NBA Draft 2012: Potential Lottery Picks Top Teams Shouldn't Touch

Once Anthony Davis is off the board in this year's draft, there will be a handful of potential All-Stars still remaining and a crew of trap players who may look like All-Stars now, but more likely than not, they'll be the future Kwame Browns of this class.

There's no way to know whether your pick is going to be worthwhile or a disaster until three or four years down the line, when you're either in the playoffs or still toiling away in the lottery.

Here's a look at the players who are more likely to disappoint their future teams and should be avoided in the lottery. 

Andre Drummond

A good center is hard to find in the NBA these days, but that's because it takes a lot to be truly impressive—and Drummond just may not have what it takes. He's hard to pass up because he has the perfect build—he definitely won't fall out of the Top 10, maybe even the Top Five—but he played so passively at UConn that it's hard to believe he'll be able to assert himself against players who are much better than he is at the next level.

Granted, he's 18 years old, so he does have time to develop into a more complete player, but compare him to someone like Anthony Davis. Physically, they're both gifted, but Davis plays with a natural tenacity that Drummond hasn't shown, and it's hard to teach that.

Drummond is as good a rebounder and shot-blocker as you can expect from someone of his size, but he definitely displays the warning signs teams try to avoid when drafting big men. 

Jared Sullinger

The scariest thing about Sullinger is that he's had issues staying in shape in the past, and when you're already an undersized power forward, that's not good. Sullinger may be super athletic, but there are tons of super athletic 4s in the NBA who are going to have two to four inches on him, and if he's not in perfect condition—or in the best condition he can possibly be in—he'll be ineffective.

No team wants to waste a lottery pick on a player who has top-10 caliber skills but can't put it to good use because of conditioning issues. Sullinger could end up being a Big Baby-type who's motivated enough to keep himself in shape in order to stay competitive.

But if he doesn't stay in shape, Sullinger will end up bouncing around from team to team for the next few years and fail to establish a solid place for himself.

Austin Rivers

The most telling recent observation about Rivers came from NBCSports.com's Kurt Helin, who wrote earlier this month that Rivers plays like a coach's son. He may be an excellent, smooth shooter, but he doesn't play defense, and he'd rather take every shot himself, even at the expense of his teammates.

The problem is Rivers is not Kobe Bryant or Dwyane Wade or anywhere close to being the type of player who always takes the biggest shots himself because he's that good. 

Rivers is skilled, but he has a long way to go before he becomes the kind of star he might think he already is. The question is, does he have the right attitude to get there? If he does, he'll be golden and he'll likely have a long, successful NBA career.

But if he doesn't start playing defense and putting in the work to improve—not only his game, but his ability to be a good teammate—it could get messy for him and his future team.