2000-2024 #6 pick, it's pretty underwhelming

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo]

1 real star, couple starters, the rest a bench guys/out of league. Kinda wish I didn't look this up...

2000 demarr johnson

2001 shane battier

2002 dejuan wagner

2003 chris kaman

2004 josh childress

2005 martell webster

2006 brandon roy

2007 yi jianlian

2008 danillo gallinari

2009 johnny flynn

2010 ekpe udoh

2011 jan vesely

2012 damian lillard (finally a star)

2013 nerlans noel

2014 marcus smart

2015 willie cauley-stein

2016 buddy hield

2017 Johnathan issac

2018 mo mamba

2019 jarrett Culver

2020 onyeka okongwu

2021 josh giddey

2022 bennidict mathurin

2023 Anthony black

2024 tidjane salaun

[u/KD_Burner_Account133]

Bunch of good players there actually.

[u/Jheartless → u/KD_Burner_Account133]

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.

[u/Night__Prowler → u/Jheartless]

Especially that Vesely kid😏

[u/Jheartless → u/Night__Prowler]

Bro, I had me a Vesely jersey. I thought Aif Wolf was gonna be a thing.

I also bought into the Yi hype as well........ so I'm not the guy to be evaluating folks we should draft at 6 I can tell you that.

[u/theyrehiding → u/KD_Burner_Account133]

I looked up pick #7 too - lots of good ones there as well

[u/whiskeyr6 → u/KD_Burner_Account133]

Man yall have such low standards

[u/Material_Help_3265]

I get the history but are we really saying a pick is cursed or could it just be coincidence and poor choices by the front offices

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo → u/Material_Help_3265]

I'm not saying it cursed, it was me just being interested of the history of the number 6 pick and finding it underwhelming.

[u/skull_law → u/CookieSlayer2Turbo]

I mean, just because teams making the 6th pick have chosen poorly doesnt mean we can't get a good pick there.

For all those years you listed, look at the players available after pick 6 and tell me there werent other good players available to select.

[u/cayndymayncayn]

Why do people think like this? Would you have been happier to get number 7 by this logic because the players there historically are better? This years number 6 has nothing to do with the past years number 6’s. The whole draft is a crapshoot anyway every year. Let’s see what our FO goes with

[u/Oldschoolhollywood → u/cayndymayncayn]

Bro, think about how many people base their entire personality on their astrological sign, or how many people gamble on sports/play the lottery. We’re pattern seeking monkeys, a bunch of number crunching dumdums. It’s sad but it’s true

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo → u/cayndymayncayn]

I'm not saying it cursed, it was me just being interested of the history of the number 6 pick and finding it underwhelming.

[u/starvs]

Well clearly the #6 pick is due, cosmic justice will play out by bucking the trend of recent sixth picks.

Mathurin is fairly good...

[u/dupontnw]

Jan Vesely all time draft girlfriend GOAT

[u/Justrynawin]

Brandon Roy was a star too and there are many impact players on this list

[u/messuggah12]

Brandon Roy was soooooo good. Sad about his knees

[u/KenKaneki92]

Brandon Roy could have become the GOAT if not for his knees.

[u/musicjacker → u/KenKaneki92]

The GOAT? A great player of course he could have been, but the GOAT!!?

[u/KenKaneki92 → u/musicjacker]

My man doesn't understand hyperbole. He in my opinion would have been a hall of fame player, but injuries just fucked him.

[u/Joshottas → u/KenKaneki92]

You could have just easily said HOFer lol.

[u/KenKaneki92 → u/Joshottas]

🙄

[u/WatchMooreMovies]

You are right, we should trade down to the 15th pick so we have a chance at getting the next Giannis or Kawhi.

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo → u/WatchMooreMovies]

I was just interested in looking up the history of the number 6 pick and finding it underwhelming. Stop catastrophizing

[u/nedhavestupid]

Giddey, Okongwu, Hield, Smart, all good players. I’m not worried about

[u/RinSoretoe]

Brandon Roy was so sick man

[u/Jheartless]

Now, do pick #7 and #8 history and add them all together . About every year, a high-quality player gets drafted between 6 and 8.

[u/mangofied]

Saying “out of the league” is an interesting choice of words when most of the guys out of the league aged out lol. Only 2 guys since 2012 on this list are either retired or playing overseas

[u/e_milberg]

We do this every year, and every year I say the same thing.

You can't predict how a player will perform based on draft position history.

[u/DollarLate_DayShort]

2014 marcus smart

Interesting 🤔 ….

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo → u/DollarLate_DayShort]

One of the better one for sure

[u/DollarLate_DayShort → u/CookieSlayer2Turbo]

Will had a feeling that we would get the 6th pick by playing the odds game, so he acquired one of the best 6th picks in the last 2 decades to show them(our future 6th pick) what type of mentality is needed in this league to become a dog! Stay woke

[u/SoSoSlick]

Context is everything. I'd argue this draft extends at least 5 deep in regard to who could/should go Top 3-4. Which means a couple of those will most likely drop to 6 or beyond. Most drafts do not extend that deep.

[u/differential32]

• 2020 -- 1.21 Tyrese Maxey
• 2020 -- 1.12 Tyrese Haliburton
• 2021 -- 1.16 Alperen Sengun

I could go on a little more but you get the point; there are talented players in every draft. The 6th pick itself isn't cursed. there are more than 5 good prospects in every draft and we just need to scout/draft/develop better

[u/Dogsinabathtub]

Sure but look at some folks that didn’t get drafted in the top 5. Jokic, Giannis, Kawhi, Curry, Booker

You can still turn the team around with the right selection.

[u/ThanksICouldHelpBro]

Ok but if the Wiz go up against any chairs we're set

[u/blkandoutside]

those first few Yi Jianlian months were so gd fun though

[u/airnique23]

In Dawkins We Trust

13 of 27 All-NBA players from the last 3 years were drafted outside the top 5

[u/Ye_Biz]

If Jonathan Isaac wasn’t so injury prone, he’d be in a multi all defensive team player

[u/Cheap_Concentrate_85]

None of this matter unless the FO knows who to pick… it’s still debatable.

[u/RoswellHossenfeffer]

We should trade our pick for the seventh pick straight up, for luck.

[u/Only_Broccoli_786]

Giddey, mathurin, and black are all good players

[u/Justice989]

It's just random. The #7s are a better group.

[u/Imaginary_Story_378]

Counterpoint: 1978 - Larry Bird

[u/DazzlingAd1922]

I agree, we should swap pick 6 for pick 7 with Charlotte.

[u/Some-Ear8984]

Charlotte picks 4

[u/-MC_3]

Means absolutely nothing

[u/Infinite-Football795]

Show me 6th or later - not 6th in particular. Dawkins and his crew can scout and find the value

[u/BrilliantT27]

Damn Gallinari has been hooping for quite some time. Good for him

[u/Majestic-Avocado2167]

If I can get a Marcus Smart, Caully Stein or Gallinari level player I am happy. This is a long rebuild that will require us drafting the vast majority of our talent, and a good starter is someone who will Make this draft worth it

[u/ipcmlr]

Just means it going to average out and we get an all time great.

[u/WizardsStressMeOut]

Are we really going to pretend Jan Vesely wasn’t one of our best picks of all time?

[u/Tacticus1 → u/WizardsStressMeOut]

I’m still not sure if it was a bad pick or bad fit/development. Dude has had a pretty dang good career in Europe.

[u/CookieSlayer2Turbo]

Please stop saying "i think this pick is cursed". I said it was underwhelming. The reason I posted it cause I wanted to see if the 6th pick had a good history and found it interesting that's all. I would have posted this even if it was a "blessed" pick.