Int’l players litter list of top NBA Busts in last 10 years

Yaroslav Korolev of Los Angeles Clippers fame, or infame

Five international players were included in the top-ten NBA Draft busts in the last decade created by the Ball Don’t Lie blog at Yahoo Sports.

And you really can’t argue that Yi Jianlian, Yaroslav Korolev, Rafael AraújoNikoloz Tskitishvili, and Darko Miličić, have been very very very disappointing.

10. Yi Jianlian, Milwaukee Bucks (2007, 6th)
9. Kedrick Brown, Boston Celtics (2001, 11th)
8. Rodney White, Detroit Pistons (2001, 9th)
7. Yaroslav Korolev, Los Angeles Clippers (2005, 12th)
6. Rafael Araújo, Toronto Raptors (2004, 8th)
5. Adam Morrison, Charlotte Bobcats (2006, 3rd)
4. Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Denver Nuggets (2002, 5th)
3. Kwame Brown, Washington Wizards (2001, 1st)
2. Entire 2000 NBA Draft
1. Darko Milicic, Detroit Pistons (2003, 2nd)

Really it’s only a top-nine list because BDL included the entire 2000 NBA Draft as a complete bust (hey, Hedo Türkoğlu came out of that draft and is one of the best players of 2000 with Michael Redd).

Three of the players, Korolev, Tskitishvili, and Araújo, are no longer in the league. Only Yi and Miličić have remained in the league since they were first drafted.

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