5 2019 NBA Draft Lottery Picks Destined To Be Busts

By Dylan Tippett June 20, 2019

The 2019 NBA Draft is only hours away & there are 60 NBA draft prospects who will hear their names called on draft night. Every year, there are a handful of NBA draft picks who are selected in the NBA draft lottery and end up being NBA busts. Hosts Tom Downey & Jimmy Crowther break down 5 potential 2019 NBA draft lottery picks who could end up being NBA draft busts down the road, including Cam Reddish, Bol Bol, Romeo Langford, Jaxson Hayes & Nassir Little.

Cam Reddish was a 5-star prospect coming out of high school, but at Duke he was outshined as teammates Zion Williamson & R.J. Barrett stole the spotlight. There are plenty of scouts who believe Cam Reddish will be a phenomenal talent in the NBA, but was there enough tape to create an accurate NBA projection for Reddish? Bol Bol is an athletic 7-footer who can shoot & dribble, but he suffered a foot injury that prematurely ended his collegiate career at Oregon. There are teams who are willing to use a lottery pick on Bol Bol, but will he recover from his foot injury & be able to develop into an NBA-caliber center?

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Jaxson Hayes is another center who could be selected in the 2019 NBA Draft lottery. However, he did not put up great numbers at Texas & was not a consistent rebounder. Romeo Langford could be a top 15 pick, but he tore a ligament in his thumb and that clearly impacted his play. He didn’t shoot very well as a freshman & could have stayed to improve his game at the collegiate level. Finally, Nassir Little was the product of a scheme he did not fit into at UNC.

Will any of these potential 2019 NBA Draft lottery picks turn out to be NBA busts at the next level? Find out on the latest edition of NBA Now with Tom Downey & Jimmy Crowther.