When was the moment you knew your favorite player was finished.

[coastalmarker99]

For Kobe fans, the moment he suffered his Achilles injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Jordan fans, the moment he suffered his rib injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Barkley fans, the moment he suffered his quad injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Walton fans, the moment he suffered another injury in 1987 was the moment we knew he was finished for good.


For Lebron fans, while that moment has not come yet it should be noted that he has suffered two serious injuries to his lower body in the past 2 seasons which suggests father time is quickly catching up with him.

[Uncle Drew]

When he raised the Larry O'Brien trophy in 2016, after coming back from a 3-1 deficit with back-to-back 41 point games and a triple double to conclude game 7. He was done right there and then. The pinnacle, the crown, the jewel. Everything after that was just bonus. He became the greatest player of all time at that exact moment.

[Objectivity]

LeGOAT, after the incident involving his father Delonte West. Instantly, I knew he would never be able to win a legitimate ring.

[coin24]

LeTiny stans, when he flashed his tiny white shrivelled weenie..

[PeroAntic]

I distinctly remember when AI just torched Penny Hardaway in the first round of the 1999 playoffs. Penny just couldn't stay in front of him. Penny was still a very good player, but then I realized he's not Penny anymore.

[rawimpact]

I distinctly remember when AI just torched Penny Hardaway in the first round of the 1999 playoffs. Penny just couldn't stay in front of him. Penny was still a very good player, but then I realized he's not Penny anymore.

Why are all your favorite players underachievers?

[PeroAntic]

Why are all your favorite players underachievers?

You see underachievers, I see warriors with incredible talent that got underrated because the hype machine turned to others and brainwashed casuals like you. Penny was a basketball genius.

[Reggie43]

Playing on a team filled with top level headcases like Jermaine, Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jamaal Tinsley probably pushed him to retire despite realistically having a few good years left to give.

[Gotterdammerung]

Wilt when he scored one point vs Abdul-Jabbar.

Hakeem when he lost his stamina and was overpowered in the first round of the 1999 playoffs.

Duncan when he missed a point blank shot in Game 7 of the 2013 Finals (he was having a good first half).

:durantunimpressed:

[2much_knowledge]

Vince Carter at the 2006 playoffs. Wade was torching him. Wade was inbounding the ball, threw it on Carter's back and scored. He was not donde, just not the same

[welfarefan]

mine peaked in OKC and was finished at the end of the same season when he blew a 3-1 lead

[Gotterdammerung]

Not a favorite player, but the moment Bryant dropped 55 points on Jordan, I knew he was finished (even though he didn't guard Bryant in that game and didn't even play in the second half).

I also recall Phil Jackson saying afterwards that Jordan was a "shadow of his former self."

[8Ball]

For Kobe fans, the moment he suffered his Achilles injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Jordan fans, the moment he suffered his rib injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Barkley fans, the moment he suffered his quad injury was the moment we knew he was finished for good.

For Walton fans, the moment he suffered another injury in 1987 was the moment we knew he was finished for good.


For Lebron fans, while that moment has not come yet it should be noted that he has suffered two serious injuries to his lower body in the past 2 seasons which suggests father time is quickly catching up with him.

When Shaq won in 2006 being 2nd fiddle not playing that well I knew he was done after that.

No more dominance was possible.

[Manny98]

When he lost a 1 v 1 to a investment banker

https://youtu.be/5B7U74Dg04k

[3ball]

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When he raised the Larry O'Brien trophy in 2016, after coming back from a 3-1 deficit with back-to-back 41 point games and a triple double to conclude game 7. He was done right there and then. The pinnacle, the crown, the jewel. Everything after that was just bonus. He became the greatest player of all time at that exact moment.


The problem is that a teammate played just as good as him - he had an equal-scoring partner, along with equal rebounding and steals/blocks teammates.. So it was a shared load

Otoh, Jordan completely carried the Bulls' scoring, while sharing the other categories like Lebron

[3ball]

When he lost a 1 v 1 to a investment banker

https://youtu.be/5B7U74Dg04k


This one was "worse" (actually awesome):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwMo6dnH0EY

[Uncle Drew]

The problem is that a teammate played just as good as him - he had an equal-scoring partner, along with equal rebounding and steals/blocks teammates.. So it was a shared load

Otoh, Jordan completely carried the Bulls' scoring, while sharing the other categories like Lebron

1-9.

[8Ball]

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The problem is that a teammate played just as good as him - he had an equal-scoring partner, along with equal rebounding and steals/blocks teammates.. So it was a shared load

Otoh, Jordan completely carried the Bulls' scoring, while sharing the other categories like Lebron

2016 was the moment you knew Jordan was finished. :applause:

[jlip]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

[HylianNightmare]

Pistons Era AI

[SATAN]

https://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/c_limit,w_680/fl_lossy,pg_1,q_auto/wlcae9ppkw9ryopiqnnt.jpg

[90sgoat]

MJ didn't play particularly well in that last playoffs in 1998.

I remember watching him play the Jazz and he did a lot of uncharacteristic stuff. Couldn't quite get up, missed shots, looked sluggish.

What made that finals an all time experience was that even so, MJ found a way. Hit the shots when he needed, played D when he needed. Everytime the announcers would call him out, he would deliver. It was a surreal experience. Doubt, then proving everyone wrong, every single time, or so it seemed.

Watched "The Shot" live and then after that I stopped watching until Kobe/Shaq, because I knew no one would come close to that experience of watching the GOAT do the impossible.

[Axe]

mine peaked in OKC and was finished at the end of the same season when he blew a 3-1 lead
And he let a scrub like lonzo score 33 just recently :cry:

[TAZORAC]

Not my favorite player, but when Jason Kidd played for the Knicks and missed an open layup, because he couldn't jump. I knew it was time for him to retire.

He rode the bench the remainder of the year and retired in the off season.

[MrFonzworth]

Was a massive John Wall fan but knew his career was 100% done after this.


https://youtu.be/5JGgemIBebo

[Thenameless]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

Yup.

[clipps]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

He still played after, dumbass.

[Thenameless]

He still played after, dumbass.

Doesn't change anything. That's when we knew he was truly finished. Never the same again.

[Reggie43]

One of my fave players in Rik Smits


https://youtu.be/mAXHnuA84jI

[Spurs m8]

When he sprained his ankle and sat out for months

[ImKobe]

When the King declared Playoff mode and got his shit pushed in.

[DABIGSALSISHA]

When the injuries hit, he was never the same.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/d2/e3/aed2e39ee0fbc9edd2cb0c9def80c806.jpg

The one on the right was my favourite player.

[DABIGSALSISHA]

You see underachievers, I see warriors with incredible talent that got underrated because the hype machine turned to others and brainwashed casuals like you. Penny was a basketball genius.

Exactly. :applause:

He was becoming an improved version of Magic Johnson before the injuries hit him.