Sad. I heard that recently as well.

Well while it is sad that he's physically disabled maybe he can play in the wheel chair league if they still exist

But if you're the #1 overall pick, you should be better than a off-the-bench contributor for the majority of your career. Considering the Warriors could have had McDyess, Stackhouse, Wallace and Garnett, Joe Smith is a huge bust. Not LaRue Martin bust, but certainly a bigger bust than Sam Bowie.

I agree he wasn’t a total bust.

Definitely wasn't. He had some good seasons.

That what I was saying!!

was gonna comment this glad i looked first...lol

Yeah I caught that too bruh lmao

fr the moment i saw that i was smfh . thats disrespectful to Antwan

@@larrellwhite5940 but thats his brother Antwan Olawucandi

Had Cleveland hung on to Joe, he might have had some more productive years.

Facts

Next four picks (not in order): Kevin Garnett, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace, Jerry Stackhouse. Theo Ratliff and Michael Finley were taken later in the round. GS in the 90s coulda had any one of them, but instead drafted a mediocre journeyman (who, as a positive, I do share an alma mater with in UMD). With his longevity, he ain't a TOTAL bust, but you're lying if you're telling me he didn't massively underperform for the No. 1 pick, especially when the first overall selections in the years before and after him were an All-Star and HoFer respectively

So wat was yur point in this comment!? Joe Smith wasn't even an NBA All Star, he was seleted #1, ahead of NBA ALL STARS, Rasheed Wallace, Jerry Stackhouse and Kevin Garnett jus to name a few, I would say he is a BUST!

@@brianhardin9215 JS had 10 seasons where he scored ppg in double digits. His career ppg stats are quite comparable to that of 2010 #1 Derrick Favors. Is he a bust, too? I think you know the answer to that question.

I remember dare beating ewing and mutumbo in practice one on ones before !mhe was eligible for college and everyone was talking about him

@@crivers6200 And that's when it should of ended about talking about him.

LMAO DAMN

If he could stay healthy. Bender was coming around a bit when he got hurt.

That’s a great argument.

I don't think k this dude really knows what a bust actually is

Anyone who's played over 10 years in the league is not a bust

@@christophersuswal9544 kwame is a bust stop it

But when you're taken with the #2 pick and labeled the face of a franchise those are bust numbers

I remember Shawn Bradley was with the Sixers and he only started playing ball at the end of the season. The first 60 games he played scared

Montross sucked a$$. He was definitely a very unwise 1st-round selection.

Lol still got that Eric montross rookie card

@@MrSkiloV Burn it...

Montross was a bum. Thank goodness his No. O now wear by future All Star Jayson Tatum

He could ball for real, especially in college. But needed a nutritionist or a personal trainer for his weight

That Vancouver franchise has to take tons of blame on that. Yes, Reeves could've been in better shape but he also was never going to be a franchise guy.

@@foofiiter if he was in shape, Reeves could’ve given them a solid 18pts and 10reb, and being in shape with Abdur-Rahim(drafted the next year), and Mike Bobby 3yrs later would’ve made for a formidable team.

Big Country!

Big Country had potential. He was just in a lousy team. Put him in the 90s Bulls instead of Bill Wennington. Man he can ball.

Miner was the man…media over hyped him giving him that nickname but he was still nice and a 2x dunk champ.

Being a high draft pick and having a mediocre short career is what makes you a bust! IJS

If he was picked lower, he would have been the big man Kevin Garnett needed for a championship.

Big Country had potential. Put him in today's Boston Celtics. They are unstoppable. Imagine you have Reeves, Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Then Marcus Shooting Bricks Smart and Robert Williams.

Everyone who was ever drafted, in any round had potential. He couldn't keep up with the pace so he wouldn't have gotten off the bench

Slow Country is still an all time favorite NBA nickname.

That's a bust not their fault but it is

RIGHT! It’s amazing how Bill Walton isn’t considered a “bust,” even though his career was hampered with injuries.

@@creoleDJ they won a title.

@@creoleDJ He won a title in Portland, and was an NBA All Star. Not what you would really call a bust.

@@leighhorston9380 I know. I’m not calling Walton a bust, but it’s just the point that hardly anyone brings up the fact that he really only had about 6 or 7 productive years before his injuries. Meanwhile, other people have their all-star or all-star caliber careers cut short due to injuries & people wanna write them off. Look at Ralph Sampson. He did more in his first 5 healthy years than most people do in their 15-year careers (including being the first ever unanimous Rookie Of The Year winner) but is labeled a “bust” by some because of his injuries; and everyone knows how dangerous Grant Hill & Tracy McGrady were prior to their injuries: Can you figure out why they were left off the additional 25 players added to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary list?? Most of the chatter I’ve heard is that it was due to the injuries…🤷🏽‍♂️

Word!🤣🤣🤣

Exactly..... I'm like wtf??? Just trash the video bro.

@@Rysofly I should probably get out of the house too

Lol that looked a whole lot like Jamison 😳

Antawn Olawakandi

Shawn Bradley vs. Rich King - compare the stats then tell me who the REAL bust is.

Get a life

I knew montross wasn't going to be good. He moved like Frankenstein. Shawn respert was a one dimensional player at Michigan state

@Shadow bar He called Evan Turner a bust. His ppg scoring numbers are actually comparable to Derrick Favors who was drafted #3 (corrected) after ET in 2010. Is Favors a bust, also?

Word.

Because he wasn’t that big of a bust. Sure he was a bust but he was also A starter for a decade that contributed in all facets of the game.

Was also an all star one year..didn’t live up to the college hype but he had a solid career.

The dude from Greece who never showed up

The narrator isn’t the most professional

BUCKEYES baby!

@@shonnonwootensr.7762 not a Buckeyes fan but Greg was a different dude, and my man Beanie Wells🙌

I think of him as the original "The Decision" except he didn't get a whole damn ESPN special.

His 2k21 card was good last year lol

@@Surprise301 i didnt know he was in 2k21... He only stayed in nba for 4 or 5 seasons, really decreasing his game time...

@@christophemaes982 on myteam mode they make ones every year for almost every former player except Barkley and Reggie Miller

@@Surprise301 ok... The last version i played is 2k14 on PS3... I am not a gamer... This"my team" mode seems cool

Reeves,Smith,Bobby,and Shawn all were decent at worst

@@GDCDGC no Joe Smith was not a bust

Kandiman was a bust. John Thompson scouted him and wasn't interested, which should have clued everyone else in, but as usual in those days, another bullseye for the Clippers 😉 🙄. I remember those of us who followed college and prep recruiting shaking our heads that day in 1998. Actually he'd be a good subject for a 30 for 30 film. The way he somehow conned his way into being a #1 pick is one of the better basketball stories few people know about.

Bobby hurley is one of the best players from Duke he was injured in a car accident

@@gregorycampbell2164 Hurley was awful as a NBA player. In 269 games, averaged 3.3 points on 35 percent shooting. He was a scrub.

@@123slasher.16 yeah but he was a million times better in college

@@gregorycampbell2164 That car accident was due to him being drunk.If he played his cards right and worked hard and he should have patterned his game on John Stockton because that's what his game was similar too although Hurley was quicker.

@@123slasher.16 Because of catastrophic injuries from a car accident you clown.

Sus

Bradley could not shoot…

@@tonythetiga4697 he could shoot better then Ben Simmons who had 1 3point field goaled so yes bradly could he played center so he didn't get to show it it night in and night out

Bradley eventually became a serviceable passer and I'm not mad at him. He wasn't much worse than the legendary Manute Bol (although he could drain a three).

You're not serious are you?

@@markcrandley8061 who don't think Ralph Sampson 7/4 who could handle the ball shoot and do it all he played at a time when the league was super physical now it's not he was a bigger Kevin Durant Shawn Bradley fell to the same problem not strong enough so in today's game he would do better.the NBA is as physical as back then

Tru story!!!! This dude tripping

Shawn as well

She was beautiful :)

I was concentrating more on the TOP 10 picks of each draft. Otherwise, he might have been in this.

Haha, my thoughts exactly. I almost didn't watch the video after reading the title because I assumed Laettner was guaranteed to be among the biggest if not the biggest draft busts.

Laettner was an all-star once and played over 10 NBA seasons avg. about 13ppg over his career. He underachieved a bit, but if you think he was a bust, you have no idea what a bust is.

Close. He played C3PO in Spanish Star Wars. 😉

It's ranked chronologically.

Right? How has that not been covered? There's a list/countdown for every sport and every topic, and the one consistant thing is that they all end with the #1 example of what the list is about.

Ed O Bannon was overhyped but he sucks.

I agree

I was going to say losing Hank screwed with him big time. That's a very good point

That is part of the game that is part of life. I don't buy into that excuse.

@@part6133 thats ruthless. Guy literally lost his best friend on the court. How do you know after that tournament run where Kimble literally put them on his back that he wasn't emotionally and spiritualy spent like this is the best I'm ever going to do. It's easy to critique him but did you ever think what it was like to walk in his shoes?

He hadn't gotten over Hank's death in his brief NBA career, but even looking past that, he wasn't quite good enough. The whole reason he and Gathers transferred to LMU was they hadn't impressed enough at USC to get playing time. Some guys are great high school players, and it just doesn't translate to NBA.

That’s literally the definition of a bust. Someone expected to do big things. that’s why you draft a guy 2 overall.

@@theslickrips5904 That was their opinion an they was wrong