The most mentally weak professional athletes

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Who fits the bill?

So far I've got my Top 5 at:

Lamar Odom
A-Rod
Tony Romo
LeBron James
Vince Young

honorable mention to Ryan Howard

subject to change

[benefactor]

My list would be similar but I would replace Lebron with Matt Bonner.

[Sec24Row7]

Who fits the bill?

So far I've got my Top 5 at:

Lamar Odom
A-Rod
Tony Romo
LeBron James
Vince Young

honorable mention to Ryan Howard

subject to change

Big Market, Big media coverage influence you much?

Got any small market picks? Or can you only be a choke artist when you have above average coverage?

No mention of Kenyon Martin? Amare Stoudemire? Andrew Bynum? Josh or JR Smith... Or any of the 50 players that are eating their way out of the league at any given time?

[lefty]

Pau Gasol
Matt Bonner
Any player who whas worn the Blazers jersey
John Starks
Greg Anthony
Charles Smith
Westbrick

[Bill_Brasky]

Don't forget Neftali "choker" Feliz and Nelson "too fat and lazy to make WS winning out" Cruz

[Bill_Brasky]

Big Market, Big media coverage influence you much?

Got any small market picks? Or can you only be a choke artist when you have above average coverage?

No mention of Kenyon Martin? Amare Stoudemire? Andrew Bynum? Josh or JR Smith... Or any of the 50 players that are eating their way out of the league at any given time?

Great contribution to the thread scroh.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Big Market, Big media coverage influence you much?

Got any small market picks? Or can you only be a choke artist when you have above average coverage?

No mention of Kenyon Martin? Amare Stoudemire? Andrew Bynum? Josh or JR Smith... Or any of the 50 players that are eating their way out of the league at any given time?

:lolyou're really using this thread as an outlet for your small-market inferiority complex?

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Another honorable mention to Philip Rivers

[WeNeedLength]

Richard Jefferson. Dude got benched against Memphis because they took his cookies and he cowered. :lol

[TIMMYtoZO]

Lebron will no longer be on that list after he wins it all in June. Ryan Howard easily is one of em. Arod as well.

[VBM]

T-Mac?

[NRHector]

Lebron will no longer be on that list after he wins it all in June. Ryan Howard easily is one of em. Arod as well.

:lol

Lebron
Odom
LeChoke
Leclown

[VBM]

i don't know what to make of him, maybe he's just really unlucky

I mean you have to be REALLY unlucky to never make it out of the first round (not counting the Rockets run where he was injured).

[FkLA]

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[DPG21920]

Kobe

Fails in big moments (see clutch metrics), cries about being traded, quits in a playoff game, cries to a wife who stole half his money on national tv....

[Giuseppe]

Kobe

Fails in big moments (see clutch metrics), cries about being traded, quits in a playoff game, cries to a wife who stole half his money on national tv....

You got no room. Rodman cried and quit as well.

Jackson & Diaw quit and killed their coach and Pop signed 'em nonetheless.

[Sec24Row7]

:lolyou're really using this thread as an outlet for your small-market inferiority complex?

I love my small market. I've gotten to see 3 finals clinching games in person, and enjoy 15 consecutive winning seasons for 1/4 the price of doing so in a big market.

I don't like the takes of people that watch the show instead of watching the game.

The only person that is "Mentally Weak" on your list is Vince Young...

[Proxy]

Romo doesn't belong on there.

[DMC]

I wouldn't call Matt Bonner an athlete.

Those are the most notable ones, not the most mentally weak. They are mentally weak in very visible situations, other athletes fold long before they ever get there (Bobcats come to mind).

[DMC]

You got no room. Rodman cried and quit as well.

Jackson & Diaw quit and killed their coach and Pop signed 'em nonetheless.

Dale going for the trend

:lol if I say it enough it will become true
:lol hoping someone else says it so I can say it's a trend
:lol mortally afraid of Diaw and Jackson.

[Spurs9]

Howard
Westbrook
Artest
Perkins

[DMC]

Howard
Westbrook
Artest
Perkins
No

None of those guys are mentally weak.

[Spurs9]

No

None of those guys are mentally weak.

http://googlesearchesfromsundayafternoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/artest.jpg
http://playactionfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/ron-artest-punching-flagrant-foul-2011-nba-playoffs-mavs-lakers-western-semifinals.jpg

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Kobe

Fails in big moments (see clutch metrics), cries about being traded, quits in a playoff game, cries to a wife who stole half his money on national tv....

Spoken like a gray...


I love my small market. I've gotten to see 3 finals clinching games in person, and enjoy 15 consecutive winning seasons for 1/4 the price of doing so in a big market.

I don't like the takes of people that watch the show instead of watching the game.

The only person that is "Mentally Weak" on your list is Vince Young...

aww, bless your little heart.:lol

My city is less populated than yours, and I've gotten to see 3 Superbowls, countless bowl games, a BCS championship game, a Game 7 of the World Series, a Stanley Cup Finals game, and 2 NBA Finals games, just to name a few.

The difference is when those seasons end I have South Beach, Coconut Grove, the Keys, cheap drugs, golf, and cuban bitches at my fingertips 365 days a year.

You have the Spurs, HEB, and a bottle of A1.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Kobe

Fails in big moments (see clutch metrics), cries about being traded, quits in a playoff game, cries to a wife who stole half his money on national tv....

Spoken like a gray...


I love my small market. I've gotten to see 3 finals clinching games in person, and enjoy 15 consecutive winning seasons for 1/4 the price of doing so in a big market.

I don't like the takes of people that watch the show instead of watching the game.

The only person that is "Mentally Weak" on your list is Vince Young...

aww, bless your little heart.:lol

My city is less populated than yours, and I've gotten to see 3 Superbowls, countless bowl games, a BCS championship game, a Game 7 of the World Series, a Stanley Cup Finals game, and 2 NBA Finals games, just to name a few.

The difference is when those seasons end I have South Beach, Coconut Grove, the Keys, cheap drugs, golf, and cuban bitches at my fingertips 365 days a year.

You have the Spurs, HEB, and a bottle of A1.

[DPG21920]

Tell me I was lying

[Giuseppe]

^
You got no room. Rodman cried and quit as well.

Jackson & Diaw quit and killed their coach and Pop signed 'em nonetheless.

[DPG21920]

Tell me I was lying though.

Also, it was Kobe 1 quit, Spurs 0. Then the diaw Jax thing made it 1::1 and you had a ball. Then Kobe did the damn deed again and it's back to Kobe 2 quits, Spurs 1

[Giuseppe]

Tell me I was lying though.

Also, it was Kobe 1 quit, Spurs 0. Then the diaw Jax thing made it 1::1 and you had a ball. Then Kobe did the damn deed again and it's back to Kobe 2 quits, Spurs 1

No.

It's Kobe: 1 quit.

Spurs: 3 quits.

&

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[DPG21920]

No sir, you're just lying now. Kobe's got two (forced a sub and admitted it), Bynum too. Kobe quit and demanded a trade tried to kill the coach, that's Kobe 3::

[Giuseppe]

No sir, you're just lying now. Kobe's got two (forced a sub and admitted it), Bynum too. Kobe quit and demanded a trade tried to kill the coach, that's Kobe 3::

No.

It's:::

Kobe: 1 quit.

Spurs: 3 quits.

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Tell me I was lying

None of the things he did were mentally weak.

-Demanding a trade because the team made no effort to improve for 3 seasons was a great business move. Wanting a winner makes him mentally weak? Look what Kobe's "crying" got the Lakers. That's one point of yours proven wrong...

-"Fails in big moments." He's failed in some, but it had nothing to do with mental weakness. If anything it had to do with stubborn will. Mental weakness is being passive-aggressive in the NBA Finals when your team needs you. 2 down...

-"quits in a playoff game." Some creedence here, but the series was over once Tim Thomas hit that 3 in Game 6. Also, not nearly as egregious as LeBron quitting in a 32-point home loss to the Celtics in a pivotal Game 5. I know, I know, you're one of 2 people to think he didn't--but that's a stupid opinion that one day you'll own up to.

-"Cries to a wife yada yada yada." The money is no issue when you're as rich as Kobe is. Same situation with Tiger Woods. Ragging on a guy because he wants his children to be raised in a stable and healthy household is a new low...even for you.

[DPG21920]

He cried, then paid. He gets blown out bc he's mentally weak and can't defer.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

He cried, then paid. He gets blown out bc he's mentally weak and can't defer.

If LeBron had Kobe's killer instinct he'd have at least one ring right now.


That's a fact.

[Giuseppe]

He cried, then paid. He gets blown out bc he's mentally weak and can't defer.

You can't take this:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

But, you're gonna get it nonetheless.

Let us proceed...

[DPG21920]

Being mentally weak isn't just being too passive. If you are so mentally weak that you can't stomach the thought of winning if you aren't shinning, you are weak.

Lebron is a weak minded person on one end of the spectrum; Kobe is firmly planted on the other end.

:lmao wanting a stable household. You can want that without being mentally weak and crying, no? Also the rape suggested otherwise.

[Giuseppe]

Being mentally weak isn't just being too passive. If you are so mentally weak that you can't stomach the thought of winning if you aren't shinning, you are weak.

That's why he passed to Artest.

tee, hee.

Stung, didn't it?

That's how it got to:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Deuce Bigalow]

Pau Gasol
Matt Bonner
Any player who whas worn the Blazers jersey
John Starks
Greg Anthony
Charles Smith
Westbrick

Get Pau off that list

He was great in the '10 Finals on the boards and blocks
2 rings

[DPG21920]

Also, unlike Kool, Kobe paid twice :lol

If paying twice doesn't make you mentally weak than no one is

[Giuseppe]

Also, unlike Kool, Kobe paid twice :lol

If paying twice doesn't make you mentally weak than no one is

How bout when he passed to Artest? Explain that, Deeps.

That's the one that got me to:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Being mentally weak isn't just being too passive. If you are so mentally weak that you can't stomach the thought of winning if you aren't shinning, you are weak.

Jordan was the same.:lol

Both guys also passed in key situations too that allowed role players to shine (Artest, Kerr).

Your transparent agenda is, well...transparent

[Giuseppe]

Jordan was the same.:lol

Both guys also passed in key situations too that allowed role players to shine (Artest, Kerr).

Your transparent agenda is, well...transparent

They'd like to forget about the pass to Artest, like it grew out of his hand.

Uh, uh.

Nope.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

When Mario Chalmers outplays you in the Finals, you are mentally weak.

[DPG21920]

Jordan 6::plus finals MVPs

Kobe not so much

[DPG21920]

Sure, but Kobe is too. I cited the facts.

[Giuseppe]

Jordan 6::plus finals MVPs

Kobe not so much

Good. You do the MVP thing. I got:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[DPG21920]

^ after last night, Seppe, really. Un-f'ng-real. Plus, stay out, he's ^ a big boi

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

They'd like to forget about the pass to Artest, like it grew out of his hand.

Uh, uh.

Nope.

Kobe also had the key pass on one of the most iconic baskets in Lakers history:

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Kobe's passed and won championships. Kobe's shot and won championships.

LeBron has passed and passed and passed and passed...and lost:lol

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Sure, but Kobe is too. I cited the facts.

My facts supercede your facts.

[DPG21920]

No no no, this can't be

[BanditHiro]

replace tony romo with cowboys defense and it's an okay list.

[DMC]

http://googlesearchesfromsundayafternoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/artest.jpg
http://playactionfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/ron-artest-punching-flagrant-foul-2011-nba-playoffs-mavs-lakers-western-semifinals.jpg
You misunderstand the term "mentally weak". Having a short temper isn't mentally weak. Mentally weak is when you cannot perform because of the situation, like how Odom's entire self image was ruptured like a placenta when he was hauled off to big D, or when an athlete otherwise kicks ass except under pressure situations. Artest was big for LA during their last run, I wouldn't call that mentally weak. He's a fucking nutcase, sure, but good to have on your team if you can harness that shit.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

The Romo clan is worse than Tebow's:lol

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Some cultures eat the placenta. No joke.

[DMC]

Nothing wrong with some fried placenta if it's served hot.

[BanditHiro]

The Romo clan is worse than Tebow's:lol

what clan half of dallas hates him :lol

[DPG21920]

Great point ^

Another argument won

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

what clan half of dallas hates him :lol

Almost all Cowboys fans on here make excuses for the guy...One particular fan worships the ground Romo (and Toby Keith) walk on.


Great point ^

Another argument won

Don't cherry-pick, it's not your style.

[DPG21920]

Just calling like I see it. No harm here.

[BanditHiro]

Almost all Cowboys fans on here make excuses for the guy...One particular fan worships the ground Romo (and Toby Keith) walk on.


if your definition of mentally weak is shying away when the pressure is on then that is not Romo. If he was a bit more passive like Lebron was in the finals we probably would have won that Jets game because the wouldn't have done that stupid hero ball bullshit that caused him to fumble in that broken play.

he is not mentally weak he's just makes stupid plays when he tries to force it like fuck...kerby.

[HarlemHeat37]

Players like Lebron, Karl Malone, etc are mentally weak on the superstar spectrum, but overall, there are many players that fold before they even reach the Finals(as DMC said), or fold for relatively minor reasons..

Odom, Vince Young, Ryan Leaf, etc, are better examples IMO..

[100%duncan]

Marat Safin
Fernando Torres

[100%duncan]

Iverson too. What an arrogant dipshit

[ElNono]

Is BUMP a mentally weak professional athlete?