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Could not disagree more. To determine a picks success relative to history you have to measure it against the rest of the picks. Yes, Garrnett sucked, but beyond the first three picks, that draft was BRUTAL 

The worst choice in Mavericks' history is Samaki Walker. Period. And it begins and ends with the biggest hack in Mavs' history: Keith Grant.  

First, in the 1996 Draft, he traded down from the 6th pick to the 9th.with Boston. At the time it was considered a top 5 to 6 player draft. So what did he get? Oh, just Eric Montross while also trading away an unprotected 1997 1st in what everyone knew was the Tim Duncan's senior year draft that everyone was talking for. Can you imagine a team that hasn't been in playoffs in a decade trading away an unprotected 1st in Wemby draft so they can receive Janes Wiseman?

And the Mavs could've stayed at 6 and taken the PF Antoine Walker they needed for years. Walker was a solid piece his his first 5-6 years.

Yeah, they also could've picked Kobe or Nash, but I'm not gonna expect a blind squirrel hack like Grant to find golden chestnuts like them.  But if he had a hard on for a center, he could've, at  the least, traded down and then traded for Vlade, who was a badass in the WC for years.

Funny, Grant did the Cherokee pick too.  If you think I'm being Hard on him, seriously, look at tenure. The guy basically worked his was up from the team's janitor, only to finally get his dream job and then basically take a massive s--- in the huge 10 gallon hat on center court.

The Walker draft was one of the first one I really followed.    We had the three J's.  I was in college and bought a draft subscription.    I remember I was deciding on Samaki, Lorenzen Wright and Erik Dampier on preference.

I paid no attention to Kobe or Steve Nash.  I also thought Montross would be sort of good.   Put me in the Zachanelli room.