Analysis: Which executives have drafted probably the most NBA stars?

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September 8, 2024

To a big extent, the NBA draft is a crapshoot. However some executives excel at that crapshoot greater than others.

Within the trendy period, Sam Presti, for instance, has a formidable observe report with three MVPs drafted back-to-back-to-back. How does he evaluate to different legendary common managers in terms of choosing star expertise?

To search out out, we regarded up the draft report of every NBA government in historical past in response to the indispensable Basketball-Reference. Unsurprisingly, Purple Auerbach comes out on prime with 9 totally different All-NBA gamers chosen, a byproduct of his basketball acumen but in addition of drafting gamers in 34 totally different offseasons.

(For this train, we assigned gamers based mostly on remaining draft rights fairly than preliminary choice. As an illustration, Kobe Bryant counts for Jerry West, not the Hornets who technically picked him.)

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All-NBA gamers: 9 (Invoice Russell, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White, John Havlicek, Kevin McHale, Larry Fowl, Paul Westphal, Sam Jones, Tommy Heinsohn)

All-NBA alternatives: 49

Drafts: 34

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.26

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All-NBA gamers: 7 (Chris Webber, Dirk Nowitzki, Latrell Sprewell, Marques Johnson, Mitch Richmond, Sidney Moncrief, Tim Hardaway)

All-NBA alternatives: 36

Drafts: 25

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28

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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Dick McGuire, Dolph Schayes, Harry Gallatin, Richie Guerin, Willis Reed)

All-NBA alternatives: 23

Drafts: 16

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.31

All-NBA gamers: 5 (Andy Phillip, Bob Cousy, Jim Pollard, Larry Foust, Ralph Beard)

All-NBA alternatives: 22

Drafts: 4

All-NBA gamers per draft: 1.25

All-NBA gamers: 5 (Alex English, Brad Daugherty, Julius Erving, Kevin Johnson, Mark Worth)

All-NBA alternatives: 20

Drafts: 18

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.28

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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, DeMar DeRozan, Ben Simmons)

All-NBA alternatives: 18

Drafts: 21

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24

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All-NBA gamers: 5 (Gene Shue, Jack George. Larry Costello, Tom Gola, Wilt Chamberlain)

All-NBA alternatives: 15

Drafts: 11

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.45

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Domantas Sabonis, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook)

All-NBA alternatives: 29

Drafts: 18

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Anfernee Hardaway, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, World B. Free)

All-NBA alternatives: 29

Drafts: 23

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Eddie Jones, James Worthy, Kobe Bryant, Kyle Lowry)

All-NBA alternatives: 19

Drafts: 24

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.17

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Gary Payton, Jermaine O’Neal, Shawn Kemp, Zach Randolph)

All-NBA alternatives: 16

Drafts: 18

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.22

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Spencer Haywood, Walt Frazier)

All-NBA alternatives: 13

Drafts: 16

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25

All-NBA gamers: 4 (Clyde Lovellette, Dick Garmaker, Slater Martin, Vern Mikkelsen)

All-NBA alternatives: 11

Drafts: 6

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.67

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Elton Model, Metta World Peace, Scottie Pippen, Tyson Chandler)

All-NBA alternatives: 10

Drafts: 19

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Dale Ellis, Detlef Schrempf, Jamal Mashburn, Jason Kidd)

All-NBA alternatives: 9

Drafts: 17

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.24

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All-NBA gamers: 4 (Rajon Rondo, Al Jefferson, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown)

All-NBA alternatives: 7

Drafts: 21

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker)

All-NBA alternatives: 21

Drafts: 9

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.33

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Oscar Robertson, Bob Love, Jerry Lucas)

All-NBA alternatives: 17

Drafts: 12

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.25

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Kevin Love, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury)

All-NBA alternatives: 13

Drafts: 14

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.21

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (David Robinson, Baron Davis, Alvin Robertson)

All-NBA alternatives: 12

Drafts: 22

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.14

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman)

All-NBA alternatives: 10

Drafts: 15

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.20

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Ray Allen, Blake Griffin, Vin Baker)

All-NBA alternatives: 9

Drafts: 8

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.38

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Brandon Roy, Sam Cassell, LaMarcus Aldridge)

All-NBA alternatives: 8

Drafts: 5

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.60

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Tiny Archibald, Phil Ford, Otis Birdsong)

All-NBA alternatives: 7

Drafts: 16

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.19

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (DeMarcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, Predrag Stojakovic)

All-NBA alternatives: 4

Drafts: 20

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.15

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All-NBA gamers: 3 (Bradley Beal, John Wall, Michael Redd)

All-NBA alternatives: 3

Drafts: 27

All-NBA gamers per draft: 0.11

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