5 worst NBA Draft classes since 2000

#1 2000

The 2000 NBA Draft class

The 2000 draft left the NBA talent pool worse than it had been prior to the given year’s rookie draft. This is just next level of bad. Only three players made the All-Star game and one of them was Jamaal Magloire. The year was 2004 and centers were scarce in the East (there had to be two centers on each team). All the premier big men were on the Western conference. The other two- Kenyon Martin and Michael Redd earned their selections for having career stints (one selection each).

The first pick, Kenyon Martin ended up being a role player, while Michael Redd (43rd), showed a lot of promise for a successful career but was derailed by injuries and was forced to retire earlier than expected.

Perhaps Jamaal Crawford, 8th pick, and Hedo Turkoglu, 16th pick, were the best players in the class after having solid NBA careers. If not for Turkoglu, Michael Redd and Jamal Crawford, that class would be erased from history.

2000 has been the gold standard for bad drafts for years. The Clippers suffered the most in this mediocrity with 3 first rounders: Darius Miles (3rd), Quentin Richardson (18th) and Marko Jaric (30th) in this draft.