Minnesota Timberwolves Waiving 2013 no. 1 Draft Pick Anthony Bennett

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  1. LALakersFan4Life

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    I bet Jim Buss is excited about this news since he likes to sign lottery pick busts.
     
    LALakersFan4Life, Sep 21, 2015
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    Jim Buss does? Mitch Kupchak is the GM, not Jim.
     
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    we already did the try-a-bust campaign with Wes Johnson...no thanks
     
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    Don't forget Kwame. He sucked. X wasn't bad. Earl Clark was ok. Jordan Hill was decent. Kendall Marshall was ok.
     
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    He's that bad huh, don't know what the Cavs were thinking then again.... who else was in that draft class?
     
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    It was a pretty poor draft class. Best players are Oladipo, Antetokounmpo and Michael Carter-Williams.
     
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    It wasn't the worst, but it's headlined by underachievers. They could have had:

    Oladipo, Noel, Burke, Antetekounmpo, Schroder, Dieng, Carter-Williams, or Gobert. Ground breaking? Maybe not, but any of those would have made an infinitely better pick than Bennett. Caldwell-Pope is very okay.

    Underachievers that @CaCHooKa Man is referring to:

    Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Alex Len, Ben McLemore, CJ McCollum, Kelly Olynyk, Shabazz Muhammad, Shane Larkin, Tony Snell...
     
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    Sign him! We need moar Power Forwards!!!
     
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    Yes, that whole list doesn't compare favorably with the class of 1996 well at all.....
     
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    Problem is Coach said Kobe would have the minutes at PF, probably 38 mins.. Will Bennet be okay fighting for the 10 mins left of PT with Bass and Randle? I mean that's just a little above 3 minutes each. But I have faith in Byron, he can make it happen.
     
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    he could very well go down as the biggest bust in NBA history

    still not sure what the cavs were thinking drafting him #1 overall. no one even had him in the top 10 that year

    it was a pretty weak draft but they still could've had someone like oladipo, giannis, or noel instead
     
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    I don't think he'll do that. I think he'll be like Joe Smith. Nothing spectacular and an odd choice at his draft spot, but a decent player.
     
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    What a year seriously [​IMG]
     
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    That has smiley potential my friend.
     
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