The most noteworthy thing about the NBA's annual draft is the top three picks, because the players who can be selected in these three picks are all the top players in the batch, and the probability of becoming a superstar in the future is also the largest.
However, the high pick and good comprehensive conditions do not mean that the future achievements will be high, after all, the champions, the list and the flowers all have the possibility of falling into the water, as everyone knows, there has always been a legend in the NBA rivers and lakes: there must be a water in the eyes of the champions.
Today, let's take a look at the champions and leaders of the NBA in the past 20 years, and see who has fallen out of the water and whether they have broken this metaphysical curse. The so-called rookies look at three years, and the champions of the 21st and 22nd sessions will not be mentioned for the time being, and we will go back 20 years from the 21st session.
Class of 2021
Winner: Cade Cunningham
Career: Averaged 19.8 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 43.1%, 32.7% and 85.6% from three.
Major honors: Rookie First Formation, All-Star Rookie Challenge MVP
21 is a draft year, Cunningham and Green in the first two years of their careers are not bad, but the actual performance of the two is difficult to be satisfactory, but judging from the current development of the two this season, Cunningham has determined that it will not fall into the water, but don't think about how much achievement, its ceiling can probably reach an ordinary All-Star.
Eyeball: Jalen Green
Career: 19.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, shooting 42.3%, 34% and 79.5% from three.
Major Honors: Rookie Team, Player of the Week
Green has the best physical talent, and he plays very strongly, but it is a bit of a nerve knife, although it is impossible to get rid of it, but the template "Jordan and Kobe" is still difficult to say, the real ceiling is still difficult to say, mainly depends on himself, play normally, and the All-Star level can still be reached.
Class of 2020
Winner: Anthony Edwards
Career: 22.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 44.7%, 35.7% and 78.8% from three.
Major honorable achievements: Twice All-Star
This season is the fourth year of rookie 20 players, and the champion Edwards played a very gratifying performance in the first year, judging from the development of the next three years, Edwards's ceiling is quite high, and he has been a guaranteed All-Star starter in his career, and he is very likely to become a league player in the future.
Leaderboard: James Wiseman (parallel import)
Career: 9.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game, shooting 56.6%, 26.7% and 67.9% from three.
Major Honors and Achievements: An overall championship
Wiseman, who is also physically talented, his basketball fundamentals are not solid enough in the NBA, and his ball quotient is quite average, although he has slowly improved a little in the Pistons this season, but he can become a starter-level strength player at most in the future, but the most likely is the bench rotation, which is a parallel commodity list!
Class of 2019
Winner: Zion Williams
Career: 24.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, shooting 59.9%, 34.669.5%, % from three, %
Major Honorable Achievements: Two-time All-Star
Zion's talent is one of the top in history, judging from his career so far, as long as he can stay healthy and play, he is a proper future superstar, and he has been selected as an All-Star twice, but staying healthy is a big challenge for Zion, and his attendance has improved this season, but there are still risks, so he is cautiously optimistic!
Eye: Ja Morant
Career: Averaged 22.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 7.4 assists and one steal per game, shooting 47.2%, 31.8% and 75.5% from three.
Major honors: One Second Team, two All-Stars, Most Improved Player of the 21-22 season
Compared to Zion, Morant received limited attention in the draft, but he carried the banner of the 19th class in the case of Zion's continuous injuries, although the gun incident hit his reputation and influence, but in terms of playing basketball, he is one of the strongest in the league, as long as he holds his heart steady, the future will be supergiant.
Class of 2018
Winner: Deandre Ayton
Career: 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1 block per game, shooting 59.4%, 26.5%, 76% from three-point range
Major Honors: One Player of the Week, Rookie Team for a while
The ability to beat Doncic and Trae Young to become the 18th champion, which is enough to show Ayton's personal talent, at the time of the draft, everyone thought that he would be the next super center, but until now, Ayton's career development has not met the expectations of the outside world at all, but he is not a parallel import, but the performance is sorry for his physical talent.
Leader: Marvin Bagley (parallel import)
Career: 13 points and 7 rebounds per game, shooting 51.7%, 29.5%, 69.1% from three-point range
Major Honors: A burst of rookie lineup
Judging from the personal data alone, Bagley is also okay, except for the first half of the season in the 21-22 season in the Kings, he has averaged 10 points per game, but his career achievements are likely to be like that, the bench rotation inside is his ceiling, and he may be able to become a starter in the weak team.
Class of 2017
Champion: Markelle Fultz (parallel import)
Career: 11.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting 47.2%, 27% and 72.8% from three-point range
Major Honors and Achievements: None
The top picks of the 17th class are all crispy, Fultz has good physical talent and good ball quotient, but unfortunately because of the obstruction of the "strange disease", he cannot show his true talent in the NBA.
榜眼：郎佐·鲍尔（玻璃球）
Career: 11.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 40%, 36.4% and 57.8% from three-point range
Major Honors: Second Rookie Team
Ball is really not a good evaluation, say he is water, he has also played a brilliant performance, corrected shooting posture, he is no longer a drag on the offensive end, and his defense and organization and passing are all the top in the league, as long as he can play on the court, he may not be able to enter the All-Star in the future;
Class of 2016
Winner: Ben Simmons
Career: 14.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 56%, 13.9% and 58.9% from three-point range
Major honors: one second-team, two-defense, three-time All-Star, and one steal king
Simmons is the best player in 16 years, although he didn't shoot, but he has become the league's most anticipated future star with his top-level defensive and offensive ability, as long as he practices shooting, the future is limitless, but all this after the 20-21 season playoffs, all came to naught, because of the "giant baby" mentality and constant injuries, Simmons can no longer find him 21 years ago.
Eye: Brandon England
Career: 19.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 46.8%, 36.2% and 78.6% from three.
Major accolades: An All-Star, Most Improved Player of the 19-20 Season
Ingram started his career off to a deterrent pace, averaging less than 10 points per game in his rookie year, but as he got used to the intensity of the NBA game and grew stronger, he finally grew into an All-Star in his fourth year as a rookie and is now one of the Pelicans' duo.
Class of 2015
Winner: Carl Anthony Downs
Career: 22.9 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 52.4%, 39.8% and 83.9% from three-point range
Major honors: two three-team, four-time All-Star
Downs University started on defense, the offensive level is average, the selling point of his draft at that time was defense, but he didn't expect to enter the NBA but fell one by one, although since entering the league, his personal data is good, and he has also entered the All-Star, but his style of play and spirit are indeed not tough enough, but with the increase of experience, Downs has become better and better in the past two years.
Leader: D'Angelo Russell
Career: 17.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 43%, 37% and 79.2% from three-point range
Major honors: One All-Star, one mid-season winner
After being drafted by the Lakers, Russell has been playing quite average, and even a bit of a water trend, so he has the nickname "Water Pull", but when he was traded to the Nets by the Lakers, his career has improved, although there are still such and such problems, but now he is also a first-class point guard in the league.
Class of 2014
Winner: Andrew Wiggins
Career: 18.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 45%, 35.4% and 72.1% from three-point range
Major honors: One All-Star, one championship
Wiggins' physical talent is truly amazing, and he is also the rarest offensive and defensive forward in the league, but Wiggins's playing attitude is not good enough, and his personal temperament is quite average, which is what prevents him from getting better.
榜眼：贾巴里·帕克（水货）
Career: 14.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 49.4%, 32.6% and 74.3% from three.
Major Honors: Rookie of the Month
Parker is also very talented, he played well in the first three years of his career with the Bucks, and even grabbed the position of the Bucks boss with his brother, but he is a crispy skin, and constant injuries have caused Parker to not realize his strong talent in the NBA.
Class of 2013
Champion: Anthony Bennett (No. 1 in history)
Career: 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, shooting 39.2%, 26.1%, 67% from three-point range
Major Honors and Achievements: None
There's not much to say about Bennett, the No. 1 parallel player in NBA history, and he was eliminated after playing in the NBA for four years. It is precisely because of his existence that other parallel champions are also remarkable, Bennett's physical talent is not worthy of the champion signature at all, and it is said that he can become the champion show, mainly because of politeness and respect for people.
Eye: Victor Oladipo
Career: 16.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 43.6%, 34.7% and 78.8% from three.
Major honors: One three-team, one-defense, two-time All-Star, Most Improved Player in the 17-18 season, and one steal king
Audi was one of the best players in the 13th class, and he was one of the best offensive and defensive guards in the league during his years with the Pacers, but he may have practiced too hard or he was unlucky, but he suffered a major injury in his prime, and after that major injury, he has not escaped the torture of injury until now.
Class of 2012
Winner: Anthony Davis
Career: Averaged 24.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, shooting 52.2%, 29.9% and 79.5% from three-point range
Major honors: one championship, four first-team wins, two first-team defenses, two second-defense defenses, nine All-Stars, three block kings, and one midseason championship
In the era of the withering of the local center in the United States, thick eyebrows have become the interior hope of the old United States, the title of "son of America" is enough to prove his natural strength, thick eyebrows have become one of the best players in the NBA since the third year of rookie, although now he has less heart after winning the championship in 20 years, but he is still one of the best interior lines in the league today. The thick eyebrows are a bit of a glass attribute, the big injuries are not minor injuries, and the best attendance in his career so far has been in the 16-17 and 17-18 seasons (both 75 games).
Eye: Michael Kidd Gilchrist (parallel import)
Career: 8.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 47.4%, 27.2% and 71.5% from three.
Major Honors: Second Rookie Team
As a high-ranking rookie personally selected by Boss Joe, McGee is naturally inescapable, in addition to being a parallel import, he is also a genius, and his shooting posture is like twisting a twist.
Class of 2011
Winner: Kyrie Irving
Career: 23.5 points, 4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 47.4%, 39.3% and 88.6% from three-point range
Major honors: one championship, one second team, two third teams, eight All-Star stars
Since leaving the Cavaliers in 17 years and leaving James, Irving has begun to completely let himself go, his various strange behaviors and amazing remarks make people very helpless, the title of "fairy" is not worthy of everyone, but Irving is the most beautiful boy in NBA history so far. Although things off the court are speechless, Irving's basketball business is not bad at all, his dribbling skills and scoring ability are the first person on the NBA guard line today, and Curry is not as good as him.
Leader: Derek Williams (parallel import)
Career: 8.9 points and 4 rebounds per game, shooting 43.4%, 30%, 71% from three-point range
Major Honors: Second Rookie Team
Dulwich is a rough brother with no physical talent, no offensive skills, and a very worrying basketball IQ, and he came to the CBA to play after being eliminated from the NBA in the 17-18 season, but it is clear that he can't even understand the CBA, and he is one of the most rookie foreign aids.
Class of 2010
Winner: John Wall
Career: 18.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 43%, 32.2% and 77.6% from three-point range
Major honors: one three-lineup, one second-defense, five-time All-Star
Wall's biggest flaw is that his shooting ability is worrisome, and his scoring ability is limited, but in addition, he is the top point guard in the NBA, the first control in the East is not a joke, and this vacancy is also offensive and defensive, but since the injury in the 18-19 season, Wall's luck has been carried to the extreme, and he can fall and tear his Achilles tendon in the bathroom at home, and it is also this injury that Wall's career has taken a sharp turn.
Leader: Evan Turner (parallel import)
Career: 9.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 43.4%, 29.4% and 78.2% from three.
Major Honors and Achievements: None
Some people can't play because of limited ball quotient, some people because of lack of physical talent, and some people because of injuries, but Turner is very confusing, his physical fitness is very good, the ball quotient is also very high, and he has not suffered any major injuries, but he just can't play in the NBA, although his career achievements are quite limited, he also signed a premium contract (given by the Trail Blazers).
Class of 2009
Winner: Blake Griffin
Career: Averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game, shooting 49.3%, 32.8% and 69.6% from three.
Major honors: three second-team, two-third-team, six-time All-Star
The best players in the class of 09 are Curry and Harden, but Griffin is also worthy of the top pick, 09 was a draft year at the time, except for Griffin, no one is very eye-catching, and Griffin played a top power forward performance as soon as he entered the NBA, but Griffin's follow-up development is not very good, and in the 19-20 season, in order to help the Pistons play the playoffs, he played a closed game, and his career took a sharp turn, and he has actually retired.
榜眼：哈希姆·塔比特（水货）
Career: 2.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, shooting 56.7%, 0%, 57.8% from three-point range
Major Honors and Achievements: None
The reason why Tabit became a star on the list is because his physical talent is too amazing, but when he entered the NBA and signed a valuable rookie contract, he lost the motivation to play, and the end of his four-year rookie contract ended Tabit's NBA career, he is one of the best players in NBA history
Class of 2008
Winner: Derek Rose
Career: 17.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, shooting 45.6%, 31.6% and 83.1% from three.
Major honors: One regular season MVP, one team, three All-Stars
For Rose, there are not so many things to say, what I want to say the most is: if there are not so many injuries, Rose's will be terrifyingly strong, after all, he is the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history, and Rose won the MVP This year is the third year of his career, only 21 years old, this achievement record, I believe that future generations will hardly touch it.
Leader: Michael Beasley (Parallel Importer Because of His Personality)
Career: 12.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, shooting 46.5%, 34.9% and 75.9% from three.
Major honors and achievements: Best Rookie, Rookie Team for a while
In terms of physical talent and basketball skills, Beasley is not only better than Rose, but also better than Durant, the most important thing, Durant himself admits this conclusion, but it is a pity that such a basketball genius wasted his talent and ruined his career because of his thorny attributes.
Class of 2007
Champion: Greg Oden (NBA's most regrettable champion)
Career: 8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 57.4%, 0% and 65.8% from three-point range
Major Honors and Achievements: None
Oden is one of the biggest regrets in NBA history, he not only has a physical talent comparable to O'Neal, but also has a low-post offensive technique comparable to a big dream and a general, if he can stay healthy, he will become the NBA's new generation of basketball hegemon, but because of continuous injuries, Oden was eliminated by the NBA after only playing 105 games, and the reason why he suffered such an injury was that his legs were not the same length.
Eye: Kevin Durant
Career: 27.3 points, 7 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 50.1%, 38.7% and 88.4% from three.
Major honors: two championships, two FMVPs, one regular season MVP, six first-team teams, four second-team teams, fourteen All-Star stars, four scoring titles
Although there are BUG-level players like Wembanyama in the NBA today, before he fully realized his talent, the first BUG in NBA history was Durant, a 2.10-meter-tall forward player who can hold the ball like a top guard and make a large disguised breakthrough, and also has the top mid-to-long-range projection ability in history, what do you say about this defense? Although Durant's current reputation has been greatly affected after joining the Warriors in 16 years, he is now one of the greatest players in history, and his historical position is firmly in the top 15.
Class of 2006
Champion: Andrea Banyani (parallel import)
Career: 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 43.9%, 35.4% and 82.4% from three-point range
Major honors: Rookie lineup for a while, two Rookie of the Month awards
Banjani is one of the biggest parallel champions in NBA history, but compared to other parallel champions, Banyani is not without advantages, such as his ball quotient is very high, and his projection ability is also outstanding.
Eye: LaMarcus Aldridge
Career: Averaged 19.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 49.3%, 32% and 81.3% from three-point range
Major honors: two second-team, three-time three-team, seven-time All-Star
In the '06 draft, Aldridge was the most accomplished player of his career, and at his peak, he was one of the top power forwards in the league. In the small-ball era, an interior player like Aldridge who has the size to protect the frame and has a stable mid-range projection ability is too popular, but unfortunately he has not won a championship in his career.
Class of 2005
Winner: Andrew Bogut
Career: 9.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 53.3%, 11.1% and 55.3% from three.
Major honors: one championship, one three-lineup, one second-defense, and one block king
Bogut is not a parallel product, but judging from his career performance, he is not sorry for the top pick at all, his career has only averaged more than 10 points per game in six seasons, and the highest season average is only 15.9 points per game (09-10 season), so he is also known as one of the worst champions.
Leader: Marvin Williams (parallel import)
Career: 10.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, shooting 44.3%, 36.1% and 80.8% from three-point range
Major Honors: Second Rookie Team
Marvin has good personal strength, is a high-quality strength role player, and in the NBA, a league with a very high elimination rate, he can have a career of up to 15 years, which is enough to show that he is excellent, but his performance is not worthy of the top pick.
Class of 2004
Winner: Dwight Howard
Career: Averaged 15.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.8 blocks per game, shooting 58.7%, 21.4% and 56.7% from three.
Major honors: One championship, three Defensive Player of the Year, five first-team, one-second-team, two-team, two-team, four-time first-team, one-second-team, eight-time All-Star, five-time rebounding leader, two-block leader
There aren't many players who can replace James alone in their prime, and Howard is one of them. At a time when centers were beginning to wither, Howard was the last hope for the NBA's super centers, and although he played super dominant on the defensive end, he was too naïve to go further in the NBA. Howard chose to play when he should have made results, and then when he was not at the peak but wanted to make results, he met Harden, who was more playful.
Eye: Emeka Okafor (parallel import)
Career: Averaged 12 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 51.2%, 0% and 58.6% from three.
Major honors and achievements: Best Rookie, Rookie Team for a while
Okafor's career started quite well, he averaged 15+10 per game in the first year of his rookie, and he also beat Howard to become the best rookie of the year, but he was too rough and his physical fitness was not as good as Howard's, so he was thoroughly studied, and his future development was not as good as a year. It is worth mentioning that Okafor is also the person personally selected by Boss Joe.
Class of 2003
Champion: LeBron James
Career: 27.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 50.6%, 34.7% and 73.6% from three-point range
Major honors: Four championships, four FMVPs, four regular season MVPs, thirteen first-team titles, three second-team teams, three third-team teams, five first-team defenses, one second-team defense, twenty-time All-Stars, one midseason champion, one midseason MVP, one scoring title, one assist king
What else can you say about him? After James won the fourth championship of his career in 2020 and won the fourth FMVP, he has become the second person in history after Jordan with many honors, and with the blessing of the all-time scoring champion and the "411" project, the gap between him and Jordan is only between the two. Although James is 39 years old, he is still one of the best players in the NBA today.
榜眼：达科·米利西奇（水货）
Career: 6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 46%, 0% and 57.4% from three-point range
Major Honors: One overall victory
Being able to become the top pick in 03, the top three draft year in history, is enough to show how strong Milicic's talent is, but unfortunately his character is too weak and his ability to resist blows is insufficient, coupled with the fact that the head coach he met when he entered the NBA was an extremely harsh and ungood use of Larry Brown, who cultivated young people, Milicic's self-confidence was destroyed, and once the player lost his self-confidence, everything was over. It is a well-established fact that Milicic was ruined by Larry Brown!
Class of 2002
Champion: Yao Ming
Career: Averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, shooting 52.4%, 20% and 83.3% from three.
Major honors: Two second-team games, three third-team teams, eight All-Stars, and induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016
Yao Ming is our first and only NBA champion in China, it is because of his success in the NBA that it proves that yellow people, Chinese can play basketball, but also can play high-level basketball, Yao Ming at his peak once had the momentum to impact the league's first center, but unfortunately because of the heavy national team competition tasks and excessive weight gain plan, his body became very brittle, because of injuries, Yao Ming was forced to retire at the golden age of 31.
Leader: Jay Williams (parallel import)
Career: 9.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 39.9%, 32.2% and 64% from three-point range
Major honors and achievements: Rookie Team 2, Rookie of the Month 1 time
Not only is Jay Water, but he is also very unlucky, after his first season as a rookie, he was forced to stop his career due to transportation issues, and because of this, Jay is also known as one of the most watery in NBA history.
summary
In the 20 years from 2002 to 2021, the number of appearances of the champion list must have a water is 15 times, and the number of times that the champion list has broken the curse of a water for 4 years, respectively, the 15th, 16th, 19th and 21st, only one is the champion list eye is all water - 17th!
Of the 20 champions mentioned above, only 4 were lost, namely '06 Bangnani, '07 Oden, 13-year Bennett and 17-year Fultz, and 13 became All-Stars: Yao Ming, James, Howard, Rose, Griffin, Wall, Irving, Davis, Wiggins, Towns, Simmons, Zion and Edwards.
In the eyes of the 20 list, there are as many as 11 people who have fallen in the water, namely the 02nd Jeyway, the 03rd Milicic, the 04th Okafor, the 05th Ma Wei, the 08th Beasley, the 09th Tabit, the 10th Turner, the 11th Dulwich, the 12th McGee, the 14th Parker, the 17th Ball, and the 18th Bagley. And only six have become All-Stars: Durant, Morant, Aldridge, Ingram, Oladipo and Russell.