NBA draft mistakes

I'm still shaking my head that Patty Mills slipped to 55th in this year's draft. 55th?? CJ Bruton got drafted 53rd by the Vancouver Grizzles back in '97 and NO one was talking about him in the lead up to that draft. Mills meanwhile had made some of the top guards looks silly (and slow) in Beijing.

Anyway ... I have to move on and I'm hoping Mills turns his pain in to motivation, makes Portland's roster and then seeks revenge on the team's that passed him over (read: every other team in the league).

Speaking of draft mistakes, thanks to the crew at Dime and NBA Mate, I came across the following articles about the worst picks in NBA draft history. First is this from NY Daily News and then The Sport Count picked their 10 worst draft picks of the last 10 years.

Its funny looking through those lists and remembering watching some of the busts in action. An interesting thing you notice tho ... how many of those busts are guards?? Ummm, I don't think any, they were all power forwards and centres. The old addage goes, "you can't teach height" and maybe this is why NBA execs are so keen to believe the next "big thing" is in fact a bigman ... but obviously, quite often it isn't.