New York City basketball phenom Felipe Lopez in 1994 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9460/index.htm True high school sports phenoms only come around once every few years.

But in some cases, the deafening hype is all for nothing.

We assembled a list of eight of the biggest flops of the last 30 years, and found out where they landed after their once-promising careers fizzled out.