Who do you consider the most disappointing squandering of ATG/GOAT-level sporting talent?

[Rimbaud82]

Either if they had a good career nonetheless, or if they just burned out completely.

One I'll mention is Rupeni Caucaunibuca, when he first broke through he looked like he was gonna be a slightly smaller Jonah Lomu, but he wasn't very professional with some off the field incidents and then he ended up with some illnesses which hampered him. So he ended up just wasting away...and never made good on his ability.

 

[Rimbaud82]

I remember watching an ESPN 30 for 30, called The Best That Never Was about Marcus Dupree. Anyone who knows about american football, how good was he?

 

[jrams]

Ike Ibeabuchi

 

[My Spot]

Coming out of college, Ralph Sampson was expected to be as dominant as Wilt and win as many titles as Russell.

 

[Prefect]

Nets Derrick Coleman - I have a hard time thinking of a player who did so little just to skate by.

Charles Barkley - the guy was a monster. 300lbs + in college and still fast. Never cared about conditioning. And think about this, the guy was about the same height as Jordan and playing PF. The guy was about as much of a freak athlete in the nba as there has ever been but it was hard to tell because he was always lugging around so much weight. Later missed a lot of games due to back injures. surprise

Shaq - never cared about conditioning or free throws. Watch his college and early play at orlando. That is how dominating he was and could have been had he not gotten fat. Honestly, I would take rookie shaq over the shaqs that won the championships with the lakers. Later had foot injuries and could be huffing and puffing up and down the court. supplies

Michael Vick - wtf.

Randy Moss - best wide receiver except maybe for Megatron. Most raw talent I have ever seen from a rookie. Made very hard things look easy. So, much of him was wasted on bad minnesota and oakland teams.

Shawn Kemp - get fat. Get addicted to coke. get like 9 women pregnant. This is the guy that was the real mvp of the bulls sonics championship

Robert Horry - as lazy as they come in teh regular season.

 

[TD2]

Edwin Valero