OT: Scouting Hits and Misses

[Huskyforlife]

Tell us some guys you pushed all your chips in on as prospects that became studs, or duds.

I’ll start off with a miss to break the ice. I didn’t think Luka was athletic enough, or shot well enough, to be a primary scorer. Completely out on him by the draft. That’s probably my worst miss.

 

[McLovin]

Did the Mavs fire you for it?

 

[david]

I have some of the worst NBA draft takes of all time. I thought Oden over KD was the right choice, and when Anthony Bennett was drafted I texted some of my friends ‘I love that pick’.

Although I will say I wanted Tatum over Fultz and Ball. I was convinced he’d be the best NBA player of the 3.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I thought Fultz was gonna be a star.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I thought Fultz was gonna be a star.

What Really Happened to Markelle Fultz

You’ve heard the Fultz story a thousand times. A mysterious hitch in his jump shot. A no. 1 pick who couldn’t live up to the promise. An eventual trade to the Magic. But for the first time, Fultz explains exactly what happened to him with the Sixers and how he’s found peace—and a place for...

www.theringer.com

I thought Curry would be a rotation guy / bench scorer. That's a pretty big miss.

 

[k-walk]

I’ll skip the easy path with Bouknight and i’ll go with jahlil okafor, marvin bagley, and mo bamba. I didn’t think there was any chance any of those three wouldn’t end up top 10 at their positions.

 

[KemBuckets21]

I thought Steph Curry was too skinny/small/unable to defend at the NBA level - HAH!

 

[BGesus4]

I thought Steph Curry was too skinny/small/unable to defend at the NBA level - HAH!

Not completely inaccurate

 

[REB1094]

I have some of the worst NBA draft takes of all time. I thought Oden over KD was the right choice, and when Anthony Bennett was drafted I texted some of my friends ‘I love that pick’.

Although I will say I wanted Tatum over Fultz and Ball. I was convinced he’d be the best NBA player of the 3.

I’ll one up you here. I thought Yi Jianlian was going to be the best player in that draft

Granted I was 13 at the time, but I was dying on that hill

 

[CardiacAndre7]

What Really Happened to Markelle Fultz

You’ve heard the Fultz story a thousand times. A mysterious hitch in his jump shot. A no. 1 pick who couldn’t live up to the promise. An eventual trade to the Magic. But for the first time, Fultz explains exactly what happened to him with the Sixers and how he’s found peace—and a place for...

www.theringer.com

I thought Curry would be a rotation guy / bench scorer. That's a pretty big miss.

Great article. I remember the super weird shoulder stuff with him and the Sixers not really having his back at all. But cool to read more depth into him and how he dealt with it.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I was in on Fultz as well, nobody could anticipate the shooting fall off.

Anyone got hits they wanna share?

 

[KemBuckets21]

I was in on Fultz as well, nobody could anticipate the shooting fall off.

Anyone got hits they wanna share?

CAM MF SPENCER

 

[k-walk]

I thought Fultz was gonna be a star.

I personally don’t count career derailing injuries or whatever happened to his shoulder

 

[Mike Honcho]

I thought Vince Carter was going to be a bust.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I was in on Fultz as well, nobody could anticipate the shooting fall off.

Anyone got hits they wanna share?

Unfortunately my hit is your miss, I was HUGE on Luka and thought he was a no-brainer at #1.

 

[Husky68]

I thought Thabeet would be better in pros than college. Still calling Sanogo as Wes Unseld with offense and he will prove it.

 

[cordeodato]

I thought Larry Bird was too slow

 

[bendm]

the misses are more fun. all the guys i underrated going into the nba:
the two "jays" (tatum & brown)
tre young
jalen brunson
kawhi leonard
joel embiid
maxey
donovan mitchell
tyrese haliburton
giannis
jimmy butler
anthony edwards
SGA
steph/klay/dray
harden
booker

 

[QDOG5]

I thought Doug McDermott would be an impact player with his shooting.

 

[imno1]

Thought when the Knicks traded for Brunson that he’d be a nice player not a build your franchise around guy

Where‘s all the Hurley was not the right choice crowd? I never wavered from my support of DH but who among us saw this much success in his future?

 

[LIuconn]

I thought Justin gray was better than Chris Paul at Wake

 

[tomtom80]

I thought LeBron should have stayed in high school another year

 

[YukonDolt5]

When I first set foot on campus in Storrs in the fall of 1989, I was completely oblivious to basketball and the sports world in general...

I remember clearly the reaction when I asked a few guys "Why does that Jordan guy have shoes named after him - is he that good?" The look on their faces...

Not a miss exactly but kinda funny.

 

[Waquoit]

I remember clearly the reaction when I asked a few guys "Why does that Jordan guy have shoes named after him - is he that good?" The look on their faces...