Terrible Career Mistakes that changed the outcome of the Player Trajectory or Impact

[Derek Lee]

We both know why Eli will make it..


Negs @Derek Lee .

 

[RammerJammer]

Jamie Newman transferring from Wake Forest to Georgia just to opt out of the 2020 College Football season only to end up going undrafted.

 

[get these nets]

Gus Frerotte with another dummy move.

*they roast the shyt out of him,here

 

[Rob's al Ghul]

I don't know if it was a "terrible mistake" or necessarily changed his impact - his place in history is very much secure - but Albert Pujols leaving St. Louis for Anaheim. I'll never begrudge anyone getting that paper; it just feels like he should've been a lifetime Cardinal, like Musial and Gibson and 'em.

Once he went west it seemed like he kinda disappeared, outside of the occasional big milestone. And of course they never had postseason success during that time.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I feel that if Vick doesn't have the dog scandal he would have been in the hall of fame.

Thanks for the hot take

 

[El Bombi]

Jason Kidd actually won at the end tho.

 

[jwinfield]

What do y'all know about this one?

I will never forget this fight. Changed the legacy and careers for not only the fighters but also the referee. I still can't believe it.

If homie just runs for 10 seconds more everything changes.

?

 

[El Guapo]

It's not a player, but rather a coach that possibly made a terrible career mistake. So we all know Mark Few as the coach of Gonzaga. He's been around so long, we probably think he was the coach for that first year when they made the Elite 8 in 1999. But it was Dan Monson who coached that team. After that tournament run, he decided to go to a bigger school in Minnesota and well that didn't work and he's been coaching in Long Beach State to mediocre results. Maybe Gonzaga wouldn't be where it is now if he stayed there, but I can't help and think that he doesn't look at Mark Few every March Madness and go "IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME "

 

[malbaker86]

Not as impactful but I feel that Johnathon Simmons leaving SA started a path that led to him being out of the league

gary neal did the same shyt leaving SA for the Bucks and was gone quickly soon after

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Melo's biggest mistake was taking the full five year extension from Denver without any sort of player option opt out in the contract. His explanation for it years later still makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Green Ranger]

Ask Starbury
I don’t think he would agree
Breh is a damn near deity status in China
And that’s unheard of around them parts

He going to end up making the HOF because of what in did over there at some point

 

[skylove4]

John Starks breaking Kenny Anderson's wrist. NYK fan for life but Kenny A was my guy from HS. He said his wrist was never right after that. Kenny coulda been NBA HOF.

Jeremy Lin not resigning with NY (I Didn't GAF....but his career woulda been different.)

Kwame shoulda went to Florida for a year....and Abe shouldn't a blocked that trade

I wanna say AI shoulda agreed to come off the bench....but I'm not sure he shoulda.

Didn’t he put up like 25-26 ppg the year before. There was some serious blackballing going on against AI

 

[havoc]

TMAC leaving Orlando to Houston. That was a dumb move because the West was stack.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

TMAC leaving Orlando to Houston. That was a dumb move because the West was stack.

Wasn't he traded to Houston?

 

[Trot LaRoc]

Wasn't he traded to Houston?

Yup he was traded and he was dragging bums to the playoffs in Orlando without Grant