(05-25-2020, 01:31 PM)Phogge Wrote: McCauley and Cliff Hagan trade by the Celts to the St. Louis Hawks for the #2 pick... Bill Russell. Later on in the draft Boston took Tommy Heinson and KC Jones. Maybe the greatest draft in any sport, ever. All three picks made the HOF.
That was the best NBA draft by a single team, for certain.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/8072...ba-history
In the NFL, one team drafted four future Hall of Famers in the same year. In 1974, the Steelers drafted Lynn Swann (1st Round), Jack Lambert (2nd), John Stallworth (4th) and Mike Webster (5th)
https://www.profootballhof.com/heroes-of...raft-year/
MLB has only had the draft since 1965, and despite tens of thousands of players drafted since then, comparatively few draftees have made the Hall of Fame. I think there have been only two drafts total that had three Hall of Famers; 1973 (Yount, Winfield, Murray and had Fred Lynn -- not HoF, but pretty good) and 1971 (George Brett, Mike Schmidt, and Jim Rice. Other greats from that year, Frank Tanana, Rick Rhoden, Keith Hernandez).
Best SF Giants draft was probably 1968 when they drafted George Foster (3rd round), Garry Maddox (2nd round) and Gary Mathews (1st round). Foster was a 5x all-star (gone by 1971), Maddox was 8x Gold Glove (gone by 1975), Matthews was an all-star (gone by 1977). They combined for three World Series championships, an MVP award, six All-Star selections and eight gold gloves...and none of those were for the Giants.
