As popular as NBA players are they certainly are not immune to the occasional blunder. Here's a selection of a few of the most notable.
Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers; draft day 1984): Bowie was never responsible for any one, singular blooper moment - his whole career was one. The Blazers passed on future Hall of Famer Michael Jordan to draft the 7'1" Bowie, who played in 511 games over 10 injury-riddled years and averaged 10.9 points per game. Jordan, by contrast, played in more than twice as many games and won 6 championships over a 15-year career that cemented him as arguably the best to ever play the game. The Blazers also passed on two other pretty decent players in that draft with names such as Charles Barkley and John Stockton.
Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers vs Seattle Supersonics; 2000): one of the worst free throw shooters in NBA history, Shaq truly lowered the bar in a game against the Sonics that saw him miss all 11 of his attempts from the charity stripe. It established a new league record for the most consecutive misses and confirmed that the word "charity" doesn't apply to the stripe when Shaq is behind it. It also inspired opposing teams to create a defensive scheme for handling the "Diesel" that became known around the league as the Hack-A-Shaq.
