Worst of the Worst: Central Division

I am admittedly doing a poor job of posting my scrubs.  Maybe I should be condemned as a scrub blogger.  I gotta step up my game.  Here’s a look at your worst Central Division hall of famer

Chicago Bulls:

Brian “Veal” Scalabrine- This guy is a scrub hall of famer.  The whole crowd cheers for him every time he catches the ball.  Great team guy

John Lucas-  According to ESPN.com, “Lucas is only around to occupy the absolute bottom of the Chicago roster. If he sees more than a few minutes of court time this year, something probably went wrong.”

Jannero Pargo-  On his third stint with the Bulls, Pargo is putting up some pretty poor stats on a good team and still getting minutes.  Something doesn’t make sense.  If only there was such a position as dfts (designated free throw shooter).

Keith Bogans- Starting shooting guard??  But he stinks.  Another “defensive stopper”.  In more frank terms, a scrub.

Kurt Thomas- This is by default.  Thomas is a veteran leader still average 6 boards in limited minutes.  His days of pick and rolls with Starbury are way over though.

Cleveland Cavaliers:

Semih Urden- He isn’t that bad if he only plays 14 minutes.  But no more than that.  He only averaged 6 and 5 in Turkey.  It’s all downhill from here.

Alonzo Gee- If you thought Gee could fill the shoes of Lebron, well then you are a horrible evaluator of talent.  He has the potential to be a D-league hall of famer.

Joey Graham- He’s better than Stephen, but that’s not saying much.  They’re both scrubs.

Manny Harris- Maybe one day, he’ll be a solid rotation player.  Today, D-Leaguer all the way.

Luke Harangody- Someone needs to tell this guy to stop shooting threes (22 %).  Or maybe they did and he just beat them up.

Detroit Pistons:

Terico White- He is on the Pistons roster as of today, so he is eligible.  Rookie injured for the whole season, but we are still predicting scrubdom.  Still hasn’t played a minute in the NBA.

Dajuan Summers-  47% from 3 is good.  44% from the line?  That’s weird.  I would say he is a worse version of former Buck/Knick/Clipper great Tim Thomas

Ben Wallace- His defense does not make up for the offense anymore.  (I used to love when he was on Cleveland, and they would ring the bell for “big ben” when he shot free-throws aka bricks.)

Jason Maxiell:  He once had potential as a solid sixth man energy guy.  Now, he plays 15 mediocre mins per night for the Pistons.

Chris Wilcox- Top 10 pick drafted 4 picks earlier then Melvin Ely, both by the Clips.  The Clippers seemed to be trying to assemble an all-scrub team instead of a winning team.

Indiana Pacers:

Lance Stephenson- NYC legend.  NBA scrub.  Another Lincoln High School product that should have went/stayed in college. (Marbury, Telfair)

Solomon Jones- I hope he is a good towel waver because he will be doing a lot of that from the bench.

T.J. Ford- Over the hill.  He was a top 10 pick in the Lebron, Melo, Wade draft, but unfortuantely injuries and the lack of a legitimate shot plagued him.

Jeff Foster- My favorite all time scrub.  Keep pluggin away Jeff.  A

A.J. Price- He’ll be a solid NBA guard, but right now, A.J. is still of scrub status.  A.J. did play over Kemba last year at UConn

Milwaukee Bucks:

Keyon Dooling- A consistent all-scrub teamer.

John Brockman- A workhorse.  That means you probably aren’t that good.

Chris Douglas-Roberts- He can score the ball and everyone likes people who can score.  Actually that’s not true.  A lot of Knick fans are down on Melo.  (CDR is not close to as good as Melo)

Luc Richard Mbah-a -Moute- I have to say, he does do some good things on the court.  He does defend well and play with energy.  But the Bucks have a deep squad and Luc can’t really score.  Thus, he is on the Bucks scrub-team.

Michael Redd- New holiday in Milwaukee.  Michael Redd’s Contract’s expiration day.

A recap of Nets – Pistons is in order.

The Nets lost tonight in very typical fashion.  The only thing that was special about tonight was the starting lineup.  It was interesting, to say the least.  I’m about to list the starters.  Prepare yourself for the worst.  The absolute worst.

1. Dan Gadzuric (Really clumsy.)
2. Mario West (Quinton Ross’s replacement.)
3. Sasha Vujacic (His best shots are forced shots.)
4. Jordan Farmar (This team is nothing without Farmar.)
5. Brook Lopez (A center who floats around and hopes rebounds come to him.)

Stephen Graham logged 20 minutes off the bench.  Ben Uzoh:  20 as well.  Petro Park: 15.  Travis logged 32 minutes too many.  Brandon Wright, 6 minutes.

Looking at the Nets starters and bench players tonight, I can’t – no matter how I think about the game – imagine how we were able to do ANYTHING: score, rebound, or  move the ball.  6 or 7 of those 10 Nets players who played tonight would normally throw the ball from the sidelines on an inbounds play.  Of the remaining players left on the floor, there HAS to be at least one or two people who can catch the ball and make a pass reliably.  Somehow the Nets only turned the ball over a respectable 10 times.

On a slightly different note, Dan Gadzuric was 1 of 2 from the line tonight.

Dan Gadzuric

This game was not televised.  It was a Bloomberg radio exclusive.  Tim Capstraw and Chris Carrino were fine.

For the Pistons, Greg Monroe had a 20 and 10 night.  Chris Wilcox started and scored 12 and boarded 5.  They feasted on the Nets small lineup with no rebounders. On the other hand, Will Bynum couldn’t seem to solve the Nets defense.  He started and only scored 4 points.  T Mac and Dajuan Summers were tonight’s both DNPs – Coach’s Decision.  It’s too bad because I would’ve loved to see a Dajuan Summers – Dan Gadzuric matchup.

Alas, there’s always next year.