I did a little draft analysis. Went back to 1995, which was when Garnett came out and the last draft without a Euro player in round 1. Rated all the first rounders as
All Star
Starter
Journeyman
Bust
also sorted by
College
HS
Euro
What I found was
The best draft was
1996
AI
SAR
Marbury
Ray Allen
A Walker
Kittles
Kobe
Peja
Nash
J O'Neal
Illguskis
Next best was
1999
Brand
Francis
B Davis
Odom
Wally S
Rip H
Andre Miller
Marion
Terry
Maggette
Artest
Posey
Kirilenko
Worst
Easily 2000
K Martin
Miles
Swift
M Miller
Mihm
Crawford
D Mason
Hedo
Q Rich
J Magloire
Also did a study of type of draftee
College players
219 selected
7.3% became all stars
29.7% became starters
41.6% became journeymen
21.5% were busts
High Schoolers
26 selected
26.9% became all stars
34.6% became starters
23.1% became journeymen
15.4% were busts (4 total Leon Smith, DeSagana Diop, Ndudi Ebi, and one other FRICKING XL crashed and I lost my data)
Euro's
42 selected
9.5% All stars
11.9% starters
52.4% journeymen
26.2% were busts
