Biggest Waste of Talent in Sports History? - Page 4

Borgland · #31 07-13-2007, 03:21 AM

Michael Vick (so far)

TheNoodleMan · #32 07-13-2007, 03:22 AM

To those saying Prior, Bo, Grant Hill:

Getting hurt is not the same thing as wasting talent.

Borgland · #33 07-13-2007, 03:24 AM

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To those saying Prior, Bo, Grant Hill:

Getting hurt is not the same thing as wasting talent.

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QFT

silver book · #34 07-13-2007, 03:30 AM

who is reggie lewis, and how did he die?

I nominate maurice clarret

nutshot2 · #35 07-13-2007, 03:31 AM

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Reggie Lewis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reggie Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was a basketball player for the Boston Celtics from 1987—1993. He averaged 20.8 points per game in each of his last two seasons with the Celtics, and finished with a career average of 17.6 points per contest. His #35 jersey was retired by the Celtics as a memorial to him.

Born in Baltimore, Lewis played his college ball in Boston at Northeastern University, where his retired uniform number now hangs in tribute in Matthews Arena.

Lewis played along side fellow Celtics greats like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. He became the sixth captain of the Celtics, taking over from Larry Bird. In his first and only year of leading the team, he brought the Celtics to the 1993 playoffs. In the first game of the playoffs against the Charlotte Hornets, his heart ailment (which would later claim his life) caused him to collapse.

Lewis died when he had a heart attack on the basketball court at an off-season practice in 1993 at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

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And Clarett is a good one too. He's one of the only guys on this list that wasn't hurt, or involved with drugs. Just a [censored] idiot.

rubbrband · #36 07-13-2007, 03:34 AM

Shawn Kemp

rubbrband · #37 07-13-2007, 03:38 AM

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yeah but grant hill was actually an elite player for a while. Vince literally has wasted all his abilities.

sloth,

As tragic as Reggie's death was, he wasn't in the same league as Len Bias.

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Who says Vince is a great talent? He won a slam dunk contest. That doesn't make him a great ball player.

nutshot2 · #38 07-13-2007, 03:43 AM

So Ricky Williams is elite but VC isn't? Please explain.

LionelHutz00 · #39 07-13-2007, 03:47 AM

I nominate Ryan Leaf

rubbrband · #40 07-13-2007, 03:53 AM

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So Ricky Williams is elite but VC isn't? Please explain.

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What has vince ever done? Started for UNC? Won a dunk contest? Sports center highlights? Has he ever even been the best player on his team?