Ooops! Wrong About That Guy

[Wade Garrett]

I think I speak for most of us, when looking at this particular group and seeing the individual skillsets these guys have, this is a talented team.
The "new" guys...it will be cool to see what they actually bring.
Mario....Baze.....Ant....GaryTrent..all look like potential contributors.
Which got me thinking...has there ever been a player you thought was gonna really be something, but oh were you ever wrong...(not talking. Greg Oden here)
Mine...was Elliott Williams a few years back. Thought he had perennial all star written all over him..
Anybody else miss?

 

[theprunetang]

I thought Sebastian Telfair was going to be something in this league.

 

[The Professional Fan]

I thought Sebastian Telfair was going to be something in this league.

Took one response to steal my player

 

[hoopsjock]

I was drinking the Darius Miles Kool-Aid when he was traded here. I thought maybe he had figured things out but despite being so athletically gifted he just wasn't a very savvy player. Then he started having knee problems and when his athleticism started to go he had no other part to his game.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Batum.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I thought we stole the CP3 trade, and that Martell and Jack were the second comings of Ray Allen and Terry Porter. After we drafted Roy I thought those three would make a perfect 1-3 combo.

 

[Norman Dale]

Walter Berry - was so excited when he dropped to #14 to the Blazers, but then a complete bust after being the college player of the year at St. Johns. Only lasted 3 years in the league. Very happy were able to dump him for Kevin Duckworth.

 

[Further]

Q Woods.
But the most embarrassing one I thought would turn out to be starter quality was Ha Sin Jin.

And I’m the only one left on Meyers Island. I still think he’s going to be a very good backup or competent starter in the next couple seasons (for someone else).

My homer run strong!

 

[Hoopguru]

Webster

 

[RipCityWarrior]

sergei monya was the one I had thought could develop into something but alas I was wrong.

 

[calvin natt]

Good question. I would have to say Martell Webster for me. Didn’t think all star but thought long productive career.

 

[kjironman1]

Billy Ray Bates!

 

[Mediocre Man]

I thought Brandon Roy would average at best

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I honest to God thought the trade for Damon Stoudamire was genius and that Stoudamire was going to be a “next level” star. This despite having seen his one dimensional, hot dog dad Willie play too many times to count. I shoulda been smart enough to know that the chickens would come home to roost......still wiping the egg off my face.

 

[illmatic99]

Batum.

Did you think he'd be better, or worse? Cuz he did pretty well for the 25th pick. But he also perpetually felt like an under-achiever.

 

[Hoopguru]

Randolph Childress

 

[Chris Craig]

I thought Sebastian Telfair was going to be something in this league.

I thought so too for sure...also wondered about Bayless

 

[hoopsjock]

Walter Berry - was so excited when he dropped to #14 to the Blazers, but then a complete bust after being the college player of the year at St. Johns. Only lasted 3 years in the league. Very happy were able to dump him for Kevin Duckworth.

That 1986 draft for the Blazers was crazy though because they also took Arvydas Sabonis and Drazen Petrovic.

 

[Chris Craig]

Good question. I would have to say Martell Webster for me. Didn’t think all star but thought long productive career.

I always saw him as the next Steve Smith

 

[theprunetang]

I thought so too for sure...also wondered about Bayless

Ahh shit. I forgot about Bayless. Count me on that boat as well.

 

[The Professional Fan]

sergei monya was the one I had thought could develop into something but alas I was wrong.

Monya was the second player that came to mind but I don't know why I thought he was going to be any good to begin with. Maybe because he smoked cigars and was cool idk.

 

[riverman]

Great thread! I'd put Victor Claver on my list and Batum...I thought Layman was going to stick and his first year I actually had big hopes for Meyers Leonard. I thought Steve Blake would stick at least two times.

 

[riverman]

Not my pick but I sure remember the juice TRob was getting when we picked him up.

 

[barfo]

Every new player on the Blazers since 1978 or so.

barfo

 

[hoopsjock]

Randolph Childress

YES! Great pull! I really liked watching Wake Forest back in the day with Childress and Rodney Rodgers and then later with Childress and Tim Duncan his last couple years. He was another guy who had knee problems though so who knows what could've been.

 

[Dougnsalem]

Man, it's been like 10 or so years; but I've got to go with that one dude. Umm, what was his name??? Oh yeah, Anthony Tolliver. I always felt that sooner or later, he'd kick some major ass, playing for us......

~thread winner~

Lol

 

[Chris Craig]

Man, it's been like 10 or so years; but I've got to go with that one dude. Umm, what was his name??? Oh yeah, Anthony Tolliver. I always felt that sooner or later, he'd kick some major ass, playing for us......

The Blazers didn't draft him...he went undrafted. But, yeah I have wondered about him. He has a chance now doesn't he.

 

[Dougnsalem]

The Blazers didn't draft him...he went undrafted. But, yeah I have wondered about him. He has a chance now doesn't he.

No we didn't draft him. He was a Blazer, and did play two games for us 10 years ago. That's why I chose him. He's gonna kick some major ass, and make me look like Einstein!


Nah. I still wouldn't look like Alfred. Maybe the hair, but that's about it....


Edit: So was @Wade Garrett just talking about people we drafted, or any that played for us? We didn't draft Miles, and a couple guys picked him.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Did you think he'd be better, or worse? Cuz he did pretty well for the 25th pick. But he also perpetually felt like an under-achiever.

I had really high hopes for him.

 

[oldmangrouch]

I thought Brandon Roy would average at best

I had a similar initial reaction - jack of all trades; master of none. Sad it ended the way it did.