All stars (sort of) Comments
I’ve heard all kinds of arguments from people who don’t like the NBA.
The most common reason is that all of the players are thugs who arent’ doing justice to the great game of basketball.
And maybe for a couple years around the turn of the century, this might have been the case. Maybe.
But the NBA of 2010 is thriving. You’re ignorant if you think the NBA hasn’t changed since the couple years post-MJ.
This Sunday is the league’s ultimate showcase. The All-Star Game will be played at Dallas Stadium. More than 90,000 people will be in attendance. It’s going to be quite the show.
So instead of giving more praise to the best players in the game, I’m taking a different approach.
Here is a list of my four least favorite players of all-time (really the past 15 years. I was 10 in 1995).
4. Ron Artest (Lakers). I was disappointed when Artest was signed by the Lakers, because I had always disliked him. Artest has always had a high level of arrogance. And I’m under the belief that you have to earn the right to be that arrogant. He hasn’t.
3. Anderson Varejao (Cleveland). This reserve forward is just a royal pain. It’s not fun to watch him flop, throw elbows and just constantly think of new ways to irritate people and slow down the pace of the game.
2. Latrell Spreewell (New York). The fact that he strangled his coach in practice gets him close to this list. His comment during a contract negotiation (”I have a family to feed”), brings him all the way to No. 2.
1. Robert Horry (lots of teams). Big Shot Rob. I have always disliked this guy with a passion. Somehow he has seven championship rings and John Stockton has none. That’s wrong. This sums up everything I feel about Horry.
Oh and this.
