NBA: Are there any humble rotation NBA players?

[Kidd K]

Seriously? I don't give a what he says in press conferences. I'll judge him on what he does on the court, and his antics are extremely arrogant with all the chest pounding, screaming, gun holstering look-at-me! bull .

This exactly. If he was doing that I football, someone would have taken a 15 yard penalty to crush him after a play to injure him. If he did it in baseball, pitchers would hit him with so many fastballs he'd retire. even if he was playing hockey some team would put in a goon and smash him against the glass then punch him out.

Basketball is the only major sport where Westbrook's gy antics could or would go unchecked. Definitely a majorly arrogant player. I don't care what he says for PR after particular games to project the image his agent suggests.

[DAF86]

It depends on your definition of humble.

You do have people that are down to Earth, honest and that don't try to overselll themselves, for example Dirk tonight saying he got lucky with that banked three... and then you have bags like this:

[kawhidoyoudothistome]

Yep Kawhi turns down kids for photographs, Duncan flips off people who take pictures of him, Parker cheats with teammates wives, Neal raped, etc.

I forgot about Neal! Poor guy. It was consensual...lol

[BD24]

I would say Kobe Bryant is a humble guy.

[Chris]

Boris Diaw tbh he could probably be a 20/10 guy on a bad team taking a lot of shots, but he knows his role can have a bigger impact on the game overall.

[Arcadian]

If you're one of the 250 best in the entire world at a profession that requires confidence at all times, that makes you millions of $, gets you fame and groupies, how could you be humble? ..

It's all relative. If you're one of the 250 best, playing in a league with the other 249 best, you'll be constantly exposed to people who are equally as good or better than you, which is probably a humbling experience. These guys were all stars in HS/college, yet only a handful are stars at the pro level.

[HarlemHeat37]

It's all relative. If you're one of the 250 best, playing in a league with the other 249 best, you might be constantly exposed to people who are equally as good or better than you, which is probably a humbling experience. These guys were all stars in HS/college, yet only a handful are stars at the pro level.

Sure, but my point was that most of them didn't just become that way, all of a sudden..virtually all of them were High School or college stars that have had their egos stroked for their entire adult lives..

On the court, maybe the 8th man on the Bucks may not feel as good as Lebron, but when he leaves the floor, he's still an NBA rotation player with millions that will immediately attract the attention of anybody in his vicinity, even if they don't know anything about his productivity on the court..

[Kawhitstorm]

Boris Diaw tbh he could probably be a 20/10 guy on a bad team taking a lot of shots, but he knows his role can have a bigger impact on the game overall.

Diaw is just plain LAZY & needs motivation to bring it. Rasheed was the same type of player.

[Kawhitstorm]

sorry...I must have missed all those qualifiers in the OP...

I had to break it down for y'all rather than giving a response devoid of any context.