Players who burned out too fast

[lefty]

Y'all are forgetting the ultimate.

Len Bias.

Bias was positively scary, and I have no doubt that he would have been a Hall of Fame NBA player.

My favorite memory of Bias was when he would take off for a dunk...he would make a shrill sound like a plane right before takeoff. It was a chilling sound to hear, because you knew you better run for cover. Bias dunked really hard - and really often. He enjoyed the fact that he could jump out of the gym, but also knew that nobody was bad enough to stop him from doing it. Dude had the killer instinct for sure.

Imagine Len Bias with that Celtics team

lol Lakers, lol Bulls

[LkrFan]

Imagine Len Bias with that Celtics team

lol Lakers, lol Bulls

Imagine not tanking to draft Timmy D when you have a top 10 all time center already on your roster. LOL ZERO rings for the 210.

[jdiggy0424]

Bill Walton. Considering what he did with that Blazers team, imagine if he'd had been injury free for at least 10 years. Were talking about a top 10 player of all time no question.

[lefty]

Imagine not tanking to draft Timmy D when you have a top 10 all time center already on your roster. LOL ZERO rings for the 210.

Yeah because we were going to win 62 games with Robinson out for a season

AJ, Del Negro, Perdue



Dat Team

[Biggems]

burned out and being raped of a career by injuries are two separate things.

Shawn Kemp is one of the first that comes to my mind. Another is Dennis "D3" Scott. Scott's career was shooting towards the sky, until those missed FTs in the 95 Finals....after that, he was never the same.

[DMC]

Imagine not tanking to draft Timmy D when you have a top 10 all time center already on your roster. LOL ZERO rings for the 210.

You would be CelticsFan, same clown face, but different leg to ride.

[Axe Murderer]

Bill Walton. Considering what he did with that Blazers team, imagine if he'd had been injury free for at least 10 years. Were talking about a top 10 player of all time no question.

actually that's a ing huge stretch but ok

my god, i've never heard of you, but you've had two of the tiest takes I've ever seen on here in only a span of a few hours.

lol Dwight Howard getting dominated in Europe
lol Bill Walton a no question top 10 player if healthy

[Killakobe81]

havent read the whole thread but derrick Coleman had a series against the cavs in the 90's that made me and many others think we had seen the future at PF. DC scored, boarded defended at such a high level ... as much as I loved Kemp I thought DC would be better.

On that note, Kemp got fat ... if either had the work ethic or duncan, KG or dirk either could of been the best PF in NBA history over duncan, malone and chuck ...ESPECIALLY Coleman.

[vato loco]

derek anderson

brain grant

rashard lewis

antoine walker

aaron brookes

[ambchang]

burned out and being raped of a career by injuries are two separate things.

Shawn Kemp is one of the first that comes to my mind. Another is Dennis "D3" Scott. Scott's career was shooting towards the sky, until those missed FTs in the 95 Finals....after that, he was never the same.

Agreed, too many guys who had their career derailed instead of "burned out".

OTOH, wasn't Anderson the dude who missed all those FTs?

My list would include Shawn Kemp and Vin Baker.

If you include injuries, I am not sure how Ralph Sampson hasn't made it yet.

[JoeTait75]

havent read the whole thread but derrick Coleman had a series against the cavs in the 90's that made me and many others think we had seen the future at PF. DC scored, boarded defended at such a high level ... as much as I loved Kemp I thought DC would be better.

Kenny Anderson and Chris Morris were both on that Nets team and they were the same types as DC- talented but only played when they wanted to. New Jersey in that era was a team full of wasted talent. Petrovic was the only guy who showed up every night.

[djohn2oo8]

derek anderson

brain grant

rashard lewis

antoine walker

aaron brookes

Not really sure if Brooks burned out. He had 1 really good year offensively, but teams somewhat figured out how to guard him, and it ed with his head. Undersized guards who play no defense aren't meant to last long.

[Ice009]

Y'all are forgetting the ultimate.

Len Bias.

Bias was positively scary, and I have no doubt that he would have been a Hall of Fame NBA player.

My favorite memory of Bias was when he would take off for a dunk...he would make a shrill sound like a plane right before takeoff. It was a chilling sound to hear, because you knew you better run for cover. Bias dunked really hard - and really often. He enjoyed the fact that he could jump out of the gym, but also knew that nobody was bad enough to stop him from doing it. Dude had the killer instinct for sure.

I recall watching some Youtube videos of him about a year ago and I also noticed that he had a feathery soft jump shot. Was he as good of a shooter as he looked like in those clips?

There was also this insane block where his hand is near the top of the backboard, freaking amazing!

Basically he looked like he had the whole package - Incredible athleticism, feathery soft jumper, and decent passer too. His body reminded me of Lebron a bit. Lebron before Lebron, but a better player?

Also, how did the Celtics draft him? Didn't they win the Championship the year before? If so, how do they get the draft a player like Bias? How was the draft setup back then?

[mountainballer]

Ron Mercer

[sananspursfan21]

[Phillip]

Roy Tarpley

[Killakobe81]

Kenny Anderson and Chris Morris were both on that Nets team and they were the same types as DC- talented but only played when they wanted to. New Jersey in that era was a team full of wasted talent. Petrovic was the only guy who showed up every night.

I agree Tait, but Coleman had what was a breakout that series and was never the same ever again TBH...again that series I was actually rooting for the Cavs ... i liked them. nance, price brad young Ron harper heck even ehlo ... they played ball the right way. magic called them the future but it was never fully realized ...those teams were way better than the lebron cavs too ...

[Killakobe81]

would pay good money to see late 80' early 90's Cavs vs. mavs or heat from last year ...

Nance would of had a "shot" at defending dirk ...

[J_Paco]

Jerry Stackhouse
Jermaine O'Neal
Juwan Howard
Keith Van Horn
Nick Van Exel

[jacobdrj]

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.

Stupidhead is as Stupidhead does...

[hater]

Greg Oden

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

Tim Duncan

[JayTheClown]

Kerry Kittles

[admiralsnackbar]

Alfredrick Hughes.

Drafted mid-lottery. Started his first season in the NBA with tons of promise, strung together some amazing games but mostly just sucked, then steadily lurched towards being waived at season's end, never to play NBA basketball again. What the happened to that guy?

[bdictjames]

Brandon Roy
Jermaine O'Neal
Richard Jefferson