More often, a bust is a player who was an early bloomer – very mature physically for his age, and therefore looked better than he was in his draft year. Some kids are just fully grown at 17 or 18, and they look like star athletes compared to kids whose bodies won't finish developing until 21 or 22. But in the long run, the late bloomers may be better players.
This is why the 18-year-old draft is still a crapshoot, and likely always will be.
If Poirier does turn out to be a bust, it will probably be for that reason, rather than any off-ice or training issues. He just matured fast and looked better than he really was.
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