Re: those choosen before walker

[jwt2@lehigh.edu (jwt2@lehigh.edu)]

Mark Estepp wrote:

>Would someone be interested in doing an analysis of those taken before A. W.
>in the draft?  I'm curious to see how the top five are doing compared to Walker
. 
>
> 1. Allen Iverson       Georgetown              Philadelphia
> 2. Marcus Camby        Massachusetts           Toronto
> 3. Shareef Abdur-Rahim California              Vancouver
> 4. Stephon Marbury     Georgia Tech            Milwaukee (*)
> 5. Ray Allen           Connecticut             Minnesota (*)
> 6. Antoine Walker      Kentucky                Boston

I don't have time to look up the stats right now, but i don't really see a
bust among these picks.  Iverson won rookie of the year, Camby is probably
doing the worst of the bunch, but still decently, Abdur Rahim's numbers are
similar to Walkers in most categories, Marbury took his team from the lottery
to the playoffs in his first year and will probably end up being the best PG
in the NBA after a few guys retire, and Allen has been doing well for the
bucks.  Really, i don't think that any team went wrong with any of these
picks, except maybe Toronto, who should have taken SAR over Camby IMO.

Jeff