This is my top 5 list of this years Most Disappoing Player Award. 5. Kevin Garnett I love Kevin. I love the passion he plays with, his versatility, etc. But this year I did not love his leadership. The stupid firing of Dwyane Casey seemed to have ruined the Timberwolves. But they still had Kevin. I know he led the league in rebounding, but there were so many games at the end that were close where Kevin didn't take over. He had a couple of game winners but his team mightily struggled. The T-Wolves needed points in the paint and instead he just kept on shooting the fadeaway crap, which I love don't get me wrong, but at the end of games that shot has a very low percentage. Hopefully next year Kevin can pick it up and play better. 4. Vince Carter Vince came to New Jersey to play alongside Jason Kidd and hopefully win a championship. He is a superstar and when he first came to NJ he played like it. This years playoffs he didn't. In the first round he met up with his former team Toronto. He didn't play extremely well but his team won, and Kidd carried the team averaging a triple-double. His stat line of 25 pts, 6.2 reb, and 4 assists per game were okay. The next series against Cleveland, Carter declined. He is a superstar player and he shot 35.4 % from the field. Who is a good 1 on 1 perimeter defender on Cleveland anyway? 19.7 ppg against Cleveland doesn't cut it. CHOKE!!! 3. Dwyane Wade It was a hard season for Miami. Wade played fantastic at the start of the season but then he got hurt and Shaq carried them for a little while. He had a shoulder injury, but I expected D-Wade to carry Miami in the playoffs. It didn't happen. I know it isn't all his fault but hey this is the reigning NBA finals MVP. He should have played better. Wade will return next year though. This year just wasn't working out for him. 2. Dirk Nowitzki 67 wins. Coming from last years heart-breaking loss to Miami in the Finals, the Dallas Mavericks looked determined to make it back to the Finals and even win it. Nowitzki throughout the season, played like an MVP. 24.6 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 3.4 APG, and 50% from the field including 42% from downtown. He played in a classic against the Suns coming up short in OT 129-127. People critized him. But he also hit a game winner against the Suns earlier in the year showing the unfairness the media was giving him, saying he shouldn't win MVP and it should be Nash's based on only 1 game. The only team in the regular season that really played good against them was Golden State. Dallas played them in the first round and Dirk played like a pansy. He was scared out of his mind and I was shocked. I didn't know Dirk could choke like that. Dirk is supposed to be a leader, who is supposed to carry his team when they are in trouble, and he didn't do that this year. He ended up winning MVP which he deserved, but in the end that doesn't matter. Winning in the playoffs is what matters. 1. <font size=""2"">Shaquille O'Neal</font> Shaq might be the greatest center of all time. Heck maybe even the greatest player of all time. Last year he proved it bringing the championship to Miami which he promised. This year the defending champion Heat struggled. When Wade got injured, Shaq realized what he had to do. He carried Miami. He played like a leader. Then Wade came back just in time for the playoffs and I thought hey, the Heat could win this year. Tempers flared when they faced Chicago and Shaq opened his mouth. Saying stuff like "Nobody wants to play us in a 7 game series" and not giving the Chicago Bulls enough respect. We all know Shaq is a horrible FT shooter but he claims to make them when they count. You're absolutely right Shaq and Game 4 proved that. Actually Shaq choked and the Heat were forced to humiliate themselves by resorting to foul Ben Wallace at the end of the game. Ben who is a worse FT shooter than Shaq made his FT's! At the end of the series Shaq looked like a complete idiot. His arrogance is his biggest weakness. Hey but Shaq you can get another trophy... the 2006-2007 Most Disappointing Player Award.
For KG it's hard to do things when you have no one to help you except Ricky Davis who is just a role player forced to take more shots. So you shouldn't say he's disappointing when he has no help at all. Dwayne Wade got hurt, he should of just had surgery to end the season, but he was a warrior. He played after rehab and still had the pain, but he sucked it up and didn't wine about it like a real leader should do. His team is old too, so he needs a bit more help in the future.
dirk nabitchski is the worst mvp in the history of mvp's. he doesnt deserve anything, so what he can score alot of points? so can kobe, and he scores more, and he didnt get the mvp. dirk sucks on D, and the only reason he gets his rebounds is that he is 7 foot tall playing against much shorter guys. everyone always overlooks terry, howard, stackhouse and harris. those guys won all those games. put dirk in the same spot as kobe or lebron and he wouldnt even make the playoffs. he isnt a dissapointment to me because ive always seen this in him. KG plays his heart out and is no dissapointment, its his team that is the dissapointment. dirk sucks, is only a role player, and that role is scoring, kobe's role is scoring as well, but thats only because there is no one else on his team to score aswell, kind of like tmac when he won the scoring champ twice in a row, nobody good on the team but him. look at who dirk has though. put his guys with kobe, tmac, lebron, wade or shaq and youll have yourself a ring in no time. with dirk all you get is shiz on a stick. end rant.
The most dissapointing player this season has been Andrei Kirilenko, end of story. 2005/2006: 69 Games, 15.3ppg, 8.0rpg, 4.3apg, 1.5spg, 3.2bpg 2006/2007: 70 Games, 8.3ppg, 4.7rpg, 2.9apg, 1.1spg, 2.1bpg
obviously he doesnt need to be as good last season because his team still does pretty damn good. he does what his team needs from him, which isnt very much because with boozer and deron stepping up as much as they have, and ofcourse okur continuing to be productive, he becomes a fourth option, resulting in much lesser numbers than last season, where he was the first option.
why is kevin garnett in this list? he is one of the best players in the NBA and works hard and ALWAYS puts up the numbers he is supposed to...it isnt his fault if he does so much work where he might not have enuff energy to take that last shot or if his teammates can never contribute.
<div class="quote_poster">elevate Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">why is kevin garnett in this list? he is one of the best players in the NBA and works hard and ALWAYS puts up the numbers he is supposed to...it isnt his fault if he does so much work where he might not have enuff energy to take that last shot or if his teammates can never contribute.</div> I disagree. Seeing him play this season I could tell something wasn't the same. It's obvious he's one of the best players in the NBA but the excuses are running out for Garnett.
I thought LeBron's season was somewhat dissapointing. It seemed like he regressed in more areas than he improved.
The Most disappointing player IMO has got to be Kobe. He has showed us some crazy scoring games, but to not lead his team farther into the playoffs or higher in the standings, was a disapointment to me.
It was post-season players but then I added Kevin Garnett just because I live in Minnesota and I can get a really good glimpse of his game. T-Mac IMO had an MVP caliber season but just didn't play as well in the playoffs. Utah was a better team.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The Most disappointing player IMO has got to be Kobe. He has showed us some crazy scoring games, but to not lead his team farther into the playoffs or higher in the standings, was a disapointment to me.</div> LOL, I think your sole purpose is to piss off kobe fans hahaha....I can't really "blame" Kobe for not getting out the first round.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The Most disappointing player IMO has got to be Kobe. He has showed us some crazy scoring games, but to not lead his team farther into the playoffs or higher in the standings, was a disapointment to me.</div> So he is supposed to score 50 points a game? That's the only way Lakers can win. He couldn't possibly do more than he already did.
lol thank you umair.....IMO kobe has the most weight on his shoulders out of all players in the NBA. he carries the most. take kobe out of LA and no team would be more helpless if their star player left then the way the lakers would be. he works REAL hard theres not much more he can do in LA and i feel the same for KG. how much can you possibly expect him to do
<div class="quote_poster">Umair Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So he is supposed to score 50 points a game? That's the only way Lakers can way. He couldn't possibly do more than he already did.</div> Forgive us for being misled by the title "Jesus". I just thought Jesus could get a playoff series win or a 6th+ seed or something, guess I overestimated Jesus.
<div class="quote_poster">elevate Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">lol thank you umair.....IMO kobe has the most weight on his shoulders out of all players in the NBA. he carries the most. take kobe out of LA and no team would be more helpless if their star player left then the way the lakers would be. he works REAL hard theres not much more he can do in LA and i feel the same for KG. how much can you possibly expect him to do</div> Exactly. I hate it when people consider guys like KG/Kobe/AI(back when he was in Philly) as dissapointing players. I mean these guys do a lot for there team. They can't possible do any more and they don't get any credit. They can't do any more than they are already doing. Basketball is a team sport. If 1 player can't lead his team, you don't blame him, you blame the whole team. So therefore, the blame outta go to Lakers, not Kobe.
<div class="quote_poster">Umair Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Exactly. I hate it when people consider guys like KG/Kobe/AI(back when he was in Philly) as dissapointing players. I mean these guys do a lot for there team. They can't possible do any more and they don't get any credit. They can't do any more than they are already doing. Basketball is a team sport. If 1 player can't lead his team, you don't blame him, you blame the whole team. So therefore, the blame outta go to Lakers, not Kobe.</div> So why do you blame Dirk. I know he didn't score as much as kobe, becuase the mavs have other weapons. But if you can blame Dirk or Shaq, You can Blame Kobe. So then why the point of a disapointing player. This means no player is disapointing, the team is. So no matter how bad Kobe plays, he is not his fault.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So why do you blame Dirk. I know he didn't score as much as kobe, becuase the mavs have other weapons. But if you can blame Dirk or Shaq, You can Blame Kobe. So then why the point of a disapointing player. This means no player is disapointing, the team is. So no matter how bad Kobe plays, he is not his fault.</div> is that a joke? why blame dirk? thats the stupidest question i ever heard. we blame dirk because WE KNOW his potential. we know how good he was in the regular season, and compared to the playoffs he was horrible. you are supposed to elevate in the playoffs, not get worse. it wasnt like kobe suddenly started doing bad. he did what he had to do. the other didnt pull the weight. the mavs pulled their weight, but the star player didnt. thats why u can blame dirk but not kobe.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So why do you blame Dirk. I know he didn't score as much as kobe, becuase the mavs have other weapons. But if you can blame Dirk or Shaq, You can Blame Kobe. So then why the point of a disapointing player. This means no player is disapointing, the team is. So no matter how bad Kobe plays, he is not his fault.</div> Who is blaming Dirk? I am saying that if a star can't lead a team all by himself, then you are not suppose to blame him. EX: Kobe. You blame Lakers for not being a good supporting cast. For example, a superstar is suppose to lead his team, but if he doesn't its not on him, its on the team.
I still think He was disapointing overall. Not as much as Dirk, but disapointing. I like Kobe, he is on of my fav players. But to me, he was disapointing.
