Meet The 2005 NBA Draft: The Class of Unfilled Potential

I've made many videos in this format for other

draft

years, so check them out if you like this video. Today we are going to talk about the

2005

NBA

draft

class. In my opinion, it is a solid class overall, but also a class with a lot of untapped

potential

, a handful of players seemed to be on the path to greatness before Things like injuries, lack of motivation, or sometimes a disappointing role on their respective teams, there were a lot of factors that caused many players in this draft to not measure up. to their full

potential

in this video, we'll take a look at all the notable o5 draft players and why most of them failed to claim greatness.

How are you doing? My name is Andy and let's get started. I'm going to start. When first talking about the stars of this class, let's leave out the easy part, without a doubt, the best player in this class was Chris Paul, the fourth overall pick of the New Orleans Hornets, despite the criticism throughout of his career, is still unquestionable. He had a fantastic career, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Star and nine-time All-Star, Rookie of the Year and led the league in steals and assists multiple times. There have been a couple of stars in this class, but I think Chris Paul is it. the only one who reached his full potential at least from an individual point of view now let's talk about the player I think he is the second best player in the class and he could have had a better career than Paul but he didn't.

Regarding the third pick in the draft, Deron Williams, early in his career, he was competing head-to-head with Paul for the title of best player in the class, while Paul had better individual numbers. Darren always won one-on-one with him. matchups Darren would also have incredible playoff performances and playoff success at such a young age; In fact, in Darren's second year in the NBA he averaged 16 points and nine assists in the regular season and helped his team reach the Western Conference Finals. When the Western Conference was as strong as ever, it's crazy to see a young team like Utah, that no one really cared about, make it this month, the Jazz were also a bottom 10 offensive team the last two years, but with Williams' improvements, their offense rose to third, if Williams Boozer's pick-and-roll was the second most efficient play in the entire league, only behind Nash and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll, unfortunately the Jazz did not was able to repeat the same success after that season, as they were eliminated by the Lakers for three consecutive years after that, Williams himself continued to improve now with an average of around 19 and 10, but began to have problems with the coaching staff , particularly with Jerry Sloan.

It was a well-known rumor that he and Sloan didn't get along and that was correct. On the night of February 9, 2011, Jerry told Aaron that he had broken several plays in the first half, if you are going to break the offense and change plays, would you at least let your teammates know to which Darren simply responded with my bad and finally with everything? This passive aggressiveness in the locker room and the tension between him and the coach began to increase. Darren and Jerry apparently got into a very loud verbal argument with Jerry asking him if you want to coach this team.

He was upset because Darren wasn't listening to the play calls and just doing his own thing and eventually realized he was too old for this and decided to retire the same night, a few weeks later, Darren was traded to the New Jersey and Brooklyn Nets. He had a couple of good seasons, but the ankle injury started to slow him down at the age of 29, he looked nothing like his former self and the Nets didn't go that far in his five seasons there, at the age of 32 year old was left rotting on the bench in Cleveland while he watched.

The Warriors beat them easily in the 2017 finals, he retired shortly after, while Darren had some incredible first years in the NBA, it all went downhill very quickly and if he had more motivation he could have been the best player in this class. I also think the Utah election. and running a heavy offense helped him tremendously, whereas in Brooklyn his game relied more on isolations which he wasn't as good at and that played a role in his regression to, anyway, the first pick in the draft was Andrew Bogut. Most fans don't remember what he was like before joining Golden States, but he was a star offensively, he was good, but defensively he was incredible.

He fit the same mold as someone like Rudy Gobert in 2010 and 2011. Milwaukee finished with the second- and fourth-best defensive ratings they had, respectively. It didn't make sense to be one of the best defensive teams in the league, but they were because Bogut was so impactful that he even made the All-NBA Third Team in 2010. Unfortunately, a devastating right elbow injury that same year essentially halted a progression. false and was never the best. The same player after that, yes, his defense and passing skills were still there, but his scoring ability never recovered. It was terrible because the injury was on his bright arm, his dominant arm, they would eventually move him to the golden stage, where he still proved to be valuable. role player but was no longer the first or second option, the Warriors had too many offensive threats and Bogut was now playing a supporting role while still being a very important part of their team and maybe the Warriors wouldn't have blown a 3-point lead -1 if Bogut had been healthy, but after that season they finally decided not to keep him and he was on a couple of teams, suffered a couple of knee injuries before finally returning to his home country of Australia, if not for the injury, who knows what his career could have been like. turned out to be number 10, we have Andrew Bynum with the Lakers, it took him a few years to develop, but in 2012 he averaged almost 19 and 12 while he was selected to be a starter in the all-star game, it was his first selection and at only 24 years, looked bright for the young Bynum, but as the story goes, that would be his last productive season in the summer.

He was traded in that blockbuster Dwight Howard trade that sent him to Philadelphia, where he was injured while he was bowling and never played. game for Philadelphia, in fact, at that time with multiple setbacks due to his injuries, his knees were so bad that he couldn't even play anymore just two years after that successful season, he retired at the age of 26 in what could have been a promising career. for arguably the second best center in the league at the time turned into a disaster seven feet of untapped potential Danny Granger is the next All-Star pick at number 17.

I made an entire video dedicated to his career before, so feel free free to watch, but Basically, he was Indiana's leading scorer for four consecutive years and in 2009 he averaged 26 points per game at age 25. He was pretty good, a dynamic scorer and an early version of someone like Kevin Durant, a smooth but effortless scorer with long arms and great jump. he shot like most of these guys on the roster, knee injuries were his demise, David Lee, the last All-Star of this class, was selected with the 30th pick, had a phenomenal NBA career but overlooked Lee was a double-double machine on the Knicks. but he didn't get much recognition because while the Knicks sucked, even when he joined Golden State he continued to put up excellent numbers, Lee suffered a couple of injuries that weren't too serious, at least compared to other guys in his class, but eventually , his athleticism and explosiveness would decrease in 2017, at the age of 34.

Lee was a free agent, but no one was interested in him, as a result, he officially retired if that were all the stars in the class, so now I will briefly mention. other notable role players, Marvin Williams, the second overall pick to sum it up, was a sensation in high school and the Hawks made a big gamble in drafting him because he was like the epitome of the hyper-athletic, do-it-all forward, but also very unpolished They did hope he could become a star because he was believed to have the highest ceiling in the entire draft, however, that moment would never come as the years went by.

Marvin would reform by moving to the power forward position and becoming a legitimate three player for Indy. In Utah and Charlotte he made significant strides in that area. He's a little weak because he never lived up to expectations, but 14 years later he's still in the league. Raymond Felton, the fifth overall pick, made a big splash with the Charlotte Bobcats and almost became an All-Star in his first year in New York, but weight issues and a lack of motivation were his undoing. The sixth pick Martell Webster, a three-point sharpshooter. The seventh choice, Charlie Villanueva. The eighth pick, Channing Frye, a solid role player over the years. filled a unique role of being a five on the 18th pick gerald green former dunk champion who eventually became a lethal three point shooter 21st pick nate robinson one of the most erratic but physical and inspiring little guys to ever play the game in the league the 22nd pick, Jared jack, the 34th and 36th pick, CJ Miles and ersan Ilya SOVA, both solid players who have had very long careers in the 40th pick, Monta Ellis, a high school sensation and A dynamic scorer in his era despite having multiple seasons averaging over 20 points per game, he never became an All-Star.

He's best known for being the guy the Warriors traded to become contenders. One of the best players to never make an All-Star team and that's mainly because of the Warriors. the record was pretty bad during his prime, the 45th pick, Lou Williams, who we all know, lost six-man of the year three times, possibly the best six-man in NBA history, yes, he was a great scorer inside and off the field at the end of the draft. I have picks 56 and 57, Amir Johnson and Martin Gortat, two more solid role players with very long careers and that's it, people I covered, all the stars, most of whom could have done a lot more with their playing careers. what they really did. a lot of untapped potential with guys like Marvin Williams Andrew Bynum Andrew Bogut Danny Granger I think this draft could have been one of the best anyway, in fact I might still be considering the incredible depth there is in the draft anyway, Let me know your thoughts on this draft class.

Where would you classify the class of

2005

? Is it one of the 10 or 15 best drafts of all time? Obviously it doesn't compare to 2003 or 1996, but maybe it's on the same level as 1999. Thank you all so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. the video and as always see you next peace