Wasnt that bad huh? This guy was a #1 pick. Look at the history of #1 picks and over the last 30+ years they are all either great players, or pretty good players. Potential means nothing after the draft, it is after that point that production becomes the measure used. Oden has started 60 games in 3 seasons, playing in 82 total. that is 1/3rd of the games portland has played in that time. When he has played he has had a few good games but overall I think mediocre would be flattering to his play. 22 minutes per game, 9.4 pts, 7.3 RB, 1.4 blocks. I feel confident that knowing what they know now about his knees the Blazers would certainly pick someone else if they could go back, even if Durant wasnt an option. All that to me spells bust considering both where he was picked and what he was paid compared directly to what he has done.
And yes, Kwame Brown was also a bust. He did play more often but he also got paid alot more and put up similar if not worse numbers to Odens. You probably have to go back to 1977 to find a worse or at least equally bad #1 pick with Kent Benson, known more for getting leveled his first game by Kareem injuring them both than he is for anything done on the court. Hel, even Bogut and Bargnani look vastly more valuable for their pick than Oden does. 4 major injuries to his knees his first three years. Bust
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