To a big extent, the NBA draft is a crapshoot. However some executives excel at that crapshoot greater than others.
Within the trendy period, Sam Presti, for instance, has a powerful observe file with three MVPs drafted back-to-back-to-back. How does he examine to different legendary normal managers relating to choosing star expertise?
To seek out out, we seemed up the draft file of every NBA govt in historical past in line with the indispensable Basketball-Reference. Unsurprisingly, Crimson Auerbach comes out on high with 9 completely different All-NBA gamers chosen, a byproduct of his basketball acumen but in addition of drafting gamers in 34 completely different offseasons.
(For this train, we assigned gamers primarily based on last draft rights quite than preliminary choice. As an illustration, Kobe Bryant counts for Jerry West, not the Hornets who technically picked him.)
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All-NBA gamers: 9 (Invoice Russell, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White, John Havlicek, Kevin McHale, Larry Hen, Paul Westphal, Sam Jones, Tommy Heinsohn)
All-NBA choices: 49
Drafts: 34
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.26
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All-NBA gamers: 7 (Chris Webber, Dirk Nowitzki, Latrell Sprewell, Marques Johnson, Mitch Richmond, Sidney Moncrief, Tim Hardaway)
All-NBA choices: 36
Drafts: 25
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Dick McGuire, Dolph Schayes, Harry Gallatin, Richie Guerin, Willis Reed)
All-NBA choices: 23
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.31
All-NBA gamers: 5 (Andy Phillip, Bob Cousy, Jim Pollard, Larry Foust, Ralph Beard)
All-NBA choices: 22
Drafts: 4
All-NBA gamers per draft: 1.25
All-NBA gamers: 5 (Alex English, Brad Daugherty, Julius Erving, Kevin Johnson, Mark Worth)
All-NBA choices: 20
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, DeMar DeRozan, Ben Simmons)
All-NBA choices: 18
Drafts: 21
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Gene Shue, Jack George. Larry Costello, Tom Gola, Wilt Chamberlain)
All-NBA choices: 15
Drafts: 11
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.45
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Domantas Sabonis, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook)
All-NBA choices: 29
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Anfernee Hardaway, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, World B. Free)
All-NBA choices: 29
Drafts: 23
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Eddie Jones, James Worthy, Kobe Bryant, Kyle Lowry)
All-NBA choices: 19
Drafts: 24
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Gary Payton, Jermaine O’Neal, Shawn Kemp, Zach Randolph)
All-NBA choices: 16
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22
All-NBA gamers: 4 (Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Spencer Haywood, Walt Frazier)
All-NBA choices: 13
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25
All-NBA gamers: 4 (Clyde Lovellette, Dick Garmaker, Slater Martin, Vern Mikkelsen)
All-NBA choices: 11
Drafts: 6
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.67
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Elton Model, Metta World Peace, Scottie Pippen, Tyson Chandler)
All-NBA choices: 10
Drafts: 19
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Dale Ellis, Detlef Schrempf, Jamal Mashburn, Jason Kidd)
All-NBA choices: 9
Drafts: 17
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Rajon Rondo, Al Jefferson, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown)
All-NBA choices: 7
Drafts: 21
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker)
All-NBA choices: 21
Drafts: 9
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.33
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Oscar Robertson, Bob Love, Jerry Lucas)
All-NBA choices: 17
Drafts: 12
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Kevin Love, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury)
All-NBA choices: 13
Drafts: 14
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (David Robinson, Baron Davis, Alvin Robertson)
All-NBA choices: 12
Drafts: 22
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.14
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman)
All-NBA choices: 10
Drafts: 15
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.20
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Ray Allen, Blake Griffin, Vin Baker)
All-NBA choices: 9
Drafts: 8
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.38
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Brandon Roy, Sam Cassell, LaMarcus Aldridge)
All-NBA choices: 8
Drafts: 5
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.60
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tiny Archibald, Phil Ford, Otis Birdsong)
All-NBA choices: 7
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (DeMarcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, Predrag Stojakovic)
All-NBA choices: 4
Drafts: 20
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.15
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Bradley Beal, John Wall, Michael Redd)
All-NBA choices: 3
Drafts: 27
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.11
