JoKu is voted the current warrior with most potential! Day 8: who had the most wasted potential as a Warrior?
Due to the ambiguity of the question for day 7, I decided to simplify it by making it the Warrior with the most potential on the roster right now. Irregardless, JK still had the most votes.
Runner-up for current Warrior with most potential: Brandin Podziemski
taygads
Poole
Local-Worker1088
Most wasted has to be either Wise or Washburn
ryoga040726
Wiseman
keagmcG
Washburn and not even close. These kids will say Poole or Wiseman but it’s no comparison.
nghbrhd_slackr87
James Monteinez Wiseman.
Largely wasted by Penny Hardaway imo.
ImperiumSomnium
Wiseman is the easy recent choice although in retrospect I don’t think he ever had the potential we were seeing when he was drafted. Missing most of his only year of college when scouting was disrupted by covid let us project what we wanted to see on him.
Joe Barely Cares maybe for the throw back option. Billy Owens honorable mentioned maybe? Anthony Randolph, Broken Wing…Beans looked like he was going to be something at one point.
flaxenmustang
Does “wasted” imply that the *Warriors* wasted their potential and then they went on to be successful elsewhere? Or that the player had a lot of potential but they themselves didn’t fulfill it?
If the former: Chris Webber.
If the latter: Anthony Randolph.
Nicechicken8032
Wiseman. Man’s got to be one of our biggest draft busts
kaiser3011
Wiseman, he was supposed to be answer to why we never draft/acquire big men
Nessmuk58
I guess the question here is do we mean the most wasted ACTUAL potential or the most wasted IMAGINED potential.
For the latter, definitely Wiseman, but there’s no evidence (so far) that he really had any potential to begin with.
For the former, I’d pick Robert Parish. We traded him AND the #3 Pick that was used to select Kevin McHale for the #1 Pick that got us Joe Barry Carroll, aka Joe Barely Cares. Imagine our 1980 roster with Parish, McHale, World B. Free, Purvis Short, and Bernard King.
eyezauh831
Anthony Randolph, James Wiseman
im_coolest
Starting to feel like it’s Wiggins
heliocentrist510
For me, it’s gotta be Webber. He projected as a guy who could legit be a top 3 player in the league for a team for 8-10 years. Sigh.
azmanz
Anthony Randolph
quantumkahane
James wiseman
myglue13
James Wiseman!!! lolll
dan_bre_15_2
Big Jim. J Dub. Jimbo.
RobbyRalston
Chris Washburn.
Wannabe__geek
I know this. James Wiseman
Dick7Powell
Joe Barry Carroll. I go back a ways.
CaterpieTrainer
Wiseman and Anthony Randolph
martymcfly22
MDJ had a lotta wasted potential. But I’m going with Washburn.
billionaireXtinction
Wiggins
pdawg17
JK again
hallonemikec
I would have to say Spreewell. Was on his way to becoming a perennial all star before he lost his shit.
hallonemikec
How is Poole even in the conversation? He came into the league a nobody. His potential was late first round roster filler….he played WAAAAY above that for a full season and reverted back to late first round roster filler. If anything, JP outplayed his potential by a lot.
PainfulSalad
Mr wiseman
No_Function8686
Webber is the only answer
SnooStrawberries7894
People were hype about Wiseman on r/NBA , many believed the NBA rigged the draft for GWS to help Curry extend his championship window. LMAO, it is hilarious now looking at it.
lancegame311
Larry Hughes
TresBone-
I just have to say I Love that Cohan is the worst
SyCoTiM
Wiseman and Andris Beidrins.
gs_dubs413
Anthony Randolph… wasted potentials
Roddy_Sage
Possibly Jordan Poole. Who knows how good he would’ve been if Dray never killed his spirit.
chicocoryotis
Wiseman is the obvious answer. but for all Wiggs realized potential, Wiggs has wasted a lot since his stellar championship run
JimiHotSauce
Oubre Dude could’ve been the same/possibly better than Wiggins was for us for the chip but he was too focused on getting his bag.
MarineJAB
Wiseman.
undead_funk
Wise, easily. Runner up: Jordan Bell
eyeronik1
If Dampier had had any dog in him at all he could have been a force. He always looked like, “Hey, I could have followed my dream and opened a Men’s Wearhouse location but the Warriors want to pay me $10M so I may as well do that.”
Used_Water_2468
I didn’t see potential in Wiseman or Poole, which are two popular answers here.
Wiseman is just big. But he has terrible hands. Can’t even catch an entry pass cleanly.
Poole had a good stretch where a lot of bad shots were falling. But potential? Nah. If you go back to read his scouting report entering the NBA draft, nothing has changed. Question marks on his maturity. Wild emotionally. Careless with the ball. Don’t always show focus.
I’m gonna throw out an unpopular answer: Patrick McCaw. Not because I saw anything in him. But Jerry West did, and that guy was rarely wrong. If Jerry saw something in Patrick McCaw, then there was something in Patrick McCaw. It’s too bad that he ghosted the team on some bad advice from his inner circle.
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Runner-up for current Warrior with most potential: Brandin Podziemski
Poole
Most wasted has to be either Wise or Washburn
Wiseman
Washburn and not even close.
These kids will say Poole or Wiseman but it’s no comparison.
James Monteinez Wiseman.
Largely wasted by Penny Hardaway imo.
Wiseman is the easy recent choice although in retrospect I don’t think he ever had the potential we were seeing when he was drafted. Missing most of his only year of college when scouting was disrupted by covid let us project what we wanted to see on him.
Joe Barely Cares maybe for the throw back option. Billy Owens honorable mentioned maybe? Anthony Randolph, Broken Wing…Beans looked like he was going to be something at one point.
Does “wasted” imply that the *Warriors* wasted their potential and then they went on to be successful elsewhere? Or that the player had a lot of potential but they themselves didn’t fulfill it?
If the former: Chris Webber.
If the latter: Anthony Randolph.
Wiseman. Man’s got to be one of our biggest draft busts
Wiseman, he was supposed to be answer to why we never draft/acquire big men
I guess the question here is do we mean the most wasted ACTUAL potential or the most wasted IMAGINED potential.
For the latter, definitely Wiseman, but there’s no evidence (so far) that he really had any potential to begin with.
For the former, I’d pick Robert Parish. We traded him AND the #3 Pick that was used to select Kevin McHale for the #1 Pick that got us Joe Barry Carroll, aka Joe Barely Cares. Imagine our 1980 roster with Parish, McHale, World B. Free, Purvis Short, and Bernard King.
Anthony Randolph, James Wiseman
Starting to feel like it’s Wiggins
For me, it’s gotta be Webber. He projected as a guy who could legit be a top 3 player in the league for a team for 8-10 years. Sigh.
Anthony Randolph
James wiseman
James Wiseman!!! lolll
Big Jim. J Dub. Jimbo.
Chris Washburn.
I know this. James Wiseman
Joe Barry Carroll. I go back a ways.
Wiseman and Anthony Randolph
MDJ had a lotta wasted potential. But I’m going with Washburn.
Wiggins
JK again
I would have to say Spreewell. Was on his way to becoming a perennial all star before he lost his shit.
How is Poole even in the conversation? He came into the league a nobody. His potential was late first round roster filler….he played WAAAAY above that for a full season and reverted back to late first round roster filler. If anything, JP outplayed his potential by a lot.
Mr wiseman
Webber is the only answer
People were hype about Wiseman on r/NBA , many believed the NBA rigged the draft for GWS to help Curry extend his championship window. LMAO, it is hilarious now looking at it.
Larry Hughes
I just have to say I Love that Cohan is the worst
Wiseman and Andris Beidrins.
Anthony Randolph… wasted potentials
Possibly Jordan Poole. Who knows how good he would’ve been if Dray never killed his spirit.
Wiseman is the obvious answer. but for all Wiggs realized potential, Wiggs has wasted a lot since his stellar championship run
Oubre
Dude could’ve been the same/possibly better than Wiggins was for us for the chip but he was too focused on getting his bag.
Wiseman.
Wise, easily. Runner up: Jordan Bell
If Dampier had had any dog in him at all he could have been a force. He always looked like, “Hey, I could have followed my dream and opened a Men’s Wearhouse location but the Warriors want to pay me $10M so I may as well do that.”
I didn’t see potential in Wiseman or Poole, which are two popular answers here.
Wiseman is just big. But he has terrible hands. Can’t even catch an entry pass cleanly.
Poole had a good stretch where a lot of bad shots were falling. But potential? Nah. If you go back to read his scouting report entering the NBA draft, nothing has changed. Question marks on his maturity. Wild emotionally. Careless with the ball. Don’t always show focus.
I’m gonna throw out an unpopular answer: Patrick McCaw. Not because I saw anything in him. But Jerry West did, and that guy was rarely wrong. If Jerry saw something in Patrick McCaw, then there was something in Patrick McCaw. It’s too bad that he ghosted the team on some bad advice from his inner circle.