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*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.

*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.

*In an even more extreme example of the above, Sarunas Marciulionis, drafted 127th in the 1987 [[NBA]] draft, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, and during his career, pioneered the use of the Euro step, which was almost unknown in his day, but is now a very common basketball move.

*In an even more extreme example of the above, Sarunas Marciulionis, drafted 127th in the 1987 [[NBA]] draft, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, and during his career, pioneered the use of the Euro step, which was almost unknown in his day, but is now a very common basketball move.

*In baseball, most of the stars were not considered to be strong prospects for success, as only two number-one draft picks ever made it to the Hall of Fame:  Ken Griffey, Jr., and Chipper Jones.<ref>http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2018/01/24/chipper-jones-hall-of-fame-by-the-numbers-atlanta-braves/</ref>

*In baseball, most of the stars were not considered to be strong prospects for success, as only two number-one draft picks ever made it to the Hall of Fame:  Ken Griffey, Jr., and Chipper Jones.<ref>http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2018/01/24/chipper-jones-hall-of-fame-by-the-numbers-atlanta-braves/</ref> On the opposite extreme is Mike Piazza, a 62nd round selection (and drafted solely because his father was a good friend of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda) who went on to a successful career, finally being selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.

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