WHAT HAPPENED To The 2012 NBA Draft?

With 4 all-nba players in the top 10, multiple all-stars in the 2nd round, and a TON of terrible decisions throughout… the 2012 NBA Draft has turned into one of the most interesting classes of the 2010s in the 10+ years since draft night… yet it seems to be get forgotten sometimes… you have the AMAZING 2011 class right before it and the DISASTER 2013 class right after it… but the 2012 NBA Draft has no shortage of crazy storylines to look back on as well.
#nba #nbadraft #2012nbadraft

[@giankylesantos3513]

Man, I remember John Henson was a BEAST in 2k, swatting every shot available 😭😭

[@josephborgella8941]

Not complaining, but I love when he does a second take of a line and just leaves both in. It has me think I’m going crazy sometimes (5:30).

[@nololol]

came here to comment this but then saw this LOL

[@kwasiamankwah9660]

Growing up playing 2k13 for 5 years until I could buy my own games, I knew this draft class like the back of my head. It was funny because the game always had the code for Draymond, but once 2k shut down the servers, you couldn't access him unless you were so bad in your mycareer that you got drafted in the 2nd round.

[@wakiki192]

Nah you just like me fr💀 and I peep ur Ghanaian too

[@talkingtofu]

Yo, i played 2K13 for many years also. Now i cant stop associating all the songs in the soundtrack to 2K13 lol. I played multiple association mode till maybe 2017

[@spencerweiss6337]

Meyers Leonard punching the air rn

[@Superbad22]

He doesn’t deserve to be out of the league

[@StefanskiiSZN]

@@Superbad22he is terrible lmao

[@Chris-zd1rh]

⁠@@Superbad22anti semite spotted

[@sixers_fan21]

​@@Superbad22 he is horrible and said messed up stuff on Twitch, why tf would a team want a controversial bench warmer????

[@Superbad22]

@@sixers_fan21 cause he said words he didn’t kill, rape, or assault, anyone like some other players in the league. Shouldn’t have said those words but he apologized he has done his best to make up for it. People make mistakes

[@user-jw5qj8kv2y]

I miss the days when Bradley Beal and John Wall were a duo. But in the end, the Wizards were unable to win the championship.

[@Superbad22]

They were unable to make it to the ecf

[@ColdHoops]

I'm still mad about the 2017 playoffs. Peak John Wall, yet they couldn't get past Boston😭😭. At least they defended home court💪

[@Skinslyfe]

@@ColdHoopsI just watched the full game again a month ago the game 6 of course and man…

[@fortynights1513]

@@Superbad22That core might be the closest Washington has gotten to the conference finals since their last finals.

[@whatwentwrong113]

@@ColdHoopsas a wizards fan, just a couple more years of John wall just 2 would have fed families, that guy made his teammates get bags

[@masonmurphy523]

For a stretch in 2016-17 I thought Terrence Jones was gonna have a career resurgence with the pels

[@ColdHoops]

Quite a few players had a career resurgence on the Pelicans... Jrue Holiday. Julius Randle. Nicola Mirotic (I miss him). Rondo.

[@cottonmather8146]

@@ColdHoops Randle didn't do anything with the Pelicans. He got better when he joined the Knicks. Mirotic shouldn't have left the league so early, but I guess he wanted to prioritize family

[@stevenmctowelie681]

Im glad you did not disrespect Jeremy Lamb he a nba 2k legend and really just had low stamina and many injuries

[@RobFittsIII]

Thanks for making these videos! Love em..

[@danimalman3]

It's painful to see any draft between 2012-2018 as a kings fan.

[@Amm17ar]

Terrible organization. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. If a team drafts in the lottery as many times as Sacramento has over the past couple decades and they still consistently end up being bad, it speaks more about the team than it does about the players. Sure they drafted poorly.....but they also couldnt develop talent at all. The amount of times a top pick was traded within 3 years of the selection is a good indication that they couldnt and wouldnt develop the kids. Theres a decent amount of players who started their careers in Sacramento and went on to have decent to good NBA careers elsewhere for teams that actually cared about developing that talent. Id be willing to bet a decent amount of money theyll be back in the lottery in the next 3 seasons because theyre so poorly run. I genuinely feel bad for Kings fans.

[@danimalman3]

@@Amm17ar they're miles better now. The people in charge then are not in charge now. Players like Fox, Haliburton and Keegan, seem to be developing well. The Sabonis trade was a huge risk but paid off.

[@Amm17ar]

@@danimalman3 Ya the Sabonis trade is looking amazing.... you gave up an 22 year old All-NBA caliber player for a borderline All-Star who is good, but not the level Tyrese is looking like hes going to be. The Franchise is still making terrible moves. Davion Mitchell is actively getting worse every season he plays and the team is being carried by Fox. The Kings will always be the Kings. They gave up Haliburton AND Hield for Sabonis lol. They gave up a young All NBA player on a rookie deal, AND a really key role player for a guy whoes worse potential-wise.... Cmon man lol? Not to mention they have a negative points differential this season, and arent contending any time soon. You never give up a rookie with the potential Haliburton had, especially when hes on his rookie deal lol.....

[@ColdHoops]

@danimalman3 You're a Kings fan but just disrespected Fox... make it make sense 🤨

[@ColdHoops]

​​@@Amm17ar Sacramento's best big man on their team before the trade was DAMIAN JONES. If you wouldn't make that trade, you're just as bad as Divac making all those bad roster moves in the past 🤮

[@thareelhelloagain]

Drummond actually DID become an outstanding defender. He led he league in Defensive Win Shares twice, something only 17 men have ever done, and he also dragged Detroit basically single handedly to a top 12 defense for 4 years in a row. Most underappreciated defender of his era.

[@fortynights1513]

That’s interesting. Whenever I hear Drummond’s name nowadays I generally hear that all he did was put up empty stats.

[@thareelhelloagain]

@@fortynights1513 People don't actually study the stats. Drummond continues to have a huge impact off the bench to this day, and was a massively impactful star when he was starting in Detroit. One of the most unfairly slandered players of any era. His advanced stats, especially on defense, are simply fantastic.

[@fortynights1513]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@thareelhelloagainI wasn’t implying that that take is correct, just saying that that was something I had heard. If he’s been an impactful bench guy, then it certainly sounds like he gets unfairly slandered. He’s had a solid career I’d say. Also credit Drummond for dating one of my old childhood crushes.

[@dunadan1995]

Oh man, it's obvious you didn't watch the Pistons back then. Drum always over-reached, jumped on shots when he didn't have to and was known to pout and lose effort if things didn't go his way. He is arguably the best rebounder of the past decade or so, so the advanced defensive stats(which value rebounds and steals/blocks A LOT) made him seem like a great defensive player, but it's the same story as Hasaan Whiteside, who's out of the league for a reason. Great rebounding numbers, good steal and block stats(due to overreaching and over reacting on shots which sometimes worked but most of the time didn't), still not a good defender at all. Had it all to be one of the greatest defenders in the league, never was though.

[@thareelhelloagain]

@@dunadan1995 Led the league twice in Defensive Win Shares on a team without other good defenders, and led them to a top 12 defense four years running. Explain how that's possible please. I've watched the Pistons since 2008. Nice try, son.

[@t-god2439]

Man I really wish that blazers team could of stayed healthy they would of made a major push for the finals

[@petermuchiri6631]

Some of these guys left the league so many years ago I forgot about em

[@4realGTFOH]

Lillard is #1 in a redraft. I know Davis is arguably the better player, but he's always hurt. It's Lillard for me.

[@cottonmather8146]

lol no

[@Phoenix-pm2qr]

Nah.

[@spidamitchell8311]

The defense of Davis puts him at one otherwise you’re correct

[@rhsmare42]

Lillard is no where close to AD

[@GucciTheMod]

I love looking at the player stats and their info, what site are you guys using to pull these profiles up?

[@gootmoney4763]

Perry Jones was a bucket in 2k!

[@TorontoTondo]

2k13-14 perry jones ,jeremy lamb, kevin martin, ryan gomes(lol) that OKC line up was fun to play.

[@ColdHoops]

That year was my inaugural season an a NBA fan. Ross, my favourite player in the draft, annoucned his retirement recently. 10 years went pretty fast 🤧

[@keegangiles7992]

Me too bro first 2k game, first I started paying attention, I took like a 4 year hiatus & now everyone's old as I'm getting back into it 😂

[@radinadil9858]

love your vids

[@moresportinglogically4420]

Thank you!

[@mannywuuud]

These draft videos are my favorite good for refreshing my memory for hoop grids

[@ClementWilliamstheoneandonly]

Loved Lamb getting to play with Kemba again :)

[@emirbaba1365]

Can you do it for 2009 nba draft

[@ClementWilliamstheoneandonly]

An important missing context of the Sacramento Robinson pick is that they had just traded Carl Landry. Robinson and Carl Landry clearly had a lot of archetypal similarities as sub 6’9 rebounding 4s. Furthermore after getting rid of Robinson, they brought Landry back summer 2013, which in my view cements Robinson replacing Landry being their plan.

[@chrisyang05]

5:57 Beal never asked to be traded, he was asked by the management to waive his no-trade clause so he can be traded.

[@Jommy8192]

Can you do the 2017 draft please

[@crashlight54]

I thought Terrence Jones and Patrick Patterson were gonna be a terrific 4/5 duo as a pair of tough, decently athletic bigs with good defensive instincts and upside with their jumpers. As it turns out, they were not Jae Crowder was half of what I thought would be Dallas' wing duo of the future, alongside Ricky Ledo. Guess who wasn't any good in Dallas? Yeah, both of them Draymond just makes me sad because I'm a Bulls fan who hoped Marquis Teague would be good

[@renzocabarco472]

MKG could've been so much more if he weren't drafted 2nd

[@simplytaedo4872]

Bro I feel like Ive seen so many “what happened to the 2012 draft” vids within the last month 🤯

[@Giddywiddy]

One of my favorite drafts - 2k13

[@jameskresl]

Another difference between Drummond and Robinson is 3 inches.

[@capricehollis1372]

Pause lol

[@user-jw5qj8kv2y]

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Anthony Davis' college teammate, never became a star player in the NBA. . It's very unfortunate.

[@thuggwaffle8825]

He had the ugliest jumpshot in NBA history

[@johngittings4673]

MKG never should have been picked that high. He actually was a pretty solid role player but is unfortunately remembered as a bust because he was drafted in a spot where guys are expected to become stars.

[@dunadan1995]

@@johngittings4673 if MKG was drafted in like 2002, he'd have a much better career - think Darius Miles or Gerald Wallace - like he was legit THAT player. His crop, much like players like Thomas Robinson and Greg Monroe got phased out of the NBA because of "pace and space" and GSW's dominance.

[@fortynights1513]

@@dunadan1995Because they couldn’t shoot I’d take it?

[@dunadan1995]

@@fortynights1513 pretty much that - you can’t build a career off of being a good athletic cutter, a great defensive player, or(especially) a great post player at the 3-4 spot, you gotta be at least a decent-ish threat from three.

[@Qoset]

Bro really skipped meyers leonard

[@everia_games]

Andre Drummond, the rebound goat

[@miken9358]

17 year old me would’ve bet all my money on Kendall Marshall becoming a superstar back then lol

[@jimmyweathersby327]

I wonders where jeremy lamb went dude just disappeared after that Toronto buzzer beater

[@outforthecount7027]

funny i went to school with kyire dexter strickland and kidd gilchrist. we use to be roasting .if i knew he was gonna be so weak i would of been shredding his ass worse then i already was.kyrie is a funny man tho use to get everyone especially our zesty teacher mr myers lmao

[@lenliu749]

Man, the second round was almost better than the first round.

[@jaredwright5644]

As a Blazers fan, I bless Billy King every week. Thank you Big Bill for being really bad at your job 😁

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Why did you skip Meyers Leonard.

[@Jackson-eo4hw]

God these dudes were so annoying to play against in the rising stars game in 2k13

[@ChonkySlotDonkey]

Curry made so many of those top 5 type of players irrelevant 😂

[@fortynights1513]

More like non-shooting 4’s who relied on size and athleticism became obsolete.

[@paultizzard2864]

This channel is better than the main channel imo wish he'd upload more here

[@Darkmountaindweller]

Featus Ezeli wasn’t so bad! Injuries

[@Phoenix-pm2qr]

Fun Fact: Terrence Ross would later be traded to the Magic for a horse.

[@theleftuprightatsoldierfield]

The horse that does horse things. The greatest trade piece of all time

[@DrTensley]

I still believe charlotte got screwed over becauee the nba was looking for a buyer of the pelicans/hornets. So they gave them the #1 pick

[@fortynights1513]

How do you think Davis’ game fits with Kemba Walker and the players Charlotte had?

[@MK3504]

Sounds like someone wjo actually watched P5, if games were reffed fairly he would be close to top on FTR, easily. Refs be on one

[@BlackMamba_0]

Ok

[@yeti4954]

I still own property on Waiters Island!

[@t-god2439]

Man 5:57 is not even a foul he didn’t even touch him

[@clide07]

AD is still great in this draft 2012 other than that none 😂

[@nomercyinc6783]

drafts a decade later dont really matter

[@Coliteral]

Drummond the most over rated play of all time

[@jordandennis6794]

Politics killed Meyers Leonard's career

[@crashlight54]

Meyers Leonard killed Meyers Leonard's career, let's be real here

[@michaelg.2515]

Him saying ethnic slurs killed his career.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

@@michaelg.2515 He said a Slur about Jews one time. More prove of who controls us.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Meyers Leonard was ass lets be honest his career was on the down even before saying a slur about the long nose people.

[@cottonmather8146]

If he was good enough, people would be willing to overlook his "politics"

[@theovercookedsnorlax1846]

Second

[@Kyle22oifer]

God bless! Jesus Christ is King and saves and is the way! Psalms 62 - "Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

To be honest the best of NBA was generation of Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett... I dont even care for Lebron's generation, let alone generation 2012.

[@capricehollis1372]

U forgot KOBE BEAN FAMMO.... VC best in dunker tho

[@ColdHoops]

@unwokeneuropean if you don't watch the NBA, just say that😅

[@cottonmather8146]

lol no. Magic/MJ clear hard

[@Phoenix-pm2qr]

You're clearly a hater. LeBron was in that era lmaooooo. Drafted in 2003. They guys yiure talking about primes were just a couple seasons before LeBron was drafted. Gtfo

[@liluglyboi]

dude i thought Moe Harkless was gonna be that guy for way too long, thought he was gonna become a lot more with the blazers