All Time NBA Tough Guy List

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Re: All Time NBA Tough Guy List 

Post#41 » by longtallbrad » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:28 pm

Quattro wrote:No Charles Barkley mentions? Guess everyone sees him as the resident comedian on TNT these days and forgets about his prime playing days.


Didn't Barkley once body slam Shaq?
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Post#42 » by macNcheese3 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:33 pm

Larry Bird, deserves to be on the list, without question.
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Post#43 » by Quattro » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:42 pm

longtallbrad wrote:
Quattro wrote:No Charles Barkley mentions? Guess everyone sees him as the resident comedian on TNT these days and forgets about his prime playing days.


Didn't Barkley once body slam Shaq?


Love clips of anyone punching Lambier. There are so many out there. Barkley lands a solid punch here. Rough stuff starts at 1:08



Here’s the only non tnt fight I could find between Shaq and Chuck. This was obviously late in Chucks career but still shows how mean he played even against guys much bigger than him.

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Post#44 » by UcanUwill » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:52 pm

Darko maybe? Or was he just crazy?
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Re: All Time NBA Tough Guy List 

Post#45 » by yellowknifer » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:56 pm

Tim Kempton wrote:PG: Norm Van Lier
SG: Jerry Sloan
SF: Ron Artest
PF: Charles Oakley
C: Willis Reed

Bench
PG: John Stockton
SG: Vernon Maxwell
SF: Xavier McDaniel
PF: Anthony Mason
C: Rick Mahorn

HM: Maurice Lucas, Dale Davis, Antonio Davis, Larry Bird, Gary Payton


I know people rightfully hate Karl Malone but he probably should get mentioned too.
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Post#46 » by Slim Tubby » Wed Mar 2, 2022 7:30 pm

The list begins with Nikola Pekovic.


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Post#47 » by JRoy » Wed Mar 2, 2022 7:35 pm

Tim Kempton wrote:PG: Norm Van Lier
SG: Jerry Sloan
SF: Ron Artest
PF: Charles Oakley
C: Willis Reed

Bench
PG: John Stockton
SG: Vernon Maxwell
SF: Xavier McDaniel
PF: Anthony Mason
C: Rick Mahorn

HM: Maurice Lucas, Dale Davis, Antonio Davis, Larry Bird, Gary Payton


Jerry Sloan wanting to fight players when he was 60
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Post#48 » by JRoy » Wed Mar 2, 2022 7:40 pm

Glad not to see that phony Kenyon Martin on anyones list
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Post#49 » by AbeVigodaLive » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:00 pm

Ritzo wrote:Steve Nash is one tough MF.
He played with one eye, played with broken nose twice, chipped tooth and received a Karl Malone elbow to his face.



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Grant Hill makes this gif though.
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Re: All Time NBA Tough Guy List 

Post#50 » by flow » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:01 pm

DrCoach wrote:
Capn'O wrote:Rodman and Laimbeer anyone?

Danny Ainge was a scrappy punkass too.


Rodman was crazy but didn’t intimidate anyone

Laimbeer and Ainge were more dirty than tough IMO


Same with Artest, but he's in your starting 5.

The one time someone was ready to square up & throw hands with Artest, he turned tail and backed away.

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Post#51 » by Ice Trae » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:09 pm

Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
Matt Barnes
Jae Crowder
Kevin Garnett
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Post#52 » by vege » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:13 pm

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Post#53 » by RoundMoundOfRebound » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:30 pm

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Post#54 » by SkyBill40 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:48 pm

Ice Trae wrote:Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
Matt Barnes
Jae Crowder
Kevin Garnett
Both Morris brothers are fake tough. They don't want that smoke.

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Post#55 » by 76thBearCub » Wed Mar 2, 2022 8:50 pm

For a normal size guy Iverson took punishment from giants every night and always bounced right up. Pretty crazy he was probably hung over a lot of the time too.
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Post#56 » by LuDux1 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 9:06 pm

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Post#57 » by Lalouie » Wed Mar 2, 2022 9:13 pm

anyone want to body slam wilt?
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Post#58 » by Chanel Bomber » Wed Mar 2, 2022 9:18 pm

Willis Reed was no joke.
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Post#59 » by Quattro » Wed Mar 2, 2022 9:43 pm

RoundMoundOfRebound wrote:



If I remember correctly, that punch was in retaliation for a cheap shot Lambier took on Bird.
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Post#60 » by Sakkreth » Wed Mar 2, 2022 9:48 pm

Ice Trae wrote:Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
Matt Barnes
Jae Crowder
Kevin Garnett


You are supposed to list actually tough guys in this thread, not fake tough guys.
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