Once Highly Touted, Now Forgotten

[UK-Chulo]

Greg Oden and was put out by injuries, so not really a bust. Same with Bowie...tho he did change how players were drafted in the NBA where its by talent not need now.

Nerlins is still In the nba, while a role player, he's never dropped to the g league.

Anyway, Duke has had several busts in the nba. Remember Jabari Parker?
So has Kansas

How can you say Oden was not a bust because of injuries and then say Jabari Parker was a bust, who was plagued by injuries?

I do agree that injuries preclude someone from being a bust. However your reasoning is flawed.

 

[P. Fanning]

Michael Avery
Dakotah Euton
KC Ross Miller
GJ Vilarino

Vinny Zollo
Landon Slone
Honorable mention: Elisha Justice.

 

[DWDwildcat47]

Vinny Zollo
Landon Slone
Honorable mention: Elisha Justice.

I don't think any of these players were highly touted except in the mind of BG

 

[calismyhero]

MKG maybe? He had a good 1 year at Kentucky but his pro career hasn’t panned out.

Too small to play forward, not enough skill to play guard. Would have been a great college player in another era.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

If something doesn't change, Brandon Boston..

Sam Bowie
Nerlins Noel
Greg Oden
Tyler Hansbrough
Adam Morrison

There is a pretty long list if you really dig into it.

It’s unfair to put Bowie on the list. He played in the NBA. Only injuries hampered him.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

One of Cal's bigger failures was not convincing Dakari Johnson to return for a third year.

A frontline rotation of Johnson, Lee, Skal, and Poythress is probably enough to get that team to a Final Four, especially with Ulis and Murray in the backcourt.

Cal let’s kids jump who are not ready.
It’s one of my biggest criticisms of him.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Zion Williamson (not lack of talent) pending.

Shaedon Sharpe (fake it, until you make it) pending.

Sharpe doin’ more than just faking it. He ain’t even trying.

 

[Mozes-Prince22]

Malik Newman. Some older ones that were very highly rated but not “sure things” were Abdul Gaddy, Jabari Bird, Ivan Rabb, Keala King, Jahii Carson, Josiah Turner, Jabari Brown, Jaylen Hands…some might be picking up on the trend that high 5 star talent that goes to the PAC-12 washes out at an alarming rate.

Abdul Gaddy dated a friend of mine. He said Billy G offered he and Avery Bradley blank checks to come to Kentucky. Heard it directly from his mouth.

 

[BigKari]

Abdul Gaddy dated a friend of mine. He said Billy G offered he and Avery Bradley blank checks to come to Kentucky. Heard it directly from his mouth.

There’s no way for me to substantiate what you are saying, but I’m not in disbelief by it.

 

[jcmc225]

Quincy Miller

 

[Mozes-Prince22]

There’s no way for me to substantiate what you are saying, but I’m not in disbelief by it.

Just a little fun fact. He definitely never lived up to his ranking.

 

[YankeeCpt_rivals378522]

Rashaad Carruth

 

[UK_fan_41102]

The highly touted South American point guard.

 

[HagginHall1999]

Never panned out is quite the exaggeration. He scored 1,927 points at St. John’s….4th all time and good for a 16.9 career average and was a first round NBA draft pick.

Didn’t live up to the crazy hype? Yes
Never planned out? No

Good point. Dude was on cover of Sports Illustrated. Believe he was same class as Zion Hamilton?

 

[HagginHall1999]

Anyone say Lester Earl? Huge recruit in mid-90's. Wound up at LSU and then Kansas. Never lived up to the hype.

 

[christophero]

Lets not forget the first Lenny Cooke and really the first Lebron.
Lloyd "Sweet Pea" Daniels.
In 85 Garfinkle called him the best junior(hs) thats even been born.
He got busted at a Vegas crack house and was later shot but he still played a few years on some crappy Spurs teams.

My dad was a high school coach in Queens and I saw Lloyd Daniels play several times in high school. Kid was the real deal. A 6-9 point guard. He could do it all. But yes, clearly troubled. It was a miracle he even played in the NBA after being shot.

 

[ekywildcat_rivals26726]

Probably been mentioned already, but Richard Madison "the Master Blaster" never lived up to the hype that I thought he would. With a nick name like that you should be hell on wheels, Good guy, but soft.

 

[YankeeCpt_rivals378522]

Hunter McClintock

 

[DWDwildcat47]

Hunter McClintock

Where did he end up going to school

 

[P. Fanning]

Where did he end up going to school

Oral Roberts, then transferred to Lenoir-Rhyne.

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

begok attempted to put a square peg in a round hole when he mis-used Skal.

Never a banger, begok attempted to make him bang inside--mistake, failure.

rr

The same can be said about making up nicknames.

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

I don't think Devin Askew is necessarily a bust. He was a 4* recruit by a lot of recruiting outlets. His issue was that he was put into a position that he should have never been in the first place.

 

[TBCat]

Greg Oden and was put out by injuries, so not really a bust. Same with Bowie...tho he did change how players were drafted in the NBA where its by talent not need now.

Nerlins is still In the nba, while a role player, he's never dropped to the g league.

Anyway, Duke has had several busts in the nba. Remember Jabari Parker?
So has Kansas

No way Bowie belongs on that list. Not only the injuries but he ended up being a pretty good NBA player for a 10+ years. Career averages of 10pt and 7 reb. At his peak he was averaging around 15pts and 8rbs. Not hall of fame numbers but hardly a bust.

 

[UKWildcatT]

Do people know what “bust” means. A guy like Anthony Bennett is a bust.

 

[HurleyToHill]

Bud Mackey

 

[Ohiocatfan826]

Havent read all 5 pages of this thread, but if Tamir Goodman hasnt made the list of most hyped high school players to just disappear it should. Jewish Jordan was the nickname

 

[Blueheart32]

It’s unfair to put Bowie on the list. He played in the NBA. Only injuries hampered him.

Original post was about Giles. Aren't injuries what hampered him too?

 

[bassworship]

Original post was about Giles. Aren't injuries what hampered him too?

Different for Giles as he never made any significant impact on any team in College and so far in the Pros. Bowie started and played many years in the NBA despite injuries. Many NBA centers said he was one of the toughest players they had ever played against in the NBA.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Different for Giles as he never made any significant impact on any team in College and so far in the Pros. Bowie started and played many years in the NBA despite injuries. Many NBA centers said he was one of the toughest players they had ever played against in the NBA.

He was drafted higher than Michael Jordan wasn’t he?

 

[P. Fanning]

He was drafted higher than Michael Jordan wasn’t he?

Yes he was. He went 2nd, Jordan went 3rd.

 

[yoshukai]

He was drafted higher than Michael Jordan wasn’t he?

Yes he was. He went 2nd, Jordan went 3rd.

But he was drafted ahead of Jordan because Portland already had Clyde Drexler playing that position and they felt Drexler was as good or better than Jordan . It had nothing to do with Bowie vs Jordan . They NEEDED a center.

 

[W1LDCAT22]

Lenny Cooke

Even though Jabari Parker had a little more success than Giles, Parker was a massive dud.

 

[bassworship]

He was drafted higher than Michael Jordan wasn’t he?

Who cares that has nothing to do with whether he was a massive failure. A failure is one that has no success. Bowie despite being on eof the most injured players had a long career in the NBA and was a starter most of those years.

 

[yoshukai]

Even though Jabari Parker had a little more success than Giles, Parker was a massive dud.

Okay????

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Who cares that has nothing to do with whether he was a massive failure. A failure is one that has no success. Bowie despite being on eof the most injured players had a long career in the NBA and was a starter most of those years.

Whatever bro

 

[albundy83]

Dontonio Wingfield at Cincy. Top 10 player in the early 90's and played 1 year at UC and left for the NBA. Did maybe 2 years and out of the league!