To a big extent, the NBA draft is a crapshoot. However some executives excel at that crapshoot greater than others.
Within the trendy period, Sam Presti, for instance, has a powerful monitor file with three MVPs drafted back-to-back-to-back. How does he evaluate to different legendary common managers relating to choosing star expertise?
To seek out out, we regarded up the draft file of every NBA government in historical past in response to the indispensable Basketball-Reference. Unsurprisingly, Purple Auerbach comes out on high with 9 completely different All-NBA gamers chosen, a byproduct of his basketball acumen but additionally of drafting gamers in 34 completely different offseasons.
(For this train, we assigned gamers primarily based on ultimate draft rights reasonably than preliminary choice. As an example, Kobe Bryant counts for Jerry West, not the Hornets who technically picked him.)
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All-NBA gamers: 9 (Invoice Russell, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White, John Havlicek, Kevin McHale, Larry Fowl, Paul Westphal, Sam Jones, Tommy Heinsohn)
All-NBA picks: 49
Drafts: 34
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.26
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All-NBA gamers: 7 (Chris Webber, Dirk Nowitzki, Latrell Sprewell, Marques Johnson, Mitch Richmond, Sidney Moncrief, Tim Hardaway)
All-NBA picks: 36
Drafts: 25
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Dick McGuire, Dolph Schayes, Harry Gallatin, Richie Guerin, Willis Reed)
All-NBA picks: 23
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.31
All-NBA gamers: 5 (Andy Phillip, Bob Cousy, Jim Pollard, Larry Foust, Ralph Beard)
All-NBA picks: 22
Drafts: 4
All-NBA gamers per draft: 1.25
All-NBA gamers: 5 (Alex English, Brad Daugherty, Julius Erving, Kevin Johnson, Mark Value)
All-NBA picks: 20
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, DeMar DeRozan, Ben Simmons)
All-NBA picks: 18
Drafts: 21
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24
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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Gene Shue, Jack George. Larry Costello, Tom Gola, Wilt Chamberlain)
All-NBA picks: 15
Drafts: 11
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.45
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Domantas Sabonis, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook)
All-NBA picks: 29
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Anfernee Hardaway, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, World B. Free)
All-NBA picks: 29
Drafts: 23
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Eddie Jones, James Worthy, Kobe Bryant, Kyle Lowry)
All-NBA picks: 19
Drafts: 24
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Gary Payton, Jermaine O’Neal, Shawn Kemp, Zach Randolph)
All-NBA picks: 16
Drafts: 18
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22
All-NBA gamers: 4 (Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Spencer Haywood, Walt Frazier)
All-NBA picks: 13
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25
All-NBA gamers: 4 (Clyde Lovellette, Dick Garmaker, Slater Martin, Vern Mikkelsen)
All-NBA picks: 11
Drafts: 6
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.67
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Elton Model, Metta World Peace, Scottie Pippen, Tyson Chandler)
All-NBA picks: 10
Drafts: 19
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Dale Ellis, Detlef Schrempf, Jamal Mashburn, Jason Kidd)
All-NBA picks: 9
Drafts: 17
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24
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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Rajon Rondo, Al Jefferson, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown)
All-NBA picks: 7
Drafts: 21
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker)
All-NBA picks: 21
Drafts: 9
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.33
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Oscar Robertson, Bob Love, Jerry Lucas)
All-NBA picks: 17
Drafts: 12
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Kevin Love, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury)
All-NBA picks: 13
Drafts: 14
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (David Robinson, Baron Davis, Alvin Robertson)
All-NBA picks: 12
Drafts: 22
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.14
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman)
All-NBA picks: 10
Drafts: 15
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.20
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Ray Allen, Blake Griffin, Vin Baker)
All-NBA picks: 9
Drafts: 8
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.38
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Brandon Roy, Sam Cassell, LaMarcus Aldridge)
All-NBA picks: 8
Drafts: 5
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.60
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tiny Archibald, Phil Ford, Otis Birdsong)
All-NBA picks: 7
Drafts: 16
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (DeMarcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, Predrag Stojakovic)
All-NBA picks: 4
Drafts: 20
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.15
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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Bradley Beal, John Wall, Michael Redd)
All-NBA picks: 3
Drafts: 27
All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.11
