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TPS: 10 NBA Players That Should've Been Better - Guess who's #1

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by plutoblue11, May 28, 2017.

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  1. plutoblue11

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    Thoughts?
     
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  2. rocketsballin

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    why the **** is yao number one? i thought you meant harden or tmac. yao tried his best. harden and tmac havent.
     
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  3. Rashmon

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    I think it's disingenuous to include players who didn't reach their max due to injury like Yao, Hill, Amare, etc.
     
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    clickbait thread, burn OP at the stake.
     
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    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    That's the only info I can find about TotalProSports. Also, there is a link on the bottom of their site to "write for them".

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    I agree about Harden, but T-Mac tried more than Harden.
     
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    If that's what you doofuses actually think then give me Harden "not trying his best" over T-Mac and Yao trying any day of the week. Harden "not trying" has got us further than either of those two have COMBINED.
     
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    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I guess harden putting up arguably the best offensive season isn't enough for some cluthfanners

    Don't know why I respond to dumb ish
     
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    We don't expect less given that he has had way better teams than Yao and Tmac. Switch Harden with Tmac, Howard or Capela with Yao = profit.
     
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    I liked this list until Yao was #1
     
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    I'm kind of torn over the list - in one regard Yao Ming could've been multiple NBA champion and possibly a multiple MVP, if he were healthy. I'm specifically pointing to 07-09 years. Where the one injury came during the big winning streak and the other one came in that hard fought playoff series against the *f#ckin* Lakers. I still believe to this day, if he were healthy, the Rockets would've been looking at one or two championships. I think they would've given Boston a better challenge than people think. Remember, the Lakers won the conference on the last night of season with SA and NO, one game behind. Houston trailing by two and losing the home court, because of the division winner rule. Yao only played 55 games that year, while T-Mac only 66. Add 5-10 games for T-Mac or 5-15 games for Yao. Is it not fair to say that Houston is easily a 61+ win team?

    Let's skip to 2008-09, the Rockets are cruising through the playoffs without T-Mac and lose Mutombo in the opening first round game. Worst possible outcome, Yao's playoffs end with a broken foot. The undermanned Rockets still take the Lakers to Game 7. Give the Rockets healthy (and checked-in) T-Mac and/or healthy Mutombo. Are they not back in the NBA Finals again with much better team playing against a weaker team in Orlando?

    On the other hand, Yao already accomplished alot for NBA players, like Grant Hill and Penny Hardway, who were all essentially perennial all-stars barring injury.
     
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    Really? T-Mac and Yao had comparable talent around them, IMO. Yao, T-Mac, Battier, Scola/Hayes, and Alston/Brooks was a very solid staring 5. What really limited those teams was that Yao and T-Mac had trouble being healthy at the same time. However, even when they were healthy together, they got bounced two straight years in the first round after being up 2-0. When you go up 2-0 two years in a row and can't get the job done, that points to mental/coaching issues more than lack of talent.
     
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    OK. But can we have Mac and Yao with Gordon, Ryno, Nene, Beverley, Ariza, Lou, Parsons, Howard, etc instead of Bowen, Head, Hayes, Alston, Padgett, and Stromile?

    Or is that too complicated for these types of discussions. :cool:
     
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    Thought it might be Jeremy Lin

    Seriously though. Most sports science geeks swear by Anthony Bennett being the biggest bust of all time for being a #1 pick. Yeah he was a shock to get drafted 1 overall but him not even making an NBA roster at this point is amazingly bad.
     
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    **** dat.. It's T-Mac that should of have topped that list. TMac paid these mofos to take his name off the list. I'm guessing at least $100k went to the editorial that makes almost no profit to begin with. Conspiracy!!!!!!
     
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    Didn't Charles Barkley also say that Yao would never score 20? He was hardly a bust. Busts don't make the hall of fame.

    Wait...
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    Well, it's not enough. Basketball is played on both ends of the court.

    Player that should have been better? John Lucas.
     
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  18. Mr Chuck Norris

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    Lol right? 29-8-11 Runner up for MVP. When his team was expected wi win 41 games TRY HARDER. LOL SMH
     
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    THat's why he got so friendly with ESPN. For that HOF bid.
     
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    They didn't have Scolandry in 2007.

    2008 was Adelman's first year and Yao was out of the playoffs. Injuries and talents did play an important part of why we couldn't get past the first round.

    The 2009 team was special, though.
     
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