Worst Players Of all Time?

[RRR3]

NBA history buffs would appreciate your input.


Should this include all players, or just the worst players with significant playing time?

[russwest0]

Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Shane Battier, Mike Miller, Ray Allen, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Andersen.

AKA The Miami Cavaliers.

[RRR3]

Another way to word it:
Players who weren't really good at any facet of the game (at least at an NBA level)

[Akrazotile]

Shaqs cast in LA

[RRR3]

Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Shane Battier, Mike Miller, Ray Allen, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Andersen.

AKA The Miami Cavaliers.
Everyone you mentioned was at least a solid player for a large part of their careers and Wade is all-time elite. Ray Allen is a future HOFer Bosh probably as well.

This is based on their whole careers anyways.


Please don't troll I'm not giving you a serious answer next time

[RRR3]

Shaqs cast in LA
Same goes for you. Kobe is an all time great, and Shaq had other good pieces as well.

[BlkMambaGOAT]

Lebron with HGH: NBA all-star candidate
Lebron w/o HGH: Stephen Hawking

[Legends66NBA7]

http://www.niubball.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/RAFAEL2_display_image.jpg

[Legends66NBA7]

http://gamebreakersports.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/061711-NBA-worst-no12-draft-pick-Gallery-Aleksandar-Radojevic-JW_20110617164713249_600_400.jpg

[RRR3]

Jesus Christ I wish mods could ban people.
ISH is gonna make me smoke even more than usual with all this idiocy

[stalkerforlife]

Inb4 Kobe.

[Meticode]

Jesus Christ I wish mods could ban people.
ISH is gonna make me smoke even more than usual with all this idiocy
It's your own damn fault making such a thread.

[played0ut]

There should be a criteria, like worst starter of any team that made playoffs. There are hundreds of 3rd string benches in NBA history.

[DMV2]

Keith Bogans, started 333 of his 671 career games.
6.3 PPG, .394 FG, 2.7 REB, 1.3 AST

That's shitty for somebody who started nearly 50% of his games.
Maybe he was good at defense? :confusedshrug:

Perkins is probably up there to for career starter scrubs.

[RRR3]

It's your own damn fault making such a thread.
Almost all threads invariably get nonsensical replies.

[NZStreetBaller]

wow nobody's mentioned KWAME BROWN!!

[TheWINdyCity]

wow nobody's mentioned KWAME BROWN!!

a bust? definitely but he can be decent role player and shouldn't be mentioned with the worst of the worst.

[kkb_12]

The worst starter ever while being the top player on a team: Bryant "Big Country" Reeves...

The most useless player offensively - Perkins
The most useless player defensively - Bargnani

[bballnoob1192]

kwame brown

[Fallguy20]

Anybody else ever think Shawn Bradley coulda done more with what God gave him?

[VIP2000]

Rodney White

[hawksdogsbraves]

The worst starter ever while being the top player on a team: Bryant "Big Country" Reeves...

The most useless player offensively - Perkins
The most useless player defensively - Bargnani

Nah, Perkins was a defensive anchor of a championship squad. Sure he couldn't ever do much more than stand there, but sometimes that's all you need from your center.

Bargnani is a massive *****, but the dude has averaged 20ppg before.

[pastis]

olowokandi, bradley, morrison

mybe not the worst players, but incredible busts

[MiseryCityTexas]

Vspan is definitely up (well, i guess down) there


I disagree. V-Span actually had some solid pre-season games for the Rockets. Jeff Van Gundy just never played him because they didn't get along well during the regular season.

[MiseryCityTexas]

A lot of these players mentioned in this thread aren't nearly as bad as other players that went pro in comparison. Clifford Rozier's one of the sorriest Starting NBA centers of all time. Clifford Rozier makes Kendrick Perkins look like an all star. Don Mclaen, Frank BRICKowski Blue Edwards,Rex Walters, Acie Earl, Pervis Ellison, and Samaki Walker were pretty terrible NBA players also.

[BoutPractice]

Yinka Dare was pretty bad.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Keith Bogans, started 333 of his 671 career games.
6.3 PPG, .394 FG, 2.7 REB, 1.3 AST

That's shitty for somebody who started nearly 50% of his games.
Maybe he was good at defense? :confusedshrug:

Perkins is probably up there to for career starter scrubs.

I was pissed the **** off when Van Gundy and the Rockets traded for him. That guy ****ing sucked terribly offensively, and to be honest, i never seen anything special about him in college either. his shooting percentages in the NCAA tournament were terrible. I remember dick Vitale used to be on Keith Bogan's dick hard back in the day. He used to sing Bogan's praises during games when he would just missed shot after shot.:biggums:

[MiseryCityTexas]

Bobby Hurley ****ing sucked also even before the car accident. I used to see people walking around with his Sacramento Kings jersey on all the time and I used to wonder, "these mother****ers can't be serious wearing this scrub's jesery.":biggums:

[Warfan]

I disagree. V-Span actually had some solid pre-season games for the Rockets. Jeff Van Gundy just never played him because they didn't get along well during the regular season.

I was kind of joking :lol But yeah, i remember he barely played. His numbers were pretty bad though

[Toizumi]

Most of the players mentioned in this thread were actually productive at some point in their careers :confusedshrug: dissapointing maybe.. but still ok.

If guys stick around the league for a couple of years, there's usually some talent/value that they bring to the table. There are some players that can't even stick around for a total of 10 games and suck in their limited minutes in the NBA (lots of TO's etc)

With that said, I really disliked Nikoloz Tskitishvili (had to google that name) and thought he was worthless. The only reason he stuck around for 172 games was that he was considered a prospect/talent and drafted pretty high (5th overall). He wasn't good at anything, even at his best.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Most of the players mentioned in this thread were actually productive at some point in their careers :confusedshrug: dissapointing maybe.. but still ok.

If guys stick around the league for a couple of years, there's usually some talent/value that they bring to the table. There are some players that can't even stick around for a total of 10 games and suck in their limited minutes in the NBA (lots of TO's etc)

With that said, I really disliked Nikoloz Tskitishvili (had to google that name) and thought he was worthless. The only reason he stuck around for 172 games was that he was considered a prospect/talent and drafted pretty high (5th overall). He wasn't good at anything, even at his best.

Yeah Tskitishvili was a bum. Denver gave him so many chances to be a good player just off of his skin color alone.

[played0ut]

Nah, Perkins was a defensive anchor of a championship squad. Sure he couldn't ever do much more than stand there, but sometimes that's all you need from your center.

Bargnani is a massive *****, but the dude has averaged 20ppg before.

yeah. there's reason why miami wanted him

[MiseryCityTexas]

yeah. there's reason why miami wanted him


Perkins had a decent post up game also in Boston. Rondo knew where his spots was on the floor for position for him to score in the paint also. I still think Perkins can be a solid role player on the right team. It's just Westbrook and teh Thunder coaching staff just don't know how to get the best out of Perkins as a player. Perkins losing all that weight kinda hindered his game also. People can just drive in the paint and dunk on him a lot more now compared to when he was in Boston.

[Meticode]

Michael Ruffin

[Xiao Yao You]

Larry Knight the 20th pick of the 1st round by the Jazz in 79 never made the team! And a crappy team it was.

[BoutPractice]

Michael Ruffin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bqF4VDSx4

[JtotheIzzo]

Chuck Nevitt (10 seasons, 1.6ppg, 1.5rpg, 7 foot 5 inches tall)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxlrjgAWHJ1qzveiso1_500.jpg


Jack Haley (10 seasons, 3.5ppg, 2.7rpg, Dennis Rodman's babysitter)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qCCj1M0zQJY/UF2mtSUv3DI/AAAAAAAACbY/uePJ8f5b4NI/s1600/Haley+bulls.jpg

Dwayne Shintzius (8 seasons, 2.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 7 footer, GOAT mullet)

http://unique-se.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/esportistas5.jpg

[poido123]

Chuck Nevitt (10 seasons, 1.6ppg, 1.5rpg, 7 foot 5 inches tall)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxlrjgAWHJ1qzveiso1_500.jpg


Jack Haley (10 seasons, 3.5ppg, 2.7rpg, Dennis Rodman's babysitter)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qCCj1M0zQJY/UF2mtSUv3DI/AAAAAAAACbY/uePJ8f5b4NI/s1600/Haley+bulls.jpg

Dwayne Shintzius (8 seasons, 2.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 7 footer, GOAT mullet)

http://unique-se.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/esportistas5.jpg


Dwayne Shintzius :oldlol:

With a hair cut and name like that, he really didn't have much chance did he? :lol

[MiseryCityTexas]

Damn near the whole 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies Roster

Damn near the whole 1992-93 Milwaukee Bucks Roster

[BoutPractice]

Dwayne Shintzius :oldlol:

With a hair cut and name like that, he really didn't have much chance did he? :lol
It does lend itself to nicknames, doesn't it?

[Cleverness]

Todd Fuller. Sheldon Williams.

Sheldon chooses to pass to Kobe instead of his open teammate Rondo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvaJ4ePeoQ

:facepalm

[duskovujosevic]

Stanislav Medvedenko

http://www.interbasket.net/players/medvedenko.jpg

[Dresta]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIA/2008.html

Take your pick. There's about 10 viable candidates there. Blake Ahearn, Kasib Powell, Earl Barron, Chris Quinn, Luke Jackson...damn that was a depressing year.

[MiseryCityTexas]

^^^^ Pretty much any team with Smush Parker on it is either going to suck ass, or get knocked out of the first round of the play-offs.

[Xiao Yao You]

Todd Fuller. Sheldon Williams.

Sheldon chooses to pass to Kobe instead of his open teammate Rondo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvaJ4ePeoQ

:facepalm

I actually liked Fuller the year he was with the Jazz. More to the game than stats.

[LAZERUSS]

You would be hard-pressed to actually find the worst NBA players of all-time. They would have to be players who were cut shortly after signing a contract.

[chocolatethunder]

Yeah Tskitishvili was a bum. Denver gave him so many chances to be a good player just off of his skin color alone.
No, they gave him chances to be a good player because they were duped into taking him with the fourth pick (or whichever it was) and were hoping he'd develop and they wouldn't look like fools.

[Magic 32]

Kwame Brown.

Why? He couldn't hold on to the basketball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxCcC8oHjWc

[MiseryCityTexas]

No, they gave him chances to be a good player because they were duped into taking him with the fourth pick (or whichever it was) and were hoping he'd develop and they wouldn't look like fools.

He had a couple of fluke solid summer league games also, but they gave him so many chances because of his skin color also. If a black player played as bad as he did on numerous occasions, he woulda been out the league way faster than he did.

[poido123]

It does lend itself to nicknames, doesn't it?


:cheers: :oldlol:

[Rocketswin2013]

Royal Ivey has to be one of the worst journey men of all-time. Never in a rotation but is horrible every time he gets minutes. And continues to go from team to team. It's been happening for 7 years now.

[FireMcFailPlease]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/teamsites/images/legacy/bucks/EJ_150_050829.jpg

[GimmeThat]

I'm just gonna say the Collins brothers have to be up there.

[kenuffff]

the worst player in the NBA is still in the top 2% of all basketball players on earth, so i really don't see the point of this thread.

[casual_fan]

Not the worst nba player, but Darko was pretty disappointing.

[SpecialQue]

This thread needs more rules for posting. There are a number of players who got in and then got out without making an impact. I think JtotheIzzo's post was on the right track, in that he named players that played for multiple seasons and put up shit numbers on average, but were probably kept on board due to shit like height.

Maybe some formula like contract amount combined with production and playing time for their entire NBA career or some shit.

[ILLsmak]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/teamsites/images/legacy/bucks/EJ_150_050829.jpg

Nay. Anyone that can get you boards and play d is not a bad player. I remember dude being solid at what he did. You could have him as starting c on a contender.

The worst player I've seen is slava medvedenko (sp) and it's made better by how Hollywood he was. Dude got out there like time to shine. I'm convinced if you put him on a team of all stars hed make them lose (assuming he had to start and play.)

-Smak

[kshutts1]

Saer Sene definitely has to be included

Robert Swift?
Patrick O'Bryant?
Yuta Tabuse?

[outbreak]

Without playing time I'd say Chris Smith (jrs brother) is up there, it's rare to have a guy on a roster who isn't even a basketballer.

Duhon was pretty horrible and got minutes with Orlando.