2001 NBA draft

by WhiteBoy-4-3 on Jun 21, 2010 3:02 PM EDT

Hate to bring it up but NBA TV is replaying the 2001 draft today at 4pm....Kwame Brown anyone?! I know when I heard we had the first pick I thought championships would be coming our way. I figured Michael Jordan would lead us to a dynasty, unfortunately it was just plain nasty! I'm much older now and supposedly wiser, hindsight would tell us to pick Pau Gasol. Anyway, does the trauma of the 2001 draft make you nervous about this years #1 pick?

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How do you feel about the #1 pick in light of the 2001 draft results?

I got that sinking feeling! The Bullets will mess it up somehow! The pessimist

5 votes

It's a homerun! There is no way you can screw this up! The optimist

57 votes

What's the point, with Ernie running the show they'll somehow trade the pick anyway! The apathetic Bullets fan

3 votes

65 votes | Poll has closed

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Real point from that draft is that some drafts are just better than others

Sure, with 20/20 hindsight you’d pick Gasol. But no one was thinking that at the time. The real choices in 2001 were Kwame, Eddie Curry, Tyson Chandler, and maybe Shane Battier. There just isn’t a franchise-changer in the bunch.

As draft mistakes go, it’s not like we pulled a Darko there. We didn’t miss a cornerstone player by picking Kwame, we just got the #1 pick in an awful draft class. This time, by comparison, we have the #1 pick in a pretty deep draft class. It’s about the quality of the draft, not the luck of the Wizards.

(that said, I’ll still probably sacrifice a chicken, just for old times’ sake)

by sierradave on Jun 21, 2010 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

well said

until that chicken part

by disgrunted on Jun 21, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

You prefer goat?

by sierradave on Jun 21, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I seem to remember...

…there was also a real issue for clubs to draft a euro so high, which was the same for drafting a H.S. player years before that (Garnett, Kobe). The Euros were considered really soft and wouldn’t be able handle the physical play, the only thing is they actually know how to play the game…except that they are really soft and can’t handle the physical play….

by WhiteBoy-4-3 on Jun 21, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Looking back, that had to be one of the most horrible drafts talent-wise...

maybe 3-4 guys with all star potential?

by TheRealBigMike on Jun 25, 2010 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

Wasn't as bad as 2000

The only two All-Stars from the 2000 draft were Kenyon Martin and Michael Redd. The top 15 boasted such stars as Stromile Swift, Darius Miles, Marcus Fizer, DerMarr Johnson, Chris Mihm, Joel Przybilla, Keyon Dooling, Jason Collier, Courtney Alexander, Etan Thomas, Mateen Cleaves, and of course, the immortal Jerome Moiso. What a group.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!

by OleksiyPecherovsHomeboy on Jun 26, 2010 12:52 AM EDT reply actions