The highest quality of the NBA draft?the top 7 picks, no parallel goods + 9 All-Stars, 13 championships

Kukukan Sports

2024-04-24 15:48Published in Shanghai

In the history of the NBA draft, there are several drafts that are generally considered to be the highest quality, such as the 1984, 1996 and 2003 drafts, which are often mentioned and widely acclaimed. But when it comes to player honors, popularity, and influence on the league, the 2003 draft may be the most outstanding draft.

Because this draft not only has 9 NBA All-Stars emerged, but also 4 supergiants have affected the league pattern, and the top seven picks have almost no parallel goods, basically meeting people's expectations.

The success rate is super high, and only one of the top seven picks is slightly lower than expected

(Of the top seven players in this draft, with the exception of Darko Milicic, who didn't play up to the team's expectations due to the curse of being the top pick, every one of the others became the league's superplayers.) ）

First of all, the 7th pick, Kirk Hinrich, averaged 12 points, 6.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game in his debut season, becoming a qualified starting guard for the Bulls, and hitting 144 three-pointers this season directly set a rookie record in the history of the Bulls. In his second season, he averaged 15.7 points, 6.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game, leading the team to the playoffs and scoring a team-high 21.2 points, 5.8 assists and 2 steals per game. Although he was only selected to the All-Defensive Second Team in the 06-07 season in his entire career, no one in the league at the time dared to ignore his scoring, which was fully in line with the Bulls' expectations for selecting him.

Chris Carman, who was the 6th pick, also didn't say that he could contribute 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 blocks at his peak, and was selected as an NBA All-Star that season.

Dwyane Wade, the 5th pick, is even more heavyweight, averaging 22 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his career, 3 NBA championships, 13 NBA All-Star teams, and 8 NBA All-Star teams. Not to mention meeting the team's expectations for selecting him, and even his feedback to the team even overflowed, I don't know how much.

Chris Bosh, the 4th pick, averaged 24 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in his peak season, 11 NBA All-Star teams, 2 NBA championships, and was hailed as the "Dragon King" by fans. Although he only led the Raptors to the playoffs twice in seven years, and the two championships in his career were won by the Heat, it was due to the poor configuration of the Raptors.

Carmelo Anthony, the 3rd pick, a 3-time Olympic gold medalist, a 6-time NBA All-Star team, a 10-time NBA All-Star team, averaged 22.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in his career, although he never won a championship, no one in the league at the time would not think he was a league supergiant. In particular, Anthony's time with the Nuggets can be said to be a playoff ticket, because even in the first year, he can lead the Nuggets to the playoffs.

Darko Milicic, the second pick, has not averaged more than 10 points per game in his career over the years, and is known as a parallel import, but in fact, he is only because the rookies in this class are too dazzling, and the Pistons who selected him unexpectedly formed a championship lineup, which caused him to be unable to grow in the team. If he had been placed in a different team, I am afraid the result would have been completely different.

LeBron James, the first pick, is undoubtedly one of the strongest players in the NBA league, a 4-time NBA champion, a 4-time NBA regular season MVP, a 20-time NBA All-Star, and an average of 30 points, 7.9 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game in his peak career. Except for Michael Jordan, almost no one can compete with his illustrious career and league influence.

Star-studded, 9 all-stars

In addition to the five All-Stars with the first seven picks, the draft also featured four All-Stars: David West with the 18th pick, Josh Howard with the 29th pick, Mo Williams with the 47th pick and Kyle Korver with the 51st pick.

The first is David West, the 18th pick, who can cut down 20.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks at the peak of his career, and is a bright time with fellow power forward Chris Bosh, although he did not win the NBA championship at the peak of his career, he still helped the Golden State Warriors win two NBA championships in the latter part of his career.

Josh Howard, the 29th pick, had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2.2 assists at his peak, although he didn't have many honors in his career because of illness, but his short 11-year NBA career was enough to make people remember the big forward.

Mo Williams, the 47th pick, averaged 17.3 points, 6.1 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game at his peak.

Kyle Korver, the 51st pick, has not averaged many points per game in his career and only scored 14.4 points in his peak season, but he is actually the best three-point shooter in the league, with a total of 2,450 three-pointers in his career, ranking 7th all-time.

The highest honor, 13-time NBA champion

A total of 14 players in this draft have won NBA championships in 13 seasons, either collectively or individually. Especially in the top five, except for Carmelo Anthony, the other four have championship records.

The specific champions include LeBron James, Darko Milicic, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, David West, Zaza Pachuria, Boris Dior, Dundee Jones, Kendrick Perkins, Luke Wharton, Matt Bonner, Mo Williams, James Jones, Jason Capono.

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