The Basketball Section

People make mistakes, and basketball players are just that, people. Therefore, basketball players make mistakes just like everyone else. Whether those mistakes are things like missing wide-open lay-ups or...pretty much half of what JaVale McGee has done in his career, mistakes are still bound to happen. Even Michael Jordan has messed up on the court before . The mistakes on this list, however, are so much more than that. Not only were these mistakes, mental errors, or avoidable gaffs, but they were mistakes that would end up altering the very game they happened in. Whether they be in the NBA or in college, these are 9 critical mistakes that altered the outcomes of basketball games. JR Smith Forgets the Score Obviously, we had to start with a major mental error that occurred this past season, and one that hurts me deeply to think about as a Cleveland Cavaliers fan. In Game 1 of the 2018 finals, the Cavaliers were trailing by one against the Golden State Warriors when Ge...

Aside from a gruesome injury or an Andre Roberson jump shot, there's nothing more painful to watch in the NBA than a talented player wasting his time on a truly atrocious team. Some are legit stars who got saddled with a bad team or a former role player who put up the numbers because no one else was going to, there are plenty of examples that could go on this list. So many in fact that this definetely won't be the only list I make on this subject. But for now, these are 9 players whose great stats were all for nothing. Chris Webber (1994-95) Chris Webber hadn't even been in the NBA for a year and a half before he had been traded for the second time in his career in 1994. Following a falling out with coach Don Nelson, the former #1 pick & Rookie of the Year exercised a one-year escape clause in his contract, which led to the Golden State Warriors agreeing to a sign-and-trade deal with the Washington Bullets for Tom Gugliotta and three first-round picks, one of whi...