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

[MJ Truth]

Melo wouldn't have won anything playing in the stacked western conference.

Nah, he should've just waited until that offseason and signed with the Knicks outright instead of demanding a trade and the Knicks having to gut their team to get him a few months early.

Either that, or he should've went with the Bron/Wade plan and ended up on the Heat in lieu of Bosh.

 

[mastermind]

Dwight Howard requesting a trade to LA and then basketball reasons happening almost really fukked his career up. he's lucky he won last year

Dwight had a back injury before he came to LA. He didn’t play the last 20 games or so for the Magic prior.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

He dreamt about being a God in China?

I forgot this is thecoli
nikkas thoughts are as deep as a rain puddle
And just double down because god forbid they didn’t take the time to actually ponder a different perspective
Hate to see it
Here’s a dap

 

[NatiboyB]

Adrien Broner staying at 147 lbs and fighting Marcos Maidana. Dude should've won the belt from Paulie, dropped it and went back down to 140. He fought Maidana caught a beatdown and was never the same since

I never understood this either and it tossed his whole career out along with work ethic and those weak ass yes men he has around him and the fact he wants to be a dope boy but was never one.

 

[NatiboyB]

Vincent Jackson leaving SD

Fultz altering his shooting mechanics after going #1

Bob Sanders not switching up his play style early on his career.

I don't know what it is but I really believe the rumor about him hurting himself somehow. He had no need to alter his shot and the way he was shopping around for doctors seemed odd to me.

 

[seemorecizzy]

Melo forcing a trade to the Knicks instead of waiting it out and then going there. The team ended up gutted of its depth.

he didnt wanna wait it out it because a lockout was coming and his agent and everyone was tellin him to secure his money before that cause the players were gonna take a L.

he was also trying to da nuggets a favor by giving them a heads up instead of just leavin them with nothing (lebron leaving the cavs was still very fresh) it was a noble move that no one appreciated lol he really coulda left them with nothing.

knicks rebuilt the team in like a year or so. even got felton back. wasnt a big deal

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Paul Pierce on tik tok

 

[ISO]

he didnt wanna wait it out it because a lockout was coming and his agent and everyone was tellin him to secure his money before that cause the players were gonna take a L.

he was also trying to da nuggets a favor by giving them a heads up instead of just leavin them with nothing (lebron leaving the cavs was still very fresh) it was a noble move that no one appreciated lol he really coulda left them with nothing.

knicks rebuilt the team in like a year or so. even got felton back. wasnt a big deal

He fukked up period lol and he did it to secure the bag players ended up not getting fukked revenue was split 50/50 he even threatened to just get traded to the Nets let’s not make it out to be noble he moved in self interest

The real depth was versatile players like Wilson Chandler and Gallo

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Not like anything could have changed it, but Sabonis getting blocked by the USSR from going to the NBA after he was drafted in '86, then the USSR overplaying him both before and after he was injured and thus wrecking his legs for life, might have changed the trajectory of the entire league.

I did read one interview where there was some speculation that he considered forcing the issue somehow and pressing harder. Would have been crazy if he defected like a Cuban baseball prospect.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Kevin Love forcing his way out of Minnesota where expectations were minimal and going to the brightest lights in the league accelerated his mental health issues and defensive limitations and was the downfall of his career.

 

[mozichrome]

if Cam didnt steal that laptop at UF
the Vikings trading all that shiit for Herschel Walker

 

[El Guapo]

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

And the next season Dwight came and Grant Hill actually played some games lol. Worst timing of a trade demand

 

[ISO]

Kevin Love forcing his way out of Minnesota where expectations were minimal and going to the brightest lights in the league accelerated his mental health issues and defensive limitations and was the downfall of his career.

Not really he already had mental health issues.

He won a championship and will always be known for “The Stop”.

To me his weight loss was his biggest mistake.

Husky Love was better on the boards and in the post.

 

[x-factor7]

Larry Brown leaving the Pistons after back-to-back Finals. We made three more ECF after that, pretty sure we could've made a couple of more finals with him at the helm. He left for the Knicks and got fired after a year, and did nothing with Charlotte either.

 

[mastermind]

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Meldrick Taylor vs. Julio Cesar Chavez

Taylor had the fight won and got KO'd in the last 10 seconds. His life fell apart after that match.