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Both times the Nets had the first overall pick in the NBA Draft, the team has taken a power forward. Was either the best in Nets history?

4. Keith Van Horn

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Nets Stats: 18.2 PPG | 7.6 RPG | 34.6 3-PT%

Van Horn could have fit in the small forward conversation, as well, given his style and the fact he had to share the floor with Kenyon Martin for two seasons — who didn’t have the ability to help stretch the floor like the 1997 draft pick.

Van Horn played a key part of the franchise’s first run to the NBA Finals in 2002, coming up big in the first round against the Indiana Pacers and in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics.

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