It's as good as Curry, who was only the No. 7 pick back then, who are the six people in front of him?
As the NBA's all-time leading scorer, at the age of 35, he can still average 29.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in the league, and the most important thing is that in the 15th season of his career, Curry has improved, and he is currently averaging 5.3 three-pointers per game on 43.5% shooting, a production that has not been reached even in the season when he was unanimously elected MVP. I have to say that Curry's current achievements are really unexpected, I think he was not even a top five pick when he participated in the draft, and he was not selected by the Warriors until the seventh pick, the reason is that his physical fitness is not good, many scouts predicted that he would not even be able to adapt to the NBA confrontation, on the other hand, the 6 players who were in front of Curry at the beginning, none of them even had enough achievements in their careers to get close to Curry.
Sixth pick: Jonny Flynn
He averaged 9.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game in his career
Although Flynn's official height is only 1.83 meters, his dynamic talent is outstanding, and his confrontations have reached this level before he even entered the NBA. And Flynn is a more individual offensive defender, who is very sharp on the breakaway and has a handful of breakaways. It is worth mentioning that if it weren't for the injury, Flynn would have been able to grow to 1.9 meters tall, and his rank might be even higher, but Flynn didn't complain about it, and he managed to get into the NBA through continuous efforts.
After being drafted by the Timberwolves, Flynn got a lot of playing time in his rookie season, and he was also selected to the All-Rookie Second Team with his average of 13.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1 steal per game. However, Flynn's career was also fraught, as he suffered a hip injury in the second season of his career, which also made him lose his explosiveness, and his performance has been off a cliff since then, and he finally left the NBA after three seasons in the NBA.
Fifth pick: Rubio
He averaged 10.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game in his career
Rubio made his mark at the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the age of 18, making him the youngest player ever to compete in a basketball final. Rubio participated in the NBA draft in 2009, but he did not directly land in the NBA after being drafted by the Timberwolves, he chose to settle in the Spanish league for another two seasons, and it was not until the 2011-2021 season that he officially started his NBA career, and the 21-year-old averaged 10.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game in his rookie season.
However, Rubio's playmaking skills are top-notch, but his problem is his individual offense, and as a ball-handling guard, his scoring ability is miserable, and his highest scoring season for the Timberwolves is just 11.1 points. Later, Rubio moved to many teams such as the Jazz and the Suns, but his style of play was already fixed, so this also led to his ceiling being limited to this. Now 34 years old, Rubio's best achievement in the league is still only the Rookie of the Year team, and it has to be said that his NBA career has fallen far short of expectations.
Fourth pick: Evans
He averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game in his career
Before Evans entered the league, he was already very famous in the United States, the official height of 1.99 meters he is very strong offensive ability, and at the same time the skills are also very comprehensive, he can play both point guard and scoring guard on the court, at that time he was even rated as the NBA only one in ten years of talent, those experts have decided that Evans can become an NBA superstar, and his first season in the league did not disappoint them.
Evans averaged 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his rookie season. At the time, it was thought that Evans was ready to cash in on his talent and that he would be the most successful rookie player in the class of 2009, but unfortunately he not only did not improve in the following seasons, but continued to regress, and he was suspended from the NBA for off-court problems, which eventually led to him leaving the NBA at the age of 29.
Third pick: Harden
He averaged 24.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his career
When Harden first entered the league, because the Thunder already had two cores, Durant and Wei Shao, the management could only choose to let Harden play the sixth man for the sake of team compatibility. And Harden also took on this responsibility very well, he won the Sixth Man of the Year in the third season of his career, and he also helped the team reach the Finals in the playoffs that year. It's a pity that the Thunder didn't choose to keep Harden in the offseason, and the latter really started his career after moving to the Rockets.
After joining the Rockets, Harden's style of play has changed dramatically, he has instantly changed from the team's sixth man to the core of the team, and his individual strength and talent have been fully displayed. After playing Harden, he became the best scoring guard in the league at the time, and he not only won the scoring title for three consecutive years, but also won an MVP. Aside from Curry, Harden's success is the highest in the class, but now at the age of 34, he is declining faster than Curry, averaging only 15.1 points and 6.2 assists per game with the Clippers this season.
Second pick: Tabit
He averaged 2.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game in his career
As a defensive blue-collar center, Tabit averaged 10.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game throughout his college season. However, after being drafted by the Grizzlies, the 22-year-old Tabit did not get many opportunities, and his performance in the limited playing time was also embarrassing.
In his rookie season, Thabit averaged 13 minutes per game, but he only contributed 3.1 points and 3.6 rebounds, but it can be seen that he still has a role on the defensive end, averaging 1.3 blocks per game in such a short time. But the problem is that Tabit is too rough, he is purely a drag on the offensive end, and then he started to wander before the second season was over, and then he took the Rockets, Trail Blazers and other teams, but unfortunately he failed to find his footing, and finally he was only 26 years old when he left the NBA.
First pick: Griffin
He averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game in his career
Griffin was also a proud son of the sky back then, and there was basically no suspense that he was elected as the champion that year, but he was reimbursed for the injury season before he was drafted, so he didn't officially land in the NBA until the 2010-2011 season. And Griffin's rookie season also proved why he was the top pick, and he averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game that year, a statistic that most players in the NBA have not reached for more than ten years.
Later, Griffin had Paul, Jordan Jr. and other right-hand men by his side, and the spectacle of the Clippers' games in those seasons also skyrocketed because of them, but unfortunately Griffin was ruined by injuries in the end, and he failed to help the team reach the Western Conference finals until he left the Clippers. Later, Griffin in the Pistons period was the last peak, in the 2018-2019 season, he averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, and the injury in the playoffs directly destroyed his career, and then Griffin never returned to the peak, although he has not officially announced his retirement this season, he is no longer visible on the NBA court.