The 20 Most Annoying White Players in NBA History

Career: 1984-2003
Team(s): Utah Jazz
Don't believe John Stockton was annoying? Just ask every opponent that has ever played against him. The Hall of Fame Jazz guard was a feisty little dude, constantly in your face like a gnat on a baseball field. Stockton stayed taking cheap shots when the refs weren't looking. He always got away with murder because of his sneaky ways. Or maybe it was the short shorts? Ayo!

Career: 1983-1997
Team(s): Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavs, Atlanta Hawks, Seattle Sonics
Craig was a decent player. He played nagging defense, but it all took a turn for the worst in 1989. On that fateful night in Cleveland, Craig became annoying. He thought that he could guard Michael Jeffrey Jordan and paid for it dearly. And so began a career of getting trashed by Jordan and the Bulls. To add insult to injury, when he came to his senses and decided not to D-up Mike, the god still knocked them out of the 1993 playoffs. #justcantwin

Career: 1997-2006
Team(s): New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavs
Keith was a solid scorer for most of his career (averaging 16 PPG throughout his career), but he was still seen as a disappointment. He was soft and often choked in big moments. Somehow he and his annoying haircut made it onto the cover of NBA Jam '99. The only thing cool about Van Horn were his knee-high socks, but even that became annoying after a while. Let's get back to the video game cover though. During the '98 season there was a bevy of players Acclaim could've chosen from: A.I., Jason Kidd, Alonzo Mourning, hell even Karl "I impregnate 13-year-olds" Malone. Well, maybe not that last option. Still though.

Career: 1985-1996
Team(s): Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic
Jon Koncak sucked but he got paid like a Hall of Famer. In 1989 the Atlanta Hawks signed him to a ridiculous $13 million/six-year contract that paid him more than Magic, Michael and Bird, and earned him the nickname, Jon Contract. Oh, did we mention that after signing the deal he spent the majority of his seven remaining seasons in the NBA coming off the bench? SMH. *cues the soundtrack*

Career: 2001-2012
Team(s): New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls
Love him or you hate him, Scalabrine was the ultimate cheerleader. He rocked a headband just in case he got subbed in during garbage time and was always into the game. Brian has no real basketball skills, but still managed to get jobs with winning teams and stay in the league for over a decade. This dude who averaged 3.1 PPG and only started in 61 games over 11 seasons has a ring. Let that shit burn. Yes, we're talking to you Malone, Barkley, and Ewing.

Career: 2003-Present
Team(s): Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavs
Luke's annoying because he gets paid millions of dollars to ride the bench because he's Bill Walton's son. As a member of the Lakers, the PA system played the Star Wars theme whenever he scored because he was named after Luke Skywalker. He also has a horrible Grateful Dead tattoo on his right arm. He's just an all around annoying presence in the NBA.

Career: 1990-2003
Team(s): Cleveland Cavs, San Antonio Spurs
Like Christian Laettner, Ferry had a great college career at Duke, being named the 1989 College Player of the Year, and was dubbed "the next Larry Bird." So, naturally the Clippers took him with the second pick (yes, the second overall), but Ferry refused to play for them and took his talents to Italy. Upon his return to the States a year later—in one of the Clippers' smartest moves—they traded him to Cleveland for Ron Harper. The Cavs then signed him to a guaranteed 10-year/$40 million deal. He continued to stink up NBA arenas for the remainder of his career and as GM of the Cavs he refused to trade JJ Hickson for Amar'e Stoudemire the year before LeBron's decision. Need we say more?

Career: 1988-1995
Team(s): Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers
Tolbert's game and face were annoying, simultaneously. As a player he was a bum and was out of the league before he turned 30. As an announcer he was equally annoying. He used to tell corny jokes when he worked for NBC and ESPN with his annoying voice and never got a laugh. Tom also mentioned his career as a scrub way too much when commentating games. He now has been annoying people on San Francisco radio for the last 15 years. We take that last one back, he's actually not as bad on the radio.

Career: 1987-2003
Team(s): Cleveland Cavs, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trailblazers, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns
Chris Dudley was a scrub, man. He used to grab a couple boards here and there (6.2 RPG career average), but the only defense he knew how to play was fouling. When Shaq dunked on him and pushed him out of bounds like it was nothing, Chris threw the ball at him like one of those salty teenagers at the Y. On top of all that, he also looked like a math teacher and couldn't hit a free throw to save his life. All we can say about that 45 percent average from the charity stripe is "C'mon, son."

Career: 1997-2008
Team(s): Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavs, Boston Celtics
The first annoying thing about Scot Pollard is the spelling of his name. Why the fuck doesn't he have two Ts in his first name? Besides his parents spelling his name in a way that would haunt journalists for a decade, his overall skills (or lack thereof) were pretty annoying, too. He was put into games to use his fouls and tried to stay relevant by switching up his hair styles every couple games. He even went with the Vera DeMilo look at one point. And let us not forget that he once told kids to do drugs on national television.

Career: 1965-1980
Team(s): Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets
Rick Barry was one of the best scorers to ever pick up a basketball, but boy did he have a big mouth. He ran around like his shit didn't stink and wasn't afraid to tell you about it. After having one of the best seasons ever in 1975, he placed fourth in MVP voting by the players. Barry has some "curious" racial theories as well. He once told Bill Russell that he had a big watermelon grin on national television and said one of MJ's dunks in the 1988 Dunk Contest "the Chinese Superman" because "it had a little slant to it." And how could we forget the annoying way he shot his free throws?

Career: 1981-1995
Team(s): Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings
Kurt's biggest asset was his uncanny ability to be annoying. He had six fouls and wasn't afraid to use 'em. With his military glasses, mullet, and porn 'stache, Rambis came into games to wreak havoc. He's also a horrible coach and for whatever reason gets second chances. He also annoyed Kevin McHale so much that McHale clotheslined him in a Finals game.

Career: 1981-1995
Team(s): Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trailblazers, Phoenix Suns
Danny Ainge is what you would call a tough son of a bitch. He was a young kid on the Celtics that wasn't afraid of anyone, which made him hated by opposing teams and their fans. He's gotten into it with Michael Jordan, Mario Elie, and Tree Rollins—a 7'1" giant. Tree hit Ainge with a nasty elbow because Ainge had been sneaking elbows all game; Danny straight up tackled Rollins and was ejected. His confrontational style made him annoying if he didn't play for your squad. Danny embraced the bad guy role saying, ''I got labeled a villain, and I started to love it. It got me fired up on the road. And I'm not claiming innocence. I deserved some of it.'' At least he owned up to it.

Career: 1998-2012
Team(s): Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Minnesota T'Wolves
Miller was annoying because he was 6'11" and refused to block shots (0.7 BPG, really fam?) or grab a rebound. He acted tougher than what he was and rocked that stupid headband to death. Like, why rock a headband if all you're doing is shooting elbow jumpers? Shaq almost took his head off after Miller hit him with an unnecessary hard foul back in the day. Did we mention that he has a Scrappy Doo tattoo that looks like it's out of a Cracker Jack box? Or the time he had Ginuwine cornrows when he was with the Kings? Sorry about that.

Career: 2006-Present
Team(s): Orlando Magic
J.J.'s annoying because of his college career more than for his NBA one. Coming out of Duke he was heralded as one of the greatest college shooters in history and rightfully so. His collegiate success hasn't translated in the L like many players that came out of Duke. But every time he gets hot in an NBA game, he turns into the J.J. of old, taking bad shots and acting a fool when he makes a three.

Career: 1992-2006
Team(s): Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets
Jon started being annoying as soon as he got drafted. The Celtics took him with the 21st overall pick in the '92 Draft, but J.B. refused to play for them as if he was John Elway or some shit. His career went nowhere after that, bouncing around the league until he was ready to annoy us on TV. As an analyst on ESPN, he talks trash about players and makes bold predictions as if he were any good at basketball. He's outspoken when he really shouldn't be.

Career: 1995-2006
Team(s): Utah Jazz, Sacramento Kings
He has a tat of Fred Flintstone on his calf and that's all that really should be said. Ostertag thought that just because he played for a contending team with one of the best duos of all time in Stockton and Malone that he was actually good at basketball. Shaq famously knocked him out with smack before a morning shootaround the day of the 1997-98 season opener—Greg scored only two points in that game. Before getting owned by the Diesel, the Bulls treated him like an after thought as well. Greg recently attempted a comeback through the D-League, but failed because he couldn't stop eating and he sucked.

Career: 1993-2005
Team(s): Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavs
Shawn Bradley was big for nothing. Sure he averaged 2.5 BPG for his career, but that was solely attributable to his 7'6" frame. That same frame didn't stop him from constantly getting blammed on. He also made the most ridiculous faces when in competition. Bradley always looked like he didn't belong on a basketball court and when the ball touched his hands, he turned it over. Shawn never averaged 10 boards in his career and for some unexplainable reason he was in Space Jam. Unforgivable.

Career: 1980-1994
Team(s): Cleveland Cavs, Detroit Pistons
Bill Laimbeer cherished the "annoying" tag. He constantly got under opponents' skin, especially Jordan's Bulls. He played a major role in the "Jordan Rules," constantly putting MJ on his ass. Laimbeer was the head bully on those Pistons teams, always making sure Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars had protection. He took cheap shots on the reg and didn't care who was looking. His schtick worked, as Bill and his Detroit teammates often won battles against legends like Magic, Bird and Jordan.