If you could redo the draft of 2002 what would you do?

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Chuck:</div><div class="quote_post">Carlos Boozer
Caron Butler
Rasual Butler
Juan Dixon
Mike Dunleavy
Drew Gooden
Nenad Krstic
Yao Ming
Ronald Murray
Tayshaun Prince
Kareem Rush
Darius Songaila
Amare Stoudemire
Jiri Welsch
Chris Wilcox


I'd have to disagree</div>

From your list, the only players that can be considered superstars are Yao and Amare. Caron Butler, Prince, and Krstic are also players I really like. Juan Dixon also seems to be a role palyer. But the rest have all had pretty dissappointing careers so far.

Rasual Butler- I have no idea why you would consider someone who averages 7.8 ppg on the year a strong pick-up. I will say that he is pretty good for player that was picked #24 in the 2nd round.

Mike Dunleavy- Considering that he was the third pick in the draft, I would say he is a dissapointment. This year he is averaging 10 ppg on sub-40% shooting (24% on threes). I would expect more from such a high pick.

Drew Gooden- Again, like Dunleavy, I would expect more from such a high pick. A #4 pick should get you more than 10.8 ppg , 8.7 rpg, and .8 bpg.

Ronald Murray- I would put him in the same category as Rasual. A decent role player, but pretty good for a 2nd round pick.

Kareem Rush- I would not call any player that shoots 38% and averages 11 ppg a quality player. I think shooting sub 40% automatically disqualifies any player from consideration as good, or even decent.

Darius Songalia- Like Rasual Buler and Murray, good pick for such a late 2nd rounder, but nothing to rave about.

Jiri Welsch- Being from CT I get to see a lot of Celtics games, and I actually enjoyed watching Jiri when he was playing for Boston, but he cannot be considered great pick. 5 ppg on sub 40% shooting for a player picked at #16 is a dissapointment to me. If you think he is a good pick, then you mush think Bokie was a good pick too. They remind me of each other, and they both score about 5 ppg on low percentage shooting.

Chris Wilcox- I actually liked Wilcox, and was hoping the Rockets would have traded for him to be the agressive PF the team needs. But no one can argue that he has not been a dissapointment considering he was drafted in the spot before Amare. 5.8 and 3.4 a game just does not cut it for a lottery pick.

I'm surprised you didn't list Carlos Boozer. He has been injured since Jeebus was around, but he is a pretty good player when healthy. When you take a look at the first 13 picks, you can't say that aside from Yao, Amare, and Butler there is another player that has not had a dissapointing career so far. High pick brings high expectations. Many people would even consider Yao of underachieving. I would argue that, but those opinions are around. Many of the names you listed have not blossomed into quality talent, maybe that is because of not getting enough playing time, or maybe they just have not found a good fit for themselves. For their sakes, I hope they all do improve and have long, great careers, but I don't think it has happened so far.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting evolidiot:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm surprised you didn't list Carlos Boozer. He has been injured since Jeebus was around, but he is a pretty good player when healthy. When you take a look at the first 13 picks, you can't say that aside from Yao, Amare, and Butler there is another player that has not had a dissapointing career so far. High pick brings high expectations. Many people would even consider Yao of underachieving. I would argue that, but those opinions are around. Many of the names you listed have not blossomed into quality talent, maybe that is because of not getting enough playing time, or maybe they just have not found a good fit for themselves. For their sakes, I hope they all do improve and have long, great careers, but I don't think it has happened so far.</div>

Boozer is the first one on the list...... lol