Name a Player that you absolutely thought would be a STAR but ended up being a scrub

[Ice Trae]

I'll start. For whatever reason I believed Anthony Randolph would be a star for the Warriors. I saw a few highlights and his workouts and thought he would be a hall of famer. TBH I thought he would be like Chris Bosh and Lamar Odom but way better

https://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/media/warriors/071508_RandolphSigning.jpg

[paksat]

not exactly a scrub, but I thought ben gordon would have become a much bigger player than he did.

[HylianNightmare]

Ben mclemore

[FultzNationRISE]

Kyrie Irving
Chris Bosh
Kevin Love
Anthony Davis

These guys overachieved massively while playing with LePerfect, but without his guidance they proved to essentially be busts incapable of success.

Honorable Mention: D Wade. Had a nice prime but it was way too short, ended around 2010.

[SouBeachTalents]

‘89 Pippen

[Phoenix]

‘89 Pippen

5 star post.

[Phoenix]

Annnnnnyhoot, didn't Tyreke Evans start off really good then wind up just 'eh'?

[ClipperRevival]

Wes Johnson. I wouldn't say I thought he would be a star but he should've been so much more. Absolutely prototypical size/talent. Had all the tools to be a dominant 2 way player. Not only explosive but smooth too. He just didn't have that hunger to max out his talents. Waste of talent.

[ClipperRevival]

Also love Nerlens Noel's talents. Absolute pogo stick and long AF. Can't imagine if you gave a guy like that an MJ/Kobe brain.

[Ice Trae]

Annnnnnyhoot, didn't Tyreke Evans start off really good then wind up just 'eh'?

Yeah he ended up being one of those empty stat guys like Shareef Abdur-Rahim

[ClipperRevival]

I'll start. For whatever reason I believed Anthony Randolph would be a star for the Warriors. I saw a few highlights and his workouts and thought he would be a hall of famer. TBH I thought he would be like Chris Bosh and Lamar Odom but way better

https://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/media/warriors/071508_RandolphSigning.jpg

Odom really had the natural talent to be a top 5 player. He had it all. He obviously lacked that killer mentality though. Literally 7 ft tall, long AF, and ultra coordinated and smooth. Heck, just purely on paper, you can argue he was one of the more talented players EVER. He had the coordination of a 6'5" wing.

[ClipperRevival]

Also agree with Randolph. That guy was a special natural talent too.

[Ghost1]

I'll start. For whatever reason I believed Anthony Randolph would be a star for the Warriors. I saw a few highlights and his workouts and thought he would be a hall of famer. TBH I thought he would be like Chris Bosh and Lamar Odom but way better

https://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/media/warriors/071508_RandolphSigning.jpg

meanwhile, anthony randolph living his best life


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9hz93EEgA

EURO CHAMP

[JR Swish]

https://static.politico.com/capny/files/a-jrsmith.jpg

[Ice Trae]

Odom really had the natural talent to be a top 5 player. He had it all. He obviously lacked that killer mentality though. Literally 7 ft tall, long AF, and ultra coordinated and smooth. Heck, just purely on paper, you can argue he was one of the more talented players EVER. He had the coordination of a 6'5" wing.

Odom + Darius Miles + Q-Rich + Maggette
https://fadeawayworld.net/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_aut o:good%2Cw_1200/MTgwMTMyNzM0NDI5ODk4MDcy/baron-davis-on-the-early-2000s-los-angeles-clippers-yall-was-out-there-flossin-yall-was-out-there-losing-having-fun-crossing-people-up-throwing-lobs-i-was-like-damn-i-wanna-go-over-there-and-lose-with.jpg

[Bronbron23]

I'll start. For whatever reason I believed Anthony Randolph would be a star for the Warriors. I saw a few highlights and his workouts and thought he would be a hall of famer. TBH I thought he would be like Chris Bosh and Lamar Odom but way better

https://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/media/warriors/071508_RandolphSigning.jpg

Good thread. I thought antonio mcdyess was gonna be a star. Good skills and very athletic. Think he was 6'8 220 also.

[Shooter]

Thomas Robinson

[Ice Trae]

Good thread. I thought antonio mcdyess was gonna be a star. Good skills and very athletic. Think he was 6'8 220 also.

Omg I totally forgot about Dice. He was supposed to be Shawn Kemp 2.0

[Ghost1]

Odom + Darius Miles + Q-Rich + Maggette
https://fadeawayworld.net/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_aut o:good%2Cw_1200/MTgwMTMyNzM0NDI5ODk4MDcy/baron-davis-on-the-early-2000s-los-angeles-clippers-yall-was-out-there-flossin-yall-was-out-there-losing-having-fun-crossing-people-up-throwing-lobs-i-was-like-damn-i-wanna-go-over-there-and-lose-with.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/0c/30/270c30d37168b63c544abcf8519f0f94.gif

[tontoz]

Good thread. I thought antonio mcdyess was gonna be a star. Good skills and very athletic. Think he was 6'8 220 also.


He was never the same after his knee injury. He did make the All Star team the year before though.

[Ghost1]

Mario Hezonja - he's missing something between his ears


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMM-WjzXi_U

[Bronbron23]

Omg I totally forgot about Dice. He was supposed to be Shawn Kemp 2.0

Yeah man. He wasn't a bum but he didn't end up being what i thought.

[tpols]

Marshon brooks. Had a Kobe Jr. type game.


https://youtu.be/bm-GMgopF-0

[Bronbron23]

He was never the same after his knee injury. He did make the All Star team the year before though.

Really? don't remember him making an all star team

[highwhey]

steph curry :(

[And1AllDay]

steph curry :(

yiiiikes :oldlol::roll:

[Taurus]

Jabari Parker

The 2014 draft was such a crapshoot

[Nashty]

Kobe Bryant

[HylianNightmare]

I thought Noel would be way better. Wiggins too

[ralph_i_el]

Randolph wasn't a scrub. He just happened to have his best years overseas. He'd have been a pretty good NBA player if he had stayed.

[ralph_i_el]

Jabari Parker

The 2014 draft was such a crapshoot

Same. He might have been without the knee injuries. He can still score like crazy, but he kinda needs an entire offense built to feature him if he is going to be a positive contributor. He doesn't really play team basketball on offense, because he could always just slash by everyone.

[ralph_i_el]

I thought Thomas Robinson was going to be an all-star, but he's in the wrong era. No room for an old-school power forward who doesn't space the floor.

[Mauzah]

Randy Foye. Whoops!

[Reggie43]

Jamaal Tinsley

[Manny98]

Michael Kidd Gilchrist

[dreamwarrior]

Aaron Gordon

[hateraid]

Thread scream OJ Mayo

[90sgoat]

Lebron.

[Sportal]

Michael Beasley
Andrew Wiggins
Tyreke Evans(20-5-5 1st season)
OJ Mayo
Simmons(**** this lazy ass dude)

[Taurus]

Same. He might have been without the knee injuries. He can still score like crazy, but he kinda needs an entire offense built to feature him if he is going to be a positive contributor. He doesn't really play team basketball on offense, because he could always just slash by everyone.

Yeah the injuries really did him in. I always thought he would be able to turn it around, but now he's already 26 and getting reduced playing time each year.

[Ice Trae]

Greg Oden is another one.

I didn’t think Darko Milicic would be good but others were high on him

[tanibanana]

Thyrus Thomas (the Bulls thought, not me)
Ben Simmons is on the “right path”

[LukeWalton]

Shabazz Muhammad
Nerlens Noel
Jimmer French Fry
Adam Morrison
Michael Carter Williams
Victor Oladipo

[SATAN]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71r5qI1j2RL.__AC_SY445_QL70_ML2_.jpg

[Ice Trae]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71r5qI1j2RL.__AC_SY445_QL70_ML2_.jpg
Baby Jordan!

[Ice Trae]

Shabazz Muhammad
Nerlens Noel
Jimmer French Fry
Adam Morrison
Michael Carter Williams
Victor Oladipo

With all due respect I think everyone at the time knew jimmer fredette and Adam Morrison would be busts in the nba

[Mask the Embiid]

Luka doncic

every time he runs into kawhi

[8Ball]

Ben Simmons.

From superstar player to untradeable.

[Tennis19]

Michael Beasley... i thought he was a cant miss player. the one year he played in college he was unstoppable.

[ImKobe]

Kuzma. He's been declining offensively by the season.

[jalbert009]

I'm probably not alone on this but what about everyone that won the rookie of the year award then became average players at best or even bench players.

Andrew Wiggins
Malcolm Brogdon
MCW
Tyreke Evans
Emeka Okafor
Mike Miller

Every one at the time thought these guys were gonna be studs

[PeroAntic]

Same. He might have been without the knee injuries. He can still score like crazy, but he kinda needs an entire offense built to feature him if he is going to be a positive contributor. He doesn't really play team basketball on offense, because he could always just slash by everyone.

Finally a decent take on Jabari. I agree with the general assessment, but I don't see how if he didn't have the injuries it would have been different. He can still slash by everyone, so injuries are not the issue.

[ralph_i_el]

Finally a decent take on Jabari. I agree with the general assessment, but I don't see how if he didn't have the injuries it would have been different. He can still slash by everyone, so injuries are not the issue.

He'd probably be playing a lot better defense without the injuries, so he'd get more minutes to shine in.

[jayfan]

Good thread. I thought antonio mcdyess was gonna be a star. Good skills and very athletic. Think he was 6'8 220 also.


He didn't live all the way up to his hype, but he was still closer to a star than a scrub.


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[RogueBorg]

Sam Bowie

[Nashty]

Joel Embiid. Could not beat Trae and a bunch of scrubs with a top 5 defender Simmons and best Curry in the league with a HCA. Yikes. Sixers should just trade him for Cristiano Felicio, better Curry deserves to play with a better center.

[iamgine]

Timofey Mozgov

[bobopenguin]

jahlil okafor

[jalbert009]

He didn't live all the way up to his hype, but he was still closer to a star than a scrub.


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He did make the all star team once however expectations was perinial all star appearances.

[miggyme1]

Odom + Darius Miles + Q-Rich + Maggette
https://fadeawayworld.net/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_aut o:good%2Cw_1200/MTgwMTMyNzM0NDI5ODk4MDcy/baron-davis-on-the-early-2000s-los-angeles-clippers-yall-was-out-there-flossin-yall-was-out-there-losing-having-fun-crossing-people-up-throwing-lobs-i-was-like-damn-i-wanna-go-over-there-and-lose-with.jpg


Donald sterling literally had the future of the NBA all on one team and freaking ruined it. These dudes were so fun to play with in 2k/nba live/ inside drive back in the day. Opponents didnt know who to guard.

[Axe]

Butler this season.

[Jasper]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/0c/30/270c30d37168b63c544abcf8519f0f94.gif

I'm a sucker for blondes.... huh

[Jasper]

Jabari Parker

The 2014 draft was such a crapshoot

I thought for sure he was a running mate with Giannis and Middleton .... two injuries and a comment " I don't need to play defense"
pretty much some's up what he is all about = a paycheck, and no love for the game.

[MaxPlayer]

Several people have mentioned Noel already, but I'll throw another vote to him. I thought he would be a dominant defensive big, but he was never the same player after his injury in college.