The Best Players Drafted At Each Spot In The NBA Draft

These are the best players selected at each spot in the NBA draft. We chose which player is the best within the top 10 picks of all time at every spot.
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When with the new NBA draft in sight, and bad teams preparing for the draft lottery, we’re going to analyze some past drafts, and revisit who are the best players ever selected at each draft spot. Here are the best draft selections from #1 to #10.
The Best Players Drafted At Each Spot In The NBA Draft

[@danieldemers6489]

Who else wasn’t expecting him to curse😂

[@MrE_]

12:03 Yea, came out of nowhere lol. I love it

[@moconnor6996]

That scared me

[@jordanzhang9942]

Jeez

[@rylanmckenzie3852]

That was surprising

[@walkingtaliban87]

Og😂

[@yassinabdellatif9210]

Dude len bais died before he played a single nba game how is he a bust

[@thewolneys4448]

Yassin Abdellatif thats what i was gonna say

[@damithabalasooriya6893]

I mean he wasn't really a bust but the pick didn't really pay off if he didn't get to play

[@marklopez9673]

Ummm he said he didn’t live up to his potential dude Soo chill

[@ry_an.]

Mark Lopez literally

[@debbiedownerr]

Yassin Abdellatif yep

[@hannahedgren5397]

This dude is literally the biggest Dwyane wade miami heat fan ever

[@elleriva4150]

i agree his a heat fan

[@griffenlol3247]

Said he’s the 3rd best 2 guard while implying all time definitely correct Miami fan

[@keithhernandez9250]

Griffen Lol who was better then him? There are very few contenders that are at wades caliber wade had excellent athleticism and was a great drive in guard who could also shoot and had playmaking abilities of a top level point guard he lead his team to 3 chips and taught LeBron to be a leader so asking again who do you think is better than him?

[@Nootasaur]

@@keithhernandez9250 that's a stupid question

[@Nootasaur]

Hannah, what does that have to do with this? Everything he said about Wade was true

[@sppsports2449]

12:04 - wow that's some serious love for Paul Pierce lol

[@B0MB.C0M]

No that’s the exact words by shaq

[@benparsons1072]

hes prolly a celtics fan

[@phineaspapenfus6308]

You can't say Len Bias wasn't a good pick. He died soon after he was drafted. What happened to him was a tragedy.

[@southpawpanda4447]

He was a junkie

[@impulse_flame3984]

It’s hard to think that other greats were picked later.... Let’s just say Kobe got picked 13th overall 🤨

[@olavenfl8980]

Impulse_Flame Giannis and kawhi at number 15 🤔

[@trickk_5088]

Kobe’s 1st season wasn’t so promising. I think they thought about his potential at a low level.

[@dicoterra6113]

John Stockton 16th

[@niko-im8nl]

Impulse_Flame Kobe wasn’t so good first season. He got wayyyyy better overtime tho

[@joeyzhou1647]

he also got traded too, smh, gm's are so stpid sometimes

[@Hello-gt6vs]

7:18 “He singlehandedly brought the Heat their first championship” So Shaq doesn’t exist?

[@macp1355]

Along with Gary Payton, white chocolate, Walker, and mourning lol. Love Wade but he had all kinds of vets that knew what they were doing

[@Matthewperry27_]

He played great defense but not great offense so he didnt carry them but yes I agree give him credit

[@cecillemartinez693]

Shaq is old at that time wade was better at that time better

[@nemo_123o5]

Will Walters Shaq got carried

[@BigCheddarr]

I agree but dwade still led the team

[@chuckcougar2589]

The difference between Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook Is that I would rather have Paul on my team than Westbrook

[@corridorzzz5872]

Better to have a playmaking point guard than a point guard who relies on stats rather than winning

[@phantomflames7486]

@@corridorzzz5872 those are some of the wisest words I’ve seen

[@CheckTMOW]

I can’t believe he put Westbrook over CP3

[@deforestdelpech7528]

As a 4th pick, I'd have Dave Cowens rather than either. He had a shorter career, similar accolades in that short career, and actually led his team to championships.

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

@@corridorzzz5872 gotta get them triple double tho

[@skit6844]

Even though Michael Jordan beat an NBA team on a highschool team, he got picked 3rd in the NBA Draft?

[@geepadoodle3573]

big men were always in favor before curry. thats why hakeem was drafted first

[@jiveturkey9494]

Geepadoodle d.rose too

[@jamespolk3026]

Geepadoodle i

[@demonrrfn3569]

Cp3 is better than Russell Westbrook

[@geepadoodle3573]

@frank 12 so inspirational

[@JCata714]

Nonstop Sports: Paul Pierce was the motherf’in truth Parents: get off that now..

[@rkproductions2558]

IKR I was like 👀

[@robertmcnair6271]

bruh my face when he cursed outta nowhere😂

[@Icesocoldi]

i was shocked 😂😂😂

[@kmversion1]

2:09 Len Bias would've been a star if he didn't die

[@jayjune9232]

No question about it

[@tbias7061]

He said Len bias wrong

[@tbias7061]

He’s my cousin

[@chrismathgenius]

Just imagine how many more championships the Celtics would've won.

[@qdrsports2348]

T Bias Len beeus lmao, I don’t know how someone could mess it up that bad

[@nojumper01]

you do know Bill Russell was #2 overall

[@her0gamez469]

It was much easier for Bill Russell to win all those rings. And basketball was much more easy and simple back then.

[@bogan9396]

Bill Russell is overated

[@LowBudgetJustinY]

@@her0gamez469 How is basketball easy those days there wasn't a 3 point line and there was handchecking and players had to deal with amazing players such as Wilt Chamberlain smh

[@izzmohamed2295]

Bill is not better than ks

[@izzmohamed2295]

Kd

[@josephrosios5729]

Steph curry at 7th pick Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Flight: lOoK At cUrry man

[@reload7830]

So inspirational

[@blancostreams]

🤪🤤🥵 look at curry man 😘😈

[@maxwelloyd1191]

So inspirational

[@camh1809]

Holy shit that was funny bro omg bro I am laughing so hard bro

[@Belikon.]

ommMmmHg so funny Hhhhaaaaahahhahaa funny hahaha so funnnyyyy

[@sheakohn7383]

cp3 in his prime is so good

[@MrLuxury]

They definitely got their money's worth!

[@Jamthatguy]

Huh

[@santoshvelpula5252]

Kevin Durant Vs Bill Russell

[@Bruh-sp8hw]

No GSW didn’t need him KD needed the GSW

[@Blake_Laisure]

Atli musundwa GSW lost when the cavs were healthy in the most embarrassing way. If they didn’t need him, they wouldn’t have signed him.

[@Bruh-sp8hw]

Blake Laisure bro I’m too good for this ✌🏾

[@Bruh-sp8hw]

And he came to a GSW to win that’s a little pathetic 😑

[@Blake_Laisure]

Atli musundwa I’m just saying they needed him. I mean the proofs in the pudding. Not tryna beef. But you have to agree that the games would of looked different without him.

[@alby375]

@@Blake_Laisure nah warriors didn't need him Kyrie left the guy who hit the clutch three in game 7 no way he wins without Kyrie

[@Shnipur]

Dwyane Wade… most underrated player in my opinion. A lot of people don’t realize the all around skill he had and the amount of clutch situations he handled even when not scoring. Blocking, stealing, handles.. and the first to win a title out of his draft class with Lebron, Chris Bosh, Melo.. my fav player as you can tell 😂

[@Frogadeir5]

He wasn't the fist to win a title in the 2003 draft class

[@Shnipur]

@@Frogadeir5 I’m talking about the players i named. Out of those who were drafted before him he was. I should have clarified.

[@thesummonerasdf5253]

Nonstop Sports: Kevin Durant is the best #2 spot of all time *Bill Russell has left the chat*

[@redpharaoh4527]

THESUMMONERASDF I was thinking that when I was remembering hof’s who weren’t the first pick, like where is the dude with 11 freaking rings?

[@ariamentio]

even if you might think kd is better Russell at least deserves a mention

[@dp_plays7804]

kevin durant is the better the bill russell, bill russell won 11 rings cuz there was fuckin 4 team :/

[@bambi9027]

PCGC_Unova 87 exactly, 4 fckin super teams.

[@imstuckstepbro3229]

PCGC_Unova 87 u mad lmao Durant need it 3 superstar to win a champ lmaoo tf ur talking bout

[@e2trill760]

12:03 he sounded so aggressive when he said that😂

[@Nuvendil]

Actually Wilt Chamberlain had 3 MVPs in a row: 1966, 1967, 1968.

[@JakeHarry-lu8le]

His error was😮week

[@dullestpenguin4151]

The list is skewed pretty heavy towards modern players.

[@henrymccomments]

Excellent video and provided a different perspective on great players Earned a new sub

[@abelavich7914]

Jacob Sanchez yea Westbrook has gone farther in the playoffs and has won an mvp. He’s also on pace to pass cp3 in everything except for steals so I don’t see the problem

[@kicksgang558]

Great content.

[@bargrosnintendogames7607]

For those wondering Clyde was Walt Frazier’s nickname.

[@lbond0957]

You already know if this was done by 2k they would’ve put Zion the best #1 pick

[@gentadili4106]

Lol

[@poojiith2361]

😂😂

[@filoboy88]

It shows a very good to great player can come at just about any pick but I’d like to see more honorable mentions for each pick. I’m gonna look for more vids if there’s anymore from later picks especially the second rd.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

8:20 I think it was Pat Riley, said "to take the last shot for the game on the line, MJ, for my LIFE on the line, Larry" more or less.

[@gegeggioge]

9:50 no one noticed how well placed was that 'defence' while he says defence?

[@elliottpotter7982]

Yeah! That’s really cool

[@ethanalder6588]

He’s got to be the only one who prefers Russ over Chris Paul right?

[@williamkleberg3783]

yeah, prim cp3 was a beast

[@natsudragneel4144]

Not really

[@ethanalder6588]

Natsu Dragneel why do you think Russ is better?

[@user-oe9st6fc3s]

Yea

[@etangofman]

I mean Westbrook was never the best point guard in the league...

[@hendude127]

keep it up. great content from 600 subs to almost 2000 in around a week!

[@davidlarroya]

Wdym?

[@hendude127]

David Larroya this channel legit had around 600 subs around a week ago. They create really good content for being a small channel.

[@davidlarroya]

@@hendude127 ye but he isnt got 2k yet 😂😂

[@hendude127]

David Larroya yeah my bad I suck at counting 🤣😂

[@anoldaine5611]

On Larry Bird "A beautiful trash talker who often looks like he drives a truck and cuts wood for a living" 😂😂 thats a good one👍😁

[@justseccoo7853]

For me the best second pick ever is Bill Russell, but it was sooo long ago

[@productivenonsence8687]

#1 have to be Anthony Bennett

[@Blake_Laisure]

Mo Bamba Didn’t you hear. He’s gonna be better than LeBron 😂

[@productivenonsence8687]

Blake Laisure yeah dude he was so good that he went to the G league just because

[@mrstealyoting4940]

Mo Bamba straight fax

[@CamsChronicless]

No bro flight will be the best he’s gonna be the #1 pick in the 2045 draft

[@slimeskelly]

@@CamsChronicless if it was true flight would be the same age as vince Carter lol

[@kinggernale5329]

Big fan of yours here!

[@opaljayyy7212]

8:48 The best thing I hears all day.

[@bonzmagabo1181]

The Brailzers picked Sam Bowie because they needed a big man same with the rockets taking Hakeem

[@CooperAATE]

But literally nobody was upset with Hakeem going first, because, well, watch his games. It made perfect sense.

[@ozzX92]

Tim Duncan must have been the No.1 for first draft pick. Bringing a small market team up in the game and keeping them there for almost two decades. No fucking doubt man. Especially when other dudes are jumping ship every two years, no other draft pick paid off to the team who's picked them like Tim Duncan did.

[@Memegod326]

Man your high if you think Tim Duncan is better than Lebron James

[@The_king567]

Nah nobody cared about the spurs and Tim was never the best In the world

[@Christiano21]

Bro went off from calm to swearing caught me so off guard

[@enanebres6481]

Amazing video

[@_e.suarez]

He never even mentioned Magic at #1

[@z_shiesty4]

He said Clyde Fraizer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@hurtsjukes7072]

Ik 😂

[@jacobway468]

His name

[@bamadebayo3599]

1:34 China: allowed me to introduce myself

[@ulisessss_831]

How do you only have 1k subs? You make great content!!!!

[@qdrsports2348]

DismalKibbles Russell over cp3 and many more, yeah no

[@1.27wxcked]

The mother******* truth

[@MattGarcyaDC]

I feel bad about Greg oden. Saw a prank college vid and they pranked him. They didn’t know who he was and he said he used to play basketball 😣

[@whatitdobabbbyyy308]

what was that video called?

[@fuckaparrotnotahuman1067]

LMAOOO man caught me off guard when he cursed 😂😂😂

[@ericclapton1908]

Yoooo u had me crying over here lol the motherfuckin truth!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@arnavkolluru2555]

Um I would have Kevin Garnett over D - wade. I also would say that Len Bias isn't a bust.,

[@fred-p]

7:17 what is with shaq

[@Galib.716]

12:04 the way he said it lmao

[@DieCastErn]

Should do a part 2 to cover all the spots after 10, Kobe at 13, Kawhi at 15, DRaymond at 35

[@jacobway468]

Giannis over kawhi

[@FootballBRO100]

Kobe will always be in our hearts

[@Nootasaur]

You really chose Westbrook over Prime Cp3?

[@kwandemfayela7458]

i,m a bit late but cp3 could win for his teams

[@hanschristopherson8056]

And kg gettin overlooked as always

[@dmitchell34]

12:03 was not expecting that

[@IGH414]

Prime for Prime, Charles Barkley was the best #5 pick of All Time... and it’s not even close... the problem was the duration of his Prime time.

[@RUBIKSCOOBS]

Who thought #3 in the thumbnail looked kinda like KD

[@m_ardest2646]

Your channel is doing bits good job

[@mariorosario4428]

I love Leblon but I still have Kareem as the best n.1 pick. If Lebron wins 1 more title I would change my opinion but I think that Karrem’s achievements still surpasses Lebron’s.

[@kyzercedrick238]

He got carried by magic that’s why also he played in the weakest era of basketball where most of the best were from the ABA and the fact that he only won one is kinda weak

[@effaawd]

leblon lol

[@alphanoob2216]

why did he curse, he never did that😂

[@geronimopratt7976]

Probably been watching "Cold As Balls". Kevin Hart said, "muthafuckas hoopin"

[@C0hen22]

He an adult he can do what he wants lol

[@grantthomson3128]

I thought this was a clean channel

[@MonkeyD2k]

When he said hall of famers it showed Hakeem in his prime but it showed Shaq in the Heat

[@benjistanley8663]

I'd take Chuck over DWade, what about some honourable mentions at #3? Since we all know it's MJ, the debate is who's 2nd best.

[@BulkandCut2824]

Luka (if he continues in that trajectory)

[@saucyszn3445]

How is mj arguably the best of all time its not a question hes the goat

[@Vehza]

Jericho Samuel Prastono your on crack

[@itjustbejake5829]

Dsmooth Mixes Yeah but they played against a lot less competition

[@Vehza]

Jake Cassella I know

[@scottysneakers77]

Jericho Samuel Prastono lol gtfo. Jordan is the goat. No questions its not even debatable. You must be new to badketball

[@supernova21gaming30]

@xdHugo // Zyreon that's not how to compare players no one will ever be like mj

[@waleedismail5248]

only till draft no. 10, so tight !

[@edwindas1008]

4:15 48' vertical... Beastooo

[@alessandrovendrame4360]

For #1 I would but Kareem

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

Bill Russell is the best #2 pick of all time

[@vikrantverma1125]

Yes they completely missed him😕

[@nukez5292]

Overrated

[@PrimeTexans]

Owner of this channel definitely in they 30s wit they takes lmao

[@imnotshrek870]

That 10th pick though, Caught my soul dead

[@LanceDa510]

There’s a lot of good second overall picks

[@j1a1y71]

9:31 your not about to tell me i just watched stephen curry do a drop step dunk

[@maxwelloyd1191]

Bruh he said KD wuz a guard lol

[@furiousmonkey4274]

Wade won 3 championships 2 w Kenton 1 w shaq

[@micahracine7640]

Kenton?

[@micahracine7640]

Who ever that is he did nothing it was all wade

[@Nootasaur]

The traiblazers picked Sam Bowie because they already had Clyde Drexler and didn't need another guard, they needed a big... I thought that people knew this

[@NitronGamingIsHere]

U really blurred 3 thinking no one would know it 😂

[@weeniehutjr.3152]

Cp3>westbrick

[@azucanika5720]

wait

[@hellothere4915]

Phat

[@luccaventurini1011]

Westbrook over CP3? His triple double never led to anything other than stat padding, he is also one of the most inefficient stars in the league. In the other side, CP3 is one of the best playmakers of all time

[@alexanderbrown9440]

i agree

[@cers6886]

CP3's playmaking never led to anything either 🤨🤨🤨

[@lameloball9596]

He was the mother f***in truth 🤣🤣🤣😂 im dead 💀

[@OckdaGod1]

The number 1 & #5 draft picks all time are probably the best ever. The people selected at those 2 spots are atleast 10 of the top 50 in all nba history.

[@BonsuTheTiger]

Clyde Frazier? I think you meant Walt Frazier

[@chihollywood9379]

Clyde is his nickname

[@luiscelisrodriguez5460]

“7 foot guard”

[@handlebyme]

7foot forward

[@merlinkale6346]

so simmons then

[@kydollars896]

I’m going with Chris Paul

[@jamescowan5272]

Is no one gonna talk about "Clyde Frazier"

[@jacobway468]

What

[@danielkent5616]

6:31 Clyde Frazier😂

[@jonanishere6480]

I was like what

[@anthonydavis6925]

His name is Walt Clyde Frazier

[@coltenprisbrey5593]

as much as i hate chris paul he is better than westbrook

[@leonbrumett6155]

Colten Prisbrey why you hate cp

[@mjn2839]

12:05 agree 💯🤣

[@arthurhoughton4684]

Bill russel was drafted 2nd btw

[@ceasar3943]

Kobe is the best 13th overall pick

[@pvpu3304]

i would also take cp3 over westbrook 10 times out of 10 if im building a team from the ground up

[@jakelaz6474]

Did anybody NOT hear that he said the SAME EXACT THING on Robert Parrish

[@zxdcole2952]

He really said Clyde Frazier💀😂

[@jacobway468]

So what

[@zions1239]

3:31 you mean forward?

[@jacksonlarsen1311]

He’s saying he played like a pg

[@Hydraagent-eh4yb]

I’d actually put Mutombo for #4. 4 DPOYs is incredibly impressive especially with competition like Hakeem, David Robinson, or Dennis Rodman.

[@user-uj5yd8fq3r]

Bill Russell was also drafted at the 2nd place

[@turntdorito4462]

Paul pierce is what man😂😂

[@felipebrunetta2106]

I refuse to believe there's a human that took Dwade over Pippen.

[@tobsixi6702]

I would take prime wade over prime pippen... scottie would have never panned out as a number one option on a title contender and if it wasnt for him playing with MJ he would be just another great, forgotten, titleless legend of the 90s just like Barkley, Ewing, stockton, malone, hardaway, drexler, mourning you name them. If there is a snub on this list its westbrook over cp3 which is just dumb and not right imo.

[@darkenedvortexgames6737]

Tobsi XI the season that Jordan left the bulls were still a title contender. They won 55 games and took it to game 7 in the second round. Sure, they might not have been favorites but they were still contenders. I agree that wade was better, but saying that pippin couldn’t be a viable number 1 option is false.

[@kaaaanke]

@@tobsixi6702 Drexler and Zo has a ring each, and Bulls were still a contender without Mike, Mike never won a ring without Pip

[@tobsixi6702]

@@kaaaanke my bad forgot about drexler in Houston but I hope you still got my point the Bulls werent going to win with scottie as their number one. MJ by himself, had he gotten another co-star might have won 3, definitely not 6 but scottie with someone other than MJ is winning no rings so yeah there you have it. What it comes down to is prime wade > prime scottie

[@kaaaanke]

@@tobsixi6702 I'd put Pippen on my team over Wade any day

[@jesselancaster7]

Durant needed the Warriors And The Warriors needed Durant To get over number 1 KING JAMES

[@kohsmoger1567]

Hell no dude. Lebron was lucky with that green suspension, bogut, iggy and Steph injuries

[@charlesmiller5581]

Fact check: Robert Parish got his nickname "Chief" from the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. He was not actually in the film.