The Story of The NBA's Worst Draft Bust | Anthony Bennett

[@thelastdreadi2938]

“I don’t like white american bigs” might be the funniest thing I hear all day

[@Kellxrated]

I’ve been crying for minutes

[@famouscriminals18]

Mason Plumlee was the only American center they could get for the 2014 World Cup.

[@Bakanga]

​@@famouscriminals18I didn't think I'd see you here. I fw the channel ❤🔥

[@whywhere1768]

the self hatred is palpable lol

[@ernestaddo9578]

Anthony Bennett in real time: A bust Anthony Bennett in NBA 2k14: Mans a menace in P&R

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

I remember that, Bennett was literally a frontcourt tyrant. There would be times that he looked like prime Boogie Cousins out there so for him to have been that good in 2K which was updated frequently through the season is wild.

[@Lyson28]

He's so annoying to face in Mycareer rookie showcase

[@Kings0424]

​@Lyson28 Man bruh in NBA 2k14, I had so many legendary battles against Anthony Bennett in MyCareer, especially in the Finals

[@jerrylanary4889]

Add. Versatile Big that eats a lot of glass, could post and shoot THREES like Dirk.

[@GarkKahn]

And babbit in new orleans was curry back when 3pters were just role players for last minute plays

[@Bradland013]

Being at Cavs games when this dude was on the court...it legit felt like you were watching a kids league basketball game where one team is trying to make the worst kid in the league score. He gets the ball in a spot to score and everyone would perk up all "OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA SCORE! 🙌" and he missed and everyone gave an "awwwww." It was one of the strangest things ever.

[@nvm9040]

Bennett shouldn’t have been number one at all and bill Simmons reaction says it all about this pick 😂

[@pickleback6905]

"yeah that'll put butts in the seats" WCW FLASHBACK INTENSIFIES

[@RealTomahawk7]

the best thing to come out of Anthony Bennetts career will always be Bill Simmons' reaction to him being the first pick

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

“WHOA!”

[@kokoro_gospel]

"WHOA!"

[@liljjtdot]

When the season starts you guys need to do weekly nba updates or two a week kinda thing ! After TNT y’all are all we got 😢

[@vise_atoxity8083]

I thought they renewed the contract for this next season?

[@MegaMjjordan]

@@vise_atoxity8083not sure if chuck if still there though

[@DineroGFX]

GOAT, HeatCheck, AM Hoops, all good NBA channels I also watch consistently.

[@joehonest7074]

GOAT is always a must watch. That channel is the best thing going sometimes.

[@ambientsounds5832]

@@joehonest7074 his script is a little corny

[@ju5tch1lll14]

He was the biggest bust only because he was picked at #1 in a historically bad draft class by a team that couldn’t draft a good player for their life

[@GARIONN1]

Kwame was the biggest bust because he was #1 coming out of high-school. Lol doesn't make any difference Bennett is unquestionably the biggest bust

[@ninjaksmash]

Nahhhhh Anthony was pretty damn bad. Top 3 busts at least

[@guangdong6805]

It's kinda funny how in hindsight, even in the draft they chose relatively well, you could argue there's 2-3 players that go above the first overall pick (Kawhi, Jimmy, Klay). LeBron is really their only hit, but he was so obviously NBA ready even a chimpanzee would've picked him first overall.

[@MegaMjjordan]

@@guangdong6805that’s not entirely true cmon now

[@MegaMjjordan]

You’re bugging dude. Cavs are ass in certain years but they aren’t completely shut at drafting. Outside Lebron, (Kyrie, Wiggins, Garland, Sexton, Mobley would like a word. Injuries are part of the game but these guys showed they’re contract worthy

[@mrbarbrady00]

As a Cavs fan, it was absolutely devastating, wasn’t even the biggest fan of the pick itself but I tried to keep my hopes after, but after that rookie year man it was just over 😭

[@the_o_man]

Thankfully LeBron returned 1 year later

[@mrbarbrady00]

@@the_o_mantruth

[@byronkerr6]

Pointlessly fun fact: 8 years ago I happened to assist a very skilled coach in the new VBA (Vietnamese Basketball Association) I threw out Bennett's name as their one import player. The coach wisely made me buy the next round... and the Danang Dragons went on to win the first championship with an unheard of center.

[@nogov2838]

it's rudolphe joly btw

[@PricefieldPunk]

At least Kwame Brown had the excuse of the pressure of playing next to MJ on the Wizards. Anthony Bennett really had no excuse for being that bad on the Cavs.

[@starcarter531]

Kwame also played with Kobe too

[@jokerofmorocco]

And Kwame Brown put up better numbers and was able to play for over a decade while Bennet fizzled out really quickly

[@jimmyfogelbach]

Kwame wouldn’t have had lasted longer than Bennett if he was drafted in mid 2010s. Unfortunately the nba in terms of talent had a higher ceiling than back in 2000s

[@GrimShuzayuna]

I think my weird thing is that I LOVE Anthony Bennett content. Like it’s my little guilty pleasure.

[@munkeee420]

1:50 the Kevin Love disrespect is insane

[@Bromitos0313]

Cody at Thinking Basketball perked up just now and yelled Bill Walton at the top of his lungs for no reason lol

[@mr.longjohn0014]

Tbh kevin love is 6’8 i don’t think he counts as a big compared to the guys he was naming, they were all clear 7ft.

[@akeme25]

And Chet Holmgren who’s freaking 7’2” lol

[@mikevismyelement]

Chet too

[@freshnaproductions2105]

3:04 Do not disrespect the nerds of Harvard 😭

[@joshuacooper319]

Victor Oladipo was absolutely worth that pick. He would have been a multi all defensive team guard and if he stayed healthy been a great 2nd to 3rd option for a contender. He had alot of good games for the Heat.

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

We need a video on perhaps the most polarizing team in recent NBA history: the 2011 Miami Heat

[@elpedromoin]

I alaways hated when they put players as a bust when they got injured, like Oden was, is not like he wasn't trying to stay healthy and when he did play he was great

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly, I hate that unless that person just had bad eating habits or drugs or something they could prevent

[@iseedeadpeople6667]

Just how much are people gonna go after this guy...can't imagine what he must feel like...

[@malikog7069]

I hear you but that’s what comes with it, I’m sure he’ll take the money he made along with the slander that comes with it.

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Yeah I see why Johnny Flynn done disappeared off the face of the earth

[@kennethhardeman3292]

I think he played in Europe too, I’ll take millions in my early 20s for some jokes it’s not like anyone lied about him he’s not a good player

[@mikevismyelement]

Grow up, he's a big boy

[@Booster37]

If Cleveland not taken Waiters the year before, they probably would have drafted Oladipo. He most likely gets traded to Minnesota for Love, but do they get the top pick the next season to make that move? If they didn't take Waiters, then who? Dame makes no sense since they already have Kyrie. Drummond is probably the move. Quite the scenario.

[@ShadowThe771]

Dude was the definition of a true bust. He’s up there with the likes of Hasheem Thabeet, Joe Smith and Michael Olewakandi.

[@alexvoigt6946]

I don’t know if I’d call Joe Smith a “bust” necessarily. He had a LONG career as a useful role player and showed flashes of talent, especially on the defensive end. Kwame Brown’s a far more prominent #1 overall bust and Fultz is heading for a less prominent career. Hell, there’s even an argument to be made that he’s a better #1 overall than Ben Simmons simply on the basis that his career lasted longer and he was a far less sabotaging teammate.

[@andreasl_fr2666]

​@@alexvoigt6946The true bust is a guy that is drafted and the moment he hits the floor you can tell this man will never pan out

[@ravencarino6115]

I thought this video was going to be about uhm... that Phoenix guy, 1st pick, now in Portland.

[@dejountemurraythefutureg.o9040]

Anthony Bennett is very unique in the fact that even outside of the NBA he’s still REALLY bad, not even most first round pick busts could be THAT ass at the game, let alone a first pick.

[@genemorgan736]

I remember this draft for Bill Simmons being right on EVERYTHING. Dude couldn't miss in this draft

[@mattfratamico670]

I had the chance to watch him play in 2018 for the Maine Red Claws. He looked like an average G League player out there. You’d have never thought that he was the number 1 overall pick 5 years prior.

[@iitchydog8770]

My buddy has a friend who cuts hair here in toronto. He said that one day Bennett walked into the shop seeing if anyone could hook him up with a free cut bcus hes an nba player and also born here in toronto. Basically everyone said nahh. Dude was so trash he couldnt even get a free cut in his own city. Poor guy.

[@darksidebabii]

Nerlens Noel was expected to be 1st overall I remember that draft

[@KaisasDad]

JU's Ronnie Murphy was #18 overall to Portland in 87. He hurt his foot in Camp and came back from Rehab about 20 pounds heavier. Career 18 games 36 points 29% shooting & more Turnovers than Assists.

[@spliffsforbreakfast]

I consider Victor Oladipo a “superstar” on the soul fact that he took LeBron to 7 games and damn near won. He was so mature at Indiana and his jumper was the only negative. Definitely a top 5 sg RIGHT NOW if he wasn’t injured. So yea… Bennet technically was drafted right before a “star” player.

[@brios327]

“You’re not gonna play PF at 6’7 in 2013.” -Draymond Green played PF at 6’6 at that exact time, and Charles Barkley also played PF in the Jordan Era at 6’6 lol.

[@naoikeda9472]

Give James wiseman one more year, and he will rival Anthony Bennett lol.

[@jisoolee1258]

his hs mixtape got me thinking warriors dynasty will last until 2030 lol

[@JammerAma]

He's a bust for sure. But I think you have to go number 1 to be considered the biggest draft bust of all time in your sport. Wiseman is still not good but Bennett was even worse going number 1.

[@Kellxrated]

I love yall bro. Funny and real

[@AirRusher1992]

It will definitely put a smile on my face if Anthony Bennett admits to the public in front of a camera that he is the biggest bust in NBA history, just like what Greg Oden did.

[@juanmendez5703]

Can we get a lamarcus Aldridge vid

[@arnaeus7448]

the American bigs rant is one for the ages

[@alexkramer7049]

You guys really need to start doing podcasts as well. That would be sick

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

At least he managed four years! I don't know if this ever happened in the NBA draft but in the MLB draft there are a few top draft picks (and PLENTY who were top 5-10) who didn't make the majors at all! And I think there was one who was picked over a future HOF right out of high school who didn't even make it past AA!

[@kcaghanenu1203]

If there’s anything good I can say about Anthony Bennett Is that him getting drafted really really marked a change and how Canadian players were viewed **AS PROSPECTS** .Around the time he was drafted the most highly touted Canadians prospects were Tristan Thompson Kelly, himself and maybe Corey Joseph. Whether or not he did play a role in getting that eye on Canadian players dropping the stigma that they were greatly worse prospects, than their counterparts south of the border.

[@rashieemthedream]

Redraft Gannis Antetokounmpo 1st Pick Anthony Bennett 60th Pick

[@williamblake7386]

If you look at busts as a move by the organization and how bad this move was and not really counting luck, because making a stupid move and being unlucky are slightly different things, Wiseman should be higher on the bust list. They had an all time great in Curry and they decided not to compete but use prime Curry as a nurse for their future. They knew Wiseman was not viewed as a good prospect and they refused to trade him or his pick. To me-nothing beats this decision. They screwed themselves so hard i can see blood stains from their ass on the court every time i watch Warriors games. Btw, so-called fans were totally on Wiseman/Lacob/Bob/Steve side and against Curry. Mindbending.

[@TheTyronecus]

As a life long Cavs fan, this one hurt. As soon as we drafted him I knew he was going to be a bust.

[@mhskingtanner6310]

Cavs fan here. The only good purpose Anthony Bennett served was, he was included in the Kevin Love trade.

[@gabrielfreedman8507]

showed olynyk a canadian when talking about american bigs 😭

[@gianlucasebastiani1072]

2k14 Legend on PS3, 78 ovr, a beast

[@valpix7007]

7:45 And in that run for Fener, in the playoffs and Final Four, he played a grand total of....2 minutes and 43 seconds in five games. All of which was garbage time.

[@MrSquaky]

Now that you mention it, Kevin Love and Chris Kaman are the only 2 white american Big Men to make an all star team since 2010

[@DaveTookOver]

Hasheem Thabeet was a beast in college, double digit blocks all the time

[@UncleRetroBro]

Imagine saying that racist comment in reverse yall would get canceled

[@mr.longjohn0014]

But it wasn’t racist like at all lmfao, only someone who wants to be victimized would think so.

[@campaingsosa300]

that’s not racist it’s just basketball talk he didn’t say he hated them as a people race literally is the last thing that should come to your mind lol

[@UncleRetroBro]

@campaingsosa300 of course it's not

[@JammerAma]

​​​@@mr.longjohn0014 so if I said "I don't know what it is. I just don't like black quarterbacks. From the start of the league to the mid 2000's I just didn't fuck with them" you'd say that isn't racist at all?

[@mr.longjohn0014]

@@JammerAma man you wanna be a victim so bad 😭 go throw a pissy for for someone who cares gang.

[@patrickunderwoodjr.9196]

In my opinion, Cleveland locked this guy in to PURPOSELY tank and get LeBron back and it worked 😂

[@PatToReal]

You should do a series of reviewing a busts carrer high for example a review of Anthony bennets 20!point game

[@ZachAttackIsBack]

The real failure was the incompetent Cavs front office for choosing this guy with the first pick.

[@de132]

By win share, Bennett is 3rd worst all-time for a No. 1 overall pick (0.5). The other two are Mark Workman (-1.2, St. Louis Hawks 1952) and Andy Tonkovich (-0.4, Providence Steamrollers 1948) Excluding recent draft picks (last 5 seasons), the worst No. 1s by WS are Mark Workman, Andy Tonkovich, Anthony Bennett, LaRue Martin (1.9, Portland Trail Blazers 1972), Dick Ricketts (2.1, St. Louis Hawks 1955), Michael Olowokandi (2.5, LA Clippers, 1998), Art Heyman (4.0, New York Knicks 1963), Hot Rod Hundley (4.3, Rochester Royals 1957), Howie Shannon (6.3, Providence Steamrollers 1949), Billy McGill (6.7, Chicago Zephyrs 1962) and Greg Oden (7.3, Portland Trail Blazers, 2007)

[@williamrose9184]

As cavs fan like I am you guys had to give me PTSD today lol

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

i never count him as a bust. nobody saw him going #1. it was shocking😂

[@Isuckatvideogames210]

2013 as a whole has to be the most mid year in world history

[@crystalfelts2404]

3:04 The disrespect for UNM 💀🐺🐺🐺

[@pitongus]

At least Brown and Millicic had long careers while providing decent defense.

[@cavenbeekr5555]

As a Cavs fan I wanted olidipo. Loved him outta college.

[@cjvaye99]

honestly i dont think Bennett and Kwame are actually busts. busts to me come in with all the hype in the world and just never live up to expectations...let's be for real who ever thought Kwame Brown or Anthony Bennett would be the next Karl Malone and Larry Johnson. Bill Simmons reaction says it all nobody expected him to go number one. they are just terrible draft picks I don't think they are busts personally bc they had no business being taken first overall period

[@Infamous6091]

As a Canadian it was great but a curse for him. He really was a solid #10-20 pick at best it put too much pressure and it was the start of the stretch 4 and he was too big for that and too small for a center with no jumper and not a good rebounder so really was not a good pick on the cavs part

[@JazzyJeff910]

The most talked about nba player that wasn’t good 😭

[@FupaDoncic]

Poor mans Larry Johnson, by poor I mean homeless

[@kelhorton5977]

Aye, we will NOT put Mason Plumlee in the same group as them Zeller brothers😭💀

[@vaeastra]

Speaking of (potential) busts, I’m itching to hear y’all’s take on Bryce Young getting benched. It is not looking hot for him.

[@renzupsop]

To ba fair with Bennett, there's no mock draft where he's the consensus top pick. He's projected as a lottery pick at most. James Wiseman is the biggest bust in NBA history.

[@5h00ta]

Darko Milcic being selected at 2nd overall by Detroit, OVER Carmello Anthony, is still one of the biggest “What if’s” in Nba History.

[@devingiannini2077]

I'd love to see an alternate reality where Melo learned to hustle and play defense

[@denzelkoe]

OK, I’ll save this. There’s no way he has to be worst draft bust of all time the expectations for him were not nearly as mine as half the other guys they named

[@neilbryanbucsit197]

Most NBA players have points per game while Bennett has games per points

[@rig-zag]

Gather round young fellas, Let me tell you a story about Kwame Brown.. or Pervis Ellison... or Greg Oden, Michael Olawankandi, Adam Morrison, Tyler Hansbrough... on and on, so on and so forth 😂 Fingers crossed for my home states Cooper Flagg 🤞

[@ScotNation1987]

Was Hansbrough a top pick tho. Olawankandi was bad and Greg Oden had along bad injuries but funny thing about Morrison and Kwame was they were drafted by Jordan and theyvsucked

[@rig-zag]

@@ScotNation1987 I only included Hansbrough because of his immense success at the collegiate level, National player of the year, all possible accolades, and somehow did nothing at the pro level. *That* is the quintessential example of a disappointment in my mind.

[@ShadowThe771]

I wouldn’t event call Oden or someone else like Jabari Parker busts. Injuries destroyed them from reaching their potential.

[@vise_atoxity8083]

I hate when Greg Oden is listed as a bust. He was great when he was a healthy player. Calling Oden a bust is like calling Zion a bust. Both absolute freaks of nature who lived up to their hype talently.. but their careers haven’t gone as planned because they just can’t be healthy.

[@JammerAma]

​@@vise_atoxity8083you just gotta seperate them into different categories. Medical busts like Oden are different from lack of talent busts like Olawakandi

[@richardp8429]

Bennett, if he could score more and more consistently, would have been great in the NBA. I liked him a lot and had he been able to be a better scorer, he would have been exceptional.

[@awakenedbahamut2574]

Imagine cavaliers with lebron, kyrie, and Giannis

[@AlexTechie]

The Cavs have so many #1 picks in such a short span that it's just one of the many ways you know the NBA is rigged

[@minhnguyencong2084]

On an unrelated note is ben simmons considered a bust i mean he had a good rookie year and a good early years with the sixers before everything went downhill

[@Bucketeditz585]

Love watching your videos always hyped when you release a new vid

[@isao_the_2nd]

I'd argue that ben simmons earned that title from bennett, especially when he was compared to Lebron during his 76ers tenure

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

I dislike Ben Simmons too but it would be very disingenuous for any of us to say that. Rookie of the year, 3 all star appearances and was the 1-2 punch of the Sixers next to Embiid...Ben Simmons may be the biggest disappointment in the NBA but I can't call him a bust because he has acquired accolades, back when he wanted to play and still had heart and a spine. Bennett amounted to absolutely nothing in the league and flamed out within 4 seasons. Even so Simmons wouldn't even be top 5 in biggest draft busts of all time. 1. Anthony Bennett 2. Michael Olowakandi 3. Hasheem Thabeet 4. Kwame Brown 5. Darko Milicic

[@vise_atoxity8083]

@@TheyCallMeSledgeRegardless of accolades, Ben is definitely still a bust. He was called the greatest prospect since LeBron, was listed as the second coming of LeBron AND listed as better than him at everything not related to shooting the ball, and now.. he’s a Net averaging 5 PPG with nothing else to show for it. That’s a bust, in my eyes. Another thing favoring him for the bust title.. He was said to be the final piece in a 76ers championship. Just two years later, his head coach, a championship winning head coach, said he was not good enough to lead a team at ANY position when it came to winning a championship. He isn’t a bust in terms of a failed rookie contract or tenure. He’s a bust in terms of being an absolute failure WITH that talent.

[@guangdong6805]

​@vise_atoxity8083 I think the definition of what a bust is fluid and changes depending on what a person believes it to be, as well as the expectations of said player. If you consider it to be expectations of a first overall pick, Ayton is a bust compared to his peers. But not all first overall picks pan out. Having said that, I do think if you consider Simmons to be the next coming of Bron, yeah, he's absolutely a bust - but I feel as if those expectations were rather extreme and there were already multiple signs before the draft he wasn't all that. I consider him a disappointment - but unlike many other draft busts, Ben had a career that even average NBA role players would kill for.

[@shorewall]

I think he was bad, but I also judge busts based on the opportunity cost. The 2013 draft was terrible. Of the front runners, they really only missed out on Oladipo. Now, Oladipo was the right pick, but looking at his career, I don't think that was the biggest missed opportunity. I think Thabeet over Harden and Curry is worse. Marvin Bagley over Luka in 2018 is a heartbreaker that gets swept under the rug because 1) it's the Kings, and 2) it wasn't the number 1 pick. If we add injury related busts, then Bowie over MJ (which would have been a bust even if Bowie was healthy), and Oden over KD. But as they say, injuries aren't really fair (unless they are already injured like Bowie).

[@RE1GN_BLOOD]

Bennett was a shot in the dark in a terrible draft. Cavs had the luxury of taking a chance and obviously it didn’t. He’s not even close to being the biggest bust. He wasn’t #1 pick material to begin with.

[@givecamichips]

Bennet was at least pretty decent for the national team for a few years

[@Josh-y4r]

The gm that drafted him is just gullible

[@novasonhun]

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[@cavsszn8231]

Thos ones gonna hurt as a cavs fan

[@jonathanparker1774]

Eh we got k love and a chip outta it so I'm fine with how it turned out

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

That 2013 season was so fun though man

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

We already knew those were gonna be down bad years to begin with. Also with LeBron coming back to Cleveland a year later takes the sting out of the fact the Cavs drafted arguably the worst draft bust of all time.

[@cavsszn8231]

@@thekidfromcleveland3944 Ill never forget the Waiters Hardaway Jr duel in the rising stars challenge

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

@cavsszn8231 aye Kyries 32 in Toronto for me man. S*** was legendary

[@benjaminglazer7217]

All Knicks draft picks except KP under Steve mills and Phil Jackson

[@stevenisadragon]

Surely Cooper Flagg doesn't count as a "Big"?

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Oh my lord......ouch

[@joeladrianssempala9830]

Shout out to 😂😂Markelle Fultz

[@signifiednose7499]

Carmelo and D Wade went after Darko

[@jasonic-ks2tm]

I get mad because I honestly believe that Andrew wiggins should be on the bust list. Sure he's had moment but overall!

[@devinenwabunma2019]

Imagine if the Cavs would've taken Giannis

[@dblack9704]

Ben Simmons is the biggest bust in NBA history

[@ActionJacksonForever]

Ben Simmons is the worst bust in nba history

[@mackyd90]

I don’t see Kwame as a bust.

[@SaulLopez]

Y’all didn’t have to do it to em 😔

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

They really uncle drew'd us out here

[@44booder]

Top 100 💯

[@NuradinAlas]

His the biggest bust in NBA history worst number #1 pick then Kwame Brown

[@Tomatobasil-v9y]

Anthony Bennett wasnt projected to go top 10 if remember. truly an all-time idiot move

[@nathanembry9245]

Draft lotteries are the most rigged sh it in pro sports

[@justinjones7604]

Nah the wrost draft bust is Len Bias

[@pamoon_]

agua caliente clippers legend

[@flickfellas9424]

Odeon was a bust because injuries but you know he would atleast have become an all star if it weren’t for them, Fultz in the same ish category atleast he managed to become a solid role player. But Bennett on the other hand was just straight up trash, no excuses. And with the benefit of hindsight it also wasted any chance of Lebron having another solid role player or a possible star when they challenged the warriors for the title every year.

[@akeme25]

Isn’t Chet Holmgren an American white big? Lol

[@Jimmy-n2e]

Respectfully he’s the worst number one pick in nba history he was bad