Capn'O wrote:dc wrote:Glenn Robinson was a surprise bust/disappointment. I know it's strange to say that of a 2 time all-star, but consider that he was basically the consensus #1 overall pick in a draft with Kidd and Grant Hill taken after him. He had some good years with the Bucks, but he ended up being a journeyman by the time he hit his late 20s. That's a big disappointment considering his draft hype what people expected of him.
This is a good one. I thought he was a Tim Duncan/Shaq level prospect after he just annihilated everyone in college. Different in that he would have been more scoring and less defense but he just looked on another level. Even his rookie year was dominant for a two year college player. IIRC, he was one of those guys that got paid early and didn't really improve after.
Yeah, the thing I remember about Big Dog Robinson was that the teams picking behind the Bucks (Mavs and Pistons) who ended up drafting Kidd/Hill were actually trying to trade UP to the #1 spot to grab him, but the Bucks said no. Think about that for a second. Everyone was convinced the guy was can't miss and it was a consensus that he should be taken over guys like Kidd/Hill.
And he did have an excellent rookie year along with a couple all-star years, but even those years he was never close to Kidd/Hill.
He ended up turning out to be one dimensional. Just a pure mid-range scorer who wasn't much of a defender or playmaker and didn't make his teammates better. He didn't improve on his game.
I would think of him as a Carmelo type guy who flamed out way sooner. Carmelo started heading down hill in his early 30s. Big Dog started taking a dive in his mid 20s.
And you're right about the guy getting paid early and probably getting complacent. 1994 was the year before rookie scale contracts started. Back then, the top drafts prospects negotiated huge contracts from the get go. They definitely got paid early.
