Biggest busts ever, NFL / MLB / NBA - Page 12

Kevin · #**111** 10-12-2005, 09:32 PM

I feel sorry for Sam Bowie.

Portland had taken Drexler the year before - who according to college stats and accomplishments in his rookie year looked like he was going to fill the position that Jordan played for years to come. Walton had lead Portland to the NBA title just a few years away, and I believe that most people thought that they were just a big man away from getting back there. I think it was like 20 of 21 previous MVP's prior to that draft a center had been MVP, it was a big man's league. Jordan averaged 20 points a game in college and was player of the year, but I think some folks were surprised by just how much he dominated in the NBA (Dean Smith was the only guy who could hold MJ under 20 a game...stop me if you have heard that one before...)

It was a bad/risky pick only because of the health issues that Bowie had at UK. Given his college performance and knowing what they knew at the time, most every GM would have taken a healthy Sam Bowie. If Hakeem had not lead the Rockets to the title in the Jordanless years and Portland had taken Jordan and had similar success would Hakeem had been considered a bust? Did the Houston GM who had just taken Sampson the year before get a free pass?

These are questions that I have pondered while looking up at the ceiling after a bad run of cards.

Oh yeah, if the Pacers hadn't traded their #1 pick for Tom Friggin Owens a couple of years prior (who lasted all of one season) they would have been able to take Jordan and the dynasty could have been 3 hours south. The fact that Portland was able to get Bowie in the first place was a coup!

lil_o · #**112** 10-12-2005, 10:25 PM

david wright / amare stoudemire / clinton portis

bravos1 · #**113** 10-12-2005, 10:38 PM

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david wright / amare stoudemire / clinton portis

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lil_o · #**114** 10-12-2005, 11:37 PM

david wright, on mets nuff said

amare stoudemire, microfracture knee surgery...see allan houston, jamal mashburn, chris webber

clinton portis, hasn't lived up to hype in denver

Jules22 · #**115** 10-12-2005, 11:39 PM

not really a "bust" but i think doc gooden wasted the most talent. that guy coulda had such a good career with the stuff he had, but he got on the wrong side of the law and etc

Tyler Durden · #**116** 10-12-2005, 11:50 PM

One of the busts of baseball must be Brien Taylor.

Tyler Durden · #**117** 10-12-2005, 11:51 PM

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Todd Van Poppel

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This is the correct answer.

How about Jeffrey Hammonds.

Josh W · #**118** 10-13-2005, 12:33 AM

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not really a "bust" but i think doc gooden wasted the most talent. that guy coulda had such a good career with the stuff he had, but he got on the wrong side of the law and etc

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I wanna cry. Not because your claim is absurd, it isn't. I just loved Doc, and after 1985, what wasn't to love?

Then, his last moment of glory is no-hitting my Mariners as a friggin Yankee.

I wanna cry.

J

Clarkmeister · #**119** 10-13-2005, 12:34 AM

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I just loved Doc, and after 1985, what wasn't to love?

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The fact that he was a friggin' Met?

Josh W · #**120** 10-13-2005, 12:42 AM

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I just loved Doc, and after 1985, what wasn't to love?

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The fact that he was a friggin' Met?

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When you're 7, you think that orange and blue look good together, and that's about it. Plus they had Darryl Strawberry, maybe the neatest name to cheer for. Even more, they both had the middle name "Eugene", how cool is that?

Or, simply put...I didn't know, at the time, how wretched that was.

J