Shaq-Sure he won 3 championships, an MVP, and dominated the league in his early days. But look at this college videos and marvel at his speed and athletism. Imagine Amare but as big and as strong as Shaq. Shaq should have averaged atleast 15 rebounds. He should have averaged atleast as many blocks as Ben Wallace. And if he worked on his offense he would have averaged way more points.Lamar Odom-This guy is tall and long, he's fast and versatile, and he's a big underacheiver, Lamar is inconsistent and never knows how to expose a mismatch, if he worked on a jumper and was just a tad smarter he would dominate. Darius Miles-With his length and speed, he should have won a DPOY of the year award. And did I mention his explosiveness? HE could be beating people off the dribble left and right.Vince Carter-Vince is strong as hell and explosive as hell! If he had half the heart of someone like Ronny Turiaf he would dominate. He spends little time on his game and barely cares on the defensive end.Kwame-Kwame is the definition of an underachiever. He has the speed and athletism of KG and the strenght of Shaq. Kwame should be a franchise player now backing his man down in the post and shooting jump shots left and right. With his athletism he should also be a premier block ala Ben Wallace. Kwame was supposed to be atleast KG or Duncan level, it's no suprise he failed here.Stephon Marbury-The PG version of Vince Carter with a bad atitiude. If he just shut up and listen to his coach he could have been something. He has the body he just needs a heart and a brain.
Sheed-With his skill set he should be putting up Dirk numbers.And your Shaq idea, c'mon dude. Also with this last one he has 4 chips'.
tyson and eddy from chicago... need i say moresteve francis when he was traded from houston, he just stopped competingluke ridnour, dude got given the reigns and cant put up decent numbers let alone great ones
You can't say Shaq. He won 3 championships and is considered the most dominate player of this era, easily. That is not underachieving in any way.Damon Stoudamire. In his early years in Toronto people thought he would turn into a phenomanal player, and possibly a hall of famer, but he did not, and seemed to get worse as his career went on.Nick Van Exel-He averaged 17 and 8 apg with the Lakers in his second season. He looked like a very promising player, but he seemed to get worse and become a journey man also. Besides one 21 point season, he really didnt accomplish much.
Darius Miles - No need to explain Rasheed - I agree with D-Rob, he just doesn't have the desire to be a star. It's pathetic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (arya202 @ Jul 12 2006, 01:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Shaq-Sure he won 3 championships, an MVP, and dominated the league in his early days. But look at this college videos and marvel at his speed and athletism. Imagine Amare but as big and as strong as Shaq. Shaq should have averaged atleast 15 rebounds. He should have averaged atleast as many blocks as Ben Wallace. And if he worked on his offense he would have averaged way more points.Lamar Odom-This guy is tall and long, he's fast and versatile, and he's a big underacheiver, Lamar is inconsistent and never knows how to expose a mismatch, if he worked on a jumper and was just a tad smarter he would dominate. Darius Miles-With his length and speed, he should have won a DPOY of the year award. And did I mention his explosiveness? HE could be beating people off the dribble left and right.Vince Carter-Vince is strong as hell and explosive as hell! If he had half the heart of someone like Ronny Turiaf he would dominate. He spends little time on his game and barely cares on the defensive end.Kwame-Kwame is the definition of an underachiever. He has the speed and athletism of KG and the strenght of Shaq. Kwame should be a franchise player now backing his man down in the post and shooting jump shots left and right. With his athletism he should also be a premier block ala Ben Wallace. Kwame was supposed to be atleast KG or Duncan level, it's no suprise he failed here.Stephon Marbury-The PG version of Vince Carter with a bad atitiude. If he just shut up and listen to his coach he could have been something. He has the body he just needs a heart and a brain.</div>Shaq??? You have got to be kidding me.The guy is said to be arguably the most dominant player in the history of the game and has won 4 rings(you guys are forgetting he just won a 4th). How is he an underachiever. You are crazy for saying this. Two people that you can add to the list are Kandi Man and Dalemburt.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Jul 12 2006, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Shaq??? You have got to be kidding me.The guy is said to be arguably the most dominant player in the history of the game and has won 4 rings(you guys are forgetting he just won a 4th). How is he an underachiever. You are crazy for saying this.</div>I agree! Once again people, he has 4 rings not 3!
Well, Shaq underacheived in the Finals this year but has done well his entire career. He is just getting old.Kwame, Miles, Chandler. All good examples of underacheiving
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Jul 12 2006, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree! Once again people, he has 4 rings not 3!</div> Sorry, I forgot about this years' championship. He was the most dominate player in the NBA besides Jordan for a decade. He has 3 Finals MVP's and 4 titles. And was a huge part of all of them. Thankyou very much. Case closed.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wade2shaq93 @ Jul 12 2006, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well, Shaq underacheived in the Finals this year but has done well his entire career. He is just getting old.Kwame, Miles, Chandler. All good examples of underacheiving</div>Honestly I dont think he underachieved even in the finals. I mean dwade was being a miracle workewr out there so he was letting Wade do his thing. Plus the presence he brought into the post in the finals was a huge part of them winning. Maybe he looked like he underachieved on the stat sheet but he definetly was a big part of them winning.
He was a big part but only because he's so big that the Mavs needed two ppl to guard him which left ppl open. He didnt score much in the Finals, couldnt make any free throws, and plain underachieved in the Finals.
Has to be T-Mac for me. 10 years in, and still hasn't gotten out of 1st round. he's my favorite player, but being as great as he is, he should be over that hump by now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wade2shaq93 @ Jul 12 2006, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was a big part but only because he's so big that the Mavs needed two ppl to guard him which left ppl open. He didnt score much in the Finals, couldnt make any free throws, and plain underachieved in the Finals.</div>Your basically saying that he didn't do well in the offensive end. Maybe thats because dwade was dominating on offense so Shaq was letting dwade do his thing. I'm telling you w/o Shaq and his presence in the post Miami wouldn't have won. Scaring a team enough to only shoot jumpers isn't underachieving IMO.BTW another player that just came to mind is Stro Swift. The guy is an athletic freak and has talent but hasn't really done anything yet. He has the ability to be a great player in the league but he doesn't seem to want it.
I'll go with Miles. I was listening to the first game of the wolves season, against Portland, and Miles dropped like 34. He was dominating the game. I thought that this was his breakout year, but he didn't do much.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Jul 12 2006, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>haha, how could you possibly say Shaq?</div>Thats what im still trying to figure out...
Sammy Dalembert is a underachiever.T-Mac could have done more he is a great player.Iguodala I think if he get's a consistent jump shot going, and starts to get a few more assists he can be a triple double threat. He underachieved last season I think.And WTF how can you say Shaq underachieved? :HAHAHA: (To damn funny)
Dmiles for sure... i definitely believe that ppl had more hope 4 miles than they did for boris diaw.... the results. but then again he....goodnight
I dont think you can say that Tmac is an underachiever. He didnt look like he was going to be a star after his stint in Toronto, but then he blew up in Orlando and became a superstar. Thats definately not under-achieving..
Definitely Darius Miles. Theres Eddy Curry, Samuel Dalembert...oh wingman, in your avatar, KG takes like 4 steps before he dunks lol.
