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Dillon talking trash about Pinson got me wondering; Who are the best off-the-bench cheerleaders of all time? Pinson has to be the best right now, but there's have to have been some all-time great ones before him.

I will throw Kevin Ollie's hat in the ring

Patrick Mills was legendary one, until he became Patty Mills, an actual good NBA player who is on the court.

Boban Marjanović @ Mavs
Dikembe Mutombo @ Rockets

Turiaf and Sacre come to mind as far as Lakers go. Turiaf was obviously a bench player with a bigger role than someone like Sacre, so he got less minutes per game where he could be the bench cheerleader, and Sacre played for some terrible Laker teams so he got less opportunities to have something to cheer for, but both players were extremely efficient cheerleaders at their peak.

Cam Payne

Thanasis is a fantastic cheerleader off the bench!!

Mark Madsen
Jack Haley on the Bulls

Ronny Turiaf is the GOAT



When injured, Darius Garland is actually the best. Hes unfortunately too skilled and talented and fun to watch as a player, so he doesnt get to challenge Turiaf for the crown, but he had GOAT talent in that department

tsamo wrote:Thanasis is a fantastic cheerleader off the bench!!

oh yes, a good one.

TheHartBreakKid wrote:Turiaf and Sacre come to mind as far as Lakers go. Turiaf was obviously a bench player with a bigger role than someone like Sacre, so he got less minutes per game where he could be the bench cheerleader, and Sacre played for some terrible Laker teams so he got less opportunities to have something to cheer for, but both players were extremely efficient cheerleaders at their peak.

I couldn't stand Sacre. Felt like fake cheerleading to me and just did it for attention

But here's a vid of Sacre faking out AD lol https://gfycat.com/plumpperiodickakarikis

Not NBA related but I’ll contribute this

tsamo wrote:Thanasis is a fantastic cheerleader off the bench!!

Op asked about bench players , not family members on the bench

Kent Bazemore on the Warriors:

tsamo wrote:Thanasis is a fantastic cheerleader off the bench!!

/thread.

No seriously. Any Bucks fan already knows

Rich Michmond wrote:Kent Bazemore on the Warriors:

Watch on YouTube

This was going to be my answer too.

M.L. Carr, Hall of Fame-level towel-waver.

Here's a story about him announcing his retirement from the NBA and the lead is, "A tearful M.L. Carr, the Boston Celtics' towel-waving cheerleader, Monday announced his retirement after nine years in the NBA." A nine-year NBA career, 678 games and 16,390 minutes in the regular season, plus 67 games and 1,005 minutes in the playoffs, summed up as "towel-waving cheerleader."

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/26/A-tearful-ML-Carr-the-Boston-Celtics-towel-waving-cheerleader/1233493876800/

M.L. is still alive, but I bet I know what it's going to say on his tombstone.

A dude named Malik Fitts was on the Celtics earlier this season. He was an incredible teammate!

Not sure if he played a single minute outside of garbage time but every time the camera showed the bench he was smiling and jumping around and playing air guitar and being the best cheerleader I'ver ever seen lol.

Brought some great vibes and seemed like a really cool guy.

Maybe Cliff Levingston.

Ronny Turiaf, Kent Bazemore