Draft Rating:

D-

Draft Pick Efficiency Rating: 26.61

Draft Total Value Rating: 95.12

Donnie Walsh ranks in the 62th percentile for drafting among executives in our database. Walsh's draft picks average out to be worth the equivalent of 3 spots higher than they were picked due to his good drafting.

Some of their biggest wins:

• Drafted Reggie Miller with 11th pick but was worth 2th pick.
• Drafted Sean Green with 41th pick but was worth 33th pick.
• Drafted Dale Davis with 13th pick but was worth 6th pick.

Some of their biggest busts:

• Drafted Chuck Person with 4th pick but was worth 10th pick.
• Drafted Rik Smits with 2th pick but was worth 10th pick.
• Drafted Erick Dampier with 10th pick but was worth 16th pick.

Trade Rating:

A+

Donnie Walsh ranks in the 94th percentile for trading among executives in our database.

Their biggest win:

• Added Detlef Schrempf, Antonio Davis to IND.
• Lost Herb Williams to DAL.

Their biggest L:

• Added Derrick McKey, Gerald Paddio to IND.
• Lost Detlef Schrempf to SEA.

Signing Rating:

C-

Donnie Walsh ranks in the 46th percentile for free agency signings among executives in our database. That's basically average. It could be worse though lol.

Their best signings:

• Signed Micheal Williams in 1990.
• Signed Byron Scott in 1993.
• Signed Sam Perkins in 1999.

Their worst signings:

• Signed Mike Sanders in 1989.
• Signed Chris Duhon in 2008.
• Signed Žan Tabak in 1999.