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  • #3269
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    valentine

    The other day I thought of this and the 2 players that came to mind where Mark Madsen of Minnesota,DJ Mbenga for the Lakers. Its a super random question but I thought you guys would have some interesting players.

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  • #142631
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    I Am From Minnesota And I Go To A Few Wolves’ Games A Year. Mark Madsen… Is Really Bad. The Title As The Worst Player In The NBA Has To Be Owned By Either Madsen Or Ryan Bowen. They Both Are Ridiculously Bad.

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  • #142633
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    When’s The Last Time Calvin Booth Actually Set Foot On The Basketball Court During An NBA Game? I Think A Game Of One On One Between Him And Mad Dog Is In Order…

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  • #142634
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    James-Harden-13
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    adonal foyle, damon jones, josh mcroberts

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  • #142637
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    usfballer
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    Considering he is now on his 5th team, is 6’10” and athletic AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO EVEN PLAY HIM, I am throwing Cedric Simmons in. I am not even sure how good/bad he is seeing as I have never seen him play in the league.

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    • #142641
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      Dabba23
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      Ced Simmons is a strong finisher, not even close to the worst in the league. Michael Ruffin and Oleksiy Pecherov come to mind out of the guys I’ve seen play.

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  • #142639
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    Stevedot

    damon jones is alrite and so is mcroberts

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  • #142640
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    James-Harden-13
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    if damon jones is alright why has he been completely healthy, on the bucks, and played 36 minutes all year?

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  • #142642
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    gberg23

    I live in Minnesota also, and Madsen blows. He gets my vote.

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  • #142645
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    Csharp3410
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    Pecherov actaully has a decent jump shot. How bout this guy….Zarko Cabarkapa…he played for the Suns. Absolutely horrible lol Ruffin was really bad though…

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  • #142651
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    jorrye24

    I forgot about ruffin….but mario west for the hawks is also pretty bad. He only gets in 4 the last 10 seconds of the 1st half everytime i go to a game lol…

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  • #142652
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    NYKnicksuperFan
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    hands down eddy curry

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  • #142653
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    Stevedot

    he did good on the cavs and on the heat i think he has a ring

    hes old for 1

    and they have ridnor and sessions

    jones wasnt needed to crack the rotation

    and mcroberts can b a soild role player

    he got a nice lil outside game n can a lil hustle to his game

    hes young hes only a sophmore

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  • #142654
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    Stevedot

    he did good on the cavs and on the heat i think he has a ring

    hes old for 1

    and they have ridnor and sessions

    jones wasnt needed to crack the rotation

    and mcroberts can b a soild role player

    he got a nice lil outside game n can a lil hustle to his game

    hes young hes only a sophmore

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  • #142655
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    He aint in the league no more…but nikoloz tskitishvili was HORRIBLE

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  • #142656
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    A. Stock

    He Rules. Put Him On A Team That’ll Play Him, Ilgauskas With 3 Point Range. (and less rebounding) Gulp.

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  • #142657
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    curry’s career numbers are 13 and 5 which is not terrible, but when you take into consideration he was the 4th overall pick he has to be up there for worst players in the association. this is a great topic, but i feel like that should have been a qualifier, whether the guy is just plain bad, or bad because they have failed to live up to their potential/draft pick.

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  • #142663
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    cdmPSU17
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    I’m surprised no one mentioned the less-than venerable Jerome James. At least Curry got minutes when he was healthy/able to play under the Larry Brown/Isaiah Thomas debacle. James signed a huge deal and played about 5 TOTAL minutes last season. If you can’t get PT for a 20 win team, then you must be one of if not the worst players in the NBA.

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  • #142664
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    A. Stock

    He Is Just Fat. He Produces When He Wants To.(contract years) But Yeah, A Bum Now.

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  • #142666
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    tuck243
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    The PG for the Suns “Dragic” is freaking horrible… He is so scared to play…. Why is he in the league? Please someone tell me…. Scary a-word dude…. Gentry giving him pep talks on how to play!!! LOL…. Horrible, horrible player………………

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  • #142679
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    Yeah, who ever scouted Dragic and confinced the Suns he could play point in the NBA should be ashamed of themselves (hope the suns didnt pay him for that advice).

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  • #142686
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    doubledribbler
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    The Collins twins. There was one that played for NJ for forever and actually started. He was horrible. He played tons of minutes, but easily had the numbers of someone that played 4 or 5 a game. His brother in Utah might be slightly better, but they are both fairly useless except to set picks.

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  • #142695
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    mcford82
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    Romy Rome James Jared (i have no position) Jeffries and the Hamburgalar Eddy McCurry. Hands Down in that order. How do you have a season ending injury when you werent going to play again anyway? Jared blows it. He cant shoot doesnt rebound and isnt strong enough to guard anyone his size. he is a complete liability. Jared how did you get here? and eddy smh, where do you start. how about you learn to past out the post. Perfect example of someone who is playing for money. no effort on the court. no coordination. anybody saw the movie life? “cantgetright”

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  • #142715
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    another knicks fan seems like all their players suck i find it amazing how the bulls gave us a solid sg for mcredford’s 2 worst players, James and Jefferies, anyone want to take curry off our hands?

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  • #142728
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    LvilleHoops09
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    Starbury

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  • #142734
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    deuce4off

    Sean Marks, Jake Voskhul…..

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  • #142736
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    shipargos
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    he is just bad, horrible awareness

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  • #142747
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    eprizzle14
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    Will Bynum. Honestly if I played Will Bynum 1 on 1 i’d sag off him, not let him get to the rim and force him take make some lightly contested midrange jumpers and when I got the ball Id back him down and put up a Tim Duncan-esque jumphook off the window. I’d give myself a 15% chance of coming out on top

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    • #165854
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      pujdadeuce
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      …will dunk on yo sh*t.

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  • #142748
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    jeffbarnhart
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    ..is DREADFUL. I live in D.C. and celebrated like it was Christmas when he left the Wizards. Of course it was the Knicks that signed him.

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  • #142756
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    michaelds911
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    My boy Brian Scalibrine takes the cake…its so funny when the Celts throw him in the game to get the crowd hype

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  • #142766
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    storm33
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    Ok, Will Bynum is by no means the worst player in the NBA. Anyone that was watching the Pistons/Celtics game could have seen that, as he was a sparkplug off the bench (9 points, 3 assists, 2 steals) that helped the Pistons take down the Celtics. As for the worst NBA players in the league, I’d have to go with Mark Madsen, Chuck Hayes, Patrick O’Bryant, Jake Voskuhl, Ryan Bowen, Hamed Haddadi, Robert Swift, Cheikh Samb, and Brian Cardinal. Adonal Foyle belongs on this list, but I think he just was released.

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  • #142779
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    gberg23

    How could anyone be worse then Madsen??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhibi0aSAZk
    Who gets their ankles broken by a pf???

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  • #142840
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    joedoggy3000
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    Darko.

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  • #142863
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    SmooveKRYPT
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    The Collins twins(especially Jarron), Jerome James, n KWAME BROWN!!!!!

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  • #164331
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    TH38L4CKM4M84

    overrated

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  • #164446
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    ZK
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    Kenny Thomas is awful, and way overpaid.

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  • #164514
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    DeLaQuest
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    I’m a Bobcats fan, and all I can say is Will Bynum destroyed us twice last year.

    Has anyone mentioned Adam Morrison? He can’t play D. He can’t rebound. And he can’t shoot or create his own shot even though that’s supposed to be his strength. If you think I’m wrong check his stats. I sat through many a game at the Bobcats’ arena looking for something positive in his 3-10ish shooting performances.

    He looked decent at the beginning of this season and then lost all confidence. Hopefully the knee will get back into shape and he can get it together.

    But I wouldn’t be surprised is he’s out of the league once his rookie contract is up. Very sad for a number 3 pick.

    But, hey!! Now he’s an NBA champion!!

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  • #164594
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    Michael Ruffin would be the worst and the funniest looking player ever… Josh McRoberts is still young… He has a lot to prove including the ones who are saying he is one of the worst… Kwame Brown is a bust but I don’t think he is the worst… He is a great defensive player though…but I would agree on Jason Collins, man was he horible dawg… AWFUL…just plain AWFUL…

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  • #164600
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    sheltwon3
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    Some of the people yall listing are not even close to the worst. They may be bad as far as their hype but I do agree Madsen is not a NBA player lol. He should not be there. Also there are some foreign players that need to go back home. Also just because a player does not get minutes does not mean he sucks. Some people are young and you have to give them time. madsen has 3 rings and no talent. They winner of the new Mark Madsen award is Adam Morrison although i will say that he is still decent. he could come off the bench and do well for most team but he has to get his confident back.

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  • #164613
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    piratejp
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    When he was “playing”, Mateen Cleaves was the most useless player ever. He’s only been out of the league for a year, so I figured given his residual stinkiness, he was worth a mention.

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  • #164615
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    j1232e
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    dude missed two break away layups last year. No one ten feet around him. He cant make a 20 fooeter, he is the worst pg in the league

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  • #164628
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    JordanC20
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    its Randolph Morris dude

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  • #164633
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    pichonazo
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    Michael Ruffin is the worst i ever seen

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  • #164687
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    storm33
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    I don’t think Adam Morrison has been given a proper chance to fulfill his potential. I mean, he averaged 11.8 points in his rookie season and then was hurt for an entire year, and people were already saying he was a bust. Well, he averaged 4 points a game last year in just 13 minutes of play per game. I think that if Morrison finds a team that fits well, gets minutes, and gets his confidence up, that he can be a decent NBA player.

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  • #164713
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    piratejp
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    Thomas isn’t a worst-player type. He’s just a guy without a true position – too small for the 4, not ahtletic enough to play the 3 – and has a ridiculously large salary to boot. But on the right team he could contribute & given the right matchup, the guy can ball.

    As a Kings fan myself though, I can certainly understand the sentiment. His anchor-like contract will finally be gone next year & we won’t ever have to watch him miss another layup from point-blank range again. Not a great player, horrible as a King, but still there are worse players out there.

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  • #164813
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    DeLaQuest
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    Teams need to be careful about the hype surrounding athletically-limited mid-major scorers like Morrison.

    They better do their homework on Stephen Curry. He has no length for 6’3″. He tested out with slow foot speed at the combine. He was able to coast through an extremely weak Conference schedule and save his strength for big-name non-conference games. Morrison did the exact same thing.

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  • #164796
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    Morrison’s rookie 11.8 ppg is kind of meaningless when we consider that he was handed 30 minutes a game, encouraged to shoot because that’s the only thing he has any hope of excelling at, and was shooting only 37.6% for the season.

    Then he shot even worse in his second season, and 4 pts in 13 minutes against second unit players translates to a mere 12 points for every 39 minutes, assuming he could continue that pace against starters. Meanwhile he can’t rebound or defend consistently.

    Gerald Wallace got injured after the J-Rich trade and the Bobcats were hurting for Wings. Morrison had every chance to put up big numbers at that point, and he failed miserably. Bobcat fans hated to see him fail, but we were thrilled to get Radmanovich for him.

    I just don’t know what is “decent” about Morrison other than the fact he might be a really decent person.

    Now, can the knee heal up any further, and can Morrison actually shoot better than 40% when that is supposed to be his one and only strength? Time will tell.

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  • #164894
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    yeah ok..if you really think curry is that bad then youve lost youre mind the athletic test are overrated ..if larry bird took that test he wouldnt look as good as he really is…..curry has a better wing span then Ty Lawson Patrick Mills
    Jonny Flynn
    Darren Collison
    A.J. Price
    and was only.7 sec slower then 8 of the top pg in the draft and .6 slower in the agility test…hmmmm i dont think id trash him too much on that and even though his conference was weak he stepped up big time against top level comp and unlike some of the other players on the top level teams the defense concentrated all on him yet he still would burn them..not only that he beat some of these top teams with a weak supporting cast

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    • #165235
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      All of those players with shorter wingspans are more natural PG’s than Curry.

      If you are referring to sprint and agility testing, .7 and .6 seconds is a long time in those measurements.

      Adam Morrison stepped up against bigtime teams when all of the defense was concentrated on him as well. Curry might become better than Morrison, but beware of the hype leading up to the draft.

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  • #165252
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    zamehusa
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    Alright I know Everyone is like but he won 4 Defensive player of the year award but as of right now Hes is absolutely horrible…. Cannot shoot to save his life, Lost his quickness/explosiveness/Awareness/ and rebounding completely I think Mark Madsen vs Ben Wallace is a more even matchup than Madsen and scalabrini because scalabrini is way better than madsen…. Big ups to Ryan Bowen, Luke Schenscher, and steve Francis who finish behind Wallace in that order for the Whos Worse than Madsen Circus….

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  • #165255
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    Knicksboy34
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    Did anyone say Kwame Brown…

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  • #165261
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    j1232e
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    is not the worst because he has hustle and plays a little more D than some of the other worst players. Ruffin is bad but hustle makes up for his lack of goodness.

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  • #165286
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    WildDude
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    Its impossible to know who’s the worst, because there are so many- bad or good… its easier to determine the worst starter in the NBA because it narrows it down a great deal… maybe Batum or someone?

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  • #165346
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    I live in minnesota and watch alot of twolves games and there is no doubt its Mark Madsen
    When you cant even get playing time on the timberwolves, you know your bad

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  • #165350
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    Hale
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    NBANFLGUY, Look at the link my old account posted. it’s above.

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  • #165402
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    wildhog
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    What about Patrick O’Bryant from Boston. He has the potential just like anybody else but, look how bad he has been compared to where he was drafted (9 overall a fews back). I know with the Celtics frontline he has a hard battle for PT but you figured KG could help his development a little.

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  • #165573
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    how you figure..curry played point this year and put up better scoring and assits numbers then all of them..which is saying something considering the people he was passing the ball to for assist wouldnt start on any of the top teams

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    • #166132
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      Lawson, Maynor, and Flynn averaged more assists per game than Curry.

      Yes, he had weak teammates, but they were not as weak as the poor defensive opponents Curry faced many times in the Southern Conference. Being double-teamed and being such a defensive focus, it was easy for him to find an open man against all of those sorry teams. Yeah, like Morrison, he put up big numbers when he faced major teams. But you have to consider he was getting 2-month vacation in the middle of the season known as the Southern Conference schedule.

      Maybe Curry will prove me wrong, but I think Stephen is riding a hype machine because he’s a likeable kid from a tiny mid-major with an NBA dad. I’m very skeptical. Looks like a ‘tweener to me.

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    pujdadeuce
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    …when you compare compensation (contract value) vs. contribution, the Cavs will never ever be sh*t with Z, i’ve been saying it since Bron got there. Dont even get me started on Wallace, what the hell does he bring to the table now? he don’t even got a fro no more he’s useless please retire and come out with a innovative kitchen product or sumn.

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  • #166488
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    yeah he does get hype but he also has backed it up..hes has surpassed every challenege that was put in front of him with flying colors..always had to work harder to prove he is just as good or better…i just cant bet against a guy like that….alot of players get the hype machine and my guess then is you think bj mullans and holiday will also be bust because they are 1 and 1a on the hype machine and they did nothing at all when faced against real competition

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  • #166542
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    dukeballa8711
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    KOBE BRYANT is the worst player in the world period

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    • #166855
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      rapidcif

      r u kidding me? U really think ppl like Mark Madsen and Michael Griffin are better than Kobe bryant? If anything his the best, wow u must not kno anything about basketball, get out of here…Just to let u kno Kobe has won 4 championships, somewhere around 10 all star games, 1 MVP, and is always around tops in the league in scoring. This coming from a magic fan i bet? Sad ur team lost the championship? boo hoo hoo mabye nex year. Kobe lit yall up, 32ppg on the way to finals MVPPPPP, muhahahahaha oo ee ooo nex year bro get the alchohol out and drink away and oops watch Hedo leave ahouahouahouaahouahouahoua.

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  • #166865
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    i think….kwame brown is the worst

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    Andre32
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    Jared Jeffries . Period .

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  • #355267
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    Mr.BigShot
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    wrong, Curry averaged the most assist among rookies and steals finished second in points

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  • #355269
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    Mr.BigShot
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    wrong, Curry averaged the most assist among rookies and steals finished second in points

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  • #355268
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    Pureshooter
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    Looking back at this thread I find it hilarious that two people had mentioned Dragic, when he has emerged as one of the best back-up PGs in the league.

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  • #355270
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    Mr.BigShot
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    wrong, Curry averaged the most assist among rookies and steals finished second in points

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  • #355272
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    Mr.BigShot
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    wrong, Curry averaged the most assist among rookies and steals finished second in points

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  • #355274
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    JNixon
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    LMAO…I made this post. This my 1st account (jorrye24)

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  • #355282
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    WizardofOz
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    Michael Ruffin. He’s terrible. There;s nothing he is good at. He even caused the Wizards one of there games last season.

    Why didn’t he just hold the ball? Is he sacred to shoot free-throws or something? And if you’re going to throw the ball, throw it higher in the air or throw it across the court. The ball went like 5 feet in the air. He’s just terrible.

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