All time wasted NBA talents ?

[SCS]

John "Hot Plate" Williams had game but stress and depression led him to eating himself out of the league.

Darius Miles could have been the best player from a terrible draft but injuries ruined a promising career.

Steve Francis was supremely talented but didn't have his head on straight.

 

[NAOS]

WCS deserves a spot in this discussion (if he hasn’t been mentioned already).

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Roy Tarpley

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

A few played less than 6-7 seasons but had potential:

Jarred Sullinger
Michael Sweetney
Kwame Brown
Larry Sanders

Larry Sanders is a good one.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jay Williams from Duke says hello.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Bowie. Lol sandwiches between Hakeem Olajuwon and MJ. in the draft. A draft that featured some all time greats. Lol.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Jay Williams from Duke says hello.

He’s not a wasted talent. Lost his career injury.

 

[prodigy]

I was recently surprised to learn that Ben McLemore was still in the league, career has been so underwhelming. Jay Bilas said he had the highest ceiling, most likely to be all star from that class:

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

AK47

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

AK47

Imagine him on this team pre-paid AK that is. Imagine him and Gobert on the same team defense, and he would’ve played mostly pf.

 

[Getting Traded]

Imagine him on this team pre-paid AK that is. Imagine him and Gobert on the same team defense, and he would’ve played mostly pf.

AK in his pre-contract days was even better on defense than Gobert.

 

[infection]

AK in his pre-contract days was even better on defense than Gobert.

No. No, he wasn’t.