Just incase anyone was interested... 2003 -- Mickael Pietrus, Pau Orthez (France) 2002 -- Mike Dunleavy Jr., Duke 2001 -- Jason Richardson, Michigan State Troy Murphy, Notre Dame 2000 -- None 1999 -- Jeff Foster, Southwest Texas St 1998 -- Vince Carter, North Carolina 1997 -- Adonal Foyle, Colgate 1996 -- Todd Fuller, North Carolina State 1995 -- Joe Smith, Maryland 1994 -- Clifford Rozier, Louisville 1993 -- Anfernee Hardaway, Memphis State 1992 -- Latrell Sprewell, Alabama 1991 -- Chris Gatling, Old Dominion Victor Alexander, Iowa State Shaun Vandiver, Colorado 1990 -- Tyrone Hill, Xavier 1989 -- Tim Hardaway, Texas-El Paso 1988 -- Mitch Richmond, Kansas State 1987 -- Tellis Frank, Western Kentucky 1986 -- Chris Washburn, North Carolina State 1985 -- Chris Mullin, St. John's 1984 -- None 1983 -- Russell Cross, Purdue 1982 -- Lester Conner, Oregon State 1981 -- None 1980 -- Joe Barry Carroll, Purdue Rickey Brown, Mississippi State 1979 -- None 1978 -- Purvis Short, Jackson State 1977 -- Rickey Green, Michigan 1976 -- Robert Parish, Centenary Sonny Parker, Texas A&M 1975 -- Joe Bryant, La Salle 1974 -- Jamaal Wilkes, UCLA 1973 -- Kevin Joyce, South Carolina 1972 -- None 1971 -- Cyril Baptiste, Creighton Darnell Hillman, San Jose State 1970 -- None 1969 -- Bob Portman, Creighton 1968 -- Ron Williams, West Virginia 1967 -- Dave Lattin, Texas Western 1966 -- Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt 1965 -- Rick Barry, Miami (Florida) Fred Hetzel, Davidson 1964 -- Barry Kramer, New York University 1963 -- Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green 1962 -- Wayne Hightower, Kansas 1961 -- Tom Meschery, St. Mary's (California) 1960 -- Al Bunge, Maryland 1959 -- Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas 1958 -- Guy Rodgers, Temple 1957 -- Len Rosenbluth, North Carolina 1956 -- Hal Lear, Temple 1955 -- Tom Gola, La Salle 1954 -- Gene Shue, Maryland 1953 -- Ernie Beck, Pennsylvania 1952 -- Bill Mlkvy, Temple 1951 -- Don Sunderlage, Illinois 1950 -- Paul Arizin, Villanova 1949 -- Vern Gardner, Utah 1948 -- Phil Farbman, CCNY 1947 -- Francis Crossin, Pennsylvania
Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain was the Warrior's greatest franchise player. Man if only we could have a young and alive version of him now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain was the Warrior's greatest franchise player. Man if only we could have a young and alive version of him now.</div> Joe Smith has gotta be one of the most disappointing picks of the last 20 years or so, considering he was a number one pick and there was such high expectations for him don't know what happened, he dominated in college and i thought he would become a Garnett type player when he came out
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting _EcLiPsE_:</div><div class="quote_post">Joe Smith has gotta be one of the most disappointing picks of the last 20 years or so, considering he was a number one pick and there was such high expectations for him don't know what happened, he dominated in college and i thought he would become a Garnett type player when he came out</div> At least he was a talented role player. I think the most disappointing draft pick was for Todd Fuller. Look at the draft board that year 13. Charlotte Kobe Bryant Lower Merion HS 14. Sacramento Predrag Stojakovic PAOK (Greece) 15. Phoenix Steve Nash Santa Clara 16. Charlotte (from Miami) Tony Delk Kentucky 17. Portland Jermaine O'Neal Eau Claire HS 19. New York (from Atlanta) Walter McCarty Kentucky 20. Cleveland Zydrunas Ilgauskas Lithuania 24. LA Lakers Derek Fisher Arkansas-Little Rock Steve Nash would have been a safer pick than Fuller. But I guess they needed a big guy. At least if we got Fisher or Ice, I would have been happy.
what pick was Fuller? 12th or something? i still think Joe Smith is more disappointing just because you have different expectations when you're a number 1 pick....number one picks are considered sure things
Man talk about bringing back bad memories; Joe Barry Carroll (although great guy); Russell Cross (how about making a bucket?); Tellis Frank; Washburn; Rozier; Fuller. Then again, you look at them and there were some decent players too. Oh well. Mully will probably make a safe pick like the guy from Providence.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting _EcLiPsE_:</div><div class="quote_post">Joe Smith has gotta be one of the most disappointing picks of the last 20 years or so, considering he was a number one pick and there was such high expectations for him don't know what happened, he dominated in college and i thought he would become a Garnett type player when he came out</div> The thing with the '95 draft is that it was the second weakest draft in the last 10 years (only the '00 draft was worse). Other than Garnett, who no team would have taken #1, there wasn't a consistent allstar in the first round. Michael Finley (#21) is the only pick besides Garnett who exceeded expectations. If the Warriors would have picked McDyess they would have been better off, but he'd still be considered one of the weaker #1 picks. Wallace and Stackhouse would have been as disappointing as Smith, they're more talented, but their attitudes are horrible. With the exception of Stoudemire, Garnett, and Thomas, the rest of the lottery was a complete bust. Take a look at the draft and tell me who you would have rather the Warriors picked in '95 (other than Garnett) and why they wouldn't have been just as big of a let down as "Ordinary Joe" 1. Golden State Joe Smith 2. LA Clippers Antonio McDyess 3. Philadelphia Jerry Stackhouse 4. Washington Rasheed Wallace 5. Minnesota Kevin Garnett 6. Vancouver Bryant Reeves 7. Toronto Damon Stoudamire 8. Portland Shawn Respert 9. New Jersey Ed O'Bannon 10. Miami Kurt Thomas 11. Milwaukee Gary Trent 12. Dallas Cherokee Parks 13. Sacramento Corliss Williamson 14. Boston Eric Williams 15. Denver Brent Barry 16. Atlanta Alan Henderson 17. Cleveland Bob Sura 18. Detroit Theo Ratliff 19. Detroit Randolph Childress 20. Chicago Jason Caffey 21. Phoenix Michael Finley 22. Charlotte George Zidek 23. Indiana Travis Best 24. Dallas Loren Meyer 25. Orlando David Vaughn 26. Seattle Sherell Ford 27. Phoenix Mario Bennett 28. Utah Greg Ostertag 29. San Antonio Cory Alexander Second Round #43 Philadelphia Eric Snow #52 Indiana Fred Hoiberg My non 20/20 hindsight pick: Smith My 20/20 hindsight, non-Garnett pick: Finley
Bryant "Big Country" Reeves. Now there's a number one draft pick we missed out on. Heck, if we were going for tweeners like Joe Smith anyway, I would have gone for Sheed. He's taller and a better perimeter threat. But I guess the warriors always fall in love with shotblockers.
I'd like to see how their 2nd round picks compared to their 1st round picks. I remember I was routing for the Warriors to land Dampier in the 1996 draft, but they got screwed by the Pacers taking him at #11, and then screwed themselves by taking Todd Fuller at #12. Considering all the talent they passed up on to get Fuller, I'd vote him as the most embarassing 1st round pick, but the WORST 1st round pick by GSW was Chris Washburn.
i still think at this point of their careers, Jerry Stackhouse (1), Rasheed Wallace (2), Kevin Garnett (7), Michael Finley (2), Antonio McDyess (2) have all had better careers then Joe Smith(0) (with the number of all star games they've played in brackets) also McDyess had 6 very decent seasons to start his career before he got injured which the warriors could've used: Reb Pts 7.5 13.4 7.3 18.3 7.5 15.1 10.8 21.2 8.5 19.1 12.0 20.8 as opposed to only 3 good seasons for Joe: 8.8 15.3 8.5 18.7 6.9 17.3
