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? asked in SportsBasketball · 7 years ago

NBA Players that Could Have been Greater?

Mine is:

Vince Carter (He never had full Heart passion to the game, also injuries)

T-mac ( Injuries!!)

Shawn Kemp ( Too much busy fathering kids)

Grant hill ( Injuries!!)

Penny Hardaway ( Injuries!! again)

Yao Ming ( Yeah you know it! injuries!!)

Antoine Walker ( Ego Problems)

ETC..

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  • 7 years ago

    Bill Walton

    Grant Hill

    Greg Oden

    Sam Bowie

    Yao Ming

    Tracy McGrady

    Brandon Roy

    Injuries all.

  • 7 years ago

    Greg Oden - Injuries since the beginning

    T-Mac - Could have still played at a high level like he did with Rockets

    Grant Hill - Lot of potential to grow, but stopped by injury

    Brandon Roy - retired too early from injury

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Derrick Rose

    Shawn Kemp

    Greg Oden

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Brandon Roy - injuries

    t-mac - injuries again

    grant hill - injuries too

    penny hardaway - injuries yet again

    yao - injuries

    greg oden too - we never really got to see what greg oden could do, but when he was healthy he was dominant, he just was always hurt a lot

    shawn kemp - he just seemed to get really fat and out of shape, and it took a toll on his game.

    man injuries suck, **** injuries

  • 7 years ago

    Tracy McGrady was great. His career was cut short, but he still had about a pretty long 8 year window where he was an elite player. I don't think he belongs on the list.

    I think of Penny Hardaway, who had one of the best starts to his career in his first 4 years, and then injuries took it away.

  • 7 years ago

    Out of those guys, T-Mac by far, it has been said he beat Kobe 1v1. Kobe denies it though. But if he didn't have the injuries he would be arguably one of the greatest he had it all, size speed, handles, hops, wasn't goofy. Any many more, but Also AI, go look at the team he took the 6ers to the finals with, his was way way way way worse the. Te first time Lebron was in CLE seriously check it out lol.

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    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Derrick Rose - He'll never be the same player again.

    Paul George - Promising career cut short by a gruesome injury, never to be heard from again.

  • 7 years ago

    I think Shaq had the potential to of been the greatest player in NBA history....Still a top 15 player of all time and a future Hall of famer but it could of been so much better

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    grant hill

  • 7 years ago

    arvydas sabonis could have been an all time great if played in the nba during his prime

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