Top 5 dirtiest players of all-time

[HighFlyer23]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdYbE7iIkU
KG is NOT dirty?

b!tch @ss ni[COLOR="Black"]gga [/COLOR]is a b!tch

[RainierBeachPoet]

Bruce Bowen is the only player I've ever seen who deliberately tries to hurt players to that extent.

to me, this is the difference between being dirty and being a hard nosed defender

sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the difference


back in the 70s every team had a guy who was "an enforcer". his role on the team was to irritate the star of the other team, beat them up and also defend the star of his own team. i saw SO many fights in the nba back then because of this

to me, this is the difference between a thug/dirty player and a hard nosed defender-- his team role. some guys cannot play good defense, so they just go out and beat people up deliberately

some of my all time favorite nba tough guys were: rick mahorn, maurice lucas, frank brickowski, dennis awtry, anthony mason, danny fortson

John Brisker

brisker was not only a thug but borderline psychotic. he joined the armed movement in liberia after his playing days and took his thuggery there

[gleden]

U Mad?

OH Sh*t he got a ring, we shouldnt call him a dirty player

[AstralBaller]

get zo and shaq off that list.

stockton and garnett are much more fitting.

Basically.......

Bruce Bowen can take slots 1-4 by himself...

and Kobe belongs on that list

ask Raja:




(the funny thing is that they look and talk alike)

[jlauber]

Clyde Lovellette

This...and the next guy is miles behind him. Lovelette built his HOF career on playing dirty.

[twintowers]

OH Sh*t he got a ring, we shouldnt call him a dirty player

he got not one but 3 besides kobe bryant said bruce just plays hard and that when he hears people saying he's dirty he said it makes him smile at ignorance also said the best defender ever on him....

[talkingconch]

Rodman

[gilalizard]

the top 5 of all-time

Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Clyde Lovellette
Danny Ainge
John Starks
Jeff Ruland
Jim Loscutoff
Phil Jackson
Jerry Sloan
Karl Malone
Rick Mahorn
John Stockton
Mike Riordan
John Brisker
Warren Jabali
Billy Paultz
Larry Bird

math lol

[3243]

math lol

I know. But I flunked math.

But since I'm already way past the limit, here are some more:

Swen Nater
Xavier McDaniel
Norm Van Lier
Dennis Awtrey (just for socking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the face in 1974)
Isaiah Thomas
Dave Cowens
Kevin Stacom
Bill Bridges
Ricky Sobers
M.L. Carr
Steve Mix
Marc Iavaroni
Wayne "Tree" Rollins

Of course, not every tough guy/enforcer was necessarily a dirty player. That's why I left Kermit Washington, Jerry Lucas, Willis Reed, Al "Destroyer" Attles, Gus Johnson, pre-Muslim Hakeem Olajuwon, Calvin Murphy, Charles Oakley, Michael Cage, Wendell Ladner, Lonnie Shelton, Bob Lanier, Kevin Willis, Kurt Rambis, and Larry "Mr. Mean" Smith off the list.

[rodman91]

Rodman no where near that dirty to be in top 5. He was somehow dirty but rest of was his antics, mind games, wrestling. He wasn't avid user of elbows like those guys. Actually he took more than he gave and refs most of the time allowed that because he was Rodman.He was more into make his opponent's mind out of the game or really make him do some technical or flagrant stuff to out of game.

Guys like Mutombo & Malone much dirtier than Rodman. They were throwing elbows without any sense.Many players got injured because of them.

[RainierBeachPoet]

here are some more:

Swen Nater
Xavier McDaniel
Norm Van Lier
Dennis Awtrey (just for socking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the face in 1974)
Isaiah Thomas
Dave Cowens
Kevin Stacom
Bill Bridges
Ricky Sobers
M.L. Carr
Steve Mix
Marc Iavaroni
Wayne "Tree" Rollins

i remember all these guys (except kevin stacom) and most of them were not dirty players-- awtrey and bridges were dirty; sobers to a degree

i consider the rest just hardnosed defenders

[3243]

i remember all these guys (except kevin stacom) and most of them were not dirty players-- awtrey and bridges were dirty; sobers to a degree

i consider the rest just hardnosed defenders

Thank you RanierBeachPoet. I appreciate the insight.

[gleden]

he got not one but 3 besides kobe bryant said bruce just plays hard and that when he hears people saying he's dirty he said it makes him smile at ignorance also said the best defender ever on him....

Just because kobe said it doesnt mean its true, we've all seen how he plays, deff a dirty player