I Also gotta go with Darius Miles, Eddie Curry is a close 2nd though...I thought he'd have been tearing up the league by now and like someone else said have atleast a cpl All-Star games under his belt...There are thouse guys who just have 1-2 good years & there are those guys who some night look great, next nite they look like they couldn't beat the cast from "White Men Can't Jump"....Example would be Samuel Dalembert I figured he would've been better now than he Is
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Re: Biggest underachiever in the NBA?
I Also gotta go with Darius Miles, Eddie Curry is a close 2nd though...I thought he'd have been tearing up the league by now and like someone else said have atleast a cpl All-Star games under his belt...There are thouse guys who just have 1-2 good years & there are those guys who some night look great, next nite they look like they couldn't beat the cast from "White Men Can't Jump"....Example would be Samuel Dalembert I figured he would've been better now than he Is -
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Dirk Nowitski right about now. Anytime you're a 7 footer and you let 6-5 Cuttino Mobley lock you down....I know they doubled you everytime you got the ball but guys like Duncan make their move before the double team gets there. Dirk did it one time in the loss to the Clipper last nite."Never trust a big butt and a smile."-Ricky Bell
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Seeing Eddy Curry play every game...I have to go with him.
But the biggest underachiever ever is hands down Eddie Robinson. Bulls fans know what I'm talking about.Comment
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gotta go with d miles. atleast curry still plays. where is miles?Carolina Panthers
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Robinson was a spark off the bench, I remember back in the old Hornets days we had Baron Davis, then Ricky Davis and Eddie Robinson off the bench...they were a damn fun team to watch, especially that year in the playoffs where they swept the Heat and beat them by an average of like 25 points a game. That was probably the worst I've seen any team get ran in the playoffs.
As for as biggest underachiever I'll say Eddy Curry b/c of his physical attributes, what the hell is his problem?? He should be beasting the league. Darius Miles comes in a close 2nd, then Tim Thomas.Comment
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Don't go overboard now, Thomas isn't the athlete that KG is, even when he was younger, and he doesn't have his range either (physical range, not shooting range). Though, even at Villanova he preferred to play outside rather than inside, so who knows what he could have done if he had worked more on his game. I still think Miles is a closer physical comparison to KG, and is the biggest waste/misuse of talent that comes to mind.
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Exactly, Milw paid him the big Bucks, no pun intended, and he just never materilized after that. His stock rose in the 2001 playoffs before his big contract.
Another one in my heyday(teenage years) was Kent Bensen. He came from the Indy championship team of Scott May,(Sean May's dad), Quinn Buckner and Bob Wilkerson.
Kareem hit Bensen with an overhand right to the head on opening night and Benson was never the same. I think he was the 1st pick in the draft.
At present time, I gotta go with Tim Thomas. I remember not too long ago people were comparing him to Kobe Bryant as great young players. Who does he play for now btw?PS: You guys are great.
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Robinson was a spark off the bench, I remember back in the old Hornets days we had Baron Davis, then Ricky Davis and Eddie Robinson off the bench...they were a damn fun team to watch, especially that year in the playoffs where they swept the Heat and beat them by an average of like 25 points a game. That was probably the worst I've seen any team get ran in the playoffs.
As for as biggest underachiever I'll say Eddy Curry b/c of his physical attributes, what the hell is his problem?? He should be beasting the league. Darius Miles comes in a close 2nd, then Tim Thomas.Carolina Panthers
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What about Lamar Odom? Sure, he's a really good player right now in the league, but this guy has the pure talent to be a hall-of-fame type player.Comment
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Odom's athletic, but nothing freakish. His speed, hops, and range are all good not great. Not in the same league as Miles. I think he has actually done a pretty good job of developing his game since he decided to care more about ball than weed.Comment
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I've always thought of Odom as one of the few players (along with Bryant, Garnett, Marion, James, and a couple others) that are so extraordinarily gifted in all aspects of the game, that anything less than top-tier performance is dissapointing.Comment
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Dirk Nowitski right about now. Anytime you're a 7 footer and you let 6-5 Cuttino Mobley lock you down....I know they doubled you everytime you got the ball but guys like Duncan make their move before the double team gets there. Dirk did it one time in the loss to the Clipper last nite.
I think dirk is overrated...but he is still a very good player. The point you brought up about cuttino got me thinking about something else though, that dirk's post up skills absolutely suck. He couldn't even post up nate robison last year!!! Nate pushed him out to the 3 point line and made him take a fadeaway, which is completely absurb. I remember they should it on sports center all week.Lou Holtz on College Gameday about Ohio State:
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