Players in the NBA obviously must have a certain level of talent to play in the league, but that’s often not the differentiating factor between them.
Many players that wash out of the NBA were considered top prospects at one point in their respective careers. Their circumstances, however, usually decide how successful a player goes on to become.
Washington has been home to many players that never realized their full potential; players that had all the talent in the world to become household names.
Because of the team’s losing culture and the dysfunction that was created as a result, those players were quickly forgotten about and their potential became wasted.