is Anthony Bennett the worst use of a #1 overall pick ever?

[QUOTE=Dbrog]Honestly, this statement is straight BS. I watched the tournament that year. Drummond looked lost out there with no moves and little presence. It was like he wasn't even trying or just plain sucked. I remember he had like 2 pts and 2 rebs in one of the tourney games. Many people questioned his work ethic and whether he could be anything in the NBA. It was a HUGE risk to take this guy...hence why he fell so far. [B]No one knew he was going to become a COMPLETELY different player in the NBA[/B]. Saying otherwise is just false.

Edit: I love the complete revisionist history when it comes to where players were ranking during the drafts. Everyone had Oden over Durant. He was going to be the new Shaq and yet some people on this forum act like it was a no-brainer to take Durant over him. Same thing with Okafor over Dwight. Okafor was looked at as the guy who could come in and immediately make an impact on a team while Howard was seen as being very raw and a risky pick due to his upside being his potential.[/QUOTE]

I'm in the draft thread saying take him in top 4.
I'm sure there were others that saw how he had an NBA game.

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]it wasn't pure coincidence a lot of GMs passed on Drummond. There obviously were concerns with him that were strong enough to allow Detroit to snag him.

Hindsight is always 20/20 and its a lot easier to play GM one year after a draft happened.[/QUOTE]

Chucking SGs should never be picked over center prospects like Drummond.

[QUOTE=G-train]I'm in the draft thread saying take him in top 4.
I'm sure there were others that saw how he had an NBA game.[/QUOTE]
I said in the lead-up to the draft that I would be surprised if he didn't eventually go No. 2 overall. I thought after the combine and the individual workouts, teams would see the physical specimen they were dealing with.

Apparently not... There were reports that he was being worked over by Thomas Robinson in the workouts.

I don't know... The whole Drummond thing was a mystery to me.

op called it.........but just looking at this dough boy , you just knew it

[QUOTE=secund2nun]Chucking SGs should never be picked over center prospects like Drummond.[/QUOTE]
80% of ISH thought Drummond would bust

and trade bennett to denver if you dont like him

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Weird to say this but, OP:applause:

The Cavs made 2 stupid picks now with Bennett and waiters..

[QUOTE=coin24]Weird to say this but, OP:applause:

The Cavs made 2 stupid picks now with Bennett and waiters..[/QUOTE]


Waiters is fine. He's a good player and clearly worthy of his pick. I don't get the hate. Drummond isn't exactly setting the world on fire, neither is Barnes or T-Rob.

Gotta give fat boy a chance. he's not playing 30 mins with 12 FGA a game. And its also not like Len, Porter, Noel, and Zeller are looking like studs or anything.

both waiters and bennet just horrible picks.. not sure what the cavs were smoking that day

agreed. waiters is garbage.. olidapo wud have been the smart and obvious choice here by the cavs

Lets give the guy more than ten games before he passes Kwame. Thanks.

I have to laugh at the reactionaries through the first two weeks of the season who've decided that Bennett is officially the worst pick of all-time. The problem is, it's way too early to know who from this draft will eventually pan out (and that goes for Bennett as well), so things get awkward when it comes to them pronouncing who the Cavs should have taken instead of Bennett.

[I]"Bennett clearly stinks... worse than Kwame. They OBVIOUSLY should have taken... Oladipo!"
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:oldlol:

You mean the guy averaging a scorching 38% from the field while playing backup SG with the Magic? When we took a SG last year 4th overall who made First Team All-Rookie and has averaged 19 points on 46% shooting, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in his last four complete games played?

I'm not saying Oladipo won't be a good player, but we have no idea how good... just like we have no idea with Bennett. Or Len. Or McLemore. Or whoever.

Hell, I don't know how good Waiters is going to end up being and he's been in the league over a year. We can only now go back and start looking at mistakes made in the 2011 draft. Redoing it now would look very different than redoing it this time last year. These players are still growing each season (or regressing).

I was on record as wanting Noel, but then again that was back when he was being predicted to come back from his injury around Christmas. Now, he's out for the season. So, maybe that's the reason he dropped. The injury was more severe than first anticipated.

There is such a rush in this day and age to label a guy. There was a time when Tristan Thompson was called a wasted pick, too.

Bill Simmons flat-out said on his podcast leading into the 2012 draft that the Cavs screwed up royally by taking Thompson, because it pretty much prevented them from taking the best player left on the board the following year... Thomas Robinson. [I][B]A lot [/B][/I]of people were making that argument on here too.

Nobody remembers that, though.

Bennett is going head to head with the all time #1 pick bust of LaRue Martin. But even LaRue scored 4-5 ppg and lasted 5 years in the league. Cavs have made some highly questionable draft picks. You don't experiment with lottery picks.

[QUOTE=senelcoolidge]Bennett is going head to head with the all time #1 pick bust of LaRue Martin. But even LaRue scored 4-5 ppg and lasted 5 years in the league. Cavs have made some highly questionable draft picks. You don't experiment with lottery picks.[/QUOTE]
and so it continues...

among other picks who has played well enough.. is this enough sample of games I hope he gets it straight Bennett.. Hell evan turner it took him what ? before he turn out this way.. not all star level but good enough.. sure bennett is struggling and honestly i am a bit disappointed but i guess we have to wait and see maybe after 1 season to say if he is a bust.