NBA: shawn bradley retires......a sad, sad day

[iamme]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2092800

 

[amol]

What is he? 7'6"?

He must be about 32, 33 ... it's that knee ...

 

[Red Dawn]

Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

 

[tfinch2]

Career stats of 8 pts 6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks...not too shabby. A lot better than most people think.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

too high of expecations IMO. Of course he didn't play right out of college because he had to do some missionary work for the Mormon Church if i remember correctly. He never "filled out" and was too weak and lanky to be any kind of dominate player.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Career stats of 8 pts 6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks...not too shabby. A lot better than most people think.

Not good enough for the 2nd pick in the draft.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

too high of expecations IMO. Of course he didn't play right out of college because he had to do some missionary work for the Mormon Church if i remember correctly. He never "filled out" and was too weak and lanky to be any kind of dominate player.

Yeah he definately was no David Robinson.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

too high of expecations IMO. Of course he didn't play right out of college because he had to do some missionary work for the Mormon Church if i remember correctly. He never "filled out" and was too weak and lanky to be any kind of dominate player.

Yeah he definately was no David Robinson.

well, they were both white.

*rimshot*

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

too high of expecations IMO. Of course he didn't play right out of college because he had to do some missionary work for the Mormon Church if i remember correctly. He never "filled out" and was too weak and lanky to be any kind of dominate player.

Yeah he definately was no David Robinson.

well, they were both white.

*rimshot*

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

(i laughed)

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Potential never reached or too high of expectations for him?

too high of expecations IMO. Of course he didn't play right out of college because he had to do some missionary work for the Mormon Church if i remember correctly. He never "filled out" and was too weak and lanky to be any kind of dominate player.

Yeah he definately was no David Robinson.

well, they were both white.

*rimshot*

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

(i laughed)

thank you, thank you. don't forget to tip your waitress.

:beer:

 

[BRObedoza]

dang, bradley got dunked on by everybody. i think i even dunked on him a couple of times.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
dang, bradley got dunked on by everybody. i think i even dunked on him a couple of times.

I think i saw that game! Oh wait....that was every game.

 

[iamme]

shawn bradley, a giant among shorter giants

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: iamme
shawn bradley, a giant among shorter giants

That is the image i will ALWAYS see when i think of Shawn Bradley in the future (no idea why i would actually think of him...but you know what i mean).

Edit: i mean it perfectly portrays his career.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: iamme
shawn bradley, a giant among shorter giants

That is the image i will ALWAYS see when i think of Shawn Bradley in the future (no idea why i would actually think of him...but you know what i mean).

Edit: i mean it perfectly portrays his career.

yeeeehhhhaaaaaw!!!!

 

[pyonir]

The only way he could get a rebound? Steal it from a teammate?

 

[jalaram]

From ESPN:

Bradley will retire with career averages of 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks, having led the league in blocked shots twice.

Well, at least, he led the league twice in blocked shots.

While I agree that the expectations were very high, he never did what he needed to do to come close to his potential. If he just built up his strength and mass a little, it would've helped him tremendously. And, possibly, if his legs got stronger, he might not have the knee injury.

 

[Kev]

The end of an Era.

 

[SP33Demon]

Yep, a sad day indeed. Just like when Manute Bol retired.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Kev
The end of an Era.

What Era? The "I'm a useless player" Era?

Good riddance Bradley.

 

[PawNtheSandman]

Great. Call me an idiot, but I bought a boat load of Shawn Bradley rookie cards. I thought he would be the next David Robinson.

I guess I should go through my closet, find my Bradley cards and burn em.

 

[Qwest]

Semi-good players taken after Shawn Bradley in the draft.
Of course, all of them are hurt now.

Penny Hardaway
Jamal Mashburn
Allan Houston
Sam Cassell
Nick Van Exel


Now that I think of it, that was a pretty crappy yr for the draft.

 

[PawNtheSandman]

That was a good draft year, but all of those guys peaked and fizzled out in their first 5 seasons.