Players you were wrong about.

[brandonislegend]

I thought Kyrie Irving would be decent PG maybe one allstar game but it looks like he is a franchise changer.

I thought Conley would be a bust but he is the most underrated PG in the league right now.

[andremiller07]

Rodney Stuckey: I thought he would have been one of the better scoring PGs in the NBA with his size and skill after seeing him back up Billiups.

[elementally morale]

Darko.
I thought he would eventually pan out.

[cranincu]

Definitely thought Rubio was going to be a bust

[ClutchOver9000]

Definitely thought Rubio was going to be a bust

this

[plowking]

John Wall, Hakim Warrick, and Tyreke Evans I thought were all going to be stars.

[roffie]

easily tyreke

and lillard

[Kews1]

Definitely thought Rubio was going to be a bust

Absolutely

[d.bball.guy]

Yea, Tyreke Evans. I thought he would be an All-Star by now. Maybe he could still become one on the right team.

Also agree on Wall. I hope he can still straighten his career before it goes directly the wrong way.

[Al Thornton]

<- i thought he was an nba player

[brandonislegend]

John Wall, Hakim Warrick, and Tyreke Evans I thought were all going to be stars.

Soon.

[PyrrhusX]

I thought Perkins was some big shot centre.
I was wrong :confusedshrug:

[Just2McFly]

Westbrook, I thought he wouldn't be this good. This guy is going down as an NBA great when it's all said and done.

[HardwoodLegend]

Gerald Green really impressed me in his McDonald's All-American Game.

I thought he was destined to be T-Mac 2.0.

25, 5 and 5 perimeter threat.

[IGotACoolStory]

Really bought the Stromile Swift stock. And Tyrus Thomas.

Does damn LSU post players. :facepalm

Personally I didn't, but I know there was a big Anthony Randolph fan base too.

[bdreason]

You should make the question, 'players your were RIGHT about', because honestly, I'm the worst armchair GM in the world probably.

[inclinerator]

kyrie irving also

[Money 23]

John Wall

He showed ridiculous promise in his first few pre-season / regular season games.

I predicted he'd be a junior mints version of Dwyane Wade, and was totally wrong.

I thought Tyreke Evans was destined for greatness, rookie season of 20/5/5 joining the likes of the only other legends to do it such as: MJ, LeBron, Oscar and he's fallen from grace HARD

[monkeypox]

Kevin Durant. Not that I thought it was a good idea to draft Oden first. I just didn't think he'd be as good as he was. I didn't think he'd be able to stand up to the physical play of the grown up league.

[qrich]

I thought Blake Griffin was going to be Chris Wilcox 2.0, or even Mo Taylor. Bittersweet when the Clippers got him. Glad I've been eating crow on that.

James Anderson is someone I thought would be a 15 ppg scorer somewhere in the association. Last I checked, he's averaging about a bucket a game. Dionte Christmas & Morris Almond are two other guys that I thought would find a spot in the league as instant offense, but aren't even in the league.

Hassan Whiteside was supposed to be the next elite weakside shot blocker. He isn't even getting 10 minutes a game right now :facepalm

[noob cake]

2011
Irving - Right 100%, called him HOFer, one of greatest PG before draft.
Williams - Right 100%, called him huge bust. Shame on people pushing him over Irving.
Enes Kanter - To be decided, thought he would be a decent starter
Thompson - To be decided, bust
Valanciunas - To be decided, borderline all-star
Vesley - Right 100%, huge bust
Biyombo - To be decided, bust
Knight - Right, second best player after Irving
Walker - Wrong 100%, thought he would be a total scrub
Jimmer - Right 100%, 100% total scrub

2010
Wall - Right 100%, good but not amazing
Turner - To be decided/right, best player in draft
Favors - To be decided/wrong, all-star big.
Johnson - Wrong, NBA starter
Cousins - Right, monsterous headcase + good stats
Udoh - Right, bust
Monroe - Right 100%, All-Star
Aminu - To be decided/wrong, NBA starter
Hayward - Wrong 100%, total bust

2009
Griffin - Wrong, thought Monkeyball would amount nothing more than a starter
Thabeet - Wrong 10000%, Dikembe Mutombo v2 :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
Harden - Right, all-star
Evans - Right, borderline all-star with empty stats. People were slurping up his 20/5/5 season but I saw through that shiat.
Rubio - Right 100%, best pure PG in league
Flynn - Right, bust
Curry - Right, borderline all-star
Hill - Right, bust
DeRozan - Wrong, average starter
Jennings - Right, borderline all-star

tl;dr

I nailed Irving/Williams, failed on Griffin/Thabeet

[Toizumi]

James Anderson is someone I thought would be a 15 ppg scorer somewhere in the association. Last I checked, he's averaging about a bucket a game. Dionte Christmas & Morris Almond are two other guys that I thought would find a spot in the league as instant offense, but aren't even in the league.


I wouldn't have come up with his name, but he is definitely high up on my list. Figured that he'd be in the league by now, since he did good in the NBDL earlier this year. He still has the talent to play in the league. I think he never got a decent shot.

I'm often wrong about players. I sometimes really buy into a hype (Thabeet, Kwame), while in other cases, I'm too sceptical and doubt the hype (Durant).
For me, I think that Jahidi White was the guy I was most wrong about. Ridiculous, I know, but I thought he would become an allstar somehow. I wasn't just wrong.. it was really stupid

[Walker]

I fully believed Beasley would finally step up and become the go-to scorer Phoenix desperately needed...


:facepalm

[Money 23]

I fully believed Beasley would finally step up and become the go-to scorer Phoenix desperately needed...
That ship sailed before his rookie season ended, bro. :oldlol:

[Marv_Albert]

Yo straight up Damian lillard

[Burgz V2]

Beasley for sure, i thought he'd be the next great combo forward

Jeremy Lin as well, he's actually terrible lol

[Fiasco]

I thought Willie Warren was going to be amazing.

Took my order at Starbucks the other day.

[Fallguy20]

I think I missed on Dragic, I think I missed on Bill Walker, I think I missed on Marc Gasol, BUT!

I know I was right about Hansbrough.

[Toizumi]

Also, dajuan wagner..

[ninephive]

Kevin Durant. Not that I thought it was a good idea to draft Oden first. I just didn't think he'd be as good as he was. I didn't think he'd be able to stand up to the physical play of the grown up league.
Same here, sad to say. Watching him at Texas, I never thought he could be as effective in the NBA because he was just so ridiculously skinny.

[winnnaz]

Adam Morrison :banghead:

/thread

[andremiller07]

Joe Alexander: looked promising first season than never seen him again

Marcus Fizer: thought he be a 10 year+ type player

Terrance Kinsey: had a little mini epic run with Memphis

Qyntel Woods: amazing potential was doing 360s and stuff in traffic in the NBA and has a jump shot but never lived up to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7LmvftvGc

[Toizumi]

Joe Alexander: looked promising first season than never seen him again

Marcus Fizer: thought he be a 10 year+ type player

Terrance Kinsey: had a little mini epic run with Memphis

Qyntel Woods: amazing potential was doing 360s and stuff in tarrfic in the NBA and has a jump shot but never lived up to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7LmvftvGc

Fizer is a good one.. I felt the same about him. Qyntel Woods I had no faith in from day 1. As a Blazers fan I saw that he had all the physical tools to be a good player, but not the brains.

A few other ones for me: Rodney White, Dermarr Johnson, Jarvis Hayes

[andremiller07]

Fizer is a good one.. I felt the same about him. Qyntel Woods I had no faith in from day 1. As a Blazers fan I saw that he had all the physical tools to be a good player, but not the brains.

A few other ones for me: Rodney White, Dermarr Johnson, Jarvis Hayes

O yeah Jarvis Hayes before he busted his knee FLEW up and down the court, as far as Dermarr imo it was more that the motor accident he had rather than him not being good, he was never the same after it.

[DukeDelonte13]

2011
Irving - Right 100%, called him HOFer, one of greatest PG before draft.
Williams - Right 100%, called him huge bust. Shame on people pushing him over Irving.
Enes Kanter - To be decided, thought he would be a decent starter
Thompson - To be decided, bust
Valanciunas - To be decided, borderline all-star
Vesley - Right 100%, huge bust
Biyombo - To be decided, bust
Knight - Right, second best player after Irving
Walker - Wrong 100%, thought he would be a total scrub
Jimmer - Right 100%, 100% total scrub


How you gonna call Thompson a bust but J-Val a borderline all-star? It's not like one has been drastically outplaying the other ATM.

[Purch]

2011

Enes Kanter - To be decided, thought he would be a decent starter



Trust me Kanter will be much more than a decent starter. He's actually ready to start right now. Next season you'll see the Favors-Kanter starting lineup once Millsap and Jefferson are gone.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3FwqEsUdsI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa16CQUocT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRucQsfZao

Watch them all in 720p btw lol.

Those are some of his recent games. The Kid is a flat out stud, and he's been getting tons of help on his lost post game from Al Jefferson last offseason. He's ready to dominate.




Favors - To be decided/wrong, all-star big.

He's definitly ready to be an all star big. I'd argue he's been a player than Millsap all season. There were actually a couple games where Millsap didn't play like the entire second half cause Corbin left Favors in. He may not be a true defensive anchor yet, but he's pretty damn close, our defense is just different with him. Also his offensive game is developing, he's learning to use his athletisism to dominate people down low and he has the abilty to draw fouls. However, his own weakness is free throws.

Trust me this frontcourt is the most I've been about young Jazz players in a long time. Once Kanter and Favors are starting they'll be well on their way to be a different version of Z-bo-Gasol


Here's a normal post from Jazz forums


Favors and Kanter should both be playing more than Jefferson and Millsap.

[sipitri]

How you gonna call Thompson a bust but J-Val a borderline all-star? It's not like one has been drastically outplaying the other ATM.
Those are his predictions, TBD means it's too soon to decide if he was right or wrong.

[DMV2]

JJ Redick

Not that I expected him to be an All-Star or anything like that. I actually thought he'd be a straight-up scrub with mostly DC's and DNP's. It looked like that the few few seasons but he's been solid for the past 3 seasons.

He's currently having a career season, hope he can continue it.

[GatorKid117]

JJ Redick

Not that I expected him to be an All-Star or anything like that. I actually thought he'd be a straight-up scrub with mostly DC's and DNP's. It looked like that the few few seasons but he's been solid for the past 3 seasons.

He's currently having a career season, hope he can continue it.

And you spelled his name correctly too. I swear his last name is the most commonly misspelled name on ISH. It annoys me.

For me, LaMarcus Aldridge. Though he was soft, which I guess is not entirely wrong, and would be nothing more than a Michael Doleac.

[livingby3's]

Dragic too. I never understood why the Suns tried so hard to net him from the Spurs. After drafting him I thought he wasn't confident and was playing really quiet behind Nash. He eventually learned well and is definitely a different player from I thought he would be.

Also beasley I could see him with a hunger to strive being the go to guy for the suns. pretty much off there

[MasterDurant24]

Thought Rubio would be a bust, now he's one of my favorite players.

Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook were other ones. Thought TJ Ford would be one of the greatest, after seeing him in highschool

[iDunkOreo]

Called Kyrie being a stud, showed amazing potential in limited time at Duke, but living in NC the Carolina fans were saying he was gonna bust. Suck it. Same goes for Rubio. I was dead wrong on Gerald Henderson(:facepalm thought he coulda been an All Star down the road), Jimmer, and Klay Thompson. I thought Klay Thompson would never amount to more than 3 point shooter off the bench. I called Austin Rivers sucking this season though. Should have stayed in college for another year.

[KB2009Champ]

I actually thought Derrick Williams would be better than Kyrie.

Smh.

[TaLvsCuaL]

Many players, I'm almost always wrong.

Rudy Fernandez. I always thought he might be a player capable of scoring 15-18 ppg, and being a good role players in a contender team or a starter in a non-contender.

Thaddeus Young. He is a really good player, but I always thought that He could be a star.

Dejuan Blair. Injury free. Since the draft I thought he would finish his career as Oden.

Derrick Willians. I expected much more, but maybe is too early to draw conclusions.

[Clifton]

Kevin Durant. Not that I thought it was a good idea to draft Oden first. I just didn't think he'd be as good as he was. I didn't think he'd be able to stand up to the physical play of the grown up league.
This, except I did think it was a good idea to draft Oden first.

I didn't realize that he would handle the ball as well as any SG. I thought he would just be an off-ball volume shooter. I thought Adam Morrison would be almost as good as Jamison at his best and I thought Durant would be only a little bit better than that. S. M. H.

I don't have too much to be right or wrong about since I rarely watch college ball.

[selrahc]

i thought kobe would never catch up to michael jordan... but he did

[miggyme1]

I thought Willie Warren was going to be amazing.

Took my order at Starbucks the other day.

lol lmao oh sweet baby jesus.u lying!

[Scholar]

I expected Greg Oden to eventually return and prove to the NBA world why he was a top draft pick, but boy, was I wrong about that or what?

I also thought Gerald Green would become a borderline superstar after those dunk contest appearances, but the guy vanished from the league for a bit, only to come back last season and still be a role player.

Andrew Bynum, after last season at least, was supposed to become the #1 offensive Center in the league, but he's so brittle, a bowling game can injure him. :facepalm

Lastly, I knew the Jeremy Lin hype wasn't to be taken too seriously, but I didn't expect him to become irrelevant. After he out shined the Lakers last season, I thought things would only go up, but he hit rock bottom vs the Heat and it's been hard for him to come back up since then.

[clipps]

DMiles- I thought he was gonna turn into an all-star. The guy was really athletic and had great ball handling. If he had the work ethic, he would have been amazing.

Eric Bledsoe- I honestly thought he would be in the D-League by now. He was so out of control in his rookie season. Any time he dribbled into traffic, I expected a turnover or a bad shot.

Shaun Livingston- I thought he would atleast become a Penny Hardaway type player. He was so smooth with the ball before his knee exploded.

[Pursuer]

javaris crittenton - saw some potential during his half-year in L.A., but I don't know if he failed as a player or more as a person.

Anderson Varejao - nothing to say here. Never thought he would be, where he is right now.

[BlueandGold]

Griffin, although many say he still hasn't lived up to the potential I thought he would be a flop for sure.. never thought he would have the strength to make it in the NBA.. maybe the league really has gotten soft.. how would Griffin have fared in the 90s against Ewing, Robinson, Hakeem, shaq?

[KungFuJoe]

Blake Griffin. I didn't think his game would translate into the pros. I thought he would actually be somewhat undersized with his short arms and that his lack of an outside shot or go to post move would make his offensive game suffer against the bigger, faster guys in the pros.

I had no idea this guy would be making highlight reel after highlight reel and being called one of the best PFs in the game.

[TeamLAC]

Yo straight up Damian lillard
got to admit I never thought this kid would be even close to being this good

[HardwoodLegend]

i thought kobe would never catch up to michael jordan... but he did

Naw homie, you're still spot-on with that prediction. Chill.

[Mr Exlax]

Royce White - I thought he was gonna come in and make an impact. Didn't think the social anxiety disorder would be this big of a deal either.

[Mr Exlax]

Yi Ji Lilian or whatever the hell. We had drafted Yao and he made a good transition. I just figured Yi would come over here and play uber aggressive like his highlight tapes lol.

[IGotACoolStory]

How you gonna call Thompson a bust but J-Val a borderline all-star? It's not like one has been drastically outplaying the other ATM.

You have trouble comprehending.


Javaris Crittenton is a good one. I was a fan of his out of college as well.

[chocolatethunder]

Royce White - I thought he was gonna come in and make an impact. Didn't think the social anxiety disorder would be this big of a deal either.
His real problem is that he's an a s s h o l e

[outbreak]

I thought rubio would bust hard, thought derrick williams would be legit and I thought Biyombo would have had more impact based on his athleticism.

I was right about Vasquez (talked him up with the grizz), Crowder (watched him in college) and Faried being a steal. Also picked Jimmer to struggle but then again so did every one.

[ihoopallday]

I thought Hasheem Thabeet would be a franchise player. Totally wrong on that one.

[Pra]

Kyrie Iriving! I will admit that I did flame him in a thread and believed Derrick Williams would be the better player. I was definitely wrong and hope to see him continue to develop into an elite PG.

[stallionaire]

Wrong about LeBron. I thought MJ would be the GOAT.

[kurt_rambis]

Royce White - I thought he was gonna come in and make an impact. Didn't think the social anxiety disorder would be this big of a deal either.
same. i was actually really excited about all 3 rockets rookies this year (white, jeremy lamb, donatas motiejunas) and thought they were gonna a lot of playing time in houston. white is AWOL, while lamb (now in okc) and motiejunas have played a total of 44 nba minutes lol

[webberz0044]

Tyreke Evans - Remember what a sick rookie season he had? He needs to get out of Sac and play for someone like Popovich to save his career.

Zach Randolph - I suppose he changed everyone's opinion of him since arriving in Memphis.

[Bigsmoke]

Durant

didn't think he was going to get this good.

[Replay32]

Derrick Rose. Didn't think he would be this good, especially as this quick.

[lilgodfather1]

I was wrong about Bosh, very wrong. I thought he was just too skinny to play PF effectively.

I can also admit that I have been wrong about Durant. I didn't think he'd ever become a good defender, or passer. Well I was half wrong about Durant anyways.

[Gotterdammerung]

I was wrong about Shaq. I thought he would embrace his decline and morph into a defensive rebounding monster like Chamberlain did when he was playing for the Lakers. He didn't. :facepalm

I was wrong about Dirk Nowitzki. I didn't think he would ever become a deadly scorer in the clutch without a low post game, and it turned out that he never needed one. Hence the 2011 playoffs run. :eek:

Here's a classic by Charley Rosen:
On Lebron James (http://espn.go.com/page2/s/rosen/021213.html) where he judges LBJ to be an average player.

His mea culpa (http://www.spursreport.com/forums/spurs-nba-fan-feedback/52514-charley-rosen-spurs-man.html) a few years later (scroll down to the middle). :oldlol:

[wakencdukest]

Al-Farouq Aminu. After watching his interview at the draft I thought he was surely retarded and would get eaten alive in the NBA. But he actually became a productive player.

[d.bball.guy]

Marc Gasol. I thought he would suck and go back to play in Spain.

[9512]

Greg Oden.

Obviously it's not his fault he can't play. But I thought by now he would have one up on kevin Durant today.

But I think even Oden healthy I still think Durant is the better player in the league.

[Jasper]

Teke - I thought he was good for the Sac's , but think he would thrive in Houston as a SF /Point foward when Hardening and L' is resting.

Jennings - thought he should be out of Milwaukee , I am warming up to his play , but he still isn't a smart player.... Ellis is helping him now.

[pauk]

Tyreke Evans, thought he would be much much much better.

[andremiller07]

Tyreke Evans, thought he would be much much much better.

To be fair to Tyreke injuries as well as poor roster managment have slowed him down hes showed signs again of coming back this year before he got tenditis in his knee.

[ortonsaw]

i thought kobe would never catch up to michael jordan... but he did
:coleman:
gtfo

[1987_Lakers]

S. Curry - Thought he was all hype
Durant - Didn't think he would become a superstar
J. Wall - Thought he would be a better PG by now, hasn't improved his game much since his rookie year.
K. Irving - Didn't think he would be this good so fast
Rubio - Thought he would get exposed in the NBA

[Money 23]

I didn't get to watch much of Kyrie at Duke given he was injured for the majority of his time there. And he was young. But I certainly didn't expect him at 20 years old to possibly being a franchise caliber player for the Cavs.

[ChuckOakley]

I thought Terrance Williams could have been something special.

I still think MarShon Brooks will be something special.

[Fudge]

I thought Conley was just gonna be an average PG/role player on a team. Same with Rubio.

[no pun intended]

I thought Tmac would revive his career with the Knicks and lead them to a championship...

[Djahjaga]

I thought Tmac would revive his career with the Knicks and lead them to a championship...


Seriously?


I was wrong about Rose/Beasley. I thought the Bulls should have taken Beasley (can you imagine a Derrick Rose/Dwyane Wade backcourt now?:bowdown:), and I remained convinced that Beasley was the better player and that he just hadn't been given a chance up till he got traded to Minny. He was playing well his first year there, but it was all downhill. I had given up by the time Rose won the MVP.

Also, Kyrie.

[upside24]

Yea, Tyreke Evans. I thought he would be an All-Star by now. Maybe he could still become one on the right team.

Also agree on Wall. I hope he can still straighten his career before it goes directly the wrong way.
He is on the Wizards.

Something about that franchise ruins players (with the exception of Arenas when he was still good.)

I thought Cousins would be an All-Star caliber player but.....just playing, he is exactly what I thought he was. A wasted pick.

[irondarts]

I thought the Bulls should have taken Beasley over Rose. I thought Beasley was going to be incredible.

I thought Tyreke was going to be a star.

I'm glad someone mentioned Qyntel Woods, I thought he was going to be really good, but he was a bone head.

I also am glad somebody mentioned all of those LSU post players. I really thought Tyrus Thomas and Anthony Randolph were going to be really good. Tyrus is just too skinny and Randolph never plays.

I also thought Jonathan Bender was going to be an amazing player.

I also thought Troy Bell was going to be great, I mean, he was so damn good at BC, but his NBA career was an epic fail. Same with Reece Gaines.

I thought Ike Diogu was gonna be good. Maybe cause I watched him beast at ASU so much.

[Y2Gezee]

I never thought KD would be one of the best scorers in history. I thought he'd be a good 2nd or 3rd option. A better, bigger Jamal Crawford...

[SourPatchKids]

I too thought tyreke would be a superstar

[upside24]

I thought Terrance Williams could have been something special.

I still think MarShon Brooks will be something special.
I agree. He is a great scorer but his poor defense is keeping him from getting any minutes.

He will get an opportunity eventually and I'm sure going against Crash in practice is helping him improve his game.

[Overdrive]

I thought these players would be atleast all-stars to superstars:

Joe Smith, Jerry Stackhouse(thought he'd be what Kobe actually became), Shareef Abdur Rahim(although he was very solid till his injuries), Ron Mercer, Maurice Taylor, Keith Van Horn(although they both showed promise in their first years), Jonathan Bender, Kenyon Martin, Marcus Fizer and Jay Williams(:(). After that the iinternet kind off exploded. You could get more access on everything, especially when youtube got popular. It was easier to estimate.

I thought these players would be busts or not be up to their hype:
Kevin Garnett(thought he'd reach poor man's Kemp at max), Kobe Bryant(see above, thought he'd have Stackhouse's career - was very wrong on both him and KG), Steve Nash and Ron Artest.

Special cases are:
Chauncey Billups, when he was drafted I thought he'd be the next big PG. He didn't play well and was traded after his rookie season. By the time he was in Minny I thought he'd be a career journeyman at best. Then he got on the Pistons and showed what he promised in '97. So I was wrong twice.
Dirk, I knew he had skill, but I thought he'd get no chance to play enough to show what he's got.

Never bought into the Tyreke hype. I wondered how he could end up with those rookie stats. He never showed as much skill as Lebron or MJ(never seen Oscar play for the length of a game).
Was right on KD and Jimmer, too.

[embersyc]

Robert ****ing Horry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZdik09RGJI

[schism206]

Wrong:
I thought Kevin Love would end up a scrub,

Kyrie, most Duke players end up being decent role players or busts. At their best, 2nd tier, maybe snag an allstar game or two, but not franchise players, a la Boozer + Brand.

I doubted Westbrooke for a long time but he's changed my mind.

I thought Derrick Williams would be a pretty good player, I liked him in the NCAA tournament, still early though.

Thought Kemba Walker would end up being someone like Warrick in terms of career.

A few I did have right, at least up until this point:
Wall being overrated
Beasley, I was not impressed with him in the NCAA tournament
Hansbrough

[jlip]

CP3... I watched a couple of his games during his sophomore season at Wake Forest and wasn't that impressed. When the Hornets drafted him that early I was certain that they were taking him too high. I expected him to max out at somewhere around the current Mike Conley level. I did not expect him to be a superstar/ perennial MVP candidate. Guess it's quite obvious I was wrong.

[Clippersfan86]

Already been said many times but Rubio and Irving for sure. I thought Rubio would be an OK role player and Kyrie would be a solid starter at best. Had no clue Rubio would have such a massive impact and be such a brilliant playmaker. Had no idea Irving would be a legit all star caliber player right away. I truly believe both have a chance to be top 3 PG's in the next couple years right there with CP3, Rondo, Westbrook.

[The Mamba]

I thought these players would be atleast all-stars to superstars:


Joe Smith


Jerry Stackhouse(thought he'd be what Kobe actually became)


Jonathan Bender

:cheers:

[mehyaM24]

Crap removed

[mehyaM24]

Junk removed

[upside24]

After another poster mentioned him, Derrick Williams.

[dyna]

Josh Smith

[plUto or bUst]

Carmelo. I never thought he would man up, play defense every night and lead a team like he is doing now. Legit MVP candidate, though it's still early.

[irondarts]

Josh Smith
That's a good one. I never thought he'd turn into the player he's become.

[andremiller07]

Chris Singleton - I thought he would be a starter and a top 5 defender in the L after watching him in college, the guy had nasty in him and was very mobile/ tough for a 6'10 guy with long reach. I guess hes still young in terms of his NBA career but right now I don't see that happending.

[Rowe]

Nobody has mentioned it but I was completely wrong on Deron Williams even after the NCAA Tournament. I had felt Dee Brown actually was the more talented player and the better pure PG while Deron thrived on playing off ball and being a threat as a 6'3, strong guard with a handle.

When he struggled his first year in Utah I thought they had made a mistake taking him over CP3, but he emerged quick in that system and closed the gap between him and Paul for best PG in the league.

To be even further wrong. I was wrong big time on Dee Brown as I thought he'd be at least a mid-tier starting PG in the NBA like Kemba Walker is. Thought he would be a Top 20 pick at worst but he made such a terrible decision to go back to college instead of leaving as an All-American. He never got his chance in the NBA because of it. Had a good run in Washington and for some reason they let him go and he has been overseas since then.

[Stringer Bell]

I didn't think Duncan would be that great of a pro. :oldlol: