30 best NBA players to never win a championship

16. Chris Webber

Coming out of college as the most high-profile member of the Fab Five at Michigan, the hype for Chris Webber was out of control. He was expected to completely revolutionize the power forward position as a player with both the traditional skill-set for the position, but also guard-like instincts and tendencies. Though the position has been further revolutionized, Webber indeed did that throughout his career.

Looking at his rookie season with the Golden State Warriors, four seasons with the Washington Bullets/Wizards and six full years with the Sacramento Kings, Webber was simply superb. He started 617 of the 619 games in which he played while posting averages of 22 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. Webber was a force to be reckoned with on both ends of the floor, and few teams in the league had the ability to reckon with him.

However, Webber’s legacy is complicated for a number of reasons. The first goes back to the hype, which simply put what amounts to unrealistic expectations on him. Even if he changed the game, he was going to have to be a top-10 player all-time to match what people thought he could be. He was great, but he was never that. And when you also factor in his numerous stops throughout his career, Webber’s greatness gets clouded a bit at times. Simply put, though, it shouldn’t ever be put into question.