Rewind back to 14 years ago in the summer of 2005, when the Los Angeles Lakers surprisingly had a lottery pick in the draft. Nobody knew who they were going to select with options like Fran Vazquez, Sean May, and Rashad McCants on the board. Instead, they selected a 17-year old kid straight out of high school from New Jersey by the name of Andrew Bynum.
Some were left shocked but without much promising talent on the board in a weak draft, it wasn’t a move that backfired. Only two of the top-10 picks selected before Bynum became stars.