Summary
Few things seem to be as certain as the abilities of the latest crop of professional basketball players on draft night. But trips to the green room and golden ticket contracts just as easily can lead to red faces and end-of-the-bench blues, and those feelings are only amplified by the NBA Draft's lottery phase.
Although the lottery was instituted in 1985, this list of best and worst picks at each draft slot only goes back to 1995 - when the NBA added franchises in Toronto and Vancouver and the lottery stretched to the 13th pick (it is now at 14 with the addition of Charlotte Version 2.0).See the full content of this document
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A Selective Service
The criteria for best picks is pretty simple. As for the worst picks, lack of production without any cause trumps other problems, such as injuries or illness (this absolves a player like Shawn Respert, the No. 8 pick in 1995 whose career was derailed by stomach cancer). Of course, a team selecting a player with pre-existing problems (ahem, Eddie Griffin) is not off the hook.
No. 1 pick overallBest: Tim Duncan, San Antonio (1997). While the Witnesses might disagree, it is impossible to quibble with his accomplishments. Duncan has averaged a double-double every season an...See the full content of this document
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