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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 2430419, member: 1559"] You are being way too harsh. I would say that the list has performed pretty well as there were very few true busts (Ebi and Swift, as Diop still played 12 years in the NBA) listed. Plus, many NBA picks have been busts and they come from college and are foreigners as well. First, Louis Williams, who was the 45th pick in 2005, is playing his 13th season in the NBA and has averaged 12.9 ppg for his career and he is averaging 17.1 ppg this season! He is not performing below expectations. Did Dorell Wright who was picked 19th, but played 11 years in the NBA and averaged 8.4 ppg perform below expectations? From 1998 to 2008, here is how the 19th overall pick performed on average: 8 years, 8.8 ppg. I would say Wright performed in line with expectations. Gerald Green was an 18th pick and played 10 seasons and averaged 9.6 points per game, so I would say he met expectations as well. Andrew Bynum was the 10th pick. He played 8 seasons and averaged 11.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, played on 2 NBA championship teams, and he was an All-NBA pick in 2012. Unfortunately, injuries limited him, but I don't think he underperformed. Tyson Chandler may have somewhat underperformed, but he is still playing in the NBA, his 17th season! If we redrafted the 2001 draft, he would still be about the 10th pick. By the way, here is the median stats of the #2 pick from 1998 to 2008: 10 years, 12.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.3 apg. vs Chandler at 17 years, 8.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg, and 0.8 apg. I think he has performed in line with past #2 picks although some may argue that there have been few excellent #2s in that time period except Kevin Durant. And, anybody who is picked in the 2nd round is a flier. From 1998 to 2008, only 27% of draft picks played more than 5 years in the NBA [/QUOTE]

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