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Francis and Marbury are always the first two who come to mind.
T-Mac
To a lesser extent, Josh Howard.
Dude had 3 really good seasons but basically burned out once his best friend got traded (). He shoulda flourished with a swell passer creating for him but he just blew up. The writing was on the wall during the Hornets series.
You can't control what da ball do. Man, ya'll crazy.
Francis was never good.
I'll have to go with Michael Ray Richardson
Gilbert Arenas. Dude was swagged out and was an assassin late in the fourth. My favorite player pre injury.
He will never be the same again.
Tbh hibachi clearly fell of because of injuries. Guys like Francis and Marbury suddenly started sucking and no one really knows why.
A lot of players got injured and made a successful comeback.
I'm paraphrasing but, Arenas himself said that he wasn't the same, not physically, but mentally. He didn't have that same killer mentality that he had before the injury.
Now he's playing without passion, and just for the paycheck. Or atleast that's what his game is indicating.
Safe to say he burned out.
Hardaway, went from becoming the next Jordan to being virtually unknown.
Or because he was a gunner and a terrible teammate who didn't make anyone else better. Crippled the games of others. Never played any defense. Take a look at his career record.
tmac. /thread.
Shaun Kemp
good point
Bernard King
He came through Texas and just wrecked mother ers.
King was a monster, and to his credit he still came back and had a couple of nice years in Washington when no one thought he'd even play again. It kills me not seeing him in the Hall. I mean he wasn't pouting big-mouthed TMac; King was a mother er who delivered big in important games.
Yao, Bender, Jay Williams, Redd and next on the list...Shaun Livingston..can I add B-Diddy too?
Hard to believe how quick he fell off. Finley looked like a legit franchise player in that Utah series.
Kidd creates differently than Harris does. Harris is more of a drive and kick while Kidd waits for the other players to make something happen and then pass. Howard just couldn't thrive with Kidd's style.To a lesser extent, Josh Howard.
Dude had 3 really good seasons but basically burned out once his best friend got traded (
Kevin Johnson... guy was amazing in his prime. He was a 20-10 machine. He had like 4 prime years before his knee injuries set in, and his career stats are still like 18 ppg, 9 apg on 49% FG. His prime years from 1988-89 through 91-92 were roughly 22 ppg, 11 apg, 1.75 spg, on 50% FG. Multiple All-Star, multiple All-NBAer. Never quite recovered post injuries. Still had some solid numbers and good seasons at random (averaged 20-9 twice in next six seasons), but never the consistently dominant force after his seventh year in the league. Just missed too many games to be counted on, playing in just over half the games possible from 1994-95 through his initial retirement following the 1997-98 season.
Statistically (basketball-reference.com) he's rated as the 80th best player ever in NBA history, and that's playing 2/3rds of his career with reoccurring injuries. Probably would have challenged for top-50 with sustained health. Francis is 154 and Marbury is 113 by the same equation.
The 2 Hardaways, Tim and Afernee
Lol at Laetner going to Barcelona while Isiah & Wilkins watched the Olympics on TV
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