ESPN: Babb ranked 2nd worst player in NBA

[Eja117]

Saddest results on this list:

480: Greg Oden
460: Andrew Bynum

It's so disappointing to see two players with so much promise end up at this point.  Both sad results, but for different reasons.

Oden's case is just purely unfortunate.  He well and truly could have been a top 5 center in this league had he been even remotely healthy, and that's a big deal in a league so lacking in pure centers.  Instead, injuries have made him one of the most incapable players in the league.   It's sad because everything I've seen indicates that he's a pretty good guy who really wanted to be good, but just never had the chance.

Bynum is a whole other story.  Another player who could have been a top tier (top 2 even) center in the NBA, career ruined mostly by his horrible attitude.  Yes he has injury issues, but poor decisions have led to him re-aggravating injuries that he otherwise may well have recovered from, and his horrible personality and Basketball IQ mean that even if he did stay healthy, he still probably would have struggled to find a long term spot on a team.

Same deal with guys like Penny Hardaway and Brandon Roy - both good guys with elite talent who could have had hall of fame careers, but all cut short by unfortunate injuries.

So sad.

They laughed at me in my keeper league when I traded Bynum straight up for Jonas Valanciunus  a year before Jonas came to the league.

[gar]

Vitor mov'in on up to #388.

[mgent]

To rank these players, ESPN uses a super-scientific method that yields incredibly meaningful and accurate results:

How did we rank the players?

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, in terms of "the overall level of play for each player for the upcoming NBA season."

Holy crap, I never knew that.  That's a joke.

[mgent]

Saddest results on this list:

480: Greg Oden
460: Andrew Bynum

It's so disappointing to see two players with so much promise end up at this point.  Both sad results, but for different reasons.

Oden's case is just purely unfortunate.  He well and truly could have been a top 5 center in this league had he been even remotely healthy, and that's a big deal in a league so lacking in pure centers.  Instead, injuries have made him one of the most incapable players in the league.   It's sad because everything I've seen indicates that he's a pretty good guy who really wanted to be good, but just never had the chance.

Bynum is a whole other story.  Another player who could have been a top tier (top 2 even) center in the NBA, career ruined mostly by his horrible attitude.  Yes he has injury issues, but poor decisions have led to him re-aggravating injuries that he otherwise may well have recovered from, and his horrible personality and Basketball IQ mean that even if he did stay healthy, he still probably would have struggled to find a long term spot on a team.

Same deal with guys like Penny Hardaway and Brandon Roy - both good guys with elite talent who could have had hall of fame careers, but all cut short by unfortunate injuries.

So sad.

They laughed at me in my keeper league when I traded Bynum straight up for Jonas Valanciunus in my keeper league a year before Jonas came to the league.

Nice move!

[317]

Joel Anthony way to low at 405, should be more like 450.

[hwangjini_1]

sigh. a thread to debate whether babb is, or is not, the second crappiest player in the nba?

thank god training camp is less than 2 weeks away.

[D.o.s.]

To rank these players, ESPN uses a super-scientific method that yields incredibly meaningful and accurate results:

How did we rank the players?

We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, in terms of "the overall level of play for each player for the upcoming NBA season."

Holy crap, I never knew that.  That's a joke.

Lackluster content From ESPN?! 

[moiso]

Saddest results on this list:

480: Greg Oden
460: Andrew Bynum

It's so disappointing to see two players with so much promise end up at this point.  Both sad results, but for different reasons.

Oden's case is just purely unfortunate.  He well and truly could have been a top 5 center in this league had he been even remotely healthy, and that's a big deal in a league so lacking in pure centers.  Instead, injuries have made him one of the most incapable players in the league.   It's sad because everything I've seen indicates that he's a pretty good guy who really wanted to be good, but just never had the chance.

Bynum is a whole other story.  Another player who could have been a top tier (top 2 even) center in the NBA, career ruined mostly by his horrible attitude.  Yes he has injury issues, but poor decisions have led to him re-aggravating injuries that he otherwise may well have recovered from, and his horrible personality and Basketball IQ mean that even if he did stay healthy, he still probably would have struggled to find a long term spot on a team.

Same deal with guys like Penny Hardaway and Brandon Roy - both good guys with elite talent who could have had hall of fame careers, but all cut short by unfortunate injuries.

So sad.

I always liked Oden but the argument could be made at this point in time that Bynum isn't a worse person than Oden.

[D.o.s.]

Saddest results on this list:

480: Greg Oden
460: Andrew Bynum

It's so disappointing to see two players with so much promise end up at this point.  Both sad results, but for different reasons.

Oden's case is just purely unfortunate.  He well and truly could have been a top 5 center in this league had he been even remotely healthy, and that's a big deal in a league so lacking in pure centers.  Instead, injuries have made him one of the most incapable players in the league.   It's sad because everything I've seen indicates that he's a pretty good guy who really wanted to be good, but just never had the chance.

Bynum is a whole other story.  Another player who could have been a top tier (top 2 even) center in the NBA, career ruined mostly by his horrible attitude.  Yes he has injury issues, but poor decisions have led to him re-aggravating injuries that he otherwise may well have recovered from, and his horrible personality and Basketball IQ mean that even if he did stay healthy, he still probably would have struggled to find a long term spot on a team.

Same deal with guys like Penny Hardaway and Brandon Roy - both good guys with elite talent who could have had hall of fame careers, but all cut short by unfortunate injuries.

So sad.

I always liked Oden but the argument could be made at this point in time that Bynum isn't a worse person than Oden.

Agreed, but I think "good guy" in this sense refers to how he is in the locker room and with a team. I will say that, relative to his peers, Andrew Bynum never seemed like basketball was the most important thing to him.

[Adelaide Celt]

I don't know. I think Cameron Bairstow might be worse

You'll be eating those words.

[Alleyoopster]

If he could stick the 3 pointer like he did in a couple Summer League games last year he'd be playing regularly.