Q: Ira, Pat Riley has to stop playing to whims. It worked when Shaquille O’Neal wanted out of the Lakers, same with Goran Dragic and the Suns. But there are hundreds of players under contract. So get on the phone, find a deal, get it done. We’re tired of waiting to see if players connive their way to the Heat. – Tomas. A: It’s interesting, because this is what NBA trades used to be about – ...
More often than not, second-round draft picks commonly have an NBA career trajectory of spending a lot of time on the bench of a team or a short journeyman career. In fact, throughout history, we've witnessed NBA franchises build around second-round draft picks. Let's take a look at 10 second-round draft picks that became franchise superstars.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
2 | PG | |
17 | SG | |
5 | PG | |
6 | PG | |
13 | SF | |
11 | SG | |
12 | SG | |
31 | PG | |
77 | SF | |
3 | C | |
30 | SG | |
24 | SG | |
8 | SG | |
15 | SF | |
21 | C | |
32 | PF | |
25 | SG | |
9 | C | |
0 | PG | |
44 | PF |