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NBA Draft Busts Of Recent Years

June 29, 2018 by SportsDrop

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In the NBA, one superstar — for better or for worse — can absolutely change the trajectory of a team, if not the franchise as a whole. That’s why so many teams are trying to “tank” when they’re losing — they want to secure a higher chance to draft a top talent in the forthcoming NBA Draft. But when they do get that chance and end up blowing it on a player that turns out to be a bust, that can set the franchise back for years. To that end, we wanted to make a list of the top 19 players who were drafted in the last three years, but already look like busts.

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We also then identified two “honorable mention” players selected in the 2018 NBA Draft, whom we think have the highest probability of being a draft bust in the near future, for various reasons (which we’ll explain):

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