What happened with Larry Hughes...?

[thedangerouskitchen]

In 2004-05 with the Wizards (at the age of 26) he averaged 22/6/5, led the league with 2.9 Steals per game, and was selected 1st Team All Defense (6th in DPOY voting).

The very next year he signed a multi-year contract with the Cavs, and immediately became a tomato can.

So what happened in Cleveland to turn this extremely promising player (in his absolute prime) into a washed-up bum within 5 years?

Anyone?
Anyone?

[thedangerouskitchen]

BUMP

Larry Hughes' massive decline (the second he arrived in Cleveland) got me thinking about other random guys too... take Big Z, for example: He was an All Star in 2003 and in 2005 with the Cavs, then suddenly he too inexplicably became a tomato can overnight.

Was it something in the water over in Cleveland at this time, or what??



Anyone?

[LNS]

Your threads get maybe 2-3 responses now and most of those are from you. You’re washed up.

[Robceltsfan]

Your threads get maybe 2-3 responses now and most of those are from you. You’re washed up.

[Alex_Murphy]

he ended up on the orlando magic where careers go to die

[xer0]

The LeBron effect, makes everyone else worse at the expense of his own statistical gain and his simps and media talking heads can give him a pass, even though he's a joke in the clutch moments of games unless he's playing dogshit opponents from the east conference.

[thedangerouskitchen]

The LeBron effect, makes everyone else worse at the expense of his own statistical gain and his simps and media talking heads can give him a pass, even though he's a joke in the clutch moments of games unless he's playing dogshit opponents from the east conference.

Precisely what I figured.

Hughes, Big Z... hell, rookie LeFraud inherited a team with Ricky Davis (coming off a 21/5/6 season), Big Z (coming off an All Star season) and Carlos Boozer dropping 16 and 11... and all they did was watch their stautus/production plummet while playing LeBron Ball.

- Shaq in 2009 went from an All NBA / All Star (his previous season with the Suns) to an Average Joe playing alongside James
- Antawn Jamison went from a 22/9 guy to obscurity once he teammed with James
- Chris Bosh, Kevin Love, Westbrook, Ray Allen... they all saw their production plummet playing LeBron Ball
- Brandon Ingram became an All Star AND Most Improved Player as soon as he left LeBron
- Kyle Kuzma saw his numbers plummet alongside LeBron, then shoot back up once he left LeCancer

Hell just last season Luka led his team past three (3!!) HIGHER seeds all the way to the Finals. This year (under LeBron Ball) he lost in the first-round in embarrassing fashion to a LOWER seed... but-but-but we're supposed to believe LeBron spent the majority of his career playing alongside tomato cans.