6. Milwaukee Bucks

Actual Pick:Robert Traylor, F. Michigan.

Bucks fans, avert your eyes.

Milwaukee opted for burly forward Robert ‘Tractor’ Traylor at the number six spot before trading him to Dallas later in the night for Dirk Nowitzki and Pat Garrity. It ranks high when talking about the worst trades in recent NBA history, and that case has only gotten stronger now that Traylor’s NBA career appears to be over. Nowitzki has become an international superstar, a perennial all-star and an MVP winner. Traylor? Well he’s probably working at a Sizzler right now. Or at the very least, eating at one.

The Tractor was last seen suiting up for the Cavs2008 summer league squad with minimal success, so a comeback does not seem to be on the horizon. He hasn’t played since 2005, and with pedestrian career averages of 4.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg, it’s not like the NBA is really missing him either.

Never draft anyone who’s named after farming equipment– that’s the lesson here.

Who it Should have been: Vince Carter (fifth overall to Toronto)

Bedgrudgingly, I put Vince here.

As a Raptors fan, I’ll never be able to forgive VC for holding our team hostage for a year and forcing a trade out of town. Which is sort of a shame since Vince was probably the most entertaining player in the world during his first three seasons in the T-Dot, producing enough highlight footage to warrant his own cable channel.

He’s a 23-5-4 player for his career– stats that trump some of the players on this list ranked higher – but he’s become one of the more fragile commodities in the league and a questionable competitor. I couldn’t be happier!

7. Sacramento Kings

Actual Pick: Jason Williams, G. Florida.

Kicked out of Florida for a fourth drug violation during his first and only season in Gainesville, J-Will was a high risk-high reward (pun intended) pick in 1998 for the Kings. Looking back, I’d say it turned out pretty well.

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