12. Chris Paul
The fact that three different teams passed on Chris Paul in the 2005 NBA Draft looks worse and worse with each passing year, given the fact that Chris Paul continues to remain in the conversation of the NBA’s best point guards. A relentless competitor, passing savant, and basketball genius, Paul has been selected to an All-NBA team eight times over his career, including four selections to the First Team. He’s led the league in assists four different times, and steals six different times.
And on top of all of that, despite dropping on Draft day because of concerns around his lack of size, Paul was named First-Team or Second-Team All Defensive Team nine times in his career. He is the only player in NBA history to lead the league in assists per game and steals per game in the same season (did it three times), and to lead the league in steals for four seasons in a row.