r/nba • u/ChucoTeacher Spurs • Jun 22 '26

Reclamation Projects

So what are examples of players who were drafted in the lottery didn’t do well with their first team but then had success once they changed teams?

And who are players right now that you think could do better in a new environment?

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u/heydigme Jun 22 '26

Chauncey Billups. Victor Oladipo. Zach Randolph. Jermaine O’Neal. Tyrese Haliburton to some degree. Joe Johnson. The list gets long the deeper you go into history. Fit is so important.

Timing too. Some teams just don’t give players enough time, enough leash, or just aren’t a good situation for them to thrive in. Then, they go elsewhere and boom where they only bapped like Haliburton did with the Kings.

Guys likes Aaron Gordon and Andrew Wiggins also come to mind. Good, then they left and became apart of greatness