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Webber’s Ceiling: Best PF ever Top-20 NBA player everĬompared to the greatest players of his era, Webber doesn’t have a crowning achievement. Just two years later, 2006’s Killa Season flopped, and he promptly disappeared for a long hiatus Killa Cam, only 30, was washed.įabolous’ Ceiling: Top-five MC of his era Top-25 MC ever Cam, though, failed to capitalize on his hype. Only 28 years old, Cam was set to own the 2000s in the same way that JAY-Z owned the second half of the ‘90s.
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He was coming off back-to-back platinum albums (2002’s Come Home With Me and 2004’s Purple Haze) and had pioneered Dipset movement, with Juelz Santana and Jim Jones becoming stars in their own right. In 2002, he hit his stride at the perfect time: the throne was up for grabs, with JAY-Z set to retire, Nas past his prime, Eminem and DMX two years removed from their respective apexes, and 50 Cent a year or so out from grabbing the Best Rapper Alive title.įrom 2002 to 2004, Cam’ron was-aside from Fiddy- the most popular MC in the game. The speed at which he went from superstar to bench player to out of the league is unprecedented: In 2008, he earned his eighth straight All-NBA nod by 2010, he was playing 35 games a year and averaging 8.2 PPG, 3.1 RPG, and 3.2 APG come 2012, he was out of the league at the age of 32.Ĭam’ron, like T-Mac, is not one of the first guys mentioned when discussing hip-hop’s Unfulfilled Potential Club, largely because at his peak he was as big as any rapper on the planet. Just entering his prime, the possibility of McGrady retiring as one of the 30 best players in NBA history seemed inevitable the basketball gods, though, had other plans.įollowing the 2007–08 season, 28-year-old McGrady underwent shoulder and knee surgeries from then on, he was never the same. During a period that saw Shaq and Duncan jostle for the best-player-alive title, Iverson and KG capture one-off MVPs, and Kobe become the most-popular young NBA star, it was T-Mac who-having already cemented his status as the league’s best scorer-had the most potential the question wasn’t if he would snatch the throne, but when.īy his 28th birthday, T-Mac, a 2017 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, had already submitted a resume worthy of being mentioned among the 75 greatest players ever: two-time NBA scoring champion, seven-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA first team, three-time second team, and two-time third team. McGrady’s Ceiling: Top-five SG ever Top-40 NBA player everįor a five-year window from 2001 to 2005, young basketball fans believed that T-Mac would be remembered as the Michael Jordan of his generation. After meeting Snoop Dogg and signing with Death Row, Kurupt submitted a handful of scene-stealing features to Snoop’s Doggystyle, including an iconic verse on “Aint No Fun.” But after teaming up with Daz Dillinger to form The Dogg Pound -and releasing their exceptional debut Dogg Food, in 1995-Kurupt waited four years before trying his hand at a solo career.Ĭam’ron’s Ceiling: Best MC of his era Top-25 MC ever He became a West Coast legend in the battle scene and a lyrical assassin who’s recognized as one of the greatest freestylers in hip-hop history. Like Sheed, Kurupt was a once-in-a-generation talent who should’ve been remembered as one of the best of his generation. Unfortunately, his knack for earning technicals and laziness prevented him from going down as one of the best ever. This ability to heat up behind the arc-at a time when power forwards were supposed to play with their back to the basket-helped Sheed redefine and revolutionize the position. On offense, he possessed an impeccable low-post game, capable of stretching the floor with his three-point range. At 6’11, with a 7’4 wingspan, Sheed could dominate on both ends of the floor: he was strong enough to battle the best low-post scorers and long enough to protect the rim. Rasheed Wallace could’ve been the best power forward of all-time instead, he’s remembered as the captain of the NBA’s Headcase team, not to mention the prevailing face of laziness and wasted potential. Wallace’s Ceiling: Top-10 PF ever Top-50 NBA player ever Kurupt’s Ceiling: Top-five MC of his era Top-20 MC ever