story of Jay Williams being in an accident but I never heard about the self-harm or depression part of it before. That's really sad to here, happy to hear he got through it. It's not a good place to be in, as someone who's been there before unfortunately. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.

I had never seen drew Gooden have hair

If you haven’t already could you do the 1996 and 1998 drafts? Some of my favorite players like Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, and Rashard Lewis are in these drafts, thanks!

T Mac and Yao could've been a taller Kobe and Shaq duo. Injuries suck

Biased rockets fan but Yao Ming was some of the most exciting bball days I’ve ever seen. I miss him and tmac

Didn't realize Yao was only drafted a year earlier than lebron

Lakers messed up trading butler.. butler was such an underrated baller

In 2007-2008, the Houston Rockets won 22 straight games.

Nice with the older ones. Every other youtuber does 2018 etc like we all dont know where those player are

Tmac and yao were never even a duo, they only played like 10 games together over the course of a few seasons, when one would be on the court, the other would be out, until they both went out

Nene is highly underrated within his years between his years from the Nuggets , And Wizards . His best chance to win the championship was the 2017-18 Season. Which is infamous for Cp3 injured in Game 6

Jay Will story is so wild til this day

Calling him ming instead of Yao sounds really funny to me

Yao Ming was so nice 🔥 🔥

If Yao played that game against the lakers they could have won that series. Scola got hot at the right time too. I really wanted them to go to the finals that year.

yao ming is my favorite player because he inspired so many chinese kids and teens that they could make it like me. :)

After the video u should do a re draft

Tskitishvili was just too early in every sense. He grew 6 inches from declaring the draft to draft night. He should have played 2 more years in Europe. Came over the class after Melo, maybe not be a top 5 pick. His style was perfect for todays game that favors the outside shot. Just played in the wrong time. Not everyone pans out though.

Where would Yao sit all time amongst big men? Kareem Shaq Duncan Jokic Greek Freak Wilt Bill Hakeem KD Dirk ------------- Barkley KG Dwight Malone Robinson A.D. Ewing Walton Embiid

Nene was good though for Washington and for my rockets

Drew Goodwin getting pass around like a female

"One of the best careers out of all of them...drafted by the knicks" Me: wait what? That doesnt sound very knicklike "He was immediately traded away to denver" Ahhh there it is

Yao is a huge 'what if' but I still couldn't give much credit to his all star selections. No doubt he deserved some, he still wasn't worthy of them all. 2010/2011 is the best example of that. He literally only played 5 games this whole season and not only was he voted a all star, he was voted a starter. His rookie season is another example. He indeed had a solid rookie season but to the point of being voted a All Star starter over Shaq who had just won 3 straight rings and finals MVP still averaging about twice Yao's numbers? Hell nah! Those selections were flued by the massive support he got from Chinese fans who would vote him anytime no matter what and since All Stars were voted by fans only back then it turned him into a all star starter lock every year even when he wasn't deserving of it.

Should’ve mentioned how Caron butler chewing straws during games made the nba make it a rule that players couldnt cheer straws anymore during games. Just a fun fact lol

Damn dunleavy already looked like a vet as a rookie..

Yao Ming still injured.

Most of my time thinking faried was nene XD But no kidding Nene was a good role player for his time , shame he wasnt a star or nor having a ring.

It used to be a lot of ppl who didn’t belong in the league back then like Ira Newble….. WHO??? 😂😂

That all rokie team😂

Shaq dip in the playoffs against Yao was not that bad 😂😂wtf would you try to make it seem as if it was?? He averaged the same amount of rebounds 5 less points than his season average and he averaged more blocks

ming lol

What about STOUDEMIRE!!!!!!

yao ming is the goat

Utah jazz da best

Nene was a dog.

according to tim donaghy, the rockets were cheated against the mavs in the playoff. they took yao out of the games with bogus calls

Are you crazy I watched them games… Shaq destroyed him

You gotta admit the overall quality of 2002 nba draft was quite bad, even including Yao Ming, who only played 7 seasons and made less than 10000 points in his all career (quite high by season), that is the only superstar level player in that year, and there is no need to talk about others get drafted in 2002