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#4 Greg Oden - 1st pick in the 2007 NBA Draft
The Portland Trail Blazers made a reasonable choice with the first pick of the 2007 NBA Draft. Greg Oden was the number one pick out of Ohio State.
Though the pick was not horrible at the moment, Oden's unfortunate injury-plagued career hindered Portland, and he never established himself as the great NBA player he was expected to become.
Oden missed his entire rookie season with a knee injury. He returned and played 61 games in his second year, but he averaged just nine points per game. He then played 21 games before missing three full seasons and played his last 23 NBA games with the 2013-14 Miami Heat.
The pick that followed Oden was Kevin Durant to the then-Seattle Supersonics (now OKC Thunder). Even if Oden turned out to have an injury-free career, his chances of being a league MVP and one of the greatest scorers in NBA history were not as good as Durant's.
#3 Anthony Bennett - 1st pick in the 2013 NBA Draft
The Cleveland Cavaliers were usually in the Top 5 of the NBA Draft after LeBron James left in 2010. However, in the 2013 NBA Draft, they made one of their worst picks.
With Victor Oladipo tipped as the likely #1 pick, Cleveland made a shocker and chose Anthony Bennett from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Bennett was the first Canadian player to be selected first in an NBA Draft, but his NBA career lasted just four seasons (151 games - four starts), and he averaged four points and three rebounds per game.
Oladipo, on the other hand, is a two-time NBA All-Star with averages of 17 points, five rebounds, and four assists per game.
#2 Hasheem Thabeet - 2nd pick in the 2009 NBA Draft
Hasheem Thabeet played three years at UConn, averaging 10 points and nine rebounds per game in 100 appearances. Those numbers were enough to convince the Memphis Grizzlies to select him in the second spot of the 2009 NBA Draft.
Thabeet played a career-high 68 games in his rookie season and averaged three points on 13 minutes per game. From that point on, he played just four other NBA seasons for three different teams without much impact.
After the 2013-14 NBA season, Thabeet was out of the NBA. This was one of the worst NBA Draft selections ever, as he was selected in front of two fure NBA MVPs, James Harden and Stephen Curry, Rookie of the Year winner Tyreke Evans and All-Stars DeMar DeRozan, Jrue Holiday, and Jeff Teague.
#1 Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn - 5th and 6th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft
Ricky Rubio is still a solid NBA point guard, having played 563 NBA games and averaging 11 points and eight assists per game. However, the Spanish PG was part of the worst choices made by a team in the NBA Draft since 2000.
Rubio was picked fifth in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, while Jonny Flynn was selected sixth by the same team. The two picks were immediately before future Hall of Famer, and two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry went to the Golden State Warriors.
The worst part is Minnesota selecting two point guards ahead of an all-time Top-2 PG. While Rubio turned to be a better player than Fynn, he made his NBA debut in 2011 for Minnesota.
Rubio is currently playing for the Phoenix Suns, Fynn has been out of the NBA for eight years, and Curry is a three-time NBA champion and looking for even more with Golden State.
