Your worst scouting fail

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  1. KingSpeed

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    I though Oden would be good. Thought Bayless would be good. Wanted to sign Nash and Bynum right before they sucked.
     
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    Yep Bayless was supposed to be on par with Westbrook. Oh well. We kind of got Dame through Bayless.
     
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    Loved Bayless, thought he was hands down the best PG in that draft
    Hated Kyrie thought he wasn't going to be anything special in the NBA
    LOVED Thomas Robinson. I thought he was going to be Blake Griffin but with less handles
    MCW, figured if you surrounded him with shooters he was going to be the assist leader every year.

    Thats all I can think of that i'v been really really wrong on off the top of my head.
     
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    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Kendall Marshall yet. I'm not going to name names, but I remember A LOT of people clamoring for that guy before the 2012 draft.
     
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    Never watched a college game in my life so I'm gonna pass on that
     
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    Her name was Erin....er, James Harden. I never thought he'd be what he is.
     
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    I've had too many scouting fails to mention, but I pretty strongly remember that I thought JR Smith was going to be the next Kobe.
     
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    Yeah I wanted Barnes at 6 and Marshall at 11.

    It originally was Drummond at 6, but then when Barnes fell I wanted him bad.
     
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    I was excited to get Bayless and thought, even his first couple years on the Blazers that he'd be very good and needed more playing time.
     
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    Meyers Leonard. I think he's got the talent and ability, but he's not shown it yet.
     
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    I was big on TRob, Elliot Williams and Victor Claver....really liked all 3 of those guys as prospects
     
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    Gotta agree yet again. I was very enthusiastic about the Meyers pick. Silly me........
     
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    Which one's still in the NBA?
     
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    He was the top HS recruit in the country if I remember with elite athleticism and the ability to shoot. You were certainly not alone in being disappointed.
     
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    I got to see Roy play at UO so I really appreciated his development and was actually really happy with that draft at the time. The funny thing about Roy is that he was a nobody in the HS who threw his hat in for the draft out of HS. Luckily for him he withdrew, but I remember thinking he was an idiot for declaring at that point.
     
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    I'm pretty sure I could be quoted on here saying Bayless would score 2o a game at some point his in career and this was after he had already spent a year on the team.
     
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    He was s'posed to be the next Tracy McGrady.... :smiley-pat:
     
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