The number one overall pick is...

So, a few days ago I posted the idea of what happens to the number overall pick. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't pan out. So looking back the past fifteen or so years, we're going to look back on the NBA Draft from 1993 on.

1993 Chris Webber:
The Michigan Grad, more well known for the Fab Five incident and calling for a non time out and less for his playing career. He went on to win the Rookie of the Year with the Warriors and was named an All-Star five times. Throughout his career, he scored over 17,000 points and grabbed over 8,000 boards, not too shabby. Despite many questioning his ability to play in the clutch (King's tenure), he had a great career. I'm not going to say he's a Hall of Famer but he did quite well for himself.

Best known for: Being better than Juwan Howard on those Bullets' teams


1994 Glenn Robinson:
To follow up C-Webb, the Purdue product didn't fare too well in the Association. Apart from having the shoes by Reebok that I wore for my first year on the JV squad in grade school, he really didn't do much. He lost the Rookie of the Year Award to Grant Hill and Jason Kidd and was voted to the All Star team twice (2000 and 2001). Apart from being a key starter on the 2001 Bucks Eastern Conference semi-finalists he really didn't do much... apart from having a Reebok shoe I owned.

Best Known for: Being the "Big Dog"

1995 Joe Smith:
Where do we begin on this one. Apart from destroying my best friend's basketball card collection with his Platinum Players Club Collector's Choice Rookie that once fetched around $120, he really did nothing. He went from winning the Naismith College Player of the Year Award to being a bench player on the Cavs. He's been bouncing around from contender to contender every few seasons.

Best Known for: Not answering a lot of Warrior fans' prayers

1996 Allen Iverson:

The Georgetown grad went on to a great career with the 76ers and Nuggets. NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP (2001) but his off the court issues have plagued his career and image. He fueded with Larry Brown in route to a NBA Finals appearance, a team he single handedly carried (Eric Snow could not do anything to push that team).

Best Known for: "Practice? We're talking about practice!"




1997 Tim Duncan:

Teams pretty much wanted to tank games to get the lottery ball in their favor. This Demon Deacon was a demon his junior and senior year, winning ACC in both years and won the Naismith Award, Wooden Award, USBWA Player of the Year Award. The Spurs were able to create the Twin Towers of David Robinson and Duncan in route to two Championships together. They beat a Knicks team led by Latrell Spreewell that was a stong Eastern team. Now he's won a few more titles since then and won the Rookie of the Year, NBA MVP (2002, 2003), Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005), NBA All Star Game MVP (2000).

Best Known For: Whining when calls don't go his way.