Passing Up on a Wildcat (those who have succeeded in the NBA)

[Wall2Wall]

2010

#1 John Wall

#5 DeMarcus Cousins
- Drafted ahead of him: Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson

#14 Patrick Patterson
- Drafted ahead of him: Ekpe Udoh, Greg Monroe, Al-Faroq Aminu, Gordon Hayward, Paul George, Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry, Ed Davis

#18 Eric Bledsoe
- Drafted ahead of him: Larry Sanders, Luke Babbitt, Kevin Separhin

2011

#3 Enes Kanter
- Drafted Ahead of him: Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams

#8 Brandon Knight
- Drafted ahead of him: Tristan Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas, Jan Vesely, Bismack Biyombo

2012

#1 Anthony Davis

#2 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist


2013

#6 Nerlens Noel
- Drafted ahead of him: Anthony Bennett, Victor Oladipo, Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Alex Len

2014

#7 Julius Randle
- Drafted ahead of him: Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Aaron Gordon, Dante Exum, Marcus Smart

2015

#1 Karl Anthony Towns

#6 Willie Cauley-Stein
- Drafted ahead of him: D'Angelo Russell, Jahlil Okafor, Kristaps Porzingis, Mario Hezonja

#12 Trey Lyles
- Drafted ahead of him: Emmanuel Mudiay, Stanley Johnson, Frank Kaminksy, Justise Winslow, Myles Turner

#13 Devin Booker
- Drafted ahead of him: see above

2016

#7 Jamal Murray
- Drafted ahead of him: Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Dragan Bender, Kris Dunn, Buddy Hield

#34 Tyler Ulis
- Drafted ahead of him (Guards only): Wade Baldwin IV, Malik Beasley, Caris LeVert, Malachi Richardson, Dejounte Murray

***Skal could be listed on here as he's done much better than anyone would have expected after his abysmal season at UK. Jury is still out on him.

2017

#5 De'Aron Fox
- Drafted ahead of him: Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson

#11 Malik Monk
- Drafted ahead of him: Jonathan Isaac, Lauri Markkanen, Frank Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr., Zack Collins

#14 Bam Adebayo
- Drafted ahead of him: Luke Kennard, Donovan Mitchell

Those who are italicized I believe at least can argue being drafted ahead of our guys. Obviously with the 2017 class we don't know anything for sure yet.

 

[Wall2Wall]

Just realized my title sounds like a Borat sentence

 

[Shawn (uk7spd)]

Interesting and nicely laid out.

 

[BBUK]

Should be stated...pass on Wildcats to your detriment....seems a very true statement...jmuo

 

[StubbornPenny]

Tristian thompson has to be put on the succeed list, he's not good at offense but he doesn't have to be, he's a very good defender and has secured a large contract.

Aaron Gordon has massively disappointed and isn't very good, take him off.

Jaylen Brown is pretty well regarded as an upcoming player. If Ingram counts so does he.

Marcus Smart is solid.

Unfortunately you probably list Knight as a bust and MKG as a sort of bust relative to where they were drafted. Both bave nice contracts though, and MKG contributes.

 

[gossie21]

Myles Turner should be italicized. And Trey Lyles hasn't done enough yet really to say he should be drafted ahead of anyone..... but that kid drafted right after him is great.

 

[Hoskins91]

2010
Cousins fell for reasons that are hard to deny at this point. Even with hindsight I doubt any team is regretting not spending a high lottery pick on Patterson. Bledsoe should have been taken higher, knowing what we know now.

2011
Knight has been disappointing. The only guy I would regret having taken before him would have been Vesely.

2013
The only guy I would regret taking ahead of Noel would be Bennett.

2014
Embiid and Parker are the best two players from that class and they can't stay healthy. Everyone else is still a question mark as to what their ceiling is.

2015
Willie and Trey haven't proven to be anything but backups. Booker fell too far, with the benefit of hindsight.

2016
What has Murray done to prove he should have gone higher? Ulis was a great value.

2017
Too early to tell.