The Worst Player on Every NBA Team Roster

2013-14 Stats: 13.1 MPG, 2.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.2 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $4,340,000

Udonis Haslem's contributions to the Miami Heat over their two championship runs have been invaluable; for whatever reason, though, he has been an absolute train wreck in 2013-14. While injuries have played no small role in slowing the center down (he had surgery to repair a torn meniscus over the summer), there's no denying that he has hurt the Heat with his play so far this year. His 4.7 PER is easily the lowest of anyone seeing regular minutes, and Miami's newfound depth thanks to the emergence of Michael Beasley and Rashard Lewis have lessened their need to endure Haslem's rough on-court stretches. While he'll undoubtedly improve, the leash is definitely much shorter than it used to be.

2013-14 Stats: 10.7 MPG, 1.8 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.0 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $788,872

Tornike Shengelia was not meant to be a contributor for the Brooklyn Nets this season, or really even to see the floor. However, injuries have occasionally forced the Georgia-born swingman into duty he has proven ill-equipped to handle. He went back and forth from the D-League in November, but has stuck with the Nets since thanks to injuries to Paul Pierce and Andrei Kirilenko that have forced the Nets to utilize the nether regions of their roster. Shengelia has not been very effective on the floor, averaging less than a basket per game as he largely sees only garbage minutes (of which there have been plenty for Brooklyn this season).

2013-14 Stats: 10.3 MPG, 1.4 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 1 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $916,099

Now playing for his sixth NBA team despite being just 27 years old, Garrett Temple demonstrates through his play on the court why he hasn't been able to stick with any one squad. The Washington Wizards shooting guard has appeared in all but two of the team's games, chipping in next to nothing on the stat sheet. His season high is six points, and he has been shut out in 10 of his appearances. Perhaps he can't score because he can barely hit the hoop, putting up a .333 shooting percentage that better than only Eric Maynor among the Wizards' regulars.

2013-14 Stats: 19.7 MPG, 5 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,600,000

John Lucas is the ultimate basketball journeyman, bouncing around from Houston to Italy to the D-League to Spain to China to Chicago to Toronto and now landing with the Utah Jazz. The Jazz, who are openly trying to lose and land a top three pick, are deploying Lucas in a much more involved role than he has played in prior stops. He's playing almost five more minutes per night than his previous career high, although his playing time has been cut back now that Trey Burke has returned from injury. Lucas is shooting just .333 from the field, though, so he's not providing a whole lot on the offensive end when he is on the floor.

2013-14 Stats: 15.2 MPG, 3 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $5,225,000

The Toronto Raptors signed Landry Fields to one of the most absurd contracts in recent history prior to the 2012-13 season, offering the restricted free agent a three year deal worth $20 million. Yikes. Fields was pretty bad last year, and has managed to be even worse in 2013-14. He's shooting a paltry .357 from the field, and has seen a precipitous decline in pretty much every major statistical category. The Rudy Gay trade has essentially relegated Fields to garbage time duty, as he sits behind another once-solid swingman in John Salmons.

2013-14 Stats: 12.5 MPG, 2.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,750,000

Jeff Ayres (perhaps you remember him as Jeff Pendergraph?) has bounced around the NBA since being drafted in the second round of the 2009 draft. Playing for the Spurs-who absolutely love resting their veterans during the regular season- Ayres has gotten a surprising amount of playing time early in the season. He hasn't done all that much with it, though, shooting just .412 from the power forward spot and also sporting by far the lowest PER (5.3) on the entire team. He'll certainly get more opportunities to improve himself, though, as Tim Duncan gets his frequent nights off and the Spurs begin to look towards the playoffs.

2013-14 Stats: 22.9 MPG, 7.5 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.6 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $5,643,750

The Sacramento Kings have entirely too many frontcourt players, and Jason Thompson has emerged as the worst of the bunch so far. Of all their forwards, he has the worst PER (10.3) and grabs very few rebounds for a guy who spends most of his time camped out under the hoop. He also signed a four-year, $25 million contract in the offseason, meaning he is an overpriced player who would probably not be starting on 25 of 30 NBA teams that is now under contract through the 2016-17 season. Not a good look for a rebuilding team, Sacramento.

2013-14 Stats: 14.3 MPG, 3.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.6 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $3,000,000

One of the few Brits ever to play in the NBA, Joel Freeland often looks like someone who does not totally know what he's doing on the basketball court. While the Portland Trail Blazers have been perhaps the biggest surprise in the NBA, Freeland has not been among the reasons they've gotten off to a 21-4 start. Serving as the primary backup to center Robin Lopez, he has been passable on the block but does not exactly look like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain. That the decent-enough Freeland has been Portland's worst rotation player this season, though, tells you all you need to know about how well things have gone in Rip City thus far in 2013-14.

2013-14 Stats: 11.4 MPG, 3.6 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,064,400

Another team interested in getting a high draft pick, the Phoenix Suns did not build a roster intent on making the playoffs. While they've raced out to perhaps the most surprisingly good start in the league, it has not been due to the contributions of first round pick Archie Godwin (who was sent from OKC to Golden State and then to Phoenix in a host of draft day trades). Goodwin has been reduced to the fourth or fifth guard on the Suns' roster and has struggled in his limited playing time, averaging a deceivingly high 3.2 points per game (he scored 16 points in a mid-November game against the Kings, and without it his PPG would be 2.6). He is just 19 years old, though, so there's still plenty of time for him to develop.

2013-14 Stats: 11.8 MPG, 2.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $490,180

The Philadelphia 76ers are a rebuilding team (to be kind), and Brandon Davies is exactly the kind of player a tanking team like the Sixers is looking for to help secure the worst record in the league (and thus a guaranteed top four pick next year). Making his debut for Philadelphia in November, Davies has become a big part of their regular rotation and routinely plays 10 to 15 minutes a night. That doesn't mean that Davies (who you might remember from his days violating the BYU honor code) has been particularly effective, however, as he is shooting a wretched .327 from the field and has grabbed more than three rebounds in a game just twice.

2013-14 Stats: 17.4 MPG, 4.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.2 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.7 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $2,500,000

Jason Maxiell is another guy who it feels like has been around forever, and in year nine (his first on a team other than the Pistons) the on-court product hasn't been especially impressive. While he isn't known for his offense, Maxiell's output has been even lower than usual; he's averaging the fewest points and rebounds per game since his rookie season, and his per 36 minute numbers are also some of the worst of his career. Considering he plays for a rebuilding team that will be looking to get experience for their young players, a veteran like Maxiell may be trade fodder or simply benched before the season is out.

2013-14 Stats: 10.7 MPG, 3.9 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $2,339,040

Despite winning numerous awards during his one year at Duke, Austin Rivers has not given the New Orleans Pelicans much return on their investment in him. After struggling mightily as a rookie last season, he has seen some moderate improvement this year but has also had his playing time dramatically cut back. He has shot pretty much the same percentage from the floor (.372 last season compared with .375 this season) and has made a modest improvement in his assist-to-turnover ratio (1.72 last year to 2.0 this year), so at least he's trending in the right direction. However, with the return to health of Eric Gordon and the acquisitions of Jrue Holliday and Tyreke Evans, the Pelicans have clearly moved on from the idea that Rivers will be a productive regular in their lineup.

2013-14 Stats: 20.8 MPG, 4.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.5 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $4,588,384

Luc Mbah a Moute has already been involved in a trade this season when he went from Sacramento to Minnesota about three weeks ago, and the Timberwolves are expecting big things out of the veteran swingman. Mbah a Moute brings a solid defensive presence, but given how little he contributes on offense (all of 3.5 points in an average of 17.5 minutes a night with Minnesota) it's tough to justify relying on him for extended periods. Perhaps it's a good sign overall for the T-Wolves, though, that a decent player like Mbah a Moute is actually their worst among those seeing 10-plus minutes of court time per game.

2013-14 Stats: 20.5 MPG, 4.9 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $4,320,000

After a solid season last year as a starting guard for the Timberwolves, Luke Ridnour was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks this offseason and shortly thereafter lost his starting role to Brandon Knight. The bench role has not been kind to the former Oregon Duck, who is putting up a career low in shooting percentage (.349) and the lowest assist per game total (3.4) since his rookie year. His points per 36 minute average (9.1) is likewise the worst of his career by far, and is indeed 30 percent lower than his career number. At 32 years old, Ridnour probably isn't going to be making big improvements any time soon, either.

2013-14 Stats: 27.7 MPG, 6.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $7,235,955

It might be easy to scoff at this one, considering Tayshaun Prince looks pretty much the same as he did when he was in the Eastern Conference Finals every year with the Pistons. However, as any Memphis Grizzlies fan could tell you, he is not the same player. Not only has Prince's offensive game rapidly deteriorated (down to .395 shooting and a his lowest PPG since his rookie season), but his speed has declined to the degree that he is no longer a defensive stalwart like earlier in his career. With Quincy Pondexter out for the season with a stress fracture in his foot, Prince—who is playing his 13th NBA season- will be counted upon to supply big minutes for a Grizzlies team whose championship window may already have shut.

2013-14 Stats: 17.4 MPG, 5.1 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,399,507

It's been an uneven year in general for the Los Angeles Clippers, and with two big injuries to Matt Barnes and J.J. Redick, Willie Green has been pressed into duty in the backcourt alongside Chris Paul. The results haven't been pretty. After logging numerous DNPs throughout the early season, Green has clearly not been himself on the floor now that he's back in the regular rotation; he's shooting an atrocious .306 from the floor, compared with a lifetime mark of .429 and a .461 percentage just last season. His three-point shot has betrayed him as well, slipping from .428 last year to a lowly .258 in 2013-14.

2013-14 Stats: 15.0 MPG, 2.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.1 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.9 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $4,000,000

Life's a bit easier when you're playing behind Defensive Player of the Year favorite Roy Hibbert, and Ian Mahinmi has done a brilliant job fading into the background in his limited role. Despite playing just under 15 minutes a game, Mahinmi averages about the same number of fouls (2.7) as rebounds (2.8) per contest, starting the season off brilliantly with five fouls and three rebounds in just under 17 minutes on opening night. While he isn't required to do a whole lot to keep his slot in the rotation, he has the worst PER of anyone on the Pacers and is a total black hole on offense, posting a .372 field goal percentage that is truly abominable for a big man.

2013-14 Stats: 20.7 MPG, 7.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.9 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,265,977

It's been a strong year for the Houston Rockets after adding Dwight Howard in the offseason, but it hasn't been such a great start for Francisco Garcia. Despite not being relied upon to make major contributions on the offensive end, Garcia has put up the least efficient numbers of any regular rotation player on the team. While he's averaging 4.4 three-point attempts per game in the Rockets' fast-paced offense, he's only hitting on .353 percent of them, and is only doing slightly better (.395) from closer to the hoop. Along with the soon-to-be-traded Omer Asik, Garcia is one of the only players on Houston's roster to not be carrying his weight this year.

2013-14 Stats: 11.0 MPG, 3.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $3,500,000

Marreese Speights has bounced around a lot for a 26-year-old, and for a while he made his living by being one of the league's most efficient per minute players. Now suiting up for the small-ball oriented Golden State Warriors, though, he has struggled to fit in as the backup to Andrew Bogut and David Lee, and is putting up some of the worst numbers of his career. Speights is posting a brutal (for him) PER of 10.2, which is also the lowest of any of the Warriors' regular rotation players

2013-14 Stats: 23.4 MPG, 7.4 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $2,653,080

The Detroit Pistons can afford to be patient with No. 8 overall pick Kentavious Caldwell-Pope; while the shooting guard has struggled in the early going, the Pistons have a strong nucleus of guards behind him who can take some of the burden off the rookie. It's probably a good thing, too, because Caldwell-Pope has lacked the scoring punch he showed in college, breaking double digits just six times this season and shooting a woeful .375 from the floor. While it's true a lack of consistent attempts may be to blame, for him to earn better looks in offense he'll need to do what he does best: put the ball in the hoop early and often.

2013-14 Stats: 12.1 MPG, 4.0 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,422,720

The French-born, former first round pick Evan Fournier has played sparingly during his first two years in the NBA, but under new coach Brian Shaw has seen his role expand in 2013. Unfortunately, the shooting stroke that made him effective in his limited role last year has gone completely missing this year, as Fournier has shot a ghastly .370 from the field after putting up a .493 percentage from his shooting guard spot last season. His three-point percentage has likewise plummeted from .407 to .333, and if he wants to stay in the Nuggets' rotation he'll need to rediscover his shooting stroke.

2013-14 Stats: 12.3 MPG, 3.6 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 2.3 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $490,180

Gal Mekel- the second Israeli ever to play in the NBA- joined the Dallas Mavericks after winning the Israeli Super League MVP award in both 2011 and 2013. Since arriving in the USA, though, he's learned that the competition is a little tougher on this side of the globe. The point guard has played sparingly as he sits behind Monta Ellis and jockeys for playing time with fellow rookie Shane Larkin, and in fact struggled earlier in his career when he played for two seasons at Wichita State. He's on a fully-guaranteed three year contract at the league minimum, though, so if he develops into a solid player the Mavericks will have found a huge bargain.

2013-14 Stats: 10.4 MPG, 2.1 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.2 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $5,324,280

When watching Anthony Bennett, it's difficult to fathom how the Cleveland Cavaliers decided to take this guy over Victor Oladipo. To be kind, Bennett is a little round about the waist, and has been horribly miscast as a small forward by coach Mike Brown and is clearly struggling to adapt. And let's not sleep on how long it took Bennett to score his first NBA hoop; it wasn't until his fifth game of the year that he finally made a shot, and he still has yet to score in double digits this season. While 19 games is not enough to determine someone to be a bust, Bennett is going to have to make a big leap in the near future to avoid that dubious distinction.

2013-14 Stats: 12.3 MPG, 2.3 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,074,720

Marquis Teague was one of the highest-rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011, and went on to win a national title in his only year at Kentucky before making the leap to the pros. Maybe he should have stayed. Getting playing time for the Bulls thanks in large part to Derrick Rose's balky knees, Teague has largely struggled to make an impact; he has gone scoreless in exactly half of his appearances this season, and has the worst PER (0.4) in the entire NBA for someone who has played as much as he has. While he will likely get more chances to improve upon those numbers, it has not been a promising start.

2013-14 Stats: 15.3 MPG, 3.0 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,027,424

To answer your question: yes, Anthony Tolliver is still in the NBA. He is among the league's most well-traveled players, having been a part of six organizations since going undrafted out of Creighton in 2007, and now plies his trade for the cellar-dwelling Bobcats. He isn't exactly emerging as a star, though; to date, he's shooting a robust .326 from the field and is averaging almost as many fouls per game (1.6) as rebounds (2.3). While such poor numbers would normally translate into a permanent spot on the bench for most teams, with Charlotte it means you play 15 minutes per game, including a season-high 34-plus minute stint on December 9 in a win against Golden State.

2013-14 Stats: 24.2 MPG, 4.3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $10,105,855

The only reason Gerald Wallace is even on the Celtics is because Nets GM Billy King somehow decided it was wise to give a declining player a four-year, $40 million contract in the summer of 2012, and then that bloated figure was necessary to make Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett members of the Nets. Wallace's decline the last couple years has been staggering; his points per game have dipped from 13.8 to 7.7 to 4.3, his rebounds from 6.7 to 4.6 to 3.5, and his PER from 15.9 to 11.6 to 8.6. For the surprisingly competent Celtics, Wallace is just good enough to stay in the rotation but bad enough to keep off the court during crunch time.

2013-14 Stats: 13.9 MPG, 3.7 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 2.5 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,617,840

Coming into the 2013 draft, Dennis Schroeder was compared by several experts to Celtics' All-Star guard Rajon Rondo. His play on the court has been anything but, though, as over his first 11 pro games Schroeder sported a brutal 1.50 assist-to-turnover ratio and included one particularly awful night against the Knicks in which he turned the ball over four times and failed to score in just under nine minutes of play. While all is not lost for the German point guard (he is, after all, only 20 years old), it has not been a promising start to his NBA career, and the Hawks have sent him to the D-League to try to get his feet underneath him.

2013-14 Stats: 18.1 MPG, 3.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.6 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $8,477,437

It's been a dramatic fall from grace for Kendrick Perkins, who came over in a much-discussed trade from the Celtics during 2010-11 and has seen his play dramatically decline since. He also has the dubious distinction of functionally being the player the Thunder decided to keep over James Harden (rather than amnestying Perkins and signing Harden to an extension), a major problem considering that Perk isn't even playing 20 minutes per night. He takes a paltry 2.7 shots per game, and is not nearly the defensive presence he once was. Again, when being a defensive anchor is your sole responsibility and you no longer do it well, that's a major problem.

2013-14 Stats: 14.4 MPG, 4.9 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG
2013-14 Salary: $1,272,279

There are no shortage of candidates for the title of worst New York Knick, but Beno Udrih takes the crown based simply on the fact that his closest counterpart in futility (J.R. Smith) can at least score in bunches. Udrih, on the other hand, is putting in 4.9 points per game and is posting his worst per-game averages for steals and assists since 2006-07. Additionally, Udrih's 3.1 turnovers per 36 minutes are the highest mark of his career and the most among players who spend as little time on the court as he does.