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Right now almost everyone has the following six guys at the top of this year's Draft...
Joel Embiid, Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, Donte Exum, Noah Vonleh....
...all are quality players and whoever drafts them are hoping for and expecting success.
BUT - here's a list of the TOP SIX NBA draft picks each of the last several years:
2013 - Anthony Bennett, Victor Oladipo, Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel
2012 - Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bradley Beal, Dion Waiters, Thomas Robertson, Damian Lillard
2011 - Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, Traistan Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas, Jan Vesely
2010 - John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, DeMarcus Cousins, Epke Udou
2009 - Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio, Johnny Flynn
2008 - Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Danilo Gallinari
2007 - Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Mike Conley, Jeff Green, Li Jianlian
2006 - Andrea Bargnani, LaMarcus Aldridge, Adam Morrison, Tyrus Thomas, Shelden Williams, Brandon Roy
You decide.....these are the very top picks, the best of the best - 48 players chosen with selections that teams die for or trade away the future for....
A whole lot of these picks were or are flops - a few not even in the NBA any more...some the jury still out and some are true stars. But the "batting average" is still surprisingly low...
Joel Embiid, Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, Donte Exum, Noah Vonleh....
...all are quality players and whoever drafts them are hoping for and expecting success.
BUT - here's a list of the TOP SIX NBA draft picks each of the last several years:
2013 - Anthony Bennett, Victor Oladipo, Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel
2012 - Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bradley Beal, Dion Waiters, Thomas Robertson, Damian Lillard
2011 - Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, Traistan Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas, Jan Vesely
2010 - John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, DeMarcus Cousins, Epke Udou
2009 - Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio, Johnny Flynn
2008 - Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Danilo Gallinari
2007 - Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Mike Conley, Jeff Green, Li Jianlian
2006 - Andrea Bargnani, LaMarcus Aldridge, Adam Morrison, Tyrus Thomas, Shelden Williams, Brandon Roy
You decide.....these are the very top picks, the best of the best - 48 players chosen with selections that teams die for or trade away the future for....
A whole lot of these picks were or are flops - a few not even in the NBA any more...some the jury still out and some are true stars. But the "batting average" is still surprisingly low...
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