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[QUOTE="Irishsecra1, post: 5424437, member: 8453"]
The turning point in his NBA career was when he sprained/broke his ankle just before the end of his first season in Miami.  He was the team star at the time and his stats showed it.  Led the team from the dead almost to the playoffs.  And would have it not for the injury - they barely missed the playoffs.
The fans were in his pocket, coaches loved him, Pat Riley loved him, teammates loved him - he had it all literally.

Then the injury happened and that was it.  Had surgery, couldn't play for almost a year.
Trust seemed to be broken between Dion, the team and coaches. Fans turned on him.
Complained about lack of playing time.  Actually his numbers in his third year were pretty good.
Anyways this is where his mental issues and poor judgement reared his ugly head in year 4 and that was it for him in the NBA.  Only played 3 games year 4.

And only 7 games the following year for the Lakers though he got a ring.
. I always thought that was Lebron doing him a solid considering he ran him out of Cleveland.
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