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Most Disappointing NBA Careers

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by dharocks, Jun 25, 2004.

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  1. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

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    Steve Stipanovich
    Sam Bowie
    Benoit Benjamin
    Chris Washburn
    Armon Gilliam
    Dennis Hopson
    Danny Ferry
    Pervis Ellison*
    Derrick Coleman*
    Chris Jackson
    Billy Owens
    Larry Johnson*
    Christian Laettner
    Anfernee Hardaway
    Glenn Robinson*
    Joe Smith*
    Keith Van Horn
    Marcus Camby
    Michael Olowokandi*
    Raef LaFrentz

    Can you believe all these guys were actually top 3 picks? The guys with astricks were all #1's overall. :eek:

    Seems like half these guys were drafted by the Clippers. :D
     
  2. giddyup

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    No kidding... it woke up outlaw. Where ya been?
     
  3. blazer_ben

    blazer_ben Rookie

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    Kemp, by far!. he was the best big man in 96! by 2002 he was out of the league!!. he ate himself out of the league!:confused:
     
  4. dharocks

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    I'm so torn about Grant. Great guy, lot of talent, very marketable. But he never won anything and really seemed to lack that "killer instinct" that all that Jordan had. I think maybe he was mislabeled as a superstar, and is really more of a Pippen-type Robin to someone else's Batman.
     
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    blazer_ben Rookie

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    Thats a big call there big fella!!. kids only a rookie and Coach brown has a history of bringing the rookies slowly!. Also he's in a team loaded with big men, like BW and RW.!
     
  6. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    Sam Perkins - only the Blazers taking Sam Bowie in the same draft keeps this from being remembered as a monumental screwup. Picked next: Charles Barkley. 1984 is almost certainly the greatest draft class of all time, with Hakeem, Jordan, Barkley, and Stockton being taken that year, not to mention solid pros like Otis Thorpe and Kevin Willis.
     
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  7. crash5179

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    Well Whoopde Damn Doo!
     
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    He was a monster prior to his first conviction and was putting up numbers as good if not better than Dreams the year he was booted from the league.
     
  9. crash5179

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    All time biggest waste of an NBA career....


    ....Len Bias
     
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    Isaiah Rider.
     
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    Lloyd Daniels
    Michael Ray Richardson
    Roy Tarpley
    Randy White
    Jim Jackson (remember when he averaged 25.7 for the Mavs? I loved to watch him singlehandedly take over games in the 4th, but they didn't win many)
    Mitch Wiggins and Lou Lloyd
    You can't leave offf Ralph Sampson
    Derrick Coleman had a nice career, but I do agree, he had all the skills to be the best or one of the best PF's of all time
    Sam Bowie
    LJ had a nice career going until the back problems - he did hit on my ex too.
    Zo
    Jason Williams
    Raef LaFrentz
    Tractor Traylor
    Len Bias
    Reggie Lewis
    Malik Sealy
    Lawrence Moten
    John Wallace

    I could go on and on!!
     

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