I kinda think he hit his peak though. He was a very high volume, low efficiency scorer on bad teams. Those guys are not rare in the NBA and don’t always translate to winning basketball when put on a good team.
Mayo and Jennings had their hype right as I was entering my NBA phase and reading SLAM every month and totally bought into both of them. I was so hyper for OJ Mayo mostly because he had a cool name. I remember maybe his second season, he had a 40 point game against the Nuggets, and I was like “here we go!” And it never happened. I think maybe if he had been drafted 10 years earlier he could have had a Marbury esque career. Idk. Kyrie ending up being the player I thought Mayo would be.
Jennings had that 55 point game against the Warriors though, too, and that was even more insane, and then same kind of story- never reached the hype.
Probably the last time I got hyped about future basketball players. Nothing bad, I enjoyed the hype train, it’s just exhausting, and deflating if they don’t pan out. Better to wait and judge players in the NBA.
Yeah it was the time I got into tracking high school recruits as well. It was cool to see guys that panned out like John Wall because you followed literally their entire career. But yeah there are more duds than success stories. I only really hear about/follow the truly hyped prospects like a Zion, Chet, or Flagg now.
OJ Mayo
Didn’t the NBA’s dumb weed rules get him
And pain killer abuse. I don’t think he coped well with being drafted by the Grizzlies
Oh yeah; and then the Bucks who weren’t exactly a hot destination lol
Him and Brandon Jennings both had insane hype that I believed.
Jennings was very, very good in his short time with us before tearing his achilles. Huge what if if he hadn’t gone down.
I kinda think he hit his peak though. He was a very high volume, low efficiency scorer on bad teams. Those guys are not rare in the NBA and don’t always translate to winning basketball when put on a good team.
Mayo and Jennings had their hype right as I was entering my NBA phase and reading SLAM every month and totally bought into both of them. I was so hyper for OJ Mayo mostly because he had a cool name. I remember maybe his second season, he had a 40 point game against the Nuggets, and I was like “here we go!” And it never happened. I think maybe if he had been drafted 10 years earlier he could have had a Marbury esque career. Idk. Kyrie ending up being the player I thought Mayo would be.
Jennings had that 55 point game against the Warriors though, too, and that was even more insane, and then same kind of story- never reached the hype.
Probably the last time I got hyped about future basketball players. Nothing bad, I enjoyed the hype train, it’s just exhausting, and deflating if they don’t pan out. Better to wait and judge players in the NBA.
Yeah it was the time I got into tracking high school recruits as well. It was cool to see guys that panned out like John Wall because you followed literally their entire career. But yeah there are more duds than success stories. I only really hear about/follow the truly hyped prospects like a Zion, Chet, or Flagg now.
After Jennings tore his Achilles he lost his quickness. Tough for small guards to be successful in the league once the athleticism is compromised
His final high school dunk was hype AF.
Also, kind of along the same lines as OJ, Bill Walker. Later known as Henry Walker. Dude got betrayed by his knees but he was a serious talent.
Bill Walker and Beasley as a combo on K-State was seriously entertaining.
His high school tape was amazing because he was 2+ years older than everyone else. He was like 21 years old as a freshman at USC
Link?
To what
That man was a problem in 2k11.
Eyyyy Cinco de Mayo
played varsity when he was in the 7th grade