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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 5:40pm #19920
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    Malik-Universal
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    i hate it when a great player has injuires catch up with him/her… or when a guy that has great potential never reaches it cuz he falls down the stairs… breaks his hip, breaks his arm, ruptures his achiless, never regains their health. it pisses me off

    examples:
    jonathan bender
    grant hill
    jermaine oneal (hasnt been the same since 07)
    t-mac (hasnt been the same since 08)
    kevin garnett (hasnt been the same since 08) but still pretty damn good
    adam morrison (2nd year tore his acl or sumthin, never really recovered from that)
    sean may ( showed promise in his 2nd yr, never been the same, had sum njuires)
    iverson (a beer bottle got stuck in his head)
    steve francis

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 5:42pm #363986
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    Platypus
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    K-Mart
    Sam Bowie
    Antonio Mcdyess

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 5:45pm #363988
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    Mr. Basketball
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    shaun livingston…

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 5:45pm #363989
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    Malik-Universal
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    yeah forgot bout them, good ones

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    • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:04pm #363994
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      naugykdogg
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      Jay Williams

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:03pm #363993
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    ItsVictorOladipo
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    Jay Williams! Why’d he have to ride his damn bike!!!

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:23pm #363999
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    ghettosermon
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    DaJuan Wagner. He was definitely an undersized 2 but damn could he score. I wish we could know how good he’d really be. That rookie season he came out guns blazing, and while he faded the 2nd half of the year and his shooting percentage dipped, he still had worlds of potential. It’s a shame when it’s not just injuries but illness.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:27pm #364001
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    ChiefSixOne
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    lets hope yao ming isnt gonna be one of them
    greg oden?

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:37pm #364005
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    SubZero
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    Greg Oden still has a chance to recover. Probably not to his full potential coming out of college though

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:44pm #364008
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    Counting Stars
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    Anybody old enough to remember Bobby Hurley? (Car accident)
    Dermarr Johnson broke his neck, but I think he was heading for being a bust anyway
    Jason Collier died from heart problems

    Before the league made it so that you could have an active/inactive list that differed each night, a lot of guys had injuries made up for them and put on the injured list where they spent the entire year and never got to play. I think that change was one of the best things to happen to the league in recent years.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:49pm #364011
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    I don’t think Collier should be in this discussion. If we including deaths the most tragic in NBA history has got to be Len Bias, still one of my favorite players ever. What a damn shame we never got to see him in the league. 2 days after going #2 overall, tragic. Oh and of course Reggie Lewis. It’s a shame their personal problems ended their lives far too early because their talent was insane.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 7:00pm #364015
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    Counting Stars
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    Penny Hardaway – the guy was amazing. Had his own commercials and everything.

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  • Posted on: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 8:34pm #364043
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    TRC1991
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    ken griffey jr.

    whooooopss wrong sport! ha, sorry mates!

    ive been going on http://www.MLBdraft.net a lot lately

    no, that site does not truly exist.

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/28/2010 - 4:45am #364127
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    gone
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    Alot of the people you mention cam straight from high school so they have alot of mileage on their body even though theyre only 31 look at the people that skipped college though J Oneal Tmac Kobe KG and how their body is breaking down so early

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/28/2010 - 6:12am #364152
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    McDunkin

    Here is somebody that never gets mentioned that would have helped the spurs alot

    Robertas Javtokas of Lithuania

    He was drafted in 2001 by the spurs and had a 40 inch vert at 6’11. In 2002 he was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident and that hurt his potential alot

    Before the accident dude was dunking on 12ft rims

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  • Posted on: Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:25am #364187
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    sacphil_08
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    Chris webber. He definitely reached his potential statistically but whos to say his potential couldve been to lead a team to a championship? I think if the kings had kept that core together and webber stayed healthy they wouldve won the championship at least once. In 03-04 the kings were the 4th seed in the west with an injured webber. There was depth with brad miller playing all star caliber and vlade still serviceable along with everyone else so i think c webb should be on this list.

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