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UConn s Isaiah Whaley talks his decision to return: I couldn t see myself playing for another team
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UConn s Isaiah Whaley talks his decision to return: I couldn t see myself playing for another team
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UConn s Isaiah Whaley named Big East co-Defensive Player of Year, Tyler Polley top sixth man
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UConn’s Isaiah Whaley (5) and Villanova’s Brandon Slater leap for a rebound during a game earlier this season.Matt Slocum / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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UConn’s Isaiah Whaley, right, and Villanova’s Jeremiah Robinson-Earl leap for a rebound during a game earlier this season.Matt Slocum / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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UConn’s Tyler Polley (12) is fouled as he makes a basket against Providence earlier this season.David Butler II / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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In UConn’s first year back in the Big East, it has claimed an award it dominated back in its heyday.
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The D-League, founded in 2001, was once a little-known passion project of the NBA that yielded mixed results for players and organizations alike. And as recently as a decade ago, it was a place fresh-faced draft prospects and established journeymen actively sought to avoid on their pursuit of earning legitimate minutes in the association.
The aforementioned developmental farm system has since rebranded to the G League following a Gatorade title sponsorship in 2017. And in a revolutionary move made in 2020, they created a prep-to-pro team called the G League Ignite to provide elite high school recruits an alternative to college and overseas experience before declaring for the draft.
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Hype is a constant in NBA draft history, and the past two decades are loaded with cautionary tales.
To be fair, no organization has a perfect record in the draft. While every team has a glaring mistake, though, some have struck out badly when overvaluing a popular college star or failing in their pursuit of the next great international player.
And sometimes the result is what both players and franchises want to avoid: the dreaded bust label.
We focused on high first-round picks who failed to match the predraft hype. The primary factors used are total production and career length in the NBA, and the list is organized by draft year.
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