Every NBA Teams WORST Draft Pick Since 2010

[@markusross4270]

Great intros, glad to see the improvement over the years! Keep up the great work!

[@YahMadeLuke]

Sunday February 25 2024 and Mr SixRingsOfSteel dropped the hardest intro known to man signifying a change in the world of intros as we know it. Classic Matt W

[@Now_To_Infinity]

I thought derick W would be a star 💫

[@qtebab]

0:53 Minnesota Timberwolves 1:38 Denver Nuggets 2:21 Portland Trail Blazers 3:14 Utah Jazz 4:14 Oklahoma City Thunder 5:04 New York Knicks 6:09 Brooklyn Nets 6:47 Boston Celtics 7:30 Philadelphia 76ers 8:43 Toronto Raptors 9:36 Dallas Mavericks 10:23 Memphis Grizzlies 11:01 New Orleans Pelicans 11:41 San Antonio Spurs 12:39 Houston Rockets 13:29 Video Sponsor 15:13 Miami Heat 15:59 Charlotte Hornets 16:57 Orlando Magic 17:26 Washington Wizards 17:59 Atlanta Hawks 18:33 Los Angeles Lakers 19:39 Los Angeles Clippers 20:28 Sacramento Kings 21:24 Phoenix Suns 22:08 Golden State Warriors 22:49 Detroit Pistons 23:23 Chicago Bulls 23:50 Milwaukee Bucks 24:21 Indiana Pacers 24:38 Cleveland Cavaliers 25:20 Outro

[@3wya]

Yo that intro was crazy it felt like I was about to watch a documentary

[@July9326]

Nah you cant blame the Spurs for what happened. Primo actually looked like he had some potential that was the right fit for the gameplan later on but absolutely no one could've predicted for something crazy like what he did later on.

[@Htiy]

Still the worst outcome

[@meh7348]

Yeah bit of a hard one to blame em for, obviously they wouldn't have drafted him if they knew he was a fucked up little sex pest.

[@jaco2174]

I agree, Primo pick got me excited because he's had some flashes of potential in his 2nd year. Samanic was the worst as a Spurs fan.

[@rigbythekhajiit]

@@jaco2174flashes 😳

[@Leo-nc3yx]

@@jaco2174 Don't know what you guys are watching... Primo's second year wasn't even that good, I can argue that even Blake Wesley has a better 2nd year and more flashes of being great(At least defensively). I feel like most Spurs fans were just craving for a "Future Guy" to put all their hopes on during that time, so they tend to be overrating our own players.

[@Chris-kk6cw]

The thing with Royce White was he was too scared to ride on planes. You have to constantly take planes in the NBA and he didn’t want to do that

[@LiamEdelshtein]

About the Brooklyn pick and the Boston pick - both are now starters for the best team outside the NBA (Real Madrid)… Btw Mario Hezonja is also great for Real… It’s amazing to see how many great Euroleague players are here… Vesely, Napier, Cuboclo…

[@juancarlosangeles470]

As a Pistons fan, I was actually offended that you didn't give them more credit for being absolutely horrible at drafting! They belong in the same breath as Charlotte, Phila, and Phoenix. Killian was the worst, but Sekou was the only other one name dropped. They had: '19 Sekou( one highlight then out the league) '17 Luke Kennard over Donovan '16 Henry Ellenson (WHO?!!) '15 Stanley Johnson 8th overall over Devin Booker who wanted to play for the Pistons '13 KCP (meh) '12 Andre Drummond (decent for them) '11 Brandon Knight (only known for being dunked on by DeAndre Jordan) '10 Greg Monroe The years I didn't list there, they didn't have a first-round pick. Bottom tier organization when it comes to drafting.

[@bryanc1984]

For the Utah Jazz, it should be Enes Kanter instead of Dante Exum. He openly admitted after being traded that he hated playing in Utah and that he didn't even bother trying to play to his full potential. The Jazz also instantly became one of the top defensive teams in the league after trading him. Exum at least put forth effort when he was on the court.

[@Gio-pb5rm]

Something you didn’t mention about Royce White by the rockets is why he didn’t play any games. It’s such a baffling situation. Royce refuses to play because he was scared to fly. Bro was scared of airplanes. The team even tried to accommodate him with other flight and driving options. He still didn’t want to do that. I think it was some mental health stuff but I’m Not sure about that

[@yoboijjmoney0980]

0:16 love the Mike Korzemba clip

[@jaceygaither2581]

Bender three spots ahead of Murray, Jackson one spot ahead of Fox, Ayton two spots ahead of Luka. Life of a Suns fan. Late lottery has been much kinder to the Suns. Booker at 13, Bridges at 10, Johnson at 11.

[@basketballaddict2885]

Royce White had a weird thing going on where he was afraid of flying

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Yeah has had some real mental health issues in his life.

[@josephham5216]

He does has issues. Some of which have caused him to become a horrible human being as well.

[@jcameronferguson]

The Thunder have an odd predilection for selecting players with unusual development paths to the NBA. TFerg is one notable example, but they also used a first-rounder on Darius Bazley, who skipped college to do a yearlong "internship" with New Balance; they picked Serge Ibaka when he was a relative unknown playing ball in Spain; Josh Giddey was kind of a sight-unseen player coming over from Australia. I think Sam Presti has a desire to show how much more thorough and clever his organization is as draft evaluators, and while some non-traditional approaches have panned out (the Canadian-Australian-Canadian starting backcourt they have this season seems to work just fine), they also occasionally whiff.

[@michaelhopkins4538]

Guerschon Dabusele mentioned!!!! Haven’t heard that name in forever man. Immaculate grid king!

[@joshuamonroe3045]

There is absolutely zero chance DSJ was a worse pick for the Mavs than Shane Larkin

[@ryany6776]

I honestly think DSJ turned out just fine as the 9th overall pick, solid defensive backup PG, similar to Dunn, both of them are doing just fine

[@bruh-vp1fp]

Personally would pick Fultz over Zhaire Smith. For draft busts I couldn't care less what the player does for any other team that he played for except for the one that drafted him. Remember the sixers coulda had Lonzo Ball Tatum etc. in that draft which would've fillled HUGE holes for them at the time and now.

[@AreebMAdil]

76ers had no chance at tatum. boston would not trade down if philly was taking tatum. they could have got lonzo after trading

[@theman9048]

Okafor and Zaire are bigger bust. KP, Devin Booker, bridges, and SGA were all drafted afterwards

[@bmanjamin]

i loved that intro! i know edits like that are hard to make but in the end it was so cool

[@jace3254]

not a celtics fan but shocked that james young wasn’t considered one of the worst picks for them

[@ctrain1072]

I was so confused for a 2nd, clicked the video and starting walking with my phone, heard Korzemba and thought I was going crazy lol

[@Indigo_LaCrown]

IDK why but as soon as I finish watching this video the song *"Everybody is dumb"* immediately came into my mind

[@owenmcguire525]

In 2017 I wanted my favorite team the Celtics to draft josh Jackson and I was upset when the picked Jayson Tatum now I understand why I'm not an NBA gm

[@mikete714]

Intro definitely adds another flavor to these draft talk videos

[@sloghortsen8292]

Fun to see that Guerschon Yabusele is now a really good player in the current Sixers team even though he is forced to play out of position because of Embiid's injuries

[@RTShortss]

For Yabuschele when their highlights is a FREE THROW you know it’s bad

[@Cactusj4ck_]

Anthony Brown for Lakers, we loved Zo here

[@aidanssportschannel3741]

The Timberwolves also passed on Stephen Curry. Twice! The 5th and 6th picks were Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.

[@spidamitchell8311]

Who’s curry? Is he any good?

[@thezackast2752]

​@@spidamitchell8311 hes meh a bit of journeyman I think hes in charlotte now

[@KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT]

That was in 2009

[@joosh5566]

Jabari Parker has been very solid and shown insane ability at the nba level when not seriously injured. One of the what ifs

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

the Bulls WORST PICK really should have been Marquis Teague, dude sucked so bad, we didn’t need a PG, couple picks later was Draymond and we needed a PF to fit Thibs’ style…

[@brasilo64]

Great Video! Some (un)honorable mentions: Kings: Willie Cauley-Stein (6th in 2015) Justin Jackson (15th in 2017) Harry Giles (20th in 2017) Magic: Mo Bamba (6th in 2018) Wizards: Troy Brown Jr (15th in 2018) Bulls: Justin Patton (16th in 2017) Hornets: Cody Zeller (4th in 2013) Cole Aldrich (11th in 2010) Pistons: Stanley Johnson (8th in 2015) Warriors: Ekpe Udoh (6th in 2010) Grizzlies: Xavier Henry (12th in 2010)

[@Now_To_Infinity]

I thought derick Williams’s would be a star

[@spidamitchell8311]

Troy is solid but solid list

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

Bulls didn’t draft Patton he went to Minnesota

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

@@DetroitSportsFanSince2002 how does he meet the criteria then?

[@jace3254]

celtics: james young (17th in 2014)

[@bliewafflesxdhehehteehe7114]

this new intro is fire and i really wished kevin knox turned out with the knicks, he was one of my favorite rookies

[@mosaeed5744]

as a memphis fan still mad we took ziare, idk why we took him as a top 10 pick

[@baltimoreborn36712]

It was so dumb of Memphis to trade JV and Murphy, two best players in the package

[@spidamitchell8311]

Both teams that took zhaire number 10 And both players haven’t panned out!

[@josephwright4222]

@@baltimoreborn36712 if it wasn't for Steven Adams injury, the trade would've been great for Adams alone. Was the best fit for the Memphis team and had two of the franchises most successful seasons with him as the C.

[@candaceh16]

@@baltimoreborn36712the JV part needed to happen. Des and Jaren and even Ja don't take leaps without subbing JV for Adams. They needed those touches more

[@james1820]

Intro looked so good Matt, keep it up man

[@jasonlighton9636]

I don't hold it against passing on MPJ, there were serious concerns about his back coming out of Missouri.

[@kevinraeburn9059]

Wanted to see what Pistons pick you went with. So many choices.

[@brianqi2751]

It's going to be Dieng more and more likely for the Thunder. Especially given consideration of how much OKC gave up for him, first rounders

[@prestonstueve1411]

You have to include the fact that the reason Royce white didn’t play was because of mental health issues.

[@MistaTofMaine]

To a degree but Royce also milked the crap out of his disability.

[@steveciancone1290]

Correction: Bennett was included in K Love trade, released after one season.

[@mindgamesesports5090]

joshua primo of the spurs only didnt go right because of the players behavior. still think spurs assessed him the right way and has the potential to have a bright future.

[@tdawgsports]

I had to double check I was watch you intro was amazing😭

[@leolynch6663]

I know this video is a month old, but Dante Exum is reviving his career in Dallas

[@leolynch6663]

Damn should’ve literally waited 10 seconds you say pretty much the same thing 😂

[@milyoppa7201]

2:43watch the ref grip evan turners ass😂😂

[@reggiegarcia07]

Someone gimme an extinguisher because that intro was fire

[@bradm4493]

Yeah the Thon Maker pick made sense at fine based on how Giannis worked out, but hindsight especially knowing Sabonis went the very next pick…yikes

[@crowfather0249]

As a Sixers fan, the Bridges-Smith trade still pisses me off to this day.

[@nitoshadow]

The lonzo disrespect is crazy

[@wesleyflocka]

I’m surprised you didn’t say anything about how the 6ers almost unalived Zaire smith after he ate some peanuts which he was allergic too and almost ended his lyfe

[@krit8353]

matt when r u gonna give mavs the respect they deserve in the justballin podcast

[@anthonymaneclang7440]

primo is not the worst pick the spurs had since 2010. primo at the very least showed signs of what they saw in him picking him in the lottery in 2021. the spurs picked nikola milutinov in the first round of 2015, a guy who would never even step foot in the NBA. sure they were still title contenders having won the year prior and having an upset loss to lob city that same year, but it was a FRP that did nothing at all, would’ve been better off trading. players picked after went on to be pretty valuable players (nance, looney, osman, harrell, josh richardson, pan connaughton, etc etc)

[@JC-tu6hc]

Man Lamelo on the warriors would've been such a nice fit. He replaces their need for Poole and Chris Paul with his style of play.

[@DMalltheway]

Nope, he’d be on the bench with his dad publicly complaining.

[@JC-tu6hc]

@DMalltheway Lol, he's literally an Allstar. His biggest issue is injuries rn. He was having a monster season before that. Also I literally have not heard from Lavar since like 2018.

[@DMalltheway]

@@JC-tu6hc An All-Star on one of the worse teams in the NBA with keys given to him, he isn’t getting those keys in GS and will have to fight minutes with Poole since Curry, Klay and Wiggins starting (who won anyway in 2022 even without Wiseman playing). His style also doesn’t fit Kerrs offense and Kerr won’t play him, he’ll be on the bench. LaMelo may start now, but not from 2020-2023.

[@nsusaint]

I honestly think that Hezonja would succeed if given a 2nd chance in the NBA (also he would want that 2nd chance) He has put up some great numbers in the EuroLeague. He is the type of player that's game has jumped leaps and bounds throughout his journey and I feel he just didn't get a fair shake in the NBA at such a young age. I also think he's never gonna attempt to head back to the NBA though.

[@nemolee_exe]

24:21 best pacers pic

[@nevenpatrk9661]

Suprised that there was no mention of Romeo Langford for the Celtics and Stanley Johnson for the Pistons.

[@aidanjholton]

He did mention Romeo Langford

[@curranolson]

You should put the names of the players on the video when you go into the next person you are talking about

[@jimpanse7641]

For OKC I first thougt about Mitch McGary, but Ferguson is a solid pick I guess.

[@BigHoss5063]

Primo pick for my spurs will never make sense, especially with Sengun right there

[@spidamitchell8311]

Sengun would help the spurs like crazy now

[@theHobbyBoy]

Haliburton > Vassel Sengun > Primo Jalen Williams > Sochan New GM is so bad at drafting!

[@Leo-nc3yx]

@@theHobbyBoyDamn,finally people who talk some sense. Some Spurs fans were so eager to defend Brian,even Spurs content creator such as Clan… You know,I am not too mad about Devin,since he’s still a solid pick,no where close to Hali after this season,but still. However no way the pick of Primo is even excusable,he was a projected late lottery ~ second round,and I don’t care there’s some rumors about how “Teams” want to pick him at late lottery,he was never that good. Like,even if they claimed “There’s no way Brian would know he’s a pervert “,he still didn’t show any sign of being worth a lottery pick,especially in a deep year like 2021 smh… In fact,he’s still playing,key world “G’League”,he’s not even NBA level in his third year. Lastly,I am on the same boat as you,I wanted J-Dub before the draft,and people like Clan defended Jeremy and said he will be a better player,but it doesn’t age well. Jeremy isn’t even that good of a defender,a new D-LeBron defensively rating showed he’s in the negatives,while Victor is on top…

[@BigHoss5063]

@@Leo-nc3yx yes. Jeremey is younger, and hindsight is 2020 with dev and hali. The primo pick will always haunt me as a fan

[@iwannatalktosampson5852]

Would of picked culver for minnesota just because they traded up while it was for garland picking culver was crazy even on draft night it was confusing

[@galexcabrera3449]

it amazes me when so called "analysts" critique a draft pick after the fact, i can do the same thing you know. honestly, did anyone have kawhi or klay ranked higher as a prospect than williams back in 2011? was SGA seen as a better prospect than knox back in 2018?

[@joosh5566]

Mudiay was absolutely electric in one of the 2k games

[@josephfrank5224]

Fultz trade had nothing to do with Maxey. It was for Jonathan Simmons and 2 second rounders.

[@koolaidman8077]

Ngl i kinda liked the idea of terrance ferguson as like a just high flying role player

[@Snuggs25]

Markell not a bust averaging 13 points on a bad arm is impressive last season even tho he’s was this season he’s barely getting minutes and he’s hirt

[@charliekiely7780]

Great editing

[@RolyPolyNoely]

You did Royce white dirty. He was going through loads of mental health issues when he was drafted and had a lot of fears about flying and shit, I think if I remember correctly the rockets made him some big promises then did him dirty. But this was a pretty big story, and to just talk about him as a bust without mentioning what contributed to that is shitty

[@davidfoster2d]

I hate that lonzo made this list because of injuries... leaf to Indiana is a direct result of lonzo's talent

[@breadwinningbiscuit1086]

You should do worst draft pick currently on teams roster

[@reidye]

As a Sixers fan the zaire smith trade NEVER made sense. Why did we give up bridges (a Philly kid) for zaire…

[@danielward8645]

“hit on derrick favors at the #3 pick…” wat? Favors played less than one season for brooklyn and has averaged 10 a game for his career. He went ahead of Demarcus Cousins. That was a pretty bad pick.

[@Caseyjones177]

Great video but....Kyrie a future hall of famer??? Idk about that bro. Keep up the great content. Thanks!

[@thwwoodcraft1449]

Just hit 'play' on this. If you don't have Doke Azebuike as my Jazz' worst pick I'll be surprised. We could have paired Mitchell with Bane which would have actually opened the door for us. EDIT: Exum was because Smart refused to work out for Jazz = his agent said DO NOT TAKE HIM to Jazz FO so I disagree on your selection.

[@juiceboye]

Intro went crazy bro

[@thatguy4267]

Surely Ntilikina was worse than Knox for New York. Knox could at least shoot threes, Ntilikina couldn’t do much of anything besides the occasional defensive highlight.

[@ryany6776]

Great highlight for Zach Collins😂

[@nitoshadow]

As a mavs fan I can say Dennis smith jr wasn’t a bad pick at all

[@TingusPingus24]

Fire 🔥 intro!!

[@deez4225]

For the Thunder, wasn’t a good player, and it gets worse that almost every pick after him in the first round was a good player

[@healthfadsfade]

I really though Knox was going to be good like 17-19ppg 😂

[@TrevisM12]

W intro and 5:19, the reaction is just sad

[@masoe4687]

that intro was fire haha

[@FrankWhiteschanel]

Lonzo Ball was definitely not a bust he was incredible

[@jarynvecchio6433]

Bennett was part of the Love deal

[@colepisarik802]

Intro went so crazy

[@lil_bear]

Ugh Joshua Primo set the spurs rebuild back a entire year…. But hey they ended up with Wemby so I guess it worked out

[@paultizzard2864]

Mmm saying bam turns into bam on the blazers instead of the heat is something I disagree with tbh. I believe he'd be more an okongwu player. Always stuck behind nurkic or someone else and never able to be that player. And also bam got developed by heat culture. So yeah I don't see them missing on bam.

[@MrSniperknifer]

Great but would’ve went pat Williams

[@jaro_johncedrickprogoso5187]

Yup the Shabazz Napier pick by the Heat 😅

[@nathanhomestead7578]

Have you won another bet since Christmas😭? Not that recent anymore 😂

[@Odysseus1999]

Ntilikina and Kevin Knox here we come!

[@spidamitchell8311]

Damn knicks picks not working out

[@Odysseus1999]

@@spidamitchell8311 We’ve done pretty well in the 2010s other than them to be fair 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Cookhimbailey]

Collin’s is pretty decent now

[@DNsports24]

Stopppppppp Shabaz Napier is one of the goats , I loved him lol

[@kirillsergeyev7116]

No one said Exum was a sharpshooter bro

[@christianvoss6399]

Fire intro

[@k9proution]

Troydans not gonna be happy about lonzo

[@jaredramirez9935]

I would have said Jonny Flynn for the TWolves

[@Shvidcomix]

4 the kings it's definitely Bagley that was the biggest egg lay that Vladi gave us.

[@bezllama3325]

Great intro

[@Tommythademon]

Totally forgot about tj leaf

[@rushjude1026]

shoutout a funky diabetic in the intro

[@jayking5452]

Ur crazy for saying Fultz was a bad pick when doctors fd up his surgery 🤦

[@ChrisSuswal-de9tj]

How is Derrick Favors a hit but Evan Turner a bust?