Biggest Waste of Talent in NBA History

[Boogaboog]

Who are some candidates?

[Peteballa]

[bagelred]

Michael Ray Richardson

[blondie]

JR Smith, Darius Miles, Lamar Odom


Odom is a key player on a dynasty but he should have been the main guy and a multi-time allstar, a 6'10 player with handles and passing ability and athleticism like he has, plus his amazing rebounding, he should have been a superstar

[jtj5002]

Stevie Franchise

[Dasher]

Michael Ray Richardson

+1

[JohnnySic]

Derrick Coleman could have been the best 4 of all time and a top 10-15 player all time. No hyperbole.

[VanillaThunder]

Len Bias

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[JMT]

Richard Dumas
Roy Tarpley
John "Hot Plate" Williams

[JMT]

Lamar Odom


Odom is a key player on a dynasty but he should have been the main guy and a multi-time allstar, a 6'10 player with handles and passing ability and athleticism like he has, plus his amazing rebounding, he should have been a superstar

So being the main man on an average team vs being an integral piece of a dynasty means he wasted his talent?

[xfactor99]

Tim Thomas

[LEFT4DEAD]

Vince Carter first comes to my mind. I have heard he was able to dunk when he was 12 years old. And I still remember this quote: "When you are this talented you don't need to work so hard!".

Michael Ray Richardson was such a huge talent. I mean, when Magic say that he would not be looked at as such a great player if Ray were playing his whole career that says smt.

I was fan of Grant hill as a kid. He could have been superstar if not for injuries. Too bad.

[SinJackal]

Just throwing some other names out there.

Rasheed Wallace and Jay Williams (the motorcycle accident one).

Sheed could have been much better. He had a decent length career, but pissed most of it away with laziness.

[Nastradamus]

JR Smith, Darius Miles, Lamar Odom


Odom is a key player on a dynasty but he should have been the main guy and a multi-time allstar, a 6'10 player with handles and passing ability and athleticism like he has, plus his amazing rebounding, he should have been a superstar

Ok, sure Odom underachieved, but to put him in a class of guys with similar talent who had shit for careers, that's just retarded. An All Star is not the biggest waste of talent ever, sorry.

[AirTupac]

This dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdyWZqTM3U