Best Role Players: Current and All-Time

Hard2dhole · Post #21 » by **Hard2dhole** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:41 pm

Phil Jackson wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Haterism at it's finest.

Kobe Bryant carried Shaq on his back. He brought home the title. I'm not sorry to break it to you.

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Post #22 » by **tsherkin** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:52 pm

Schrempf comes to mind as my FAVORITE roleplayer...

But yeah, Bobby Jones, Coop, Rodman, lots of other guys come to mind. Bobby Jones should probably take this.

farzi · Post #23 » by **farzi** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:00 pm

Most of the members of the 2000 Trailblazers...before the 4th quarter of game 7 atleast

Pippen
Steve Smith
Schrempf
Greg Anthony
Stacey Augmon
Brian Grant
Bonzi Wells
Steve Kerr
Jermaine O'neal
Rasheed Wallace
Damon Staudemire

Post #24 » by **penbeast0** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:10 pm

Really think we need a definition of roleplayer. If it's a player who averages less than 30 minutes a game, many of the above don't qualify. If it's a player with one (or maybe two) outstanding skill whose remaining game is average or so at best, guys like Bobby Jones and Detlef Schrempf don't qualify. If it is guys who score less than 15 ppg, guys like Dell Curry probably don't. I don't think Jermaine O'Neal qualifies under pretty much any definition.

What is a "roleplayer"?

MagicFan3 · Post #25 » by **MagicFan3** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:20 pm

Everyone on the Pistons. They have no "superstar", so they're all role players technically. And they've won a championship, so...

RJM · Post #26 » by **RJM** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:29 am

I feel they shouldn't count if they were on the all-star team more than once and during the time when they helped their "winning" team.

m23uza1hem36 · Post #27 » by **m23uza1hem36** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:58 am

Bird all time, right now, I'd say Kobe Bryant he scores and does what he needs for his team to win, I'd also have to put say Chauncey Billups and basically the whole Detroit starting lineup they are all role players that do what they need especially Chauncey he gets the assists he needs for his team and then he scores what he has to for his team to win and they have the second best record in the NBA so I would have to say Billups at the moment but they could easily be taken over by Bryant. :lol:

Post #28 » by **penbeast0** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:27 pm

Odd definitition of Role Player if you are including Kobe . .. . Who isn't a role player then?

If it is "non-superstars," Chauncey is at least a marginal superstar since he has received significant MVP votes at least one year.

TAI8 · Post #29 » by **TAI8** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:58 pm

Bruce Bowen
Robert Horry