#21: The 4 Who Could’ve Been

Derrick Rose, Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Tracy McGrady. What do these 4 dynamic and exciting players have in common? Injuries robbed them of their potential, limiting what they could have accomplished. Still, their impact on the league is undeniable, and in this episode we don’t necessarily judge who is better, but more of a reminder to the fans who maybe don’t remember these guys’ primes and our opinions on the 4 players who’s careers were robbed the most of injuries. 

We didn’t cover Len Bias – dubbed the next MJ drafted in 1986, but died of cocaine overdose right after and never stepped on an NBA court – or Drazen Petrovic – the Croatian superstar who had a great 3 year run on the Nets, and went toe to toe with the ‘92 dream team in the Gold medal game before tragically passing away in car accident in the offseason – because those were more severe than injuries and even more saddening.
 
 So who are you in on? Relive some of the best games/highlights for each of them:

• Grant Hill favorite highlights:
  • ’97 battle where he had 34, 14, and 15 against the Lakers
  • Top plays (check out the Scottie Pippen cross at 1:20 and the first dunk on Mourning are Simsinator’s favorites)
• Derrick Rose favorite highlights:
  • 44 point playoff game against the Hawks
  • Top crossovers, check the quickness!
• Penny Hardaway favorite highlights:
  • Pre-injury Penny highlights
  • 35 10 and 12 against the Bucks in ’94
• Tmac highlights:
  • 13 points in 33 seconds against Simsinator’s Spurs
  • Straight pull up jumpers to show Tmac’s technique against his former team

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