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seifer0406 · 06-19-2012, 04:33 PM

Give a reason why you think the top 10 player will most likely disappoint the team that drafts him

seifer0406 · 06-19-2012, 04:43 PM

I think the obvious choice is Drummond but I'm actually going to go with Kidd-Gilchrist. I just can't imagine him ever being a star. I just don't know what's the best scenario for someone like him. Gerald Wallace/Iguodala/Artest?

**Wade County** · 06-19-2012, 04:49 PM

Wallace/Igoudala/Artest are all multiple time all stars. I think any team would be happy to get that.

**R-Star** · 06-19-2012, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wade County

Wallace/Igoudala/Artest are all multiple time all stars. I think any team would be happy to get that.

Was going to say the same thing.

I went with the easy, obvious choice. Drummond has the biggest bust potential.

**Floods** · 06-19-2012, 05:00 PM

I don't think anyone, fan or executive, is expecting MKG to be a star anyway. Just a good, steady presence who defends, does all the right things, and helps you win.

seifer0406 · 06-19-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Wade County

Wallace/Igoudala/Artest are all multiple time all stars. I think any team would be happy to get that.

They are not multiple time all stars. 3 allstar appearances between the 3 of them, 1 each. They are decent players but I wouldn't draft any of them in the top 3 of most drafts.

Not to mention Iguodala and Wallace have superior physical tools. Iguodala is much more polished than Gilchrist and both him and Wallace are more athletic. Artest's basketball IQ is much higher as well.

I just don't know any current NBA stars that Gilchrist compares to. His skillset makes him a role player yet on some mock drafts he's listed as a top 3 pick.

**Diable** · 06-19-2012, 05:54 PM

I don't know where Drummond is going to be taken, but there's so much doubt about his drive that it's hard to see him being a true bust. Everyone can see the guy is a risky proposition. Can you really be a bust if no one really thinks you care enough to ever be great?

**R-Star** · 06-19-2012, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Diable

I don't know where Drummond is going to be taken, but there's so much doubt about his drive that it's hard to see him being a true bust. Everyone can see the guy is a risky proposition. Can you really be a bust if no one really thinks you care enough to ever be great?

Isn't that the epitome of bust? Guys with all the talent in the world, but are too lazy or stupid to realize that talent.

**roux2dope** · 06-19-2012, 05:59 PM

I went with the big white guy that will probably end up a buck at 12.. dude has no chance if he comes here

**Damian Necronamous** · 06-20-2012, 01:04 AM

I went Harrison Barnes. These a-holes on ESPN can start the hype train all they want but the fact remains that he seriously failed to impress me in college.

seifer0406 · 06-20-2012, 01:07 AM

Yeah Barnes is another one. If he doesn't take his game inside he's nothing more than a spot shooter and those are a dime a dozen.

**E.H. Munro** · 06-20-2012, 08:09 AM

I'm voting "other" because Royce White has a heck of a rack normally and Renardo Sidney might be wearing a C cup these days.

**RollWithEm** · 06-20-2012, 08:16 AM

Drummond barely edges out Rivers in my mind.

kbdullah · 06-20-2012, 08:27 AM

Went w/ Drummond b/c these mock drafts have him going as high as #2 based purely on athleticism. I don't like the idea of a project player being drafted by a losing team and not learning the game correctly.

**Bogg** · 06-20-2012, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Diable

I don't know where Drummond is going to be taken, but there's so much doubt about his drive that it's hard to see him being a true bust. Everyone can see the guy is a risky proposition. Can you really be a bust if no one really thinks you care enough to ever be great?

That's how I feel about Drummond, nobody's really going to be surprised if he winds up the next Kwame, while other guys like Barnes and Kidd-Gilchrist are considered sure things to be pretty good, it's just their ceilings in question. Nobody's going to be shocked if Drummond puts on forty pounds and washes out of the league. They might be disappointed, but in the end, that was the rap on him, just like nobody was shocked that Brandon Roy's knees turned him from All-Star to retiree in one year. If Kidd-Gilchrist goes Joe Alexander on us, though, you could legitimately say that nobody saw that coming.

View Poll Results: Most bust potential
Anthony Davis	2	9.52%
Andre Drummond	6	28.57%
Harrison Barnes	2	9.52%
MKG	3	14.29%
Thomas Robinson	1	4.76%
Jeremy Lamb	0	0%
Bradley Beal	0	0%
Damian Lillard	0	0%
Austin Rivers	1	4.76%
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06-19-2012, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
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06-19-2012, 04:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
seifer0406 Cat Launcher Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 30 Posts: 8,527 Rep Power: 16655206	Re: Bust potential I think the obvious choice is Drummond but I'm actually going to go with Kidd-Gilchrist. I just can't imagine him ever being a star. I just don't know what's the best scenario for someone like him. Gerald Wallace/Iguodala/Artest? __________________ The Raptors Young Onez

06-19-2012, 04:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wade County 2012 NBA Champions! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 25 Posts: 24,731 Rep Power: 3020268	Re: Bust potential Wallace/Igoudala/Artest are all multiple time all stars. I think any team would be happy to get that. __________________ Formerly BG44 & MB30

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Floods -LIFETIME MEMBER- Tetris Champion! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 14,378 Rep Power: 15771513	Re: Bust potential I don't think anyone, fan or executive, is expecting MKG to be a star anyway. Just a good, steady presence who defends, does all the right things, and helps you win.

06-19-2012, 05:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
Diable Limehouse Blues Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,412 Rep Power: 14865553	Re: Bust potential I don't know where Drummond is going to be taken, but there's so much doubt about his drive that it's hard to see him being a true bust. Everyone can see the guy is a risky proposition. Can you really be a bust if no one really thinks you care enough to ever be great? __________________

06-19-2012, 05:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
roux2dope I'm perfectly calm Dude Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wauwatosa, WI Age: 31 Posts: 10,661 Rep Power: 6986293	Re: Bust potential I went with the big white guy that will probably end up a buck at 12.. dude has no chance if he comes here

06-20-2012, 01:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Damian Necronamous Beware of Elbows Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 18,376 Rep Power: 2271099	Re: Bust potential I went Harrison Barnes. These a-holes on ESPN can start the hype train all they want but the fact remains that he seriously failed to impress me in college. __________________ Chick Hearn: This game is in the refrigerator. The door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are gettin' cool, the butter's gettin' hard, and the jellooooooo's jigglin'!

06-20-2012, 01:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
seifer0406 Cat Launcher Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 30 Posts: 8,527 Rep Power: 16655206	Re: Bust potential Yeah Barnes is another one. If he doesn't take his game inside he's nothing more than a spot shooter and those are a dime a dozen. __________________ The Raptors Young Onez

06-20-2012, 08:09 AM	#12 (permalink)
E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,494 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: Bust potential I'm voting "other" because Royce White has a heck of a rack normally and Renardo Sidney might be wearing a C cup these days. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

06-20-2012, 08:16 AM	#13 (permalink)
RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Space Invaders Champion! Hexxagon Champion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 30,856 Rep Power: 6045213	Re: Bust potential Drummond barely edges out Rivers in my mind. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

06-20-2012, 08:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
kbdullah Star Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,531 Rep Power: 1266257	Re: Bust potential Went w/ Drummond b/c these mock drafts have him going as high as #2 based purely on athleticism. I don't like the idea of a project player being drafted by a losing team and not learning the game correctly.

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