Golden State Warriors: Kevin Garnett, 1995 NBA Draft
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Still reeling from having traded away Chris Webber, the Golden State Warriors ended up with the #1 pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, and selected talented forward Joe Smith to fill Webber’s shoes. The pick was lauded at the time, as Smith was the Naismith College Player of the Year in 1995, and a first-team All-American.
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Of course, what we didn’t realize is that Smith would go on to be an NBA journeyman, while a straight-from-high-school kid named Kevin Garnett, taken with the 5th overall pick, would go on to be one of the best players of the 1990’s and 2000’s.
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