People remember champions. We remember the Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants, the Shaquille O'Neals, the Tim Duncans, the Stephen Currys, and the LeBron James. But what about the players who never got their shot?

These NBA players captured the world's attention and achieved much greatness, but was never fully able to display their true potential in the one game that matters the most.

5. Tim Hardaway

On the court, Tim Hardaway is regarded as one of the league's most solid point guards during his 14-year career. Drafted 14th in the first round in 1989 by the Warriors, Hardaway played alongside "Run TMC," Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond, for six incredible years.

However, being traded to Miami in 1996 was when Hardaway would be able to showcase his true greatness. Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning and the Heat won their first ever division title with a 61-21 record. In addition to that, the star point guard averaged 20 points and 8.6 assists per game, finishing off fourth in league MVP voting.

It was against the Magic when the Heat snatched their first ever playoffs series. Hope began to shine when Miami took down archenemies New York Knicks and they reached the Eastern Conference Finals. But, as for many, it was Michael Jordan and the Bulls who stopped Hardaway from reaching the NBA Finals.

4. Grant Hill

Injury is one of the absolute worst things that could ever happen an athlete, let alone a person, and unfortunately for Grant Hill, he was a victim of it.

After four mindblowing years at Duke, Hill was picked third overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1994 Draft and was held up by high expectations; he delivered. Sharing the Rookie of the Year award with Jason Kidd, Hill went on to be a five-time All-NBA pick and five-time All-Star with the Pistons. Despite his incredible achievements, he was unable to carry Detroit past the first round of the playoffs.

Spraining his ankle in the 2000 playoffs caused Hill to move to the Magic in a well-thought out trade where much was expected of him and the Magic. Sadly enough, the ankle injury ended up being a fracture, causing him to play less than half of the games with Orlando in what turned out to be seven long seasons. Later joining Steve Nash and the Suns, he helped them reach the Conference Finals, but was beaten by the eventual champions, the Los Angeles Lakers.

3. Chris Webber

After promising spells with the Warriors and Bullets/Wizards, Webber's success seemed to be locked in when he was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 1998 and was able to prove himself as one of the most elite power forwards in the league.

Unfortunately, Webber always seemed to come up short. Three times the Kings were put into place in the playoffs by eventual champions the LA Lakers: Sacramento won the Pacific West Division with the league's best record of 61-21, and Webber averaging 24.5 points and 10.1 rebounds, only to lose in game 7 of the series in overtime.

With several more injuries that impacted former "Fab Five" member, Webber never got a fair shot with the 76ers, Pistons, and Warriors.

2. Dominique Wilkins

"The Human Highlight Film," himself was truly one of the NBA's most entertaining players. Nonetheless, Dominique Wilkins is also highly regarded as one of the game's best all-round players.

As a two-time Slam Dunk champion and nine-time All-Star, Wilkins was one of the most dominant and explosive players of the late 80s and early 90s, leading the league in scoring in the 1985-86 season with 30.3 points per game. However, Wilkins' strength and talents were not enough for him to win over the Celtics, the "Bad Boy" Pistons, or Michael Jordan and the Bulls.

1. Steve Nash

The 6'3 skinny point guard from Vancouver had little to no expectations when he was selected 15th overall by Phoenix in the 1996 Draft.

Being overshadowed by Jason Kidd and Kevin Johnson at his position in Phoenix, Nash was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1998 where he eventually got all eyes on him. Ironically, the Vancouver native signed back with the Suns in 2004 after Mark Cuban ultimately decided to build around the German Jesus, Dirk Nowitski. It was under coach Mike D'Antoni who would create the "Seven Seconds or Less" Phoenix Suns, running a natural and effective pick-and-roll with Amar'e Stoudemire, inventing an explosive and up-tempo style of play currently ran by the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors.

In his first year back in Phoenix, the Suns averaged 110.4 points per game and owned the West with the league's best record of 62-20. Nash would go on to be the first Canadian to win league MVP, but were defeated by the Spurs in the Conference Finals. He snatched back-to-back MVPs in 2006, but lost to former team Mavericks. Leading the Suns to the Finals with high hopes another time in 2010, but was taken out by the Lakers before moving there himself in 2012, only to end with injuries.

Despite zero NBA Finals appearances, the stats show Nash as one of the best point guards to ever step on the court with 17,387 career points and 10,335 assists. There's absolutely no doubt that Nash, in his prime, and the Suns changed the way of basketball and was just truly a beauty to witness.