The biggest first-round NBA Draft pick busts are highly anticipated players selected early who failed to meet expectations, often due to injuries or unfulfilled potential, including notable examples like Andrew Bogut, Andrea Bargnani, and Greg Oden, with Sam Bowie being a prime example of a player whose career was deemed a flop despite being selected ahead of Michael Jordan.
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2O11 6th overall
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#4 in 2006; he is a free agent now.
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#1 in 1989 by the Kings. He traded the next year and did not meet expectations from his Louisville time.
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#3 in 1978 by the Indiana Pacers. He was three picks ahead of Larry Bird of Indiana.
He had a middling career as a point guard.40
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