Worst players, not best players. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1356513&type=Columnist&imagesPrint=off
I need to backup Maloney here. He was awesome against Seattle in the 1997 playoffs. I'm surprised he only lasted 3 years.
Among guards, David Wingate stayed around forever (15 years) without doing anything of consequence. Except for being accused of two different rapes in one week. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wingada01.html
Jon Barry cannot be on the list. He was a contributor on that great King's team and we saw how timely he could hit 3's for the Rockets. Not all about the numbers.
The name that flew into my mind from my teenage years was Mike Riordan of the NY Knicks. He was a backup to Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe and Dick Barnett-- your prototypical tough Irish kid. For the first couple of years his job was to come in and give fouls. Unfortunately, he had a couple of decent years after that with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. In 1973-4 and 1974-5 he averaged close to 16 PPG but his career average was 9.9 in some 630 games at 25 minutes per game.
That's actually a good suggestion, I was running the numbers earlier and he was among the very worst in PER and winshares. Just not much of a producer at all.
Not sure if these stats accurately measures things. For example, PER is biased agaisnt players who don't shoot or handle the ball much on offense but are, for example great defenders. Bruce Bowen is a prime example. I think his PER is even worse than Ryan Bowen's. One of the contenders in this category has to be Rick Brunson... 10 years, only one season did he start with a guaranteed contract.
With a 15 year career stats of 1826 pts and 2079 fouls I have to go with Former Rockets backup center Charles Jones.
Bruce Bowen's is terrible, but you can point to his defensive player awards and his brief run of being a good three point shooter. You can't really do the same for guys like Greg Kite or David Wingate.
