Oklahoma State Basketball: Best and worst NBA Draft picks in Cowboys history

Biggest draft busts

4. Byron Houston

This is kind of unfair for the 1992 second-team All-American selection as he was just a role player in the Association and did spend four seasons in the league. The 27th overall pick’s best season was his rookie campaign with Golden State. Houston averaged 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds over 12.4 minutes of action in 214 appearances, although he registered just a 46.4% effective shooting percentage.  He also spent two seasons playing in Italy.

3. Joey Graham

Again, this is kind of unfair to Graham as the 2005 third-team All-American did spend six seasons in the NBA. But the No. 16 overall selection, who spent just two seasons in Stillwater, averaged just 5.9 points and grabbed 2.8 boards while registering an effective field goal percentage of 49.8%. Graham played for Toronto as well as Denver and Cleveland.

2. Bryant Reeves

“Big Country” was not awful, but when you are taken with the sixth overall draft choice and make over $55 million in salary, you were expected to be something special. The 7-0, 275-pounder averaged double-figures in each of his first four seasons while grabbing seven boards in three of those campaigns. However, Reeves wasn’t very efficient and totaled less than 10 points a game his final two seasons. He did play all six of his seasons in Vancouver.

1. Joe Bradley

Bradley only spent one season in the NBA with the Chicago Stags appearing in 46 of 67 games and averaging 1.9 points as he connected on just 26.9% of his shot attempts.