Bucky Buckwalter

Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers

Draft Rating:

A-

Draft Pick Efficiency Rating: 81

Draft Total Value Rating: 71

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Bucky Buckwalter ranks in the 49th percentile for drafting among executives in our database. Buckwalter's draft picks average out to be worth the equivalent of 3 spots lower than they were picked due to their terrible drafting.

Some of their biggest wins:

• Drafted Arvydas Sabonis with 24th pick but was worth 7th pick.
• Drafted Clifford Robinson with 36th pick but was worth 4th pick.
• Drafted Reggie Smith with 31th pick but was worth 41th pick.

Some of their biggest busts:

• Drafted Mark Bryant with 21th pick but was worth 61th pick.
• Drafted Alaa Abdelnaby with 25th pick but was worth 46th pick.
• Drafted Dave Johnson with 26th pick but was worth 46th pick.

Trade Rating:

A

Trade Efficiency Rating: 90

Trade Total Value Rating: 32

Bucky Buckwalter ranks in the 77th percentile for trading among executives in our database.

Their biggest win:

• Added Danny Ainge to POR.
• Lost Byron Irvin, Pete Chilcutt, Brett Roberts to SAC.

Their biggest L:

• Added Kevin Duckworth to POR.
• Lost Walter Berry to SAS.

Signing Rating:

B-

Signing Efficiency Rating: 67

Signing Total Value Rating: 92

Bucky Buckwalter ranks in the 41th percentile for free agency signings among executives in our database.

Their best signings:

• Signed Rod Strickland in 1992.
• Signed Danny Young in 1988.
• Signed Ennis Whatley in 1991.

Their worst signings:

• Signed Mike Holton in 1986.
• Signed Wayne Cooper in 1989.
• Signed Maurice Lucas in 1987.