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If Everyone Lived Up To Their Potential How Would The Positional Rankings Look (NBA)
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There wouldn't be any 2nd round virgin jokes for T-Mac or Melo, especially T-Mac. Son could've been having memorable wars with Kobe in the West.
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yup.. easy
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NBAdraft.net just lost all credibility with that comparison.. How they compare him to jordan? Smh
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Beas would be averaging 30 and 15.
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Who was really expecting OJ Mayo to be that good?
I never in my life heard someone say they thought he would ever be Kobe good. Maybe when he was like 16 in the 8th grade but by his senior year that hype died down.
I never in my life heard someone say they thought he would ever be Kobe good. Maybe when he was like 16 in the 8th grade but by his senior year that hype died down.
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Double J,
Why do you feel McGee's potential is higher than Dwights?
Why do you feel McGee's potential is higher than Dwights?
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Lebron James with Kobe's mind and work ethic.
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/thread. My favorite player of all time. I love him for what he has done on the court but I also hate him for what he hasn't done off the court.
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Mike Beasley would be starting in the All-Star game, and a MVP contender
Rudy Gay would be an All-Star
Joe Alexander would be getting PT for the Bucks
Rudy Gay would be an All-Star
Joe Alexander would be getting PT for the Bucks
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People have gotten too comfortable with saying extremely athletic players have potential. The mental aspect is equally important, and it's not something that just comes out of nowhere. Mcgee can jump high, but he probably also has the lowest IQ in the game, and in that sense his "potential" is overstated.
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Henzo did
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Originally Posted by freakydestroyer
Lebron James with Kobe's mind and work ethic.
Cleveland would have three peated by now
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Jeremy Lin would be 12th man on the Wizards.
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surprised nobody said Penny/Grant Hill would be top 5 (at their respective positions)
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I don't, which is why I said this:
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QFT!!!
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Originally Posted by freakydestroyer
Lebron James with Kobe's mind and work ethic.
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Sheed and Odom would have been two of the greatest PF ever. TMAC would have been a better player than Kobe and probably have a few rings.
Y'all might think I'm crazy but if we're talking greatest potential I think Shaq and Lebron would be 1a and 1b for me. As great of a career as Shaq had, he was so physically dominant that if he had had the work ethic to stay in good shape and hit his free throws he could have put up 30+ and 20 for a long stretch of his career. As it was he was so skilled and athletic even when he wasn't in the best of shape. Look at Bynum right now hes tge 2nd best big man in the league and able to outmuscle most guys in the post; Shaq was 30 lbs heavier and 10 times more mobile. Phil Jackson once told him early on in his coaching tenure that Shaq should be able to win 10 straight MVP awards, and I really don't think that's as big of a stretch as it sounds.
As far as Bron goes I think if he had the same mentality as a Jordan, Kobe, or even Wade (and a better team around him than the Cavs had) he would already have a couple championships at least. Look how he took that sorry $%% Cavs team to the Finals at such a young age, and how he scored 25 straight pts against the Pistons in the playoffs that year. Even hough he's having one of the most efficient seasons ever this year, part of me wishes he still had his own team so we could see him display his individual greatness more often. When he's actually assertive he is one of the most unstoppable offensive players I've ever seen, but he seems too content to coast or defer and take a backseat at times. I still think he has it in him to average 35-10-10 for a season, just not playing alongside Wade.
Y'all might think I'm crazy but if we're talking greatest potential I think Shaq and Lebron would be 1a and 1b for me. As great of a career as Shaq had, he was so physically dominant that if he had had the work ethic to stay in good shape and hit his free throws he could have put up 30+ and 20 for a long stretch of his career. As it was he was so skilled and athletic even when he wasn't in the best of shape. Look at Bynum right now hes tge 2nd best big man in the league and able to outmuscle most guys in the post; Shaq was 30 lbs heavier and 10 times more mobile. Phil Jackson once told him early on in his coaching tenure that Shaq should be able to win 10 straight MVP awards, and I really don't think that's as big of a stretch as it sounds.
As far as Bron goes I think if he had the same mentality as a Jordan, Kobe, or even Wade (and a better team around him than the Cavs had) he would already have a couple championships at least. Look how he took that sorry $%% Cavs team to the Finals at such a young age, and how he scored 25 straight pts against the Pistons in the playoffs that year. Even hough he's having one of the most efficient seasons ever this year, part of me wishes he still had his own team so we could see him display his individual greatness more often. When he's actually assertive he is one of the most unstoppable offensive players I've ever seen, but he seems too content to coast or defer and take a backseat at times. I still think he has it in him to average 35-10-10 for a season, just not playing alongside Wade.
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Originally Posted by show time 96
No he wasn'tOJ mayo was made out to be more than what he really was by the media ( like the Baby Lebron talk early in his HS days)
Juice is a good / average athlete & is 6-4 with no Point guard skills so he celling wasn't much higher than what it is right now a good NBA player
a 41 inch vert is a lil better than good/average athleticism i would think
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Jordan Farmar posted a 40 inch vertical at the combine. I wouldn't read too much into those numbers.Originally Posted by eashawty
Originally Posted by show time 96
No he wasn'tOJ mayo was made out to be more than what he really was by the media ( like the Baby Lebron talk early in his HS days)
Juice is a good / average athlete & is 6-4 with no Point guard skills so he celling wasn't much higher than what it is right now a good NBA player
a 41 inch vert is a lil better than good/average athleticism i would think
Based on what WE SEE watching the games...Juice is a GOOD athlete. Certainly not in the pantheon category.
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Originally Posted by freakydestroyer
Lebron James with Kobe's mind and work ethic.
But imagine Kobe with a better bench and/or Shaq staying a couple more years
He would have had at least 2 more rings.
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Bill Walker anyone? His high school athleticism was
I had the chance to watch the greyhounds (mayo and walkers aau team) play several times, that team ways filthy.
I had the chance to watch the greyhounds (mayo and walkers aau team) play several times, that team ways filthy.
