Quick, who had a more disappointing Fall-off-a-cliff career:
Steve Francis or Damon Stoudamire?
I think that would definetely be Steve Francis. I will be fair and not look up their numbers, but memory tells me that Damon Stoudamire was steady for a long time. Additionally, he was probably not ever all that great, more a factor of having inflated numbers from playing on a bad Raptors team. I think he was a very above average distributer, solid scorer and shooter and average or worse on defense. Meanwhile, Steve Francis seemed to have the complete package of being a perrenial all star. He could rebound, pass, score inside and out and was very athletic. I wonder exactly what happened with him. Maybe he is just another player that had their career destroyed by going to New York.
Yeah, I think Francis's ceiling was higher, so his drop was worse. But Damon's rookie season would have everyone drooling if it happened again. Ridiculous numbers. And he was consistently there for 3 years, then just plummeted. It's amazing how a player can just drop off like that.
Steve Francis Rookie Season:
18 pts, 6.6 asts, 5.3 rbs, .445 FG, .345 3FG
Damon Stoudemire Rookie Season:
19.0 pts, 9.3 asts, 4.0 rbs, .426 FG, .395 3FG
