As the NBA draft leader, it is recognized after examining the comprehensive strength in many aspects.
Combining ability and potential, he didn't even enter the best rookie lineup?
Since the "Best Rookie Team" was implemented from the 1962-63 season, we began to take stock from 1962.
Let's take stock of those who were squeezed out of the best rookie lineup.
1. 1962 – Bill McGill
Bill McGill (born September 16, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a power forward/center.
Bill McGill was drafted by the Chicago Westwinds with the 1st pick in the 1st round of the 1962 NBA Draft and played for eight teams in his career.
In 1970, at the age of 30, Bill McGill announced his retirement.
Bill McGill was a 6-foot-9, 225-pound tall man who averaged 38.8 points per game in 1961-62 for the University of Utah men's basketball team, and then in that year's draft, the Chicago Japanese Winds (a very foreign name, the name of the Chicago men's basketball team in 1961-63) selected him with the number one sign in his hand.
However, he could not withstand the media hype, so the stressed Mike Gill's career was quite turbulent, choosing to leave after only three seasons in the NBA, and then joining the ABA League for two seasons, but there was no improvement, averaging 10.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
2. 1967 – Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker (born April 8, 1944 in Amherst, Virginia) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a scoring guard.
Jimmy Walker was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round of the 1967 NBA Draft, playing for the Pistons, Rockets, and Kings in his career, and was named to the NBA All-Star Team twice.
In 1976, Jimmy Walker announced his retirement.
Jimmy Walker was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1967 NBA Draft, a waiver of the Regional Draft (the Regional Draft allows teams to give up their first-round draft picks to pick a college-produced player within 100 miles of the city where the professional team is located, and if this rule is followed, Walker may be selected by the Boston Celtics to become teammates with his mentor Sam Jones). He was also the last player to win the 1967 NFL Draft, and was selected by the New Orleans Apostles (this last-place draft pick is now known as "Mr. Passerby"), although he never played football in college.
Despite playing in two NBA All-Star Games, Walker never fully reached his potential at the professional level, in part because he was overweight. He was a player who played with speed, but he averaged 20.8 points per game in 1969-70, 21.3 points per game in 1971-72, 19.8 points per game in 1973-74, and nearly 17 points per game in his nine-year career. These numbers are even more impressive when one considers that walker's players include Detroit's Dave Bing and Kansas City-Omaha Kings Nate Archibald.
3. 1972 – Larou Martin
LaRue Martin (born March 30, 1950) is a retired Former American professional basketball player who played as a forward for the Trail Blazers.
Larou Martin, a graduate of Loyola University in his hometown of Chicago, is a 6'11-inch center. In a collegiate league game in 1971-72, he made a name for himself by beating UCLA's Bill Walton, and thus became the winner of the year, but his stats showed that he was just a mediocre. In 1974, the Portlanders were awarded another title, this time with Bill Wharton from the University of California, Los Angeles. Martin, who had a lot of glory in college, only played four seasons in the NBA, and retired after the end of the 75-76 season, leaving an average of 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. The combination of Martin and Walton lasted only two seasons, neither team made the playoffs, and after Martin retired, Walton helped the team win the NBA championship in 1977 and became the great center in NBA history.
4. 1973 – Doug Collins
Doug Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player who played as a shooting guard for the Chicago Bulls.
Doug Collins was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1st round of the 1973 NBA Draft, playing for the Philadelphia 76ers in his career and was named to the NBA All-Star Team three times in 1976-78.
At the end of 1980, 29-year-old Doug Collins announced his retirement due to injury. After retiring from the military, he began coaching, serving as a coach for the Pistons, Bulls, 76ers and other teams, and was elected NBA All-Star Coach in 1997.
5. 1974 – Bill Wharton
Due to injury, Bill Walton played only 35 games in his rookie season
Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a center and is nicknamed the "Red Giant".
Bill Wharton was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round of the 1974 NBA Draft, playing for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego Clippers (now los Angeles Clippers) and Boston Celtics twice (1977; In 1986, he was elected to the NBA Finals MVP (FMVP), NBA Rebounding King, NBA Block King and was named to the NBA All-NBA Team Three-Team, in 1978 the NBA Regular Season MVP and was named to the NBA All-NBA All-Team First Team, twice to the NBA All-Defensive Team (1977-78), twice to the NBA All-Star Team (1977-78), and in 1986 to the NBA All-Star Team.
On June 14, 1987, the 34-year-old Bill Walton announced his retirement due to injury. He tried to make a comeback in 1990, but failed due to serious injuries. In 1993, he was inducted into the Nye Smith Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was named one of the NBA's Top 50 Superstars. His No. 32 jersey was retired by the Blazers.
6. 1977 – Kent Benson
Kent Benson (born December 27, 1954 in Newcastle, Indiana) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a center.
Kent Benson is a star player at Indiana University who led the team to the NCAA championship in 1977. In the 1977 NBA Draft, Kent Benson was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as a first-place pick in the first round, and played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Italian Vismara Cantù, and received the James Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1982.
In 1989, Kent Benson announced his retirement. Kent Benson was a hero at Indiana University, but unfortunately his career in the NBA was uneventful.
7. 1978 – Mitchell Thompson
Mychal Thompson (born Jan. 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a former Bahamian professional basketball player who plays as a big forward/center and is the father of NBA Golden State Warriors star Clay Thompson.
Mitchell Thompson was a 1978 NBA draft picker who played for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Italy's Juvecaserta Basket, winning two consecutive NBA championships in 1987-88.
In 1992, Mitchell Thompson announced his retirement. After retiring from the military, he worked as an announcer. His eldest son, Mitchell Thompson (the same name), currently plays for the Santa Cruz Warriors in the NBA Development League. The second son, Klay Thompson, won the NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015, 2017, and 2018, and was named to the NBA All-Star Team three times. The third son, Tracy Thompson, is a baseball player.
8. 1981 – Mark Aguire
Mark Anthony Aguirre (born December 10, 1959 in Chicago, Marc Aguirre, graduated from DePaul University, was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in his first round of the 1981 show, successively dallas Mavericks (1981-1989), Detroit Pistons (1989-1993), Los Angeles Clippers (1993-1994), three All-Star titles, the best record is the 1989, 1990 NBA championships.
9. 1988 – Danny Manning
Danny Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American professional basketball player who plays as a power forward.
Danny Manning, an NBA forward with a strange head shape, 88th champion, has only entered the All-Star Game 2 times in the NBA for 15 seasons, and has never even been selected to any team of the year - although Manning's peak era is a first-class player with an average of 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, he is rarely promoted to the ranks of superstars. Best Sixth Person Elected in 1998.
In 2003, Danny Manning chose to retire.
10. 1989 – Pevis Ellison
Pervis Ellison (born April 3, 1967 in Savannah, Georgia) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a center.
Peevez Ellison led the University of Louisville to an NCAA championship in his freshman year, and in the 1989 NBA Draft, Ellison was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the first overall pick in the first round, but he missed most of his rookie season due to injury. A year later, he was swapped for the Washington Bullets, where he won the NBA's Fastest Improvement Award, averaging nearly 20 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.64 blocks per game this season. But it was also his only brilliance, and he quickly fell off, averaging less than 10 points per game for seven consecutive seasons.
In 2000, Pevis Ellison announced his retirement due to injury.
11. 2001 Champion – Kwame Brown
Kwame Brown (born March 10, 1982 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a center.
In the 2001 NBA Draft, Kwame Brown was selected by the Washington Wizards with the first pick in the first round and was the first high school student in NBA history. However, its performance after entering the NBA is far from its title, and it is called "parallel goods".
Kwame Brown has played professionally for the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers. He was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers on November 21, 2013.
12. 2007 – Greg Auden
Greg Oden (born January 22, 1988 in Buffalo, NY), is an American professional basketball player who plays as a center.
In the 2007 NBA Draft, Greg Oden was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers as a champion, but due to injury, During his five years with the Blazers, Auden played only 82 games. In the 2013 offseason, Auden signed to the Miami Heat on a one-year contract.
On August 12, 2015, according to CBA Jiangsu team general manager Shi Linjie, Jiangsu team has signed former NBA champion Greg Oden.
13. 2013 – Anthony Bennett
Anthony Bennett (born March 14, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays as a power forward for the Houston Rockets.
Anthony Bennett was selected first by the Cavaliers in the first round at the 2013 NBA Draft, becoming the first Canadian pick in NBA history, playing for the Cavaliers, Timberwolves and Raptors. In 2017, he won the Champions League with Turkish Fenerbahce.
On July 26, 2019, the Houston Rockets officially signed Anthony Bennett.
14, 2017 champion - Markle Fultz
Markelle Fultz (born May 29, 1998 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for the NBA Orlando Magic.
Markle Fultz entered the NBA in 2017 as a draft pick.
On April 12, 2018, Fultz surpassed Bauer to become the youngest player to win a triple-double.
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