Hyped up college basketball stars who flopped in the NBA

[post_page_title]LaRue Martin[/post_page_title]
For those of you that don’t know so much about basketball in the 70s, listen up, because this NBA bust is timeless. After averaging 18 points and 17 rebounds during his sophomore year in college, and becoming Loyola University’s all time rebound leader in the process, everyone thought LaRue Martin would turn into an NBA legend.

The Blazers drafted him first in 1972, before future stars such as Julius “Dr. J” Erving and Bob McAdoo, and they soon regretted it after Martin averaged a mere 5.0 points a game in his four-year NBA career.
[post_page_title]Michael Olowokandi[/post_page_title]
The 1998 NBA draft was one that brought a plethora of future NBA stars, and Michael Olowokandi was not one of them. Nicknamed the “Candy Man,” he was drafted first by the Clippers after averaging 22 points and 11 rebounds a game throughout his college stint with the University of Pacific.

When you consider that this was a draft that included Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter, it’s unfortunate for the Clips that Olowokandi only averaged 8.3 points a game throughout his career.