Was Sebastian Telfair the biggest bust in NBA History?

[FKAri]

Where are you getting this "nearly just as much hype as Lebron" from? A slam magazine cover? He wasn't even a top 10 pick.

[AngelEyes]

I know Anthony Bennett is up there but this kid got nearly just as much hype as LeBron coming out of High School

Not even close. Guys like OJ Mayo and Eric Gordon probably received as much if not even more hype than Telfair.

[MrFonzworth]

Markelle Fultz.

Too early to call him a bust.

[Smoke117]

Not even close. Guys like OJ Mayo and Eric Gordon probably received as much if not even more hype than Telfair.

And Eric Gordon has had a successful career. Injuries derailed his career early on, dipshit.

[AngelEyes]

And Eric Gordon has had a successful career. Injuries derailed his career early on, dipshit.

I wasn't degrading Eric Gordon in any way you fucking imbecile, just very simply stating that there were players other than LeBron James who were more hyped than Sebastian Telfair.

[Andrei89]

Anthony Bennet

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[Kblaze8855]

Hard for a 13th pick to be a noteworthy bust when we have 2 #1 picks in the last few years who could barely get on the floor for one reason or another. Telfair played for 9-10 years. He was a real NBA player. Bennett can barely play in 3rd tier leagues.

[Real14]

Biggest busts were Kwame, Bennett, Oden and Lebron.

[JohnnySic]

Everyone says Bennett was a huge bust, but did anyone (other than Cavs front office, I guess) expect him to be great? I never even heard of him before he got drafted. A bust has to be someone who is universally expected to do great things and doesn't.

I mean, if you draft a guy off the street with the #1 pick and he sucks, does that make him a bust?

[Rocket]

Biggest busts were Kwame, Bennett, Oden and Lebron.

I agree with you. While Lebron has not had the same kind of flop as the others you mention, the amount of hype around him was unreal, even when he was in high school. He is the most hyped NBA player in history. He has not come close to living up to that hype. He had to form super teams to win and even then won very few. The LeCancer aspect makes him even worse.

[Duderonomy]

Wiggins is a bigger bust than Telfair, among others.

Laettner too.

Telfair was an undersized PG..no one expected him to be that great.

Wiggins is a serviceable starter he shouldn't have gotten a max contract tho.

Laettner also a starter and even an all-star once. Not a bust.

Bennett and Thabett have no saving graces. Those are my top 2.

I knew Nelson would be better than Telfair but teams were obsessed with potential at that point and not who could actually play now.

[JohnnySic]

Oden got injured. Not a bust either.

[ronniec]

Andrew Fvcking Bynum
Kwame Fvcking Brown

[MJistheGOAT]

Anthony Bennett
Kwame Brown
Hasheem Tabeet

Oden got injured, not fair to call him a bust.

[jayfan]

Markelle Fultz.



Laettner was not a bust.

Overhyped coming out of college, but not a bust.

It's one and the same. For every bust there ever was (non-injury caused) you can try to say, 'oh, he was just overhyped in college or by the scouts.'

Laettner was a bust. He had an nba career, and he was serviceable, but he was a bust.


Herschel Walker was a bust. He ended up having a solid nfl career, but he was a bust.

Neither guy was overhyped in college. They both set trajectories for themselves in college that they didn't ascend to in the pros.


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