The other "most" thread got me thinking. Who made the least of their talent? I think there was a thread somewhat similar to this about NBA failures, but this one talks about people that actually had talent to be pretty decent. People immediately come to mind for me such as: Rafer Alston - Whatever happened to the former playground legend skip-to-my-lou? Is he still in the NBA? Mirsad Turckan - What can I say. Could've been a H. Turkulu Rodrick Rhodes - Refer to previous comment. Minus the turkulu stuff. William Avery - Awesome PG at Duke but failed horrily in the NBA. Horribly. Loren Woods - Reminds me of Tyson Chandler....except that he gets no PT at all. Im tryin to think of some more but mind is blocked. Anyone know a good site for NBA draft archives?
Huh? Your joking, right? NBA Career Leaders SCORING AVERAGE (minimum 400 games & 10,000 points) (through the 1999-2000 season) Player------------- Avg ---------Gms-------- Points--------- Yrs Michael Jordan -----31.5------- 930 ---------29,277 -------13 Wilt Chamberlain --30.1 --------1045 -------31,419------- 14 Shaquille O'Neal ----27.5------- 534 --------14,687 ---------8 Elgin Baylor ----------27.4------- 846 --------23,149 --------14 Jerry West----------- 27.0-------- 932------- 25,192 ----------14 Bob Pettit----------- 26.4--------- 792 -------20,880 --------11 George Gervin------ 26.2 ---------791-------- 20,708-------- 10 Karl Malone ---------26.0 ---------1192 -------31,041 --------15 Oscar Robertson---- 25.7 --------1040 -------26,710 --------14 Dominique Wilkins --24.8 --------1074 -------26,668 -------15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -24.6 ------1560 -----38,387 --------20 David Robinson -------23.7 -------765-------- 18,142 -------11 Larry Bird------------- 24.3 ---------897 --------21,791------- 13 Adrian Dantley --------24.3-------- 955------- 23,177 ------15 Pete Maravich --------24.2-------- 658 ------15,948 ----------10 Rick Barry-------------- 23.2-------- 794 -------18,395 -------10 Hakeem Olajuwon -----23.1 -----1119 ------25,822 --------16 Paul Arizin------------- 22.8-------- 713 ------16,266 ---------10 Patrick Ewing--------- 22.8 -------1039------- 23,665-------- 15 George Mikan--------- 22.6 --------520 --------11,764--------- 9 Bernard King---------- 22.5 --------874-------- 19,655 -------14 Mitch Richmond -------22.4--------- 875 ------19,639 --------12 Charles Barkley------ 22.3 --------1053 -------23,468 -------15 <b>David Thompson -22.1 --------509 -------11,264-------- 8</b>
David Thompson only played 8 years in the pros. Drugs ruined his career. He could've had a much better career if he wasn't on drugs. Giddyup's right. He didn't play up to his potential.
To me Shawn Kemp's demise is one of the worst wastes of talent I have ever seen. The guy went from perennial all star to complete loser. Tragic.
Craig Ehlo. He went from being a Rocket to being in just about every single Michael Jordan poster. Hey, wait a minute, that's kinda cool
I guess we are talking about players who ruined their lives off the court. Anyway, Magic Johnson has been quoted as saying he was scared of playing Michael Ray Richardson. (I don't think he has ever been quoted as saying he was scared of playing Larry, Michael, Isaiah, Dr. J...)
rafer alston, skip to my lou, is a miluakee buck. i think he lost his job to micheal redd though, so he's just like dan langhi...never plays.
definetely The Goat but if we stick to NBA players: Harold Minor, Isiah Rider, Derrick Coleman, Penny Hardaway, Kenny Walker, Chris Jackson (muhammad abdul rauf)
