Who's your most dissapointed gifted athlete ever?

[gafl]

Darryl Strawberry. Should have accomplished so much more than what he did.

[19th Hole]

Marcus Dupree. One of the best 30 for 30s I've seen.

I agree.
Bad choices by "caring" advisors
and a career shattering injury
flushing down what
could have been.
Sad.

[19th Hole]

2 years ago Josh Hamilton would have made this list easy. Hope he doesn't find his way back.

Where have you been....watching cricket matches?

[frostno98]

Marcus Dupree. One of the best 30 for 30s I've seen.

Boy you guys must be really old. Folks around 30 or under here has no clue who this guy is without doing a Wiki. Seems like he had Marshall Faulk like talent, but his college numbers wasn't that much better than Reggie Bushes. I'm guessing he probably would had teared the NFL up, because defensive player wasn't nearly as fast as the one's we got today back in the 80's.

[gafl]

If you think Dupree was a long time ago, I was going to mention Joe Don Looney. Bounced around 4 colleges, made All-America at Oklahoma, was thrown off the team the next year. Was still drafted in the 1st round. Bounced around the Nfl and wound up tending elephants in India. Google him for an interesting story.

[ehp6737]

Darryl Strawberry. Should have accomplished so much more than what he did.

Good one. Man he had a sweet swing. Mind as well throw Doc Gooden in there too. He had electric stuff early on before the coke caught up with both of them.

[gafl]

Was going to make them #1 and #1A. Somebody else had mentioned Gooden.

[Carseller4]

Cecil Collins....guy was a horse.

[JMobile]

Ryan Leaf

I was gonna say that too...

[aceking]

jelena dokic

one hot chick .

too bad her crazy dad screwed up her tennis career .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Doki%C4%87

[PensMike68]

since im a hockey guy i have to go with PAVEL BURE even though hes my all time fav player and his first couple seasons he really wqas the russian rocket his legs gave out way to early in life and who knows where he wouldve been if they didnt. but thats the thing abotu the great russian players their legs give out way too early in their careers and they turn into shit aka alexi yashin, sergi federov, and the soon to be ovechkin. mark my words in 3-4 years ovechkin will no longer be an elite player its the curse of the russians

[yisman]

Sergei fedorov was good for a long tiime.

Bure was an early flameout, yeah.

also yashin. That Islanders contract was terrible.

[RudyRuetigger]

I agree.
Bad choices by "caring" advisors
and a career shattering injury
flushing down what
could have been.
Sad.

i agree.. but he came off as lazy on 30for30 too

[PensMike68]

Sergei fedorov was good for a long tiime.

Bure was an early flameout, yeah.

also yashin. That Islanders contract was terrible.

you can call me bais and thats ok but i truly belive if bure wudve stayedin th league longer and not had so many knee problems he wudve been the next gretsky he had all the skills nssacary to complete the that task i mean just look at the guy his first few years no1 and i mean no1 cud even catch him let alone stop him

[makaveli66]

Since someone brought up female tennis players it made me think of Anna Kournikova. She is a cool chick though.. She fycked tennis and became a model and posed for playboy instead. I respect that.

[dinaro7]

brian bosworth hands down no other arguement would win

[mike1234]

Didn't check thread - did anyone say Eric Lindros yet?

[Andy117]

Dwight Gooden is one that no one has mentioned yet.

His 1985 season stats looks like they came out of a video game: 24W, 268K, 0.965 WHIP, 1.53 ERA.

Had a few good years after that then his career got derailed by yayo and shoulder problems.

My first thought. Gooden should have been a Hall of Famer.

[VegasPlayer]

Tony Mandarich & Andre Wadsworth

[Cap dat 4ss]

NFL- Andre Ware and Blair Thomas come to mind.
NBA- Ed O' Bannon and Marcus Fizer.

[frostno98]

Remember the Rocket. Most highly touted college player in 1990 from Notre Dame. Went to the CFL during his first 4 years, signing an 18 million dollar contract. He had all the tools to easily be an elite NFL receiver, had he stayed with the right team. Still managed to get back 2 back 1,000 yards season late in his career in 98 & 99, but didn't make the best of his talents early.

[Reno Paul]

Len Bias

I second that......Could have been at Jordan's level of greatness.

[strixee]

Alexandre Daigle

[BRAVES1985]

wow i cant believe ppl are saying griffey and tyson


gotta go with vince carter ... he basically gave up when he said he didn't wanna dunk anymore then his career went down hill from there what a waste of talent

oh and jamarcus russell what a fukin bust ....im a raider fan

[dlunc3]

freddy adu

[MarlinsFan2212]

My Portland Trail Blazers post Oden draft. Not because were lazy, because we get injured every single ******* year. I pray on a nightly basis for just ONE season where everyone is healthy so we can win a title.

Obviously Oden would be the largest disappointment.

[8ArIvd5]

ricky williams. should have 5-7 pro bowls and almost 20k rushing yards.

[chiliv5]

the big show.... he should nevere have lost a match in his life

[ByeShea]

Here's a personal disappointment I observed firsthand, Johnny Mitchell - NY Jets 1st rounder in the 90s - TE from Nebraska.

He had a huge buzz around him draft time and during his rookie year a lot of people in the Jets organization said he was the best pure athlete ever to wear a Jets uniform.

Even though he did have a few brilliant games he didn't have much heart or attention span and was out of the league in a few years.

[jbrent95]

Marcus DuPree for me.

[GettingScrilla]

Barry Bonds...all the talent in the world and still cheated!

[tat1980]

Hee-seop Choi

[tat1980]

Marcus DuPree for me.