While Victor Wembanyama is an easy choice, the Spurs have a very good track record of making smart draft moves, often finding under-the-radar players, especially from foreign countries.
The Portland Trail Blazers have been a successful organization but haven’t had the best luck with high picks. We rank all seven Top 5 picks in team history.
He didn’t play in the NBA for long but Greg Oden of the Portland Trail Blazers is still spoken of to this day. Frankly, he isn’t spoken of in the happiest of terms but many Trail Blazers fans still hold a special place in their hearts for Oden, who never got a chance to shine as he should have.
The harsh truth of the NBA is that only one team out of 30 can win a championship in any given season. Those that do and do it repeatedly get immortalized, as do the stars that led them, but there are plenty of good teams that can't quite cross the hurdle.
The Portland Trail Blazers are now stuck in one of their classic turning points. They are trying to navigate the past and the future simultaneously, making many fans remember other tumultuous periods in the franchise’s history.
It’s been 15 years since Durant entered the NBA. When looking at some of the biggest “What If” moments in Portland Trail Blazers history, many stem from the mid-2000s.
In a Twitter Q&A, the former Blazer mentioned a what-if that has pained Portland fans for years. Former Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum is reminiscing about what could have been with the franchise.
It’s been 15 years since the Blazers picked first. It’s been 15 years since the Portland Trail Blazers were on the clock to start the NBA Draft. And with that pick, the Blazers made one of the biggest draft blunders in NBA history, selecting Greg Oden over Kevin Durant.
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Greg Oden had one of the most heartbreaking careers in the NBA. Oden was considered the top prospect in the 2007 NBA Draft class and was even picked ahead of Kevin Durant as the first overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.
Greg Oden is widely known as one of the most disappointing No. 1 picks in NBA history, as he was picked right before Kevin Durant. There is no question that there were a lot of high expectations for the center, as he performed extremely well at the college level.
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