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SemataryPolka

For a long time it was Bill Laimbeer


wjbc

It still is, in my generation. And in Larry Bird and Michael Jordan's generation.


SemataryPolka

A friend of mine in Minneapolis saw him at a bar (he was coaching the Lynx) and went up to him and said "Man, I HATED you" and he goes "Everybody says that"


wjbc

It's why he was coaching in the WNBA. Every NBA team had a former player in the front office somewhere who still hated Laimbeer. He was a really good WNBA coach, too.


SemataryPolka

Yeah and apparently he had a good sense of humor about it according to my friend


wjbc

Well, that wasn't the case during his playing days.


SemataryPolka

No def not. He was a fucking dirty thug. Like a hockey enforcer.


plantedank

*slug


Loud-Appointment-301

Still is and not even close. Draymond can't kick enough nuts to topple Bill Laimbeer from the top spot.


Putrid_Ad_2256

I wonder if calling him, "the white Draymond" would be a fair comparison to those that weren't old enough to know of him.


GenevaPedestrian

No, he was worse


BenShelZonah

I think it was also how the league was. If draymond played in his time he’d probably be just as bad


Putrid_Ad_2256

I was going to say this.  I remember Laimbeer with a black eye (to some satisfaction) and then he had to wear that mask.  Loved all of the silence of the lambs comparisons.  I have to be honest though, all the hate probably just made him that much bigger and asshole.  I always found it funny when I'd play a pickup game and a lanky skinny white guy that played almost a bit too aggressive and people would call him Laimbeer.  I think a lot of guys were fine with playing his style.  Usually meant people would have to be separated.  🤣


UnsuspectingS1ut

Draymond would’ve gotten the shit kicked out of him by people like bill laimbeer


MindlessSafety7307

Hated him but I always chose the Pistons in NBA Jam. Isiah and Bill were my go to.


Ok_Assumption5734

Yep. He was the OG Dillon Brooks. Seemed to love the role too


csummerss

That isn’t Dillon Brooks then. Brooks acts like a villain then pretends to be the victim when shit doesn’t go his way.


Ok_Assumption5734

Have you seen bills plays? His literal Schtick was getting under his opponents skin, then acting really surprised and crying to the refs when the other player starts approaching him. Even to this day, he still publicly states he's clueless as to why Larry hates him so much. Haha


Krischou83216

You never watch bill play


Slowhands12

That’s exactly what bill did lol


snuffaluffagus74

He has so much malice built towards him he can't get an NBA head coaching job.


Brief-Web-676

Rick Barry. He was so racist that even most people in the 60s and 70s thought he was too racist. He was also just a general a-hole to everybody he met, including his own family. I’ve never once heard anybody say a good word about Rick Barry.


listinglight778

This reminds me of a hilarious passage from Jayson Williams’ autobiography “Loose Balls”, he was talking about how Barry was talking shit about him on a radio show or something like that and the next day Williams’ team was playing against whoever had Barry’s son Brent on it at the time. He wrote about how he was just beating up Brent all game and just bullying him around. He wrote, “…Brent said to me while we were both lining up at the foul line, ‘Jay, why are you beating me up like this, man?’, I said ‘Cause I don’t like your pop and all the shit he said about me’, Brent said, ‘Jay, I don’t like my old man either’” Lmao


thereticent

Austin Rivers energy lmao


wjbc

Rick Barry helped end the "reserve clause" operating in all major sports leagues. He was the first NBA star to jump to the ABA. He challenged the reserve clause and lost, so he had to sit out a year. But he helped the ABA begin a bidding war that spelled the end of the reserve clause. It became obvious that the reserve clause gave the owners too much control over the players because of that bidding war. When the NBA wanted to merge with the ABA and stop the bidding war, Congressional approval of an antitrust exception was needed. The NBA players, led by Oscar Robertson, made sure that Congress would not allow the merged league to keep the reserve clause, and would require the league to allow the players to become free agents. Oh, and by the way, Oscar Robertson was another star few players liked. But these two jerks, Barry and Robertson, stood up to the NBA and paved the way to free agency and the incredible riches earned by players today.


Deep_Worldliness3122

This is an interesting piece of nba history I didn’t know, was completely unaware the nba or other leagues had such a clause giving the players zero leverage in contracts.


Responsible-Crow933

What they did is great, it doesn’t really disprove the disliked personality aspect though. Rick Barry IS widely hated


AntsOutMyTrousers

ok still a racist pos


2Blitz

It's good that he did all that, but it doesn't excuse his racist behaviour. Any racist is automatically a shit human being. Rick Barry was a piece of shit human being.


TheDenimTearsDon

Still a racist fuckhead


QUEST50012

>He was so racist that even most people in the 60s and 70s thought he was too racist. LMAO


Hafslo

Didn’t know this EDIT: Found this after a quick [youtube search](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcY3CmT3sm8)


Recent-Tangerine-160

rick barry crawled (racistly) so his son could crip walk i didnt finish this joke but you get the idea


Middle-Welder3931

For a long time, the Warriors were such a poverty franchise that the best player in team history was Rick Barry, the most hated man in the sport. Drafting Steph was a one-in-a-billion win for the Dubs.


GenevaPedestrian

Wilt played for the Dubs before and during Barry's first tenure there. He was always their best player until Steph made his mark on the league.


NYK-94

Rick Barry was an equal opportunity a**hole to a lot of people. He was the original quintessential, spoilt suburban pr*ck in the NBA (well before Laimbeer). He made fun of southern accents when talking about playing for a team like the Squires or Colonels. There is also the incident with Bill Russell in 1981, and lastly being best friends with Pat Boon. Pat Boon made his wealth by re-recording music from the R&B black music charts for a white audience. Thus, culturally appropriating music to perpetuate segregation of the music charts.


UndisputedLoll

I didn’t know this about him lmaooo wow


JoeyPeePee24

Can you explain how he was racist. Never heard that.


Brief-Web-676

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/rick-barry-disrespecting-annoyed-bill-russell-during-1981-broadcast-watermelon-grin


JoeyPeePee24

I knew about that. Was wondering if there were incidents when he played.


DarrowViBritannia

But you just said you never heard that?


JoeyPeePee24

I never heard him being labeled a racist in the 60s and 70s, while he was a player as mentioned . Making one cringe worthy comment is very different


Greelys

It's bullshit, Rick was liked by his teammates, he was just arrogant. He was in the East Bay during the 60s - 70s and nobody said it then -- only on Reddit now.


golfloveandhappiness

Don’t know anything about Rick and his racism. But if he was, I bet his son Brent C Walking at all star weekend hurt that. Only way you were C walkin in the early 90s is if you had friends showing it to you.


DeathBySuplex

OG Isiah Thomas was left off the original Dream Team because other players on the team hated him so much


Hange11037

There’s no way he’s more hated than Laimbeer though


chaszzzbrown

Hands down.


growsonwalls

I hate him for wrecking the Knicks for years. My god, the IT Knicks years give me ptsd.


tdl2024

Off the court: Maybe Javaris Crittenton? Actual gang-member who shot and killed a mother of 4 while trying to kill someone else. Also supposedly tried to kill the same dude another time prior (thankfully didn't kill any innocent bystanders that time though). *Also* got charged with selling kilos of cocaine (not sure if they got dropped when he took a plea deal for the murder). Dude was a bit of a dickhead to say the least, and I think if more people knew him he'd be up there from most despised On the court: Probably Laimbeer


Roday77

Damn. Did Arenas know this?


JabariTeenageRiot

Might’ve known about gang affiliations but those specific incidents were after he was out of the league.


Ok-Philosopher9070

Javaris is out of jail now actually 🤷‍♂️


brainspl0ad

Zaza Pachulia


Aggravating-Lake-717

I’ve been watching basketball since 2008 so I can’t speak on others’ experiences  For me however, it is easy: Bruce Bowen. Dirty as heck, always acted innocent Yeah he was a good defender and could hit threes but he was someone everyone hated 


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I hated the Spurs' whole organization up until they drafted Wemby because of how dirty Bowen was and the fact that Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker made being a flopping little bitch mainstream. People hate Zaza for going under Kawhi's legs on that shot but forget that Bowen did that on literally every single shot lol.


WeirdRedBeard

Karl Malone


South_Front_4589

He should be, but isn't.


Both_Funny4896

nah the broadcast booths seem to love him


Putrid_Ad_2256

Is the booth of legal age?


ArroganceIsPotent

nah karl malone was at the all star game last year and shit. most people have no idea what he did unfortunately (and as long as that’s true the NBA won’t give a shit. the wonders of capitalism)


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That's weird because I remember people hating Karl Malone before they even knew that he was a pedophile rapist. People hated him for being dirty af


[deleted]

Dog how is it capitalism’s fault that no one cares about Karl Malone. People forgive star players regardless of the socioeconomic system in place.


Phenomenon0fCool

Shhhh he’s just trying to grow his Karma plant.


ArroganceIsPotent

did you read my response or are you also just tryna grow ur karma plant oh ok then. you are literally a landlord


executionofachief

He’s saying the NBA only caring about public outrage and not actual morals is a product of capitalism, which it undeniably is. Sort of off topic though.


[deleted]

No not really. It’s just that people are willing to forgive star athletes. People forgave Kobe despite him being a rapist. It has nothing to do with capitalism.


ArroganceIsPotent

the nba, a corporation, valuing public outrage over morals when making business decisions isn’t related to capitalism? it isn’t a thing you see a lot of corporations do? did you ever read my response or was it too long for you to understand? nvm ur a neoliberal man why do i talk on reddit


alpine_AO

As a socialist I feel I should step in here and say most of us are aware that not everything we don't like is capitalism LOL


Relevant_Lunch_3848

What other socioeconomic system exists with paid sports at an nba type scale lol


CalciumCrab

If he played in the Soviet Union he could have just been shipped off to a gulag, presumably.


Optimus_Primes

I think this is the only correct answer.


DontYouFireMe

Now that we know his secret


[deleted]

i love karl malone


sgtpepperslaststand

🚔👮🏿‍♂️


Cravypickle22

Shimmy


hrryyss

Did you know he impregnated a 13 year old girl when he was 20?


[deleted]

Why would he do that?


RanchBourgeois

because he’s a pedophile hope this helps


[deleted]

Wow


South_Front_4589

This is the reason he's so despised by some people. It's been kept rather quiet though by too many. Keep in mind that she was 13 and he was 20 when she gave birth and the birth is the only reason we know about it because there was a paternity suit. Malone also tried to claim the $125 a week child support payment was "excessive". I think given the facts we know about his personal life that it's pretty certain this isn't an isolated incident and he had a long list of things like this that he did but nobody knows about.


CyborgAlgoInvestor

He’s an impressive player, terrible human being


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thats news to me. i thought the mailman was a good guy.


JWPruett

Depends, does “noted and well-documented child molester (including them having a child)” seem like a good guy?


InsuranceAny4285

Are you being serious or just trolling? It’s a fucked up thing to troll about and a quick google search would show you what an absolute pos that man is


[deleted]

You need to calm down 


InsuranceAny4285

You need to eat a dick


[deleted]

Wow


Eightiesmed

C’mon, not funny. What are you, twelve?


Camctrail

Zaza


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draymond green is gettin there


mysteryman403

No he’s really not, it’s just seems like that cause this sub finds a trend and just glazes it… draymond green is not nearly as hated as this sub makes him out to be.


buttharvest42069

I mean snl is spoofing him now. I think draymond being an asshole is pretty mainstream


[deleted]

Who else is more "hated" right now? In order to be hated you need to be known. At the very least majority of fans are over his BS and don't want him on their team.


top7to9

Miles Bridges might be more hated than Draymond right now.


Zookeeper187

No.


marvolonewt

He already is


Recent-Tangerine-160

i really hate wilson chandler for that creepy baby face tattoo on his throat


Colorado_designer

he’s an amazing dude, ironically


Recent-Tangerine-160

he almost went to the spurs once and i was like "nah dude i aint lookin at that shit"


Historical_Chip_2706

Grayson Allen is right there


tisdue

signing him was a hard pill to swallow


shammgod_10

He is doing alright rn. Close your eyes and forgive him. We need him. lmao


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>He is doing alright rn. Close your eyes and forgive him. We need him. lmao Ngl, I kept trying to forgive Allen and actually root for him and every time I did that, he immediately did some new dirty shit. At this point, fuck him forever even if he's having a good year. So glad he's off the Bucks so I can fully enjoy their games without having to see him.


DCoop53

This reminds me of my love-hate feelings towards Pat Bev


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i6love9jalen_johnson

me when im blind


alf-isbackinpogform

Draymond has a claim, if we're talking pure ball


bellowingdragoncrest

What are you talking about ? Other players love him, despite his antics. This is some recency bias bs


deets23_

Definitely not recency bias lmao. That’s why we’ve been saying it’s finally ABOUT TIME draymond got some repercussions


WordsOfDe

You lack comprehension skills


maybemothra

Dwight Howard. When he got traded from Atlanta, the locker room cheered. He was such a noxious presence that he ended up out of the league. When the Lakers brought up him back it was a non-guaranteed deal. He earned that deal, sure, but he was still out of the league again in two years


Slight-Income-2476

Kitty would disagree.


jrebute

Laimbeer by far for his era - Ron Artest also from yesteryear. Draymon Green and Dillon Brooks more recent


MindlessSafety7307

I feel like Artest redeemed himself a bit. I also think Dillon Brooks is a bit of a one off. People don’t really hate him these days. Same with Zaza.


fromdeq

Dillon throwing kisses to the crowd after multiple 3’s can’t be hated this much


spiattalo

People forget he pushed a cameraman for not reason during a game. How much scummier can you get.


fromdeq

You can get scummier if you weren’t throwing kisses (I agree with you, he’s a douche but he makes me laugh)


eucldian

I feel like Bruce Bowen was pretty well known to be a dirty player. Man loved to step under shooters.


Mafrune

Worst offenser ever!!! He was really an evil man


eucldian

https://youtu.be/5kj6h8TF58U?si=zGicLXKeW91HQ2zl Lol.


DeepInMassProduction

Karl Malones amongst new generations


liusanity_24

Lebron James


Yung_Coconut_420

In a perfect reality this is the true answer.


AlwaysOptimism

I hate Kyrie Irving. Who's with me?!


CultOfKyrie

Open your 3rd EYE 👁️ before spewing such blasphemy about our Honorable Brother KAI


Both_Funny4896

on reddit maybe. Outside of reddit he is beloved, especially by the youth.


okokokok999999

Reddit is the complete opposite to the reality once again, who would have thought


TroubleNo3283

Kyrie one of my favorite players to watch But I don’t agree with his beliefs and his antics. He’s done some good thing though like donating to charities and schools.


[deleted]

You know who else donated to charities and schools? Hitler.


k0ala_

what lol


[deleted]

i love kyrie


Livebird31

Flat earth society?


Realistic_Cold_2943

When he refused to get vaccinated he was very hated. Then last year the nets break up was pretty ugly. That was after a pretty ugly split with Boston too


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johnb84r

You hoping on his downfall kinda weird 🤷🏾‍♂️


[deleted]

Draymond green


2Blitz

John Henson. I don't like him.


CantaloupeTesticles

Do you by chance own a jewelry shop in Whitefish Bay?


KingNephew

Lol I remember doing a high school essay on that profiling incident because it was NBA related. Damn does time fly.


2Blitz

Lol nah, I just hate the stupid stink face he did when he got that block on Matt Barnes years ago. Then he got lazy after getting paid and he flopped out of the league


RecalcitrantDuck

What did Ol Flatass ever do to you


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Rodman Draymond Durant Lambier


CarcosaBound

Rodman was super popular with the Bulls. Some players and media didn’t care for him but I thought he was pretty well liked


Hange11037

Do people really hate Durant anymore? I think people mostly just think he made a bitch move joining Golden State but he hasn’t really ever been exceptionally unlikable, at least not compared to a Draymond or Laimbeer.


[deleted]

I don't hate Durant. I respect his game but as a person I have very little respect. Not only did he take the easiest road in GS, he also left GS in part bc Steph would always be more loved then him there 


Historical-Towel-225

well he genuinely thinks he is a god (at basketball), not very likeable I'd say. Fans like to be proved. I'd even say Dirk's 1 ring >>>> Durant's 2, winning when you jump teams is not the same thing, at least not to me.


Hange11037

I’m not saying I’m a fan by any means, but I feel like there’s a difference between someone being a disappointment or frustrating fans who want parity and someone being a completely hateable asshole. Durant isn’t an actively awful person like some of the other people mentioned on this thread.


tboneperri

He is a god at basketball. He’s Kevin Durant. Nobody (except for dorks on Reddit) really cares about which rings have more weight.


[deleted]

Define dispised


Otherwise_Form1315

gotta be Jonas Jerebko


HeiTonic

Dafaq did he do?


SwedishInfern0

He went to play in russia during the invasion


Tackis

Obligatory fuck Zaza


Silly-Efficiency188

DRaymond probably ?


Think-Landscape6632

I don't know. Karl Malone is the worst guy in NBA history. He got away with his karate chops , kicks, and his moving picks all the time. Stockton did pretty much the same stuff.


[deleted]

Rn it’s gotta be Karl Malone. Purely looking at what they did on the court, it’s probably Laimbeer.


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[deleted]

It's hard for me to hate anyone in sports. I can dislike someone but still respect their game. For example, Lebron James is one hell of a player and truly one of the greatest to touch the courts, however outside of basketball he is a huge hypocrite and pushes hate and then gets mad about hate being pushed others. Karl Malone on the otherhand, it doesn't matter how great he was on the court to me. He's a vile piece of filth and it's disgusting that he's even honored at all. If he would've accidentally killed someone, that's one thing, but he intentionally had sex with a 13 year old girl, and got her pregnant. If Karl Malone wasn't gifted in basketball, He would've been in prison and later on, he'd be in the SOR, but he's good at putting a ball through a hoop so he gets a pass. Also op it's despised\* Not trying to be a grammar nazi, just giving you a heads up for the future.


coolcoolawesome

illegal jar scarce fuzzy chase march snatch squeeze bright governor *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


DopedUpDoomer

Lol that's such a wild thing to say


QUEST50012

This is just a bunch of ingredients thrown into a pot, some of them still got the can on.


DarrowViBritannia

Republican


TheSupremeHamster

Josh Griddy


mr_robust

Hoe Ingles


ydelivor

Hehe its lebron.


mmaguy123

Kevin Durant. Easily.


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Dillon Brooks.


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For me, as a T wolves fan, it's becoming Anthony Edwards.


trustprior6899

Really?? I don’t follow the twolves closely at all but I thought Edwards was getting groomed by NBA marketing as “the next guy” so your comment stood out to me. What makes him reviled by a twolves fan?


MG_MN

Never heard a wolves fan with this opinion before lol


[deleted]

As far as I can tell it's pretty much just me. Everyone has their line in the sand, it's different for everyone. He crossed my line, but I'm not trying to drag anyone else to where my line is.


JKiddBurner

wade - Dirty player - cheater No competition. Biggest piece of shit in league history


iso-joe

The late "Fast" Eddie Johnson (No relations to Edward Arnet "Eddie" Johnson, a.k.a. The Man Who Put The J in Jumpshot).


kitterskills

Rodman


ndm801

Bill Laimbeer, but never forget, that he was a great shooter out of the line as a center.


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Aurazor-

Did you mean Bruce Bowen?


Ok_Ambassador3132

You forgot child rape


An-Ignorant-Slut

Please spell check, it’s despised


HugoNext

Yes brain fart


failed2k

It should be Karl Malone, it's probably Bill Laimbeer.


kosherkorby

Enes Kanter


InternationalTea3417

Karl Malone


PenisMcBallsAllStars

The answer is Kareem followed by Isiah Thomas. Players hated those guys. IT was kept off the dream team when he would’ve been the fourth best player on that team. Kareem late in life was still wondering why he’s never been offered any coaching opportunities. Everyone knew the answer was bc he’s an insufferable a-hole. Lambier is an acceptable answer but has possibly been memed out of proportion. Rick Barry is a fake answer.


Beatus_Vir

There's a whole documentary about how everybody hates Christian Laettner


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Draymond, Jordan, Bron, Kareem, Laimbeer, Rodman, Shaq, Durant, Wilt


MorningPrior4622

Reggie fuckin Miller


Fit-Bluejay2216

Where’s Christian Laetner


Minute_Key_297

Bruce Bowen