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Sabonis wins most potential. Who is the Blazer with the most wasted potential in franchise history



Sabonis wins most potential. Who is the Blazer with the most wasted potential in franchise history

by Throwawaybob2225

26 Comments

  1. GaviFromThePod

    It’s got to be Oden. Not even close. Not his fault, but man. That one still hurts.

  2. that_hansell

    Oden is the obvious answer, but Nurk being injured and never playing to his potential kept Dame and CJ dead in the playoffs.

    the Dame/CJ team had potential to win, and Nurk not being what we thought he would be makes it worse than Oden. with Dame/CJ you could see the finish line a little bit.

  3. No_Cat_No_Cradle

    Can it be an Oden Roy split screen? Fuck that would’ve been a fun team to watch for a decade

  4. F_U_HarleyJarvis

    Not going all in and building around Dame.

    The management always had one foot out the door holding onto young potential and not trading CJ when his value was high.

  5. No_Cat_No_Cradle

    Wait wait Sam Bowie. Shoulda been better than MJ!

  6. Mindful_Cyclist

    Oden is my answer. Bummer that he had glass bones.

  7. choonghuh

    What if that snake Aldridge actually told us he was leaving and we were able to get assets back in a trade… 

  8. People will say Oden or Nurk, though those guys had traumatic injuries that weren’t really their fault and really limited their ceilings.

    Darius Miles had all the tools to be great and he was probably pretty emblematic of the post 2000-WCF early 2000s basket case Blazers. He didn’t really come close to fulfilling his potential.

  9. laurakreese

    Olshey is responsible for wasting a lot of potential, just not his own.

  10. glowing-fishSCL

    I am going to pick a candidate that might not be popular, but should be considered:

    Kevin Duckworth.
    He was a good enough center to help the team get to the Finals twice. He won Most Improved Player. He wasn’t a superstar, but he was a solid player that the other players built around.
    But weight/athleticism issues stopped him from being the player he could have been.

  11. GnomeNibbler

    Oden or Walton frankly. Bill was exceptional when he was a blazer, but he could have been top 10 all time if it weren’t for his feet. Oden is the obvious choice, I just think it would be fucked if Bill went unmentioned in this grid.

  12. Bruhman82

    Nah no way it’s Oden. He was good when he played!! Guys like Zach Collins, Nas Little or Meyers Leonard fits here more, because they’re all talented, and just were not good when they played

  13. henfeathers

    Without question it is Moses Malone. We had him, Maurice Lucas and Bill Walton and traded Malone away. He went in to be a 12x All Star and a 3x league MVP.

  14. noahbearbanks

    God THIS one should be sabonis because he no longer has potential. Shae HAS POTENTIAL

  15. Orwell1971

    Nurkic.

    The leg injury is often blamed for his decline, but as horrific as it was, it didn’t change his game much. He was a big slow finesse guy who couldn’t jump before the injury, and that’s what he was after it.

    His problem was always mental. Tons of skill and potentially dominant size, but his focus was intermittent and he took himself out of games all the time.

  16. HeyWhatsUpBigGuy

    Just a thought. Wasn’t Dame the most wasted potential we’ve had? Not on him, but on the front office and management wasting his prime/ potential? In my opinion, Oden didn’t waste his potential, he honestly wasn’t built to handle NBA physicality. I don’t think there is more “wasted potential than how we treated Dame

  17. coderwilson

    I’d like to propose that the correct answer here is – Blazers top three draft picks since 1978 are the most disappointing overall Blazers in history. This is because Portland chose to draft Mychal Thompson in 1978 over Larry Bird, 1984 Sam Bowie over Jordan, Barkley, and others, and 2007 Oden over Kevin Durant. Others have noted Oden as a huge bust, but for goodness sakes how does Portland miss so consistently on legendary players in their youth?

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