Hook Mitchell was won of the greatest streetballers of all time...but because of things like drugs he didnt make it
it is easily Lenny Bias...easily some other more recent players would be marcus hatten, miles simon from arizona back when bibby was there, and marbury's brothers....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rudeezy:</div><div class="quote_post">Daruis Miles</div> That's my pick too, thought he would have developed into a pretty decent player by now, would have helped if he was still on the Clippers, to still play with a lot of young players, and also be with some of his good friends.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting THETRUTH:</div><div class="quote_post">My man AO aka Alimoe...Man he's sick.....</div> AO and Alimoe are two different players. Which one you talking about? btw, I saw AO (real name Aaron Owens) play in the nbdl last year...he's not bad
Juan Dixon man, he's such a great player but too small, light and weak for the NBA. I'm afraid he might not make it like Boykins did....
I gotta agree with P_stojakovic and stevie on this one, i'm from cali, (not sayin' i actually saw dude play), but my dad used to ball in oakland back in the day and he's told me some of the **** he's seen and steviefranchise wasn't lieing bout this one, sounds pretty awesome to me. plus they got that documentary on him comin' out, Hooked, i think it's called, ya'll should check www.hookmitchell.com for the trailer from the movie, i don't think that was the stuff from when he was in his prime but it's still pretty amazing stuff.....
thanks man, i've been tryin' to find hook dunks forever on the net, but this is the ****. He's what, like 32 and still pullin' off that crazy stuff. Way to go, hook.....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ice Breaker:</div><div class="quote_post">Lenny Cooke had so much potential. It's a shame he went down the wrong path.</div> You assume that we know his story, explain what happened to him.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sartre2025:</div><div class="quote_post">You assume that we know his story, explain what happened to him.</div> Had potiential, didn't work hard in school, entered draft after highschool (which took him 5 years), didn't get drafted....that's pretty much the story...
JR Reid....DAAAM! in college he was sick! I used to have to sit thru the games and watch him kill the Blue Devils! During his tenure at Chapel Hill he ruled the ACC. He was a journeyman player in the L,but he never reached the level of play he was capable of.
I'm going to go with Felipe Lopez. He came into St. John's and was supposed to be the next greatest thing coming out of high school, but he never really lived up to the hype. I agree with whoever said Scoonie Penn. I really thought that he had a brighter future than Michael Redd back when they were together at OSU. (note: redscoon (my name) is a combination of these two) I'm not sure where he ended up, somewhere in Europe I believe. Redd has really surprised me and has become a far better player than I expected at the NBA level.
If you want to talk about underachievers, how about Walter Berry (St. Johns). He was the star on a team with Chris Mullin and Mark Jackson.
Kwame Brown...The first high school player ever selected with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft isn't that suppose to be a Kobe Tmac KG or LJ? man I wish he gets traded to another team where he could really be a star.. after him..my man alimoe.
A little off-topic, but when does Hooked (the documentary on Hook Mitchell) come out? I couldn't seem to find it anywhere on the site.
Harold Miner, Sam Bowie, Roy Tarpley, Felipe Lopez, Derrick Coleman, Pervis Ellison, Christian Laettner, Dennis Hopson, Pooh Richardson, Michael Olowokandi, Marcus Camby, Marcus Fizer, Todd Day, Shawn Respert: These guys were supposed "can't miss guys" at one time in their career, and unfortunately, none panned out quite as they should have.
