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NBA Draft season is in full swing. Let's look back on the most disappointing draftees ever. Ranking the 25 biggest NBA draft busts: Which player bottomed out the hardest?
A solid scorer in college, he continued that trend during his first NBA season, making the All-Rookie second team and finishing with 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.
Rookie Wire took a look at the biggest draft busts for every team in the NBA over the years.
His best season was his first with the Nets where he averaged a double-double with 14.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Bowie also hit a career-high in points per game in 1991–92 with 15.0 and played a career-high 79 games in 1992–93 averaging 9.1 points per game and seven rebounds.
The MLB Draft generally receives less attention than the drafts in other American sports, since drafted players usually spend several years in the minor leagues before they crack the Major League team's roster. Also, unlike the MLS, NFL, NBA and the NHL Drafts, the MLB draft takes place during the season instead of in the offseason.
After averaging 13.3 points per game in a solid rookie season, he averaged 16.2 points per game in the 1996–97 season and was subsequently awarded with a six-year, $61.8 million contract extension. The next season was his best, when he averaged 16.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 1.08 blocked shots per game.
Shortly before the 2019 NBA draft, the New Orleans Pelicans finally worked out a way to trade disgruntled star Anthony Davis. After the Pelicans won the draft lottery to get the No. 1 overall pick ...
After the NBA, he only had one-year contracts and never made more than $400,000 in a season. [12] He decided to retire at age 32 after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. [ citation needed ] When he made his decision, he was in the process of trying out for a team in China but realized he had no more motivation to play the game. [ 5 ]