Re: #1 picks

[Bird33 <ed.boggess@northnap.citynet.net>]

Hey Vinny. Here's a list for #1 draft picks from 1966-1997. This should help
you and your buds out a little in the debates. And since you were talking
about busts, I put a * in front of the ones that I think didn't amount to
their hype. Some on the list may agree that there should be more busts than
what I pointed out or some may think that I am wrong. Daugherty could be a
bust, but only because of injury. He played tough when he actually was in
there, but that was rare. Should be fun to see what everybody thinks. You're
in BeanTown now baby, BeanTown!!

-Ed "Bird33"

1997 Draft 1.  San Antonio: Tim Duncan (Wake Forest)(ROY)
1996 Draft 1.  Philadelphia:  Allen Iverson (Georgetown)
1995 Draft 1.  Golden State:  Joe Smith (Maryland)
1994 Draft 1.  Milwaukee:  Glenn Robinson (Purdue)
1993 Draft 1.  Orlando:  (traded to Golden State) Chris Webber (Michigan) (ROY)
1992 Draft 1.  Orlando:  Shaquille O'Neal (LSU) (ROY)
1991 Draft 1.  Charlotte:  Larry Johnson (UNLV)(ROY)
1990 Draft 1.  New Jersey:  Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) (ROY)
* 1989 Draft 1.  Sacramento:  Pervis Ellison (Louisville)
1988 Draft 1.  LA Clippers:  Danny Manning (Kansas)
1987 Draft 1.  San Antonio:  David Robinson (Navy) (ROY 1990)
1986 Draft 1.  Cleveland:  Brad Daugherty (UNC)
1985 Draft 1.  New York:  Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) (ROY)
1984 Draft 1.  Houston:  Akeem Olajuwon (Houston)
* 1983 Draft 1.  Houston:  Ralph Sampson (Virginia)(ROY)
1982 Draft 1.  LA Lakers:  James Worthy (UNC)
1981 Draft 1.  Dallas:  Mark Aguirre (DePaul)
* 1980 Draft 1.  Golden State:  Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue)
1979 Draft 1.  LA Lakers:  Earvin Magic Johnson (Michigan State)
1978 Draft 1.  Portland:  Michael Thompson (Univ. of Minnesota)
* 1977 Draft 1.  Milwaukee:  Kent Benson (Indiana)
1976 Draft 1.  Houston:  John Lucas (Maryland)
1975 Draft 1.  Atlanta:  David Thompson (North Carolina State Univ.)
1974 Draft 1.  Portland:  Bill Walton (UCLA)
1973 Draft 1.  Philadelphia:  Doug Collins (Illinois State)
* 1972 Draft 1.  Portland:  LaRue Martin (Loyola)
1971 Draft 1.  Cleveland:  Austin Carr (Notre Dame)
1970 Draft 1.  Detroit:  Bob Lanier (St. Bonaventure)
1969 Draft 1.  Milwaukee:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Lew Alcindor (UCLA) (ROY) 
1968 Draft 1.  Houston:  Elvin Hayes (Houston
1967 Draft 1.  Detroit:  Jimmy Walker (Providence)
1966 Draft 1.  New York:  Cazzie Russell (Michigan)

>Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 12:03:25 -0400
>From: Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>
>Subject: #1 picks
>
>I am having a discussion on a baseball list as to whether there have been
>#1 NBA draft picks who have been flops.  We don't have a list of the picks
>to actually make a better analysis.
>
>Is is possible for anyone to send me a list of former #1 draft picks?  I'd
>also be interested in any others opinions on this topic.