Ranking: The Top 15 ‘What If’ players in NBA history

From Ralph Sampson to Drazen Petrovic to Derrick Rose, HoopsHype ranks the 15 biggest what-ifs in NBA history.

What if the youngest league MVP in NBA history never blew out his knee?

What if the No. 1 pick in the 2002 NBA draft, an international superstar from another major global market, didn’t see his prime end by the time he was 28?

What if the Boston Celtics dynasty of the ’80s had extended into the ’90s thanks to the No. 2 pick in the 1986 NBA draft?

What if the one-time all-time leading scorer in basketball had joined the NBA rather than spend his entire career playing at lower levels overseas?

The landscape of the NBA today could be so much different. It’s time we look at the biggest what-ifs in NBA history.