Here is my List of the Funniest White Basketball Players.

Some of these pictures are courtesy of NBA.com and maybe ESPN.com as well.

24.  Arvydas Sabonis- Sabonis was one big man who had a great outside J. I saw him hit three after three from outside. Too bad the trailblazers were too dysfuntional to get a championship ring for him.
23.  Luc Longley- Luc Longley was the reason that Michael Jordan was so successful. Luc was drawing double teams all day which freed up Jordan to shoot so much. His teammate Bill Wennington had a similiar effect on defenses throughout the league.
22.  Greg Foster- Foster and Ostertag would come off the bench for the Jazz to provide some amazing low post defense for the Utah Jazz. I'm not sure where he is now.
21.  Brian Scalabrine- I remember him coming off the bench during one of the Nets' playoff games this year to hit like 3 key three pointers. It was awesome.
20.  Jake Tsakalidis- He is quality center that teams like the Miami Heat need. His dominant presence in the paint would surely lead their team once again to the finals, as well as more sellout games.
19.  Stanislav Medvedenko- I thought Slava was going to drop 50 points on the Pistons in game 5 when he came out on fire in the first quarter. Unfortunately, I think he got into foul trouble trying to contain Okur! I think many people will agree that Slava is a shooting guard at heart. The Lakers should have put him on Rip Hamilton instead of the likes of Rick Fox. Speaking of Rick Fox, I think that he is the worst player on the Lakers. I cannot believe he is going to make $5 million this year. He cannot play any defense, he's slow, he no longer has any jumpshot, and he's always injured. GET HIM OFF THE TEAM! Please acquire a quality player like, Jaspreet Singh!
18.  Mehmet Okur- What was the NBA thinking when they gave Chauncey Billups the finals MVP? Who shut down Shaq the entire series? My man Mehmet Okur! He is the real reason the Pistons have their rings. Please give the MVP trophy to him. And another thing, forget about the Wallace boys, when you talk about soffocating defense, you gotta talk about Okur and Milicic down low!
17.  Darko Milicic- He spent an eternity of time on the bench this year during the Pistons' championship run. What was Larry Brown thinking? When Rasheed got in foul trouble, don't put in Elden Campbell, put in Milicic! One funny moment for this guy was that supposedly, he tried to pierce both of his ears and they got infected.
16.  Eric Piatkowski- "Pike" was one of the first funny white players that my friend Neil and I came up with, but as we came up with other ones, he became less and less funny. Anyways, Piatkowski is the #1 three point shooter in the NBA, not Reggie Miller. I don't care what anyone else says. I know that Bill Walton is on my side for this one.
15.  Vitaly Potapenko- The best memory I have of this player is when there were like 2 seconds left in a regular season game at home and Vitaly stole the inbounds pass and made a game-winning three pointer at the buzzer. This makes play urges me to ask why pierce shoots so much, give the ball to Potapenko beyond the arc.
14.  Zangief- Zangief was...oops wait a minute, this is the guy from Street Fighter...oh well, he still fits the profile for this page so I'll leave him on the list.
13.  Todd Macculloch- The sixers' dominant big man who is never given a chance to shine because Allen Iverson takes too many shots. He is the real reason why the sixers' made it to the finals afew years back.
12.  Pedrag Drobnjak-This guy looks like a skinnier version of Vlade Divac to me.
11.  Greg Ostertag- Ahhh...good 'ole Greg, if he had guarded Michael in game 6 of the 1998 finals on the final play, he would have swatted Mike's shot, chased down the ball, and thrown down a thunderous dunk; sending the Delta center into a frenzy. Game Over. Russel had already been posterized many times by Michael. The Jazz should have mixed it up and put greg on Mike.
10.  Bill Wennington- Possibly one of the most underrated centers of his time. I don't know what Phil Jackson was thinking when he started Luc Longley over Bill. He played a key role in many of the Bulls' championship runs.
9.  Will Purdue- Forget David Robinson and Tim Duncan, put in Will Purdue. He is a monster in the paint...and a funny white basketball player as well.
8.  Zydrunas Ilgauskas- Whoever thinks that the Cavaliers is LeBron James' team is sadly mistaken. Without Ilgauskas, the Cavs would be 0-82 this season. Give the rock to Zydrunas down low PLEASE.  
7.  Shawn Bradley- In the words of the great Bill Walton, "When I see Shawn Bradley, I see a Yao Ming, I see a Shaquille O'neal, I see a guy who can do it all."
6.  Danny Ferry- Ferry and Purdue are the real stars of the Spurs' basketball team, not Tim Duncan.
5.  Vladamir Radmanovic- I just love the sound of this guy's name.
4.  Chris Dudley- I think that this guy is one of top three players for the all-time worst freethrow shooting percentage over the entire regular season.
3.  Ronny Seikaly- With long curly black hair, goggles, free throw shooting as horrible as his, Siekaly has to be in the top 3 for me. This is a picture of Ronny and his supermodel girlfriend, Elsa Benitez.
2.  "Big Country" Bryant Reeves- Definitely the most underrated player of his era. Unstoppable in the lost post, even Shaq was afraid. Too bad he had two bad knees or else the Grizzles would have at least 5 championships by now.
1.  Matt Geiger- Anyone who has seen Matt Geiger knows that he was, is, and forever will be the most dominant center the NBA has ever seen.
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