Athletes that got lazy/fell off after getting the bag

[ReturnOfJudah]

Surprise no mention of DeShaun Watson . I am not going to lie, if you give me 240 Million plus guaranteed in Football, you not getting much out of me. Basketball and Soccer yes because I naturally enjoy the game but not football.

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[patscorpio]

Nnamdi Asomugha was a huge disappointment

 

[VBM]

Kobe after that 2013 contract .

2014-2015 - 35 games 37% FG%
2015-2016 - 66 games 36% FG%

 

[mbewane]

Hear me out but...did Beal really "get lazy/fall off" though? He was never an elite player to begin with. He was always overrated and was overpaid by a trash organization, but did he actually get worse after signing? For me he was never that guy, neither before nor after getting the bag.

 

[Damnshow]

Rashard Lewis for sure. Once he got paid in Orlando he was supposed to take it to another level but he kept getting worse than his Seattle version.

 

[duckbutta]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned the GOAT fall off Chris Davis:

This video pretty much sums it up:



Got paid and had the worst hitting season ever...
Had a 54 at bat hitless streak...

His deferred payments:

Retired in 2021 after becoming the worst hitter in baseball and getting multimillion dollar checks until 2032, where the last 5 years he only gets a little over a million.

 

[jadillac]

Jim McIlvaine

Dude ALMOST had more fouls than points scored in every season he played. And still got a gigantic contract.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Hear me out but...did Beal really "get lazy/fall off" though? He was never an elite player to begin with. He was always overrated and was overpaid by a trash organization, but did he actually get worse after signing? For me he was never that guy, neither before nor after getting the bag.

This plays a part bc he never deserved that heavy of a contract to begin with. GM was tripping giving a slightly above average player a contract meant for top 10-15 type of players

 

[MurderToCassette]

Kobe after that 2013 contract .

2014-2015 - 35 games 37% FG%
2015-2016 - 66 games 36% FG%

Kobe tore his and achilles an he was 137 years old!

 

[SoSoSlick]

Hear me out but...did Beal really "get lazy/fall off" though? He was never an elite player to begin with. He was always overrated and was overpaid by a trash organization, but did he actually get worse after signing? For me he was never that guy, neither before nor after getting the bag.

Beal was ascending every year. Especially from 17-21. Yes on a bad team, but averaging 30 per year for 4 years straight will get any player paid in this league. He got injured, but from both a stats and eye test perspective, he absolutely got worse immediately after signing.

 

[VBM]

Kobe tore his and achilles an he was 137 years old!

Thread title said no time for context

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Andy Ruiz

 

[who_better_than_me]

Baseball is the reaper of this thread.

Anthony Rendon. Comes to mind instantly


Stephen Strasburg won WS mvp and cashed out. Joe Flacco must’ve been his mentor . He resigned for 7 years 245 on December 2019. Since then he’s started 8 games.

 

[Mandizi]

Jim McIlvaine

Dude ALMOST had more fouls than points scored in every season he played. And still got a gigantic contract.

He wasn't a good player though. His contract caused the riff that lead to Kemp getting traded out of Seattle.

 

[jadillac]

He wasn't a good player though. His contract caused the riff that lead to Kemp getting traded out of Seattle.

That's why I put yhe troll face.

And yep, he ruined what they had going there. They were trash ever since until they left Seattle