Claim: David Greenwood is a retired basketball player, who debuted in 1979 after being the eight overall NBA draft pick, but he never ended up playing on any professional teams during his career.
Evidence: David Murphy-Kasim Greenwood (born May 27, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career spanned 12 years from 1979 to 1991. Greenwood made his NBA debut on October 13, 1979 and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team during the 1979–80 season. A forward/center, he played for the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons. Greenwood was the second overall pick of the 1979 NBA draft.