The 5 Best NBA Careers Ruined by Injuries

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  1. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    From CNN/BleacherReport.
    The 5 Best NBA Careers Ruined by Injuries

    Not a surprise, but the Blazers have 2 out of the top 5. They list Roy at number 4 and Oden at number 5.

    And of course, the one that 'missed the cut' was also a Blazer -
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    Ah, what if......
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I don't agree that Odens career was ruined by injuries. To me, NBA career implies he played some NBA games and the career was shortened. I.E., Bernard King. Or Bill Walton. Those kinds of injuries i mean, not THOSE players as yes I saw that they limited it to 20 years. You can't have something ruined that you didn't actually have.
     
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    We ask these questions so much about ex-players it defines us as a franchise. I swear we are a bunch of pushovers. Injuries happen in a high paced sport. It's just the way it is Why don't we ask ourselves why we've crapped out of the firsr round a record 23 f-ing times and are perfectly fine about it. Why don't we ask why there are no decent 3 and D players on this team. Why don't we ask ourselves why no decent veteran player will sign here? Those are things worth talking about.

    Not how how much bad luck we've had.

    Sorry, end rant---
     
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    Well at this point in the off-season we’ve talked plenty about both. However no one seems to know PA well enough to get anything done.
     
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    Well I've been gone since the end of the playoffs. So I may have missed some of that. Sorry.
     
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    Lol no it’s all good, you’re right.
     
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    Oden in a list of "best" NBA careers ruined by injury? Rose?

    Hill had a hell of a career regardless. I wouldn't say his career was ruined.
     
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    Bro, Grant Hill was LeBron before LeBron was.

    He was that type of player.
     
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    Bill Walton should be at the top of the best Blazer players to have their career ruined by injuries. Prior to his foot injuries, he was one of the best players to ever play the center position in the NBA. He continued on afterwards, but was never the same player.
     
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    I know. He had an amazing career despite his injuries
     
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    Arvydas Sabonis
     
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    If we would have got him when he was younger...damn
     
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    Yes, the Blazers have had more than their share of injuries. It sucks. And yes, losing in the first round also sucks. But I'm certainly glad we're not a perennial cellar dweller like Sacramento, or Minnesota. We haven't let injuries be an excuse. We seem to pick ourselves up rather quickly and dust ourselves off. Hell, after losing 5 of our top 6 scorers when LaMarcus left, Dame steps in and brings us right back to the playoffs.

    The past is the past. It's our time to enjoy some 'healthy' years. I'm looking forward to Dame pushing this team to the next level over the next couple of years.
     
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    More Scottie Pippen. I watched both, and while Grant Hill was awesome, he was never LeBron-esque even at his best. Peak T-Mac was better.

    There was a run of great wings who never got to be all they could be: Penny, Hill, T-Mac.
     
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    Sabonis pre-injuries = Walton pre-injuries only 4 inches taller.
     
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    Would’ve been one of the best bigs in the nba, which is saying something considering who was around at that time. Just look up USSR vs USA 86. Went toe to toe with David Robinson.
     
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    Every time I see this picture I die a little.
    @SlyPokerDog if I pay you 50$ will you ban this picture from the site?
     
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    David Robinson & Danny Mannig!
     
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    Sabonis & Walton were both way more talented than Greg Oden!
     
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