The Basketball Section

It's May 5th, 2006. The Sacramento Kings have just been eliminated from the playoffs in the first round, falling to the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in six games. It's the second year in a row where the Kings have been bounced in the first round, and the heartbreak of their controversial loss in the Western Conference Finals four years prior still lingers. Only Mike Bibby and coach Rick Adelman, but the additions in the last four years have proven successful enough to continue to make the playoffs, albeit with less success. The strongest addition is Ron Artest, a controversial yet talented player who won Defensive Player of the Year, was selected as an all-star, and made the All-NBA 3rd Team two seasons ago, but had missed just about the entire previous season after his involvement in the infamous Malice at the Palace. The additions, along with Artest, included other players like Brad Miller, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Bonzi Wells, and a young Kevin Martin. There's a solid base t...

Being a star in college doesn't guarantee that you'll find the same amount of success in the NBA. While they are guys like Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Durant who dominated both the NCAA and the pros, there are guys like Evan Turner, who isn't a bad player at all but isn't anywhere near the level that Jordan or Duncan was. Then, however, they're are players who were great players in college, only to completely fizzle out and be relegated to a bench role instead of achieving the superstardom they seemed destined for. With that out of the way, here are six college basketball stars who flopped in the NBA. Jimmer Fredette Starting off the list is a player I've already talked about on my list of players who didn't live up to their hype. Jimmer Fredette was an absolute phenom during his four years playing at Brigham Young University, averaging 18.7 points during his college career while shooting 46% from the field and 39% from three-point range....