About six months ago, Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian basketball player to be drafted first in the NBA Draft, getting a rise out of Bill Simmons. Scouts compared him to Larry Johnson, a tweening big man with a soft scoring touch. The selection surprised the experts. It wasn't a standout draft by any means, but Bennett was in the top 10 conversation, top 5 for some. He was never in a million years expected to go #1 on draft night.
Fast forward to January, Bennett averages 2.4 points a game and barely sees the court anymore. Media are starting to call him ''the great bust in NBA Draft history'' halfway into his first season. His numbers sure are really bad, but what exactly went wrong here? Who is responsible for this monstrous fiasco? The easy answer is to blame Anthony Bennett for everything, but it's not that simple. Bennett was balling hard last year in UNLV. Let's examine the situation to determine who fucked up here.
