Terrible Career Mistakes that changed the outcome of the Player Trajectory or Impact

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Saquon on the leveon bell path

 

[duckbutta]

did anyone bring up Schroeder?

Dude spent too much time listening to the "know your worth" grifters online...and fukked off $84M's

Arguably the most underrated answer in this thread

He won't ever make that money back in his career

Same thing with Nerlens. Won't ever make back that mavericks bread he turned down.

I don't know if their is a bigger career mistake than losing out on 10 of millions of dollars worth of lifetime earnings

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Len Bias and Reggie Lewis dying young and Ralph Sampson not getting in 10 healthy years, Would have been nice to see MJ's Bulls vs that comp . Jordan & Pip vs Bias and Lewis (Maybe old Bird, McHale & Parrish) . Sampson and Hakeem with 10 good years together would have been a problem too.

Detroit was practically the only top tier bulls opponent that naturally aged out. All the others got ruined by something external. LA had magic getting HIV (they won 63 & 58 games the 2 years after Kareem retired with that finals trip along the way). Portland had the issue of Sabonis not being able to come over from Europe until the blazers core team had aged out & Clyde was traded to Houston. Orlando had injuries ruin their 1996 postseason run & then the way they lowballed Shaq & caused him to leave for LA. Seattle spent huge money on Jim Mcilvaine after the finals which caused Kemp to implode. Would’ve been nice to see the bulls with a legit rival team that could’ve competed with them. Would’ve been better for the league long term and maybe short term too.

Gilbert arenas injured by Gerald Wallace, Over rehabbing and keep hurting himself then guns in the locker room. Led to a dallas mavericks title because three of our starters got traded there in caron, brendan haywood and deshawn stevenson.

John wall parting and drinking when he should have been rehabbing and throwing up gang signs. Had a sus slip in the bathroom to reinjure his shyt. Other possible addiction issues. Now teams are not even tripping over themselves to sign him. But in his defense bruh was going through a lot with deaths in his family ( his single mom who raised him for one)

Damn, that shyt has never even crossed my mind . Dallas never reached the finals without those moves. Dirk & Terry retiring with the perception of them being soft chokers. They were the first team in 30 years to blow a 2-0 lead in the finals in 2006 & lost in the first round 3 of the next 4 years with that loss to the warriors the next year. Who knows how LeBron, Wade, Spo, Riley, & the Heat approach that offseason if they won in 2011 or how the lockout & cba negotiations go? Remember, a huge part of the negotiations were the shytty owners complaining about the heat and trying to get a cba explicitly designed to break them up. Those owners legit might’ve cancelled the 2011-12 season out of spite. Then never happens either & Dwight never injures his back or asks the magic to fire SVG. Maybe Chris Paul ends up somewhere other than LA with the clippers too.

 

[Alvin]

If white people didn't hate on Warren Moon, he would arguably be a top 5 QB if he didn't spend his prime in the CFL. If Herschel Walker spent his first 3 years in the NFL, he was a beast with the cowboys in the mid 80s.

 

[SCJoe]

Andrew Luck going back to Stanford for a year to avoid getting drafted by Carolina. We probably win at least 2 rings by now and he would have played with a league average O-line so he would still be in the league.

 

[L&HH]

Gilbert arenas injured by Gerald Wallace, Over rehabbing and keep hurting himself then guns in the locker room. Led to a dallas mavericks title because three of our starters got traded there in caron, brendan haywood and deshawn stevenson.

John wall parting and drinking when he should have been rehabbing and throwing up gang signs. Had a sus slip in the bathroom to reinjure his shyt. Other possible addiction issues. Now teams are not even tripping over themselves to sign him. But in his defense bruh was going through a lot with deaths in his family ( his single mom who raised him for one)

This the first I’ve heard about him slipping in a bathroom and reinjuring the Achilles

 

[Blackrogue]

This the first I’ve heard about him slipping in a bathroom and reinjuring the Achilles

he said something like that but it was suspect. Like i remember at the time thinking no one thought about putting things in the bathroom for that not to happen?

Wizards star John Wall ruptures Achilles after 'slipping and falling' in his home

Washington Wizards star John Wall will miss approximately\u00a012 months with a ruptured left Achilles tendon after \

www.usatoday.com

 

[mastermind]

John wall parting and drinking when he should have been rehabbing and throwing up gang signs. Had a sus slip in the bathroom to reinjure his shyt. Other possible addiction issues. Now teams are not even tripping over themselves to sign him. But in his defense bruh was going through a lot with deaths in his family ( his single mom who raised him for one)

Yeah

I think in 5-10 years Wall will come out and talk about being an alcoholic. He had a lot of issues those few years.

It’s wild too because I think he came in the league saying he was teetotal and wouldn’t get tats.

 

[Blackrogue]

Yeah

I think in 5-10 years Wall will come out and talk about being an alcoholic. He had a lot of issues those few years.

It’s wild too because I think he came in the league saying he was teetotal and wouldn’t get tats.

I don't say this anywhere but long ago I saw some blind item about a wizards player who was an iron man and could play through injuries, and that players "brothers" would purchase cocaine. At first I was like Beal? because Beal got brothers. After the alcohol Issues, I was like man? maybe this is about John Wall. The brothers being the people that are his boys that hang out in his circle.

We should have seen it when he dougied that this man love to party.. And Apparently the douggie was cause Gilbert Arenas dared him and bet him.

 

[mastermind]

I don't say this anywhere but long ago I saw some blind item about a wizards player who was an iron man and could play through injuries, and that players "brothers" would purchase cocaine. At first I was like Beal? because Beal got brothers. After the alcohol Issues, I was like man? maybe this is about John Wall. The brothers being the people that are his boys that hang out in his circle.

We should have seen it when he dougied that this man love to party.. And Apparently the douggie was cause Gilbert Arenas dared him and bet him.

Yeah, he ain’t wanna do the dougie. I remember that.

Idk about cocaine tho. That’s wild, but wouldn’t surprise me. A lot of nba players do coke.

 

[Marc Spector]

Yeah, he ain’t wanna do the dougie. I remember that.

Idk about cocaine tho. That’s wild, but wouldn’t surprise me. A lot of nba players do coke.

cant tell me the entire charlotte hornets dont

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Larry Fitz staying loyal to the Cardinals.

Kyrie leaving Lebron James to become a allstar journeyman.

Lonzo wearing BBB instead of signing with Nike.

Draymond getting himself suspended in 2016.

He got injured in other shoes but he and other other brothers shouldve stuck with Lavar and built that brand.

The amount of energy they had with the kid/teens could've easily had them become a wholesaler for a ton of these no name high schools for all kinds of sports uniforms and shyt. Not every school is getting a Nike deal or anything close to it. BBB needed stronger designs, reachable price point and someone in the wholesale game to work these schools into an apparel deal.

Then do little sub brands for the sons and jack up the price.

 

[PaperEnterprise]

Kyrie leaving Cleveland

 

[zayk35]

Arguably the most underrated answer in this thread

He won't ever make that money back in his career

Same thing with Nerlens. Won't ever make back that mavericks bread he turned down.

I don't know if their is a bigger career mistake than losing out on 10 of millions of dollars worth of lifetime earnings

Them boys probably have night terrors to this day over that. Un-fukkking believable, to miss out on that type of guaranteed coin. Agents should lose licenses over that shyt.

 

[Leasy]

Len Bias and Reggie Lewis dying young and Ralph Sampson not getting in 10 healthy years, Would of been nice to see MJ's Bulls vs that comp . Jordan & Pip vs Bias and Lewis (Maybe old Bird, McHale & Parrish) . Sampson and Hakeem with 10 good years together would of been a problem too.

shyt you can add Hank Gathers he for sure would of been a hall of famer in the NBA. He dropped almost 50 on shaq in college at 6'8.