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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 1365700, member: 767"] It was basically a catch 22 for the teams, after the guys you mentioned became superstars teams really didn't want to miss out on the next big guy, plus also that lead more talented players to want to leave early since KG, Kobe, etc did it. At the same time, the gut feeling I have right now is that the late 90's early 2000 drafts weren't full of great players of any age, so it's possible no strategy may have worked out real well. I randomly looked at 1998, no high schoolers taken till 26, and Olowakandi was a 4 year player and one of th ebiggest draft busts in a long time. I mean, my god, look at the 2000 draft. Kawame was definitely a bust in 2001, but Chandler went #2 overall and he's been a hell of a player.( let's not talk about Curry or Diop) Edit: Now i'm randomly looking at drafts, 1999 draft was really pretty strong at the top. Good thing my team took Freddy Weis that year. [/QUOTE]