Best: Alex English (1976)
English was drafted by the Bucks. He played with them 2 seasons and got off to a slow start before being traded to Indiana. But he didn’t really come into his own until he was traded to Denver in 1980. He played with the Nuggets for 10 seasons and made 8 consecutive All-Star games from 1981-1989. He scored more points than any other player in the 1980’s
Other notables: Nikola Mirotic (2011) Tayshaun Prince (2002) A.C. Green (1985) World B. Free (1975) Brian Taylor (1972)
Worst: Ken Barlow (1986)
Barlow was drafted by the Lakers and traded to Atlanta on draft day. He was waived and never played a game in the NBA. Three of the next four picks after Barlow were Arvydas Sabonis (24), Mark Price (25), and Dennis Rodman (27)
Other notables: John Jenkins (2012) Sergei Monia (2004) Brandon Armstrong (2001) Efthimis Rentzias (1996) Tico Brown (1979)
