NBA Disruption Hall Of Fame

[duncan228]

NBA Disruption Hall of Fame (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/NBA_Disruption_Hall_of_Fame.html)
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The basketball-loving world should have known all it needed to know about Stephon Marbury when he decided the Twin Cities weren't big enough for two stars on one team, even when one of them was named Kevin Garnett. Marbury wanted off the Timberwolves' roster because he had to play in Garnett's shadow. Now, he lives inside a dark basketball cloud. Most of Marbury's career, with four teams over 13 seasons, has been a giant disruption. The latest: He has been suspended for refusing to play, the ultimate disruption in a team sport.

Marbury is not the first tremendously skilled player to waste talent because of an even larger ego, so it seems there should be a place where their lunacy is officially lamented.

Here, then, is a suggestion for the inaugural inductees in the NBA's Disruptive Player Hall of Fame:

Stephon Marbury

His talent is unquestioned (he’s a two-time All-Star) but he always has believed himself to be bigger than any game or team. The awful Knicks got off to a 6-3 start under Mike D’Antoni this season, but the big story in The Big Apple was still Marbury’s non-playing status. Finally, when D’Antoni needed him to play because trades and injuries left the Knicks short-handed, Marbury declined, earning a suspension without pay. Oh, yes: The Knicks are paying $20.8 million for the privilege of putting up with him.

Dennis Rodman

One of the greatest rebounders to lace up sneakers, Rodman worked just as hard at being a distraction as he did tracking down missed shots. From his multi-hued hair to bizarre off-court behavior that included late-night carousing and shunning his teammates, he was a walking, talking disruption. Some Spurs fans still blame his behavior during the 1995 Western finals for scuttling the Spurs’ title chances after a season in which their 62 victories led the league.

Latrell Sprewell

Plenty of players have felt like choking a coach. As far as we know, Sprewell is the only one who actually did it. A four-time All-Star, he is most famous for his attack on P.J. Carlesimo. It wasn’t his only disruptive act, however. He responded to the Timberwolves’ three-year, $21 million contract offer in 2006 by sniffing that he needed more, lamenting, “I have to feed my family.”

Allen Iverson

How does an MVP get himself in the Disruption Hall of Fame? Practice, practice, practice. As in, “Practice? You talkin’ about practice?” And old habits, it seems, die hard. A.I. served a one-game suspension this weekend for — you guessed it — missing practice with his new team, the Pistons.

Ron Artest

The Rockets’ defensive ace automatically makes the disruption Hall of Fame for instigating “The Malice in The Palace,” the worst brawl in NBA history. He gets extra disruption credit for asking Pacers coach Rick Carlisle for a month off to rest up after his grueling schedule promoting his rap album in 2006.

[Slydragon]

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[balli]

I take AI off for sure. Dude missed two practices his whole career. The only reason we even remember the first one is because of his hilarious rant. It's not inexcusable, but lets not pretend that two missed practices define Allen Iverson's career. At any rate, missing two practices in ten years doesn't seem as bad as choking a coach, socking up fans... or cameramen, or boning team interns in a team parking lot before going high/crazy to a television interview and then refusing to play for the team who is paying you 20 million dollars.

I guess you can't really take Rodman off. Personally I think his hair and late-nights were his own choice and right and if they were a distraction, it's only because uptight fuck-heads made them into distractions. The things like kicking camera men, always fighting and talking shit, being a dick to teammates; those are things that you can legitimately gripe about though. Not that it matters much, Rodman, even with all his baggage is still one of the best NBA players ever. A hugely disruptive force, but one well worth it.

Carmelo at least deserves to have his name mentioned.

[Obstructed_View]

It's funny that in every interview, Iverson tells anyone and everyone how committed he is to winning a title, and that it's the only thing that matters to him, but then on a new team with a young coach he leaves his teammates out to dry and refuses to go to practice because he'd rather be at home eating with his family. There's a reason Iverson is wearing number one; it's who he looks out for.

[Lakers_55]

Seems like Cedric Ceballos was disrupting thngs for the Lakers back in the late 90's so we sent him to Phoenix for Robert Horry.

[Findog]

AI is not the most committed guy, but I'd put JR Rider on this list before him.

[Obstructed_View]

AI is not the most committed guy, but I'd put JR Rider on this list before him.

Good call. If it hadn't been for 2004 you'd probably see Rasheed on that list as well. Sprewell might have been a distraction with PJ in Golden State, but he was the best player on every team he was ever on, and he was a big time performer on the court.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Dennis Rodman

One of the greatest rebounders to lace up sneakers, Rodman worked just as hard at being a distraction as he did tracking down missed shots. From his multi-hued hair to bizarre off-court behavior that included late-night carousing and shunning his teammates, he was a walking, talking disruption. Some Spurs fans still blame his behavior during the 1995 Western finals for scuttling the Spurs’ title chances after a season in which their 62 victories led the league.




Oct. 9, 1992: Misses opening of Detroit Pistons' training camp, saying his pending divorce and the departure of coach Chuck Daly has sapped his desire to play basketball. Rodman misses all of camp.

Nov. 20, 1992: Suspended by Pistons for three games for refusing to go on a road trip.

Feb. 11, 1993: Police are notified after Rodman leaves a friend's house with a gun. He is later found asleep in his truck at The Palace at Auburn Hills, where he was shooting baskets.

March 11, 1993: Suspended one game by the Pistons for skipping practice.

March 14, 1993: Fined $500 for leaving the bench during a fight in a game with the Chicago Bulls.

Dec. 20, 1993: Suspended one game and fined $7,500 for head-butting Chicago's Stacey King and failing to leave the court in a timely fashion after being ejected.

Jan. 4, 1994: Fined $10,000 for failing to leave the court and verbally abusing referees in game against the Lakers.

March 4, 1994: Suspended one game and fined $5,000 for head-butting Utah's John Stockton and making derogatory comments about referees after a game.

May 2, 1994: Fined $10,000 and suspended for Game 3 of the Spurs' first-round playoff series with Utah after being called for a flagrant foul and receiving two technicals, his sixth ejection of the season.

Oct. 20, 1994: Fined $15,000 by Spurs for arriving late to an exhibition game in which he was not expected to play.

Nov. 2, 1994: Suspended indefinitely by Spurs for throwing a bag of ice toward coach Bob Hill and an official after receiving his second technical in an exhibition game.

Nov. 12, 1994: Begins 14-game paid leave of absence from Spurs.

March 19, 1995: Separates shoulder in a motorcycle accident, an injury that would cause him to miss 14 games late in the season.

May 1, 1995: Fined $7,500 and assessed one flagrant foul point for throwing Denver's Dikembe Mutombo to the floor in a game.

May 14, 1995: Benched during Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals for arguing with coach Hill and refusing to join team huddles.

Jan. 12, 1996: Fined $5,000 for verbally abusing referees and failing to leave the court in a timely fashion after being ejected in a game with Seattle.

March 18, 1996: Suspended for six games and fined $20,000 for head-butting a referee following his ejection from a game against New Jersey.

Aug. 20, 1996: Accused, in a $750,000 federal lawsuit, by a Delta Center usher of pinching her buttocks in a May 5, 1994 game against Utah.

Dec. 10, 1996: Suspended for two games without pay after a profanity-filled tirade on live television following his ejection from a Dec. 8 game in Toronto.

Jan. 14, 1997: Headed Mr. Blackwell's 37th Annual Worst-Dressed Women List, a roll-call of fashion misfits.

Jan. 15, 1997: Kicked a courtside photographer in the groin during a game at Minnesota.


http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/011797/rodmans.htm

[scanry]

Oct. 9, 1992: Misses opening of Detroit Pistons' training camp, saying his pending divorce and the departure of coach Chuck Daly has sapped his desire to play basketball. Rodman misses all of camp.

Nov. 20, 1992: Suspended by Pistons for three games for refusing to go on a road trip.

Feb. 11, 1993: Police are notified after Rodman leaves a friend's house with a gun. He is later found asleep in his truck at The Palace at Auburn Hills, where he was shooting baskets.

March 11, 1993: Suspended one game by the Pistons for skipping practice.

March 14, 1993: Fined $500 for leaving the bench during a fight in a game with the Chicago Bulls.

Dec. 20, 1993: Suspended one game and fined $7,500 for head-butting Chicago's Stacey King and failing to leave the court in a timely fashion after being ejected.

Jan. 4, 1994: Fined $10,000 for failing to leave the court and verbally abusing referees in game against the Lakers.

March 4, 1994: Suspended one game and fined $5,000 for head-butting Utah's John Stockton and making derogatory comments about referees after a game.

May 2, 1994: Fined $10,000 and suspended for Game 3 of the Spurs' first-round playoff series with Utah after being called for a flagrant foul and receiving two technicals, his sixth ejection of the season.

Oct. 20, 1994: Fined $15,000 by Spurs for arriving late to an exhibition game in which he was not expected to play.

Nov. 2, 1994: Suspended indefinitely by Spurs for throwing a bag of ice toward coach Bob Hill and an official after receiving his second technical in an exhibition game.

Nov. 12, 1994: Begins 14-game paid leave of absence from Spurs.

March 19, 1995: Separates shoulder in a motorcycle accident, an injury that would cause him to miss 14 games late in the season.

May 1, 1995: Fined $7,500 and assessed one flagrant foul point for throwing Denver's Dikembe Mutombo to the floor in a game.

May 14, 1995: Benched during Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals for arguing with coach Hill and refusing to join team huddles.

Jan. 12, 1996: Fined $5,000 for verbally abusing referees and failing to leave the court in a timely fashion after being ejected in a game with Seattle.

March 18, 1996: Suspended for six games and fined $20,000 for head-butting a referee following his ejection from a game against New Jersey.

Aug. 20, 1996: Accused, in a $750,000 federal lawsuit, by a Delta Center usher of pinching her buttocks in a May 5, 1994 game against Utah.

Dec. 10, 1996: Suspended for two games without pay after a profanity-filled tirade on live television following his ejection from a Dec. 8 game in Toronto.

Jan. 14, 1997: Headed Mr. Blackwell's 37th Annual Worst-Dressed Women List, a roll-call of fashion misfits.

Jan. 15, 1997: Kicked a courtside photographer in the groin during a game at Minnesota.


http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/011797/rodmans.htm

I guess Rodman didn't have the balls to pull one of his moves while he was with the Bulls. I guess Micheal Jordan straighten him out.:nope

[SenorSpur]

It's funny that in every interview, Iverson tells anyone and everyone how committed he is to winning a title, and that it's the only thing that matters to him, but then on a new team with a young coach he leaves his teammates out to dry and refuses to go to practice because he'd rather be at home eating with his family. There's a reason Iverson is wearing number one; it's who he looks out for.

:tu :tu