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Posted on 4/5/24 at 8:33 pm to
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30616 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 8:33 pm to
Brandon Roy was a hall of fame player.
Posted by cascadia
Georgia
Member since Jan 2014
2089 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 9:04 pm to
As a blazer fan where do I start?
Posted by Socrates Johnson
Madisonville
Member since Apr 2012
2111 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:02 pm to
quote:

For my Hawks fan(s


Nique was never the same explosiveness either.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48998 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:09 pm to
For Auburn, Chuma Okeke

But

quote:

Greg Oden
is a good choice
Posted by LakeRunner
Ponchatoula
Member since Jun 2018
56 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 10:58 pm to
D-Rose and it’s not close. He may have been the greatest slasher of all-time.
Posted by karmew32
Ponchatoula, LA
Member since Jan 2017
1512 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:03 pm to
For the Pelicans:
-CP3 meniscus 2010
-Cousins Achilles 2018

Not for the Pelicans
-Kinda cheating here, since it's only one injury, but Chris Webber's 2003 meniscus injury. The Kings were poised for a championship run where they never even faced a Game 7.
Posted by boxersdrule
Member since Nov 2007
614 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:13 pm to
Danny Manning
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25727 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

Larry bird


I was amazed it was one and a half pages in before Larry came up. I wasn't a Celtics fan but it is a shame he had to play with the back of his. I can't imagine how good he would have been if he had played his whole career without back issues.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80295 posts
Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:50 pm to
Cousins achiles is underrated especially with AD that year
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22207 posts
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:01 am to
Larry Bird

A couple others that haven’t been mentioned are Bobby Hurley and Ramon Ramos.
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 6:33 am
Posted by slutiger5
Parroquias de Florida
Member since May 2007
10651 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:33 pm to
Bro rose was gonna get hurt. He was unicorn. Westbrook and iverson were similar,but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much power and speed ever from a player other than lebron. Super suprised Westbrook has stayed healthy this long. Iverson I’m sure had ailments but was able to play feather weight at what 5”10. Westbrook and rose were 6”3ish but Westbrook more lengthy while rose extremely compact like a running back.

Hill and penny both could have accomplished more with their ability and size without chronic injuries.

Roy was very impressive but really got dealt bad cards.

I think Yao has to be thrown in the mix. Ford out of Texas, Jason Williams out of duke are players with great abilities and bad luck.


Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
13953 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:01 am to
A healthy Bill Walton would have been Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2.0. Larry Bird was Larry Bird no matter what his back was like. In his era the Celtics and the Lakers would have met in the finals for about ten years in a row and each would have won about half of them so not much in history would have changed. A healthy Walton would have given Portland two or three more championships in the mid to late 1970s before Bird and Magic entered the league.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13306 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:05 am to
As an Atlanta guy, I’d have to say Trae Young specifically for the 2021 playoffs. They knocked out the top seeded Sixers in the 2nd Round and were 2-2 against the Bucks. Young missed games 4 and 5 I think and then tried to force playing in the elimination game and wasn’t all that good.

Even though they were the top seed in 2015 or so, that team was never going to beat LeBron or the Warriors. 2021 was their best shot at a title in their Atlanta stint probably since the Nique vs Bird playoff series
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 6:08 am
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31315 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:25 am to
penny or grant hill. both top 20 talents. Grant had potential to be top 10, even top 5.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127427 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:32 am to
Shaun Livingston.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
35869 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:35 am to
Gilbert Arenas. Gerald Wallace fell on his leg and it was over, but Agent 0 was one of the elite scorers in the league at that point really coming into his own. He went into Staples Center and dropped 60 on Kobe and then 54 less than a week later on the Suns earlier that season.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
13496 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:45 am to
quote:

Larry bird



Seconded.
Posted by SPEEDY
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Member since Dec 2003
83375 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:54 am to
Bobby Hurley
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
701 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:06 am to
Sam bowie
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66680 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:11 am to
Greg Oden’s career just always seemed so tragic.

The added pressure of being first overall, and having Durant behind him.

I also think he would have been incredible if his body just cooperated
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