**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
All right, Joe, let me know what you think. The Bleacher Report ranked every number one pick since 2000 The top 10 are LeBron James at one, Wimby at two, AD at three, Dwight Howard at four, Kyrie at five, Cat at six, Ant Man at seven, Yao Ming at eight, Blake Griffin at nine, Cade Cunningham at 10
And then you go Derek Rose, Zion Williamson, John Wall, Cooper Flagg, Paolo Banquero, Ben Simmons, DeAndre Ayton, Kenyon Martin, Andrew Bogut, Andrew Wiggins. Oh damn, they kept going. Greg Oden, Andre Bagnani, Markel Foltz, Zachariah Richard, Kwame Brown and Anthony Bennett.
Man, ain't no way in hell I'm putting DeAndre Ayton in front of Kenyon Martin. No way in hell.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:56)
What do they got Kenyon at?
**Shannon Sharpe** (0:57)
They got Kenyon at 18, they got DeAndre Ayton at 17 Come on Joe, come on Joe, they're doing too much Joe.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:06)
Hey listen, listen, everybody know man, Kenyon was a dog boy in college. He probably one of the only guys who really at that time, he probably hadn't been a four year guy.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:16)
He's the last guy to be a senior and come out.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:18)
And come out and go number one overall. That's rare bro, that don't happen. Yeah, yeah, well you know, this list can fluctuate. You know, some can stay, but it can fluctuate a little bit. I don't know how, but I probably moved DAG. Rose up on the list a little bit considering the fact that he from Chicago. They drafted him number one. He wore number one. He was the youngest MVP.
I like DAG. Rose to probably move up a little bit on that list.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:46)
I mean, Paolo Banquero, I mean, he was an all-star. And y'all got Cooper Flag in front of him?
**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:53)
Yeah. Give or take.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:58)
I mean, they got a lot of, look, LeBron was Rookie of the Year. Wimmy Yama was Rookie of the Year.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:06)
It don't get much better.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:07)
Kyrie, Kat, I think Ant Man.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:11)
You know it don't get no better than LeBron is because Cleveland had the number one pick. I mean, and then him, for him to turn out to be what he is today, like you ain't never gonna be, he always gonna be number one.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:23)
Yeah, he is.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:25)
It's crazy.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:25)
Because even though the expectations you had for him, he exceeded those.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:31)
Y'all know. He did, bro.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:33)
Then let's think it for just a second. Whatever expectation you had, y'all think he's gonna be great.
Did you anticipate the most points ever?
**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:41)
Yeah, I know.
**Shannon Sharpe** (2:42)
Did you anticipate most points, top five and assists, most career playoff games, most career playoff points, second most playoff career triple-dots, everything? I mean, finals MVP with three different teams, lead three different teams to the NBA finals. So whatever you had for him, he exceeded it.
So I agree with you. I mean, if you have a long time, he might be, if you write all the number one overall draft picks, you throw Magic in there, you throw Kareem in there, LeBron Spills still gonna probably be number one.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:20)
Hello, I'm with you. I'm with you when you write now.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:23)
Because I think those would be the only two that's even in the conversation. We're not even putting nobody else in the conversation.
No, we're not putting Kent Benson and we're not putting Joe Barry Carroll and we're not putting there a lot of guys that I'm not gonna name. Look, congratulations. Being number one overall draft pick is a huge, huge accomplishment.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:42)
Man.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:43)
Everybody, the mere fact that you're on this list, you're the, think about it. All the players that have been number one, there's only one of those per year for 80 years.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:54)
I bet it come with a lot of weight and pressure too, boy.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:57)
Yes, for sure.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:58)
Because I think if you're the number one pick, boy, the balls are on your back so big.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:03)
You supposed to be franchise altering.
You're supposed to be a hydrogen bomb. That's what you're supposed to be.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (4:11)
Yeah. And when guys play against you, you're going to always get their best game.
**Shannon Sharpe** (4:16)
Absolutely.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (4:17)
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