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The Cajun Cannon
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I'm watching an ESPN classic game from 88 between florida and LSU. This game is packed with the mullets, short shorts, 12 pound high tops, and huge banged cheerleaders. But I digress. Back to the point of the thread.

This game reminds me that Chris Jackson has to be one of the best CBB players to bust in the NBA. Kid was unbelievable.

thats my vote. What are your thoughts?
 

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While I wouldn't consider Wayman Tisdale a bust, he certainly didn't live up to the hype he created while in college at Oklahoma. Dude was an absolute beast from day 1 in Norman, the numbers he put up were unreal.
 

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Mr. Chris Washburn




It's the NBA's tragic draft. Len Bias, drafted No. 2 overall by the Boston Celtics in 1986, died the next day of a drug overdose. Seven-footer Chris Washburn, drafted just behind Bias at No. 3 by the Golden State Warriors, was drummed from the league three years later for repeat drug offenses. At least Washburn had time to make good on his career. He played two seasons for the Warriors before he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, where he was making $480,000 a year in 1988-89.


Instead of winding down a pro career, Washburn is out of basketball. He was banned from the NBA in June 1989 following three positive drug tests.

"He had skills, he could score close to the basket, but then he got himself out of shape," says Stan Kasten, president of the Hawks since 1986. "He was very immature for his age, which made the transition to the pros more difficult."

Despite repeated attempts, Washburn could only be reached briefly while visiting his mother in Hickory, N.C. He said he's "in the mortgage business" in Dallas.

Many thought basketball would be Washburn's business. But he couldn't get over the hurdle of his off-court problems.

"He never was as good as his reputation," Bob Gibbons says. The recruiting analyst lives 20 miles from Washburn's hometown and watched him grow into an All-USA player and one of the top high school recruits in the country.

"I watched him at camps, and he never took anything serious.

"Potentially, he had everything. Size and skill. He just didn't have the work ethic."

Washburn was caught stealing a stereo at North Carolina State and given 46 hours in jail, a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation.

"The State people got after me because (N.C. State coach) Jim Valvano said on a radio program 'Chris Washburn is going to make our program,' " Gibbons says. "I said on another radio program, 'Chris Washburn is going to break their program.' "

Personal Fouls, the best-selling book by Peter Golenbock, detailed academic abuse at N.C. State under Valvano, some of which centered on Washburn, who played two years for the coach.

In the book, one of Washburn's teammates recalls, "Chris never went to school. He'd come to some classes, but he was never there enough times to pass. But 'V' gets you through school if he wants to. I believe that ever since Chris got to State, I would be surprised if he ever passed a class. And he still managed to play."
 

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Chris Jackson/Muslim name actually had an NBA career though...not to the potential of the hype, but still had an actual career...top bust has to go to someone that really didnt set his feet in the pros.

when someone gets the nick name 'Baby Jordan'...Harold Miner is def. someone that would be considered a bust.
 

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Chris jackson wasnt a bust....he put a few butts in the seats which i think is all anybody expected of him...he was a flashy showboater but nothing to build a team around..and once the turetts got a hold of him there wasnt a lot left in the tank..

The biggest bust ever in the NBA was hands down Len Bias
 

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Chris jackson wasnt a bust....he put a few butts in the seats which i think is all anybody expected of him...he was a flashy showboater but nothing to build a team around..and once the turetts got a hold of him there wasnt a lot left in the tank..

The biggest bust ever in the NBA was hands down Len Bias

Guess bust wasn't the best word for Jackson, but he seemed far from living up to his potential.
 

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i realize this is an opinion thread ,but ralph sampson was far from a bust.first four years all star and one mvp.the guy was just so tall and long legged his knees simply went away. he did last 9 seasons in the nba
 

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i realize this is an opinion thread ,but ralph sampson was far from a bust.first four years all star and one mvp.the guy was just so tall and long legged his knees simply went away. he did last 9 seasons in the nba


He won an mvp??? I'm too young to remember that I guess, I'm an idiot.
 

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Keith Lee. A star of stars at Memphis and thought he would be a real good NBA player but it never happened.

Tisdale is a good choice as he was too small in the NBA.
Sampson never became a star but he was good for a little while.

How about Sam Bowie? Drafted ahead of Michael Jordan he never developed and injuries hurt.
 

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Keith Lee. A star of stars at Memphis and thought he would be a real good NBA player but it never happened.

Tisdale is a good choice as he was too small in the NBA.
Sampson never became a star but he was good for a little while.

How about Sam Bowie? Drafted ahead of Michael Jordan he never developed and injuries hurt.

Bowie definitely came to mind as well.
 
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Jason Williams and Bobby Hurley don't qualify I suppose, but they were great in college and did nothing in the NBA.
 

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I don't know how Sampson could be a bust. The guy had a great early career. ROY, All Star (I think he was the game's MVP 1 year)... The injuries just caught up to him.
 

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Not really on the tops list but a real stiff nonetheless.....

Acie Earl. Played at Iowa and the Celtics. What a stiff he was.
 

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Jason Williams and Bobby Hurley don't qualify I suppose, but they were great in college and did nothing in the NBA.

Danny Ferry. He was a STUD at Duke and when he went to Italy right away the word was Brian Shaw was better. And he was. Big time bust.....
 

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