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re: Pro franchises that waste the most talent

Posted on 2/18/21 at 3:57 pm to
Posted by Large Farva
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2013
8725 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 3:57 pm to
Lakers from 2017 or 2018. Do they qualify?

BI, Zo, Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle, Deangelo Russel, Josh Hart, Kuzma, Brook Lopez, Zubac, Larry Nance.
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 4:24 pm
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
97993 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:01 pm to
Clip show have had 100 billion #1 picks under Sterling and did nothing with the talent
Posted by ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
17372 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:03 pm to
Marlins once had:

Giancarlo Stanton
Christian Yelich
Marcell Ozuna
JT Realmuto
Ichiro
Dee Gordon
Jose Fernandez(RIP)

And only won 79 games.

Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
19165 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:12 pm to
The Lions. What other franchise has their all-time greats retire or leave in their prime? As of late though, I have to say the Texans. Losing D-Hop, Watt and Watson in the span of about a year and they never even made an AFC Championship. I’m also going to throw in the 2000s Chargers here for wasting some elite teams as well.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
150131 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:13 pm to
Astros. Look at all of that talent they had but they still had to cheat to win
Posted by Large Farva
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2013
8725 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:13 pm to
They still won though.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79427 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:17 pm to
Do be fair we CO3 has never won a championship and we could have won one with AD and Lebron James.

So frick off.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26346 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:26 pm to
Well there was that time that the Thunder drafted future MVPs in 3 consecutive seasons but never did better than a gentleman sweep in the finals
Posted by 805tiger
Member since Oct 2011
4557 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:46 pm to
I’m surprised it took so long for someone to mention OKC Thunder. I thought they would be named in the first couple of replies...
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
22302 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 4:52 pm to
Dallas Cowboys
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 4:53 pm
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29199 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 5:11 pm to
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nobody will ever top the Buffalo Bills losing 4 Super Bowls in a row. That’s the ultimate waste of elite talent


This has got to be one of the dumbest sports takes I’ve ever read/heard.
Posted by Buckeye Backer
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
9503 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 6:06 pm to
Cleveland Indians.... /thread
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
28565 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 6:25 pm to
Atlanta Braves were close. One title during that run is not all that impressive. They had the best pitching staff in baseball for a long while with a studded line up and fell short constantly.
Posted by KD Burner Account
Out of Bounds
Member since May 2019
2525 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:03 pm to
Yep they had the same core too the next year and were up 6-2 in the 8th to take a 2-0 series lead going back to Detroit against the Red Sox in the ALCS. Papi hits a grand slam and the series momentum completely flips. Brutal.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
48386 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Atlanta Braves were close. One title during that run is not all that impressive. They had the best pitching staff in baseball for a long while with a studded line up and fell short constantly.


The hitting routinely disappeared in October.
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
19352 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:43 pm to
Mariners had Arod, Griffey and Randy Johnson and won 85, 90 and 78 games....















But the St Louis Blues are actually much worse: over the course of the 90s they had:

Wayne Gretzky

Scott Stevens

Brendan Shanahan

Rod Brindamor

Al MacInnis

Brett Hull

Grant Fuhr

Chris fricking Pronger

and more HOFers that I'm forgetting about and only got to 1 Conference Championship
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 7:47 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78328 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:48 pm to
Detroit Lions
Posted by the crue
Chackbay-Thibodaux
Member since May 2008
4076 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

Cleveland Indians - those powerhouse teams in the 90’s should have won at least one. You had peak Thome, Manny, Alomar, Lofton, Vizquel.
don't forget albert bell
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:55 pm to
The Texas Rangers have 6 MVPs all time and 0 World Series
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80523 posts
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:57 pm to
San Diego Chargers are up there from recent history.
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