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Milliner and Fluker skipped their senior seasons to enter the draft, as did Lacy.
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Teams may renegotiate or extend one player from each Draft class after two seasons of performance.
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Like Pugh, Hankins and Moore both entered the draft after their junior seasons.
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And unlike the Rays, the Phils haven't "benefited" from a long string of weak seasons that result in a host of top draft picks.
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The Rams have won 10 games the last three seasons, so they need help across the board and the extra draft picks can plug several holes.
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Far worse on the league's draft-bust scale were Chris Washburn, who lasted just four seasons and averaged 3.1 points a game after going third overall to the Warriors in 1986, and Nikoloz Tskitishvili, a center from Italy who averaged 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in a five-year career after he was picked fifth by the Denver Nuggets in 2002.
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He lasted little more than two seasons in Seattle before being traded to the Raiders on Oct. 12, 2011 for two draft picks.
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Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero gave up the rights to a couple of prospects and a 2013 first-round draft pick to grab Iginla, a future Hall of Famer still searching for his first championship after 16 seasons in western Canada.
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