What Happened To Every #1 Pick From The 2000's

Some #1 NBA Draft picks go on to have hall of fame caliber careers, while others are either too injury prone or just plain stink and are forced to retire early. Today we go over what exactly happened to every single #1 pick from 2000-2009.

[feezy]

I feel so bad for Oden, I saw a video of an old lady asking if he played basketball and he said he used to. He didn’t even mention that he was in the NBA. After that he walked away and the look in his eyes 😢

[areezzy]

It's crazy that LeBron's outlasting the #1 picks drafted years after him who are now retired or role players - Dwight Howard, Andrew Bogut, Greg Oden, Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin

[kareemenya]

I hate Oden being called a bust. It was injuries not his ability.

[jasonschad]

Rose will forever be one of my favorite players to watch. I know he doesn't have it in him now, but those 4 good years in Chicago was magic.

[josebove]

Bogut won championships. He was smart enough to not wanting to be a franchise player but rather being a great lieutenant. In that regard, his career is way better than many guys that put numbers for many years in trash teams. Best exemple is stackhouse.

[brandonmiller]

Yeah I actually liked Greg Oden a lot. I do not consider him a bust at all. Yeah that sucks he went first overall and got injured a bunch, but it was not because his work ethic that kept him injured. He had some bad knees. There is only so much you can do. He is such a good guy and it was very unfortunate what happened to him in the league. Definitely not a bust though.

[leediaz]

I think its really hard when your childhood hero become your toxic boss irl

[lqrrpkt]

I don't know if it was luck or something else, hate him or not LeBron was just different. I hope we do, but I don't think we will ever see a player like LeBron for a long time...

[dcrass]

i really feel bad for Oden, Roy, Grant Hill and the injury prone lads... it must be extremely frustrating being unable to unleash.

[dixonmixin]

Two consecutive #1 picks (LeBron and Dwight) won a title together on the same team. You'll probably never see that again.

[johnpineda]

LeBron James is by far the best number 1 pick from the 2000's 2010's and 2020's

[dvdmrrs]

Andrew Bogut played for the University of Utah so he was in the NCAA before being drafted.

[esmaeljohnramos]

Kwame Brown actually had a solid career. Lasted for 10+ years in the NBA. Right now being in the league for 10 years is difficult

[kcrh]

Thumbnail: Oden is Lebron's real dad.

[bertfrancis]

Lebron was just built different. Oden was my boy but the injury bug got him

[oskara]

Kenyon Martin was an absolute bad ass. Martin kidd and Jefferson was the first big three I’d ever seen at the time

[darwinjay]

Drose and Oden 😢
biggest what if
but still they are my favorite in this list

[Tsagan]

Lebron won a couple of olympics gold medal too, 2008 and 2012

[jiqognd]

I'm happy Derrick Rose was able to come back from his injuries

[timothy]

it was so fun to watch yao ming play, he was strong in the post, but have such a soft touch with his left right hook and turn around, he can spin off you and go in for a dunk, when he is outside setting a screen and you forget him, he will hit a long 2. and lets not forget, he shoots the foul shot for the rockets, if he played in todays game, he be raining threes and have a much longer career.