Whose career is honestly the most disappointing- CP3, D12 OR Melo?

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

depends on how you look at it, if strictly team success then its chris paul

but chris paul is still a great player up to this day, dwight and melo already fell off the map

dwight went to finals in 2009 and conference finals in 2010, so you can say he did the most in his prime. But it still feels he could have done more, I remember celtics were like 3-0 in 2010, and if they had KG in 09 then dwight would have never made it to finals. Dwight's career should have been better as he had no competition in his position back in late 00s and early 10s

No other greats besides Yao, but look at the rest of the magic. Jameer Nelson, a year of Courtney lee, Rasheed Lewis, Hedo, Alston, a past his peak VC, and JJ reddikk. None were bad players, but none of them played much defense or were good enough to be the second best player on a champion. With that context, Dwight had a really fantastic run in Orlando.



Paul has had rotten luck every year seemingly nonstop for a while now. 2013 Blake gets hurt with the clips up 2-0 and they lose to Memphis. 2014 they get hosed badly by the refs in game 5 in Oklahoma City (my opinion is that he league wanted them out of the playoffs so the sterling fiasco wasn't front and center), 2015 in drawing a blank on what happened besides josh smith and Corey brewer raining 3's to save the season, and then him and Blake got hurt in the playoffs last year.


Carmelo plays for the Knicks. LeBron wouldn't have much success with them either. The 2008-09 and 2012-13 teams he was on were the only ones with any real chance to do work in the playoffs in my opinion.


I'd probably say Anthony has had the most disappointing since he's missed the playoffs 4 years in a row.

 

[Pure Water]

That sounds like Stephen A's hot take. And that ain't stop Isiah and A.I. from accomplishing more and a lot of people rank CP3 above them cats. Facts are CP3 reputation is miles ahead of his achievements.

AI played in the East and got handled by the Lakers. CP3 has played in the West his whole career. Now, I do believe that he could have done more with the Clippers, but it is what it is.

I don't know much about Isiah's career tbh so I can't comment on him.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

That sounds like Stephen A's hot take. And that ain't stop Isiah and A.I. from accomplishing more and a lot of people rank CP3 above them cats. Facts are CP3 reputation is miles ahead of his achievements.

That said, I think its Melo. He had more talent than the other two and should have did more.

Paul is smaller than zeke played at. No 6 foot 160 pound guard has ever led a team to a title. AI making the finals is more a product of the worst east ever. He had more shot attempts than points in the conference finals and they still advanced. Paul has never had a year where the west was bad enough for that to happen. The Lakers and spurs and warriors have been there the entire time he's played.

 

[CHICAGO]

AI played in the East and got handled by the Lakers. CP3 has played in the West his whole career. Now, I do believe that he could have done more with the Clippers, but it is what it is.

I don't know much about Isiah's career tbh so I can't comment on him.

LMAO
A.I. WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GET A WIN OFF THE LAKERS THAT POST SEASON.
WON IN L.A. ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE WEST?



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[kingofnyc]

Howard shouldn't be in the list

truth.com



but people hate him with a passion and those haters never have a legitimate reason

 

[Po pimp]

IN 11 SEASONS
CP HAS WON 4 PLAYOFF SERIES
AND BEEN OUT THE 1ST ROUND 4 TIMES...

IN 13 SEASONS
MELO HAS WON 3 PLAYOFF SERIES
AND BEEN OUT THE 1ST ROUND TWICE.
HASNT BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS IN 4 SEASONS.

CP>>>>MELO




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Never mind, I read that wrong. Delete.

 

[GreatestLaker]

LMAO
A.I. WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GET A WIN OFF THE LAKERS THAT POST SEASON.
WON IN L.A. ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE WEST?



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That had more to do with everyone on the Lakers besides Shaq playing like shyt than anything the Sixers did.

 

[Big Boss]

CP0

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

That had more to do with everyone on the Lakers besides Shaq playing like shyt than anything the Sixers did.

I never actually looked at the box score for that game fully until now, and just at the results. Only 8 players took the court. The bench scored 16 on 13 shots. The starters besides Shaq had 42 points on 49 shots . Fisher went scoreless on 0-4 shooting, grant was 3-11, and Kobe had 15 points on 7-22 shooting in 52 minutes . Outside of fox, the starters combined to attempt one three pointer. Shaq on the other hand had 44/20/5/1

 

[CHICAGO]

That had more to do with everyone on the Lakers besides Shaq playing like shyt than anything the Sixers did.

THATS WHAT HAPPENS IN PLAYOFF BASKETBALL
ESPECIALLY DURING THAT ERA.




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[kingofnyc]

depends on how you look at it, if strictly team success then its chris paul

but chris paul is still a great player up to this day, dwight and melo already fell off the map

dwight went to finals in 2009 and conference finals in 2010, so you can say he did the most in his prime. But it still feels he could have done more, I remember celtics were like 3-0 in 2010, and if they had KG in 09 then dwight would have never made it to finals. Dwight's career should have been better as he had no competition in his position back in late 00s and early 10s

so, you just gonna exclude making the western conference finals in 2015 with houston
and YES he was the best player on da team in that playoffs run (not harden)

 

[I AM WARHOL]

That's pretty damning

 

[King Poetic]

Chris Paul and it's his fault

He needs to take 20 to 25 shots a game to win but this butterball can wants to dribble till there's no air and take 15 shots

 

[Damnshow]

so, you just gonna exclude making the western conference finals in 2015 with houston
and YES he was the best player on da team in that playoffs run (not harden)

I was just mentioning his best years, he did his thing in 2015 playoffs but I dont think that was the same dwight that we saw in 2009

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

I was just mentioning his best years, he did his thing in 2015 playoffs but I dont think that was the same dwight that we saw in 2009

Nowhere close. He missed half the season with knee troubles and was never the same guy after the back surgery in 2012. He still held down the paint and worked the pick and roll game with the best of them, but the way he used to defense the pick and roll and close out on shooters and run the floor was unnatural for a guy his size.