Scrubs who had long careers
Sasha Vujacic,Bob Sura, and Luke Walton aren't really scrubs. Based off of the original list, a lot of these names don't really qualify as "scrubs". Not even Kwame or Gadzuric for that matter. IMO, players like Balkman are a better example.
Actually Walton is a scrub NOW, but before he was a walking injury, he was actually a pretty versatile player who was often times the facilitator of the offense for LAL. Vujacic scored 27pts in a finals game win where only he and Kobe were winner enough to step up when it counted.
Bobby didn't have the greatest jumper, but damn if it didn't hold him back from trying. Seemed like he was always putting up 3's negating the fact he couldn't hit. Funny how a guy you could consistently count on 12-5-6 from gets listed as a scrub by ANYONE. I remember wanting LAL to go after him in the early 2000's as that big combo guard that Phil liked.
Sorry Joe Wolf, but I gotta go with Joe Wolf. Even though he had a couple nice seasons of 7 and 5, overall, his stat line was 4 points,3 boards and 1 asist per game, and he played 11 seasons. Wow, and his total offensive win shares for his whole career was -3.5.
I feel big men (especially 6'10'' and taller) have an easier time having long careers. Once you reach a certain level of experience, and establish yourself as a professional ( character wise) teams will be glad to sign you and let their 1st and 2nd string big men practice against you every day.
Here is a look at those first scrubs last year in college listed by Dapot1...just for fun because I'm bored, this lockout is getting old and exhibition NCAA games only go so far.
1 Kevin Ollie- 9.8 ppg 6.4 apg
2. Scott Williams- 14.5 ppg 7.5 rpg
3. Cherokee Parks- 19 ppg 9.3 rpg
4. Pete Chilcutt- 12 ppg 6.6 rpg
5. Ed Nealy- 11.3 ppg 8.3 rpg
6. Doug Overton- 22.3 ppg 5.0 apg 4.4 rpg
7. Andrew DeClercq- 13.2 ppg 8.8 rpg
8. Chucky Brown- 16.4 ppg 8.8 rpg
9. Michael Curry- 16.6 ppg 7 rpg
What about Corie Blount. He had 3.6 points a game, 4.2 boards a game, and played 11 seasons. I vaguley rmember him in his later days with Chicago, and he didn't do much, lol.
What about Marcus Banks. He had some nice seasons, but in general a huge dissapointment, even though he has average 6 points a game for his career, over 8 seasons.
1. Kevin Ollie- 13 seasons, 3.8 ppg, 2.3 apg
2. Scott Williams- 15 seasons, 5.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg
3. Cherokee Parks- 9 seasons, 4.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
4. Pete Chilcutt- 9 seasons, 4.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg
5. Ed Nealy- 10 seasons, 2.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg
6. Doug Overton- 11 seasons, 4.5 ppg, 2.1 apg
7. Andrew DeClercq- 10 season, 4.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg
8. Chucky Brown- 13 seasons, 5.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg
9. Michael Curry- 11 seasons, 4.5 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Any more?????