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How many of the last ten NBA #1 draft picks played in last night's NBA All Star game?
Answer- only two, I believe - Kyrie Irving & John Wall.
PLUS - ONLY ONE of the last Fifteen guys drafted #2 - played (2006/Aldridge)
This is a season when a lot of the players who are outstanding, were taken much later in the draft & passed on by teams who weren't quite sure of their talents...
Russell Westbrook was drafted behind Michael Beasley & OJ Mayo
James Harden was drafted behind Hasheem Thabeet
Kyle Korver was drafted 51st!
Stephen Curry was drafted 7th behind Thabeet, Rubio, Johnny Flynn
Damian Lillard was drafted 6th behind Thomas Robinson, Dion Waiters
Dirk Nowitzki was picked 9th behind Larry Hughes, Robert Traylor, Raef LaFrentz
Klay Thompson wasn't taken until the 11th pick in 2011 behind Jimmer Fredette, Jan Vesely, Jonas Valančiūnas
Marc Gasol was picked 48th! behind Marist's Jared Jordan & Fresno State's Dominic McGuire
Kyle Lowry was picked 24th
Paul Millsap was picked 47th
Jeff Teague was drafted 19th
and Jimmy Butler wasn't taken until the 30th pick
Answer- only two, I believe - Kyrie Irving & John Wall.
PLUS - ONLY ONE of the last Fifteen guys drafted #2 - played (2006/Aldridge)
This is a season when a lot of the players who are outstanding, were taken much later in the draft & passed on by teams who weren't quite sure of their talents...
Russell Westbrook was drafted behind Michael Beasley & OJ Mayo
James Harden was drafted behind Hasheem Thabeet
Kyle Korver was drafted 51st!
Stephen Curry was drafted 7th behind Thabeet, Rubio, Johnny Flynn
Damian Lillard was drafted 6th behind Thomas Robinson, Dion Waiters
Dirk Nowitzki was picked 9th behind Larry Hughes, Robert Traylor, Raef LaFrentz
Klay Thompson wasn't taken until the 11th pick in 2011 behind Jimmer Fredette, Jan Vesely, Jonas Valančiūnas
Marc Gasol was picked 48th! behind Marist's Jared Jordan & Fresno State's Dominic McGuire
Kyle Lowry was picked 24th
Paul Millsap was picked 47th
Jeff Teague was drafted 19th
and Jimmy Butler wasn't taken until the 30th pick