Started By
Message

Next sports god hype and really failing to live up to it

Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:36 am
Posted by East Nasty Swaaaaag
Member since May 2019
1084 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:36 am
Freddy Adu...the next Pele.

Daisuke Matsuzaka....The unhittable gyroball pitch. Lol

Ron Powlus...The next Joe Montana
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65508 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:40 am to
we were told lebron james would be the next jordan
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10449 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:28 am to
This is the best nbadraft.net player comparison ever. I'm not sure it really counts, but whatever.

Posted by Mr Personality
Bangkok
Member since Mar 2014
27364 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:38 am to
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:41 am to
Todd Van Poppel
Harold "Baby Jordan" Miner
Akili Smith could throw a football 90 yards!
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
8447 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:47 am to
Johnny Football
Posted by Keys Open Doors
In hiding with Tupac & XXXTentacion
Member since Dec 2008
31944 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:47 am to
Freddy Adu is a great pick.

Most Olympic sports are usually pretty accurate about their phenoms (Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Dolan, Coughlin in swimming for example all became multiple gold medalists) but Mary Cain went from being the best American junior runner ever to being essentially a very good amateur in 5 years, which is insane.

Imagine if a top 3 recruit in basketball at 17 was playing only in those summer basketball leagues at 22. The closest I can come to that is Josh Selby or Renardo Sidney.
This post was edited on 8/16/19 at 11:49 am
Posted by JS87
Member since Aug 2010
16674 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:49 am to
I think you could literally blow on this dude and his knees would shatter.

Posted by Cregg
Orange Beach
Member since Jul 2017
2027 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 12:06 pm to
Aaron Pico. He almost made the Olympic freestyle wrestling team at 19. Freddie Roach once said he was one of the most naturally gifted boxers he's ever been around. Well he's 4-3 against some bums in Bellator and has been knocked out cold in his last two fights. He's only 22 so who knows.
Posted by RogerTempleton
Austin
Member since Nov 2014
3035 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

Next sports god hype and really failing to live


FIFY

Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32486 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 4:13 pm to
Dont forget Reggie Bush = next Barry Sanders
Posted by ProfFrink
Springfield
Member since Nov 2018
3407 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 8:44 pm to


Darius Miles. Lots of hype. Had a good rookie season and never really did much after.
Posted by PipelineBaw
TX
Member since Jan 2019
1422 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 9:17 pm to
Joe McKnight was pretty highly touted in high school to not really do too much. I know he had little flashes of brilliance but he was being sold as the next great generational RB when he picked USC over LSU
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram