Why Wasn't Chris Webber greater?

[AngelEyes]

I don't mean to demean his career because I think he had a fantastic career and was a legitimate MVP candidate in the early 2000's. I also consider him to be a hall of famer. As great as he was it seems like he should have been better. I've seen few forwards who ever had his combination of skills and physical ability. The guy was 6'10" 245 and built... he could run the floor and finish on a break, he had a good mid range shot that could extend out to the three... he had a very solid low post game and he was one of the best passing forwards of his time and could overwhelm opposing forwards with his power and athleticism.

[Electric Slide]

Soft

[Psycho]

Some guys just have that burning desire to succeed. They go hard every second they play, and seethe every time they fail. Chris just wasn't one of those guys. Great player, still.

[Droid101]

Chris Webber would have dunked on LerBron so hard. Wish I could've seen it.

[ProfessorMurder]

It's his mind.

Whatever documentary it was, probably the Fab 5 30 for 30 mentioned how he always wanted to be seen as a hood kid even though his family life was decent.

So, his insecurity combined with the Timeout incident kept him from that upper level in my opinion.

He was still great though.

[MMKM]

CWebb was Mr Almost. Had the timeout at Michigan, came within inches of the Finals so often with the kings, you'd wonder how he would have been remembered if a few key moments went his way

[Johnny Jones]

[jdiaby]

The thing that plague Chris Webber is the thing that plague alot big men that are really skillful such as Derrick Coleman and Rasheed Wallace(excluding Duncan). They wanna prove they can do this and that instead of milking there bread and butter. Webber wanted to prove he could pass(top 10 passing big men), had handles, and shot the 15 footer( although to his credit he had a sweet J), instead working on his back to basket game, thats why I respect Shaq. Truthful Webber was athletic but only above average, he wasn't crazy athletic.

[Sarcastic]

CWebb proves that the game is not all about athleticism the way people make it out to be. He was 10x ahead Larry Bird athletically, yet there is no one on god's green earth that would put him ahead of Larry Legend.

[miles berg]

He should have been a legend.

I don't feel like he is a legend at all.

But the talent was legendary.

[TheBigVeto]

Great player and one of the best passers ever from forward position, but dude is a choker.

[Rasheed1]

Shaq... refs ...

[SpecialQue]

[DCL]

some guys think they're better than they are. they get into this zone and play like they're in god mode, even if they aren't even that good. it's just the mentality of thinking that nothing can stop you.

webber, on the other spectrum, didn't have this kind of mojo. he probably thought he was weaker than people made him out to be. he felt pressure and was afraid to be the real man.

so he basically played like chicken shit in big games. he always needed someone like bibby to bail his ass out.

it's not like he tried to be the man and failed. but dude didn't even really try at all.

[AintNoSunshine]

LOL if not for the refs in 2002 he's a nba champion and fmvp