Thursday night the goal is simple. For the teams picking in the 2015 NBA draft, the plan is to pick the next Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant to build their franchise around for the next decade or more.

Yet, for every future hall of famer that has been selected in the draft, there are just as many busts — players who seemingly had all the potential in the world, but failed miserably to live up to it. A first-round bust can set a franchise back years.

There have been many players who fall into the biggest busts category. But here are the top 10 that have stood the test of of time. (Portland has three of them)

Kwame Brown, Wizards | No. 1 pick, 2001

Poor Kwame. He was handpicked by Jordan himself to turn the struggling Wizards franchise around. The 7-foot center came straight out of high school and quickly bottomed out under the pressure of not only playing in the NBA, but also having Jordan tear him down day after day. His time in Washington was short and he wound up playing for seven teams in 12 seasons. His 6.6 points and 5.5 rebounds are solid numbers for a free agent journeyman, not the No. 1 overall pick.

Greg Oden, Trail Blazers | No. 1 pick, 2007

Oden makes this list not because of lack of talent or inability to adapt to the NBA game. His body turned on him the moment he was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Ohio State. He underwent micro fracture surgery that same year and missed his entire rookie season.

Since his first game in the 2008 season, Oden has only managed to play in 105 contests. But what makes his slot in history even worse is that Kevin Durant was chosen right behind Oden. The Blazers still haven’t recovered fully from that decision.

“I know I’m one of the biggest busts in NBA history and I know that it’ll only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things,” Oden said. “It’s frustrating that my body can’t do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn’t going to fix anything.”

LaRue Martin, Trail Blazers | No. 1 pick, 1972

After four unremarkable years, Martin retired from the NBA in 1976. The very next year, the Blazers won the NBA title,

Darko Milicic, Pistons | No. 2 pick, 2003

The Serbian-born Milicic’s biggest crime is that he entered the NBA as part of one of the most talented draft classes in NBA history. It included LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. James was the only player selected before Milicic was taken by Detroit with the second pick. In his 10 seasons in the NBA he has played for six squads and has career averages of 6.0 points and 4.2 boards. He is currently not on an NBA roster.

Sam Bowie, Trail Blazers | No. 2 pick, 1984

One look at Bowie’s numbers and it’s hard to call him a bust. In 10 years he posted almost 11 points and eight rebounds a game. However, the injury-ravaged center out of Kentucky had terrible legs and had the misfortune of being drafted ahead of Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan and John Stockton. He never came close to living up to their hall of fame careers. Bowie has recently admitted that even before he was drafted No. 2 overall, he was already having problems with his legs.

“I can still remember them taking a little mallet, and when they would hit me on my left tibia, and ‘I don’t feel anything’ I would tell ’em,” Bowie said in the documentary “Going Big.” “But deep down inside, it was hurting. If what I did was lying and what I did was wrong, at the end of the day, when you have loved ones that have some needs, I did what any of us would have done.”

Michael Olowokandi, Clippers | No. 1 pick, 1998

He was nicknamed the “Candy Man,” and that’s exactly how Olowokandi played for nine years. Soft and forgettable. 

Hasheem Thabeet, Grizzlies | No. 2 pick, 2009

In hindsight, the fact Thabeet turned into a bust should not have been a surprise. Coming out of Uconn in 2009, he didn’t have a good offensive game, he wasn’t athletic and he lacked jumping ability — pretty much everything needed to play in the league. Playing for six different teams, the 7-foot-4 Thabeet has career averages of 2.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 10.5 minutes per game. Not great numbers for the second overall pick.

Chris Washburn, Warriors | No. 3 pick, 1986

After playing a total of 72 games in the NBA and averaging 3.0 points, Washburn was banned from the league in 1989 after failing three drug tests in three years. He may have spent more time in jail than in the NBA.

Adam Morrison, Bobcats | No. 3 pick, 2006

Charlotte wanted Morrison to be the next Larry Bird. The former Gonzaga star was the college player of the year and was a scoring machine. However, the NBA quickly found out he was too unathletic to guard anybody and not quick enough to get his own shot off. After two subpar seasons with the Bobcats he was traded to the Lakers. He hasn’t played in the NBA since 2010.

Ken Durrett, Cincinnati Royals | No. 4 pick, 1971

Most basketball fans have no clue who Durrett is. That’s because he played only four years in the NBA before being ushered out. His most impressive stat is that he completed his time in the league with more fouls (197) than field goals made (192).

Joe Alexander Bucks | No. 8 pick, 2008

Alexander was drafted in 2008 out of West Virginia. He was out of the league by 2011. That tends to happen when you average 4.2 points and fail to show any signs of future promise.

“I don’t think there is a hard definition of what a ‘draft bust’ is,” Alexander told Basketball Insiders. “Ultimately not being in the NBA is on me, but as far as ‘who is a bust?’ You have to look at Milwaukee and the management that drafted me. If you want to label anyone with the term ‘bust’ — it’s the Bucks.”