Ground Zero For The Los Angeles Clippers’ Failure: Awful Drafting

Among the many reasons why the Clippers have largely failed as a competitive basketball organization over their existence in LA is poor drafting. Looking back over the past 10 years, the Clippers have drafted the following players in the first round (overall pick in parentheses):

2000 – Darius Miles (3)

2001 – Tyson Chandler (2)

2002 – Chris Wilcox (8), Melvin Ely (12)

2003 – Chris Kaman (6)

2004 – Shaun Livingston (4)

2005 – Yaroslav Korolev (12)

2006 – 1st Round Pick traded 2007 – Al Thornton (14)

2008 – Eric Gordon (7; probably their best pick of the decade)

2009 – Blake Griffin (1)

For those of you playing at home, this means the Clippers' avera...

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