ESPN Top 25 Unfulfilled Potential Athletes

[The_Third_Man]

Players with major injuries should never be considered Unfulfilled Potential/bust. it's unfair to compare them to players who were not ready for the pro

 

[Colin X]

No Anthony Bennett, Trent Richardson, Tim Couch

Bennett had no fukkin potential

 

[Scottie Drippin]

This might be a long shot for some but remember the Dan and Dave hype for the Barcelona Olympics. These dudes were all over TV, cereal, posters....





















........then Dan failed to qualify for the Olympics

And then Rebook dropped him.....only for him to sign with Nike, win three straight world championships, and Olympic gold in Atlanta, when the entire point was Rebook trying to come back on Nike after Nike's great commercial runs in the late 80'summer and early 90's.

More like a great marketing failure

 

[Justise M]

jay Williams gotta feel bad walking through the ESPN offices today

 

[NatiboyB]

We expected better: Top 25 of unfulfilled potential

25. Matt Leinart
24. Bo Jackson
23. Ki-Jana Carter
22. Generation K
21. Roy Tarpley
20. Tony Mandarich
19. Drew Henson
18. Tony Conigliaro
17. Aaron Hernandez
16. Vince Young
15. Todd Marinovich
14. Lawrence Phillips
13. Akili Smith
12. Matt Bush
11. Brian Bosworth
10. Jamarcus Russell
9. Brien Taylor
8. Freddy Adu
7. Maurice Clarett
6. Mark Prior
5. Jay Williams
4. Ryan Leaf
3. Marcus Dupree
2. Sam Bowie
1. Greg Oden

damn Ohio was well represented on this list sheez.

 

[NatiboyB]

I thought Vince Carter would be on the list. Out of this world talent, but unfortunately, a role player mentality. Imagine if he had Kobe's killer instinct

he was still a HOF player.....

 

[Illin Degenerate]

clarett was never going to be a good pro even if he wasnt a knucklehead. if you never had pro bowl/all star potential how are you going to be in a top 25 unfulfilled potential list.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Bo does not belong on this list. He is The Notorious B.I.G. of sports history.

Freddy Adu doesn't belong on this list, because nobody gives a chit about soccer.

Generation K is only here because they were on a New York team.
Teams always have young arms that they hype up. Their downfall was that the Mets sucked so
much that they had to rush all of them through the system so fast.

Roy Tarpley may not have the most unfulfilled potential from his draft class. lol
he was the same year as Brad Daugherty, Len Bias, Chris Washburn, Drazen Petrovic, and Sabonis.

Drew Henson was never gonna be great.

If they're including guys who got injured, Ed O'Bannon should've been on here.

Where in the FUCC is Tommie Frazier??

Tommie Frazier? Who expected him to be anything after college?

 

[Originalgangsta317]

Yo OJ Mayo ass gotta be on here this nikka was GOD his HS days,heard about that nikka every 2 seconds

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

This might be a long shot for some but remember the Dan and Dave hype for the Barcelona Olympics. These dudes were all over TV, cereal, posters....





















........then Dan failed to qualify for the Olympics

 

[Rekkapryde]

This might be a long shot for some but remember the Dan and Dave hype for the Barcelona Olympics. These dudes were all over TV, cereal, posters....





















........then Dan failed to qualify for the Olympics

One of the GOAT Ls I've ever witnessed. Reebok execs had to be FURIOUS!!!

 

[MikelArteta]

How about ricky rubio, the way he was talked about was like he would average 20 and 14 instead he's just Pepe Sanchez

 

[Rekkapryde]

Where's Ron Powlus? They swore he was gonna win 4 heismans.

Only that turkey neck Notre Dame dikkriding clown Beano Cook thought that shyt.

 

[beenz]

I thought bo Jackson was a great. Old heads care to explain ?

Also wanna reserve a spot for Sebastian telfair and OJ Mayo. These nikkas was in EVERY SLAM magazine for like 6 straight years

he's "unfulfilled" cuz he had hall of fame talent in both baseball and football. the hip replacement robbed him of his world class running speed, so he could no longer play football. he was still able to play baseball as an average player, but he was reduced to being a DH when he was a phenomenal outfielder.

I mean look at this shyt



dude was like 250lbs, super strong and could run a sub 4.2 40-yard.

 

[Remote]

No Derrick Coleman?
Clarett was never going to be nice

Actually Coleman is a good one.
They thought he'd be Barkley 2.0