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Phoenix Suns: Top 6 missed opportunities with #6 pick

By Khaleel Abdullah

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 1: Jonny Flynn #10 of the Minnesota Timberwolves dribbles around Joel Anthony #50 of the Miami Heat during a basketball game at Target Center on April 1, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Hannah Foslien /Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 1: Jonny Flynn #10 of the Minnesota Timberwolves dribbles around Joel Anthony #50 of the Miami Heat during a basketball game at Target Center on April 1, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Hannah Foslien /Getty Images) /
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#3 – 2011 NBA Draft

With the sixth pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards select Jan Vesely.

He lasted 3 seasons in the NBA, with career averages of 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds.

Not only was he a bust but he’s so high on this list due to how many special players were ahead of them. The Wizards could have drafted almost anyone else and done much better.

Available – Kemba Walker (#9), Klay Thompson (#11), Kawhi Leonard (#15), Nikola Vucevic (#16), Tobias Harris (#19) and Jimmy Butler (#30)

Look at the list. Really? Poor Wizards fans. That just sucks.

I can understand passing on Kemba, as they’d drafted John Wall in 2010.

This was a year before Bradley Beal was drafted and Klay was still on the board so they could have gone that route.

Let’s say, with Wall and Beal being the two best players on that current team that they still managed to get Beal in 2012 to put with Wall. Look at the other guys that were still available to add to that backcourt.

Instead of drafting Otto Porter Jr in 2013 and ultimately overpaying him and then losing him, they could have done much better by selecting Kawhi, Tobias or Butler.

Wall, Beal and Kawhi. He’s a 3x NBA All-Star, 2x NBA Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Finals MVP and NBA Champion.

Wall, Beal and Tobias. He averaged 20 points and 7.9 rebounds per game this season.

Wall, Beal and Butler. He’s a 4x NBA All-Star and a 4x NBA All-Defensive Second Team member.

No, we’ll just do Wall, Beal and a complete bust in Vesely. Why? Who knows?

If Washington was that set on adding a European big man, they could have drafted Vucevic. He’s not as good as those other players, but he made his first All-Star game while averaging 20.8 points, 12 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game this season and we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now.

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