Let's not forget Ben Wallace and that all of those star players (besides Billups) were on the Bullets/Wizards at some point prior.
The team has been poorly run for about 30 years or so.
You don't think top 5 in the NFL have the same crap shoot ?
Talk to Ryan Leaf, J. Russell, Courtney Brown, Tim Couch, Tony Mandarich, Heath Shuler, etc... to see if they count.
Sidenote: Oden was a man among boys in college. Had few games as a pro where it looked that way. That was it. Even when supposedly healthy he was an average player.