chris webber a liability?

Question

He's made it pretty clear that he cares more about playing time than wins and still expects to be the star, so he's not going to be very happy when he ends up being the fourth or fifth option on offense. At his age, the best thing for him would have been to accept a reduced role with the mavs or spurs, instead of going for stats on a slightly above average team.He has not helped any team since he came back from a knee injury. In fact, the kings fell from first to fourth after webber came back to the team three years ago, so he might even hurt the team if he starts. Even though he might still be able to score, the sixers actually got worse after acquiring him, going from the playoffs to the lottery, due to him being a liability on defense and lack of quickness. Why do you think other teams did not pursue webber as aggressively by guaranteeing him a starting job?

Answer 1

As a former player, I know how tough it is to watch from the bench. He has been a star his whole career and wants to attempt to keep it going. Problem is that his age is catching up with him. The mind is willing, but the body is not.

I can't understand why Sixers didn't try to trade him! Get ANYTHING for him, even a late draft pick. Instead they just placed him on waivers and let him walk away. So strange.

Answer 2

Webber has been a liability for the past several years now. The fact that he is injury-prone (with that microfracture surgery he had a couple of years back) and that lucrative contract extension he received just made it harder for teams to trade him. And the 76ers didn't try to trade him because there would be no team in their right minds who would take that 2 year-$40 million contract! That's just a ridiculous amount of money that the 76ers were going to have to pay anyway. Now that he's with the Pistons, the 76ers are back to their rebuilding stage. And the Pistons might throw Webber in as their starting center, since he's probably more able to rebound and score on the block than Nazr Mohammed. But then again, his defense is atrocious so it's unclear how the Pistons are gonna use him, but he is a big liability to any team that has him.