Day 7 all time mavericks list.. Who would you say had the most wasted potential?
September 9, 2024
Luka was the runaway winner for most potential on the last post!
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I think Porzingis, injuries really ruined his potential.
Roy Tarpley, on his way to being an all star and the missing piece for our contending late 80s team, only to get suspended for 4 years.
Rodrigue Beaubois
The J3 trio in the 90s, Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson, and Jamal Mashburn
Josh Howard is my vote
I don’t think he’s the “most” wasted, but I see no one has mentioned the original “savior” of the rebuild, Dennis Smith Jr., man was screwed the moment he got drafted onto Carlisle’s team sadly.
nash
Easily roy tarpley, never got to watch him live but I heard that he screwed himself with that suspension
It’s Tarpley
Tarpley. A great sixth man but abused himself to substances that caused his downfall.
HM: DSJ
Josh Howard or Roddy B
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I’ve only seen Tarpley highlights, so I can’t speak much about him.
My vote goes to Porzingis of course.
Josh Howard
Satnam Singh
Probably Jason Kidd’s first stint. Or Aguirre
KP, beaubois (avery never gave him a chance), devin harris (avery limited him as well and then we gave him to the nets when he was entering his prime)
Definitely Tarpley.
Why are people saying Mark Aguirre, he consistently took the Mavs to the playoffs. A lot of the great players of the 80s are disrespected, I don’t understand it.
Josh Howard
Roy Tarpley 100% – he was gifted
Marquis Daniels or Josh Howard.
DSJ
There’s a player named Jay Vincent back in the 80s I’m quite a young MFFLer ( I’m 22 ) so I need a bit of context about this one from the older fans since his falloff is ala OJ Mayo or Tyreek Evans and I’ll consider him if there’s a bit more context from older fans
Basically as a 22 yrs old rookie drafted in the 2nd round he had a ridiculous start to his career 22 pts 8 rbs and 2 ast on 50% shooting with a rookie start like that you’ll imagine him being part of the team for a while
But no, his stats fell off every season and in just five years he’s been bouncing from team to team
Ps. He’s also the best answer for the immaculate grid for Mavs who scored 20+ ppg in a season that’s why I know about him from browsing bball ref
I know what happened to Tarpley and he’s truly my vote but this guy just puzzled me cause of that electric rookie start to having a mediocre career overall
Josh Howard
Tarpley
Tarpley
That last category is going to be rough when we get to it, Best AI Photo Editor Player
28 comments
I think Porzingis, injuries really ruined his potential.
Roy Tarpley, on his way to being an all star and the missing piece for our contending late 80s team, only to get suspended for 4 years.
Rodrigue Beaubois
The J3 trio in the 90s, Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson, and Jamal Mashburn
Josh Howard is my vote
I don’t think he’s the “most” wasted, but I see no one has mentioned the original “savior” of the rebuild, Dennis Smith Jr., man was screwed the moment he got drafted onto Carlisle’s team sadly.
nash
Easily roy tarpley, never got to watch him live but I heard that he screwed himself with that suspension
It’s Tarpley
Tarpley. A great sixth man but abused himself to substances that caused his downfall.
HM: DSJ
Josh Howard or Roddy B
[deleted]
I’ve only seen Tarpley highlights, so I can’t speak much about him.
My vote goes to Porzingis of course.
Josh Howard
Satnam Singh
Probably Jason Kidd’s first stint. Or Aguirre
KP, beaubois (avery never gave him a chance), devin harris (avery limited him as well and then we gave him to the nets when he was entering his prime)
Definitely Tarpley.
Why are people saying Mark Aguirre, he consistently took the Mavs to the playoffs. A lot of the great players of the 80s are disrespected, I don’t understand it.
Josh Howard
Roy Tarpley 100% – he was gifted
Marquis Daniels or Josh Howard.
DSJ
There’s a player named Jay Vincent back in the 80s I’m quite a young MFFLer ( I’m 22 ) so I need a bit of context about this one from the older fans since his falloff is ala OJ Mayo or Tyreek Evans and I’ll consider him if there’s a bit more context from older fans
Basically as a 22 yrs old rookie drafted in the 2nd round he had a ridiculous start to his career 22 pts 8 rbs and 2 ast on 50% shooting with a rookie start like that you’ll imagine him being part of the team for a while
But no, his stats fell off every season and in just five years he’s been bouncing from team to team
Ps. He’s also the best answer for the immaculate grid for Mavs who scored 20+ ppg in a season that’s why I know about him from browsing bball ref
[here’s his bball ref page ](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vinceja01.html)
I know what happened to Tarpley and he’s truly my vote but this guy just puzzled me cause of that electric rookie start to having a mediocre career overall
Josh Howard
Tarpley
Tarpley
That last category is going to be rough when we get to it, Best AI Photo Editor Player