9 Big-Time, Big-Money NBA Draft Busts

9 Big-Time, Big-Money NBA Draft Busts

By Phil Terrigno  // 

Nikoloz Tskitishvili

Year selected: 2002

Draft pick: 5th overall

Team: Denver Nuggets

From: Georgia

If Denver wanted a forward with NBA staying power, it could have selected Amare Stoudemire or Caron Butler. Instead, the Georgia native was 19 when he signed a three-year, $7 million deal, but started just 16 games in his four-year career.

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