Do YOU know much about these players?

Nick Young, Toney Douglas, Ian Mahinmi, Gerald Henderson.

Most others I’ve heard of, but don’t know much about either.

Pargo- short combo guard, used to back up CP3, spent some time internationally, I think China? His brother’s a backup point guard for the Grizz.

Carroll – White guy, standstill jumpshooter. Been with the Cats for a while, not a bad 12th man but not much more than that.

Henderson – son of Gerald Henderson senior, who was a journeyman SG or SF. Dukie. Came in as kind of a wing defender type prospect, he’s looked sort of marginally capable of playing that role, but I’m not sure he sticks in the league.

BJ Mullens – played at Ohio State. Face up jumpshooting big 7 footer, not very athletic or powerful. Has sort of a soft reputation. Was drafted as a low first round project by OKC, had been sitting on their bench for a few years before they traded him to the Cats for a second rounder this season. Looks like he can carve out a role as a bench big man who comes in and shoots a few jumpers. I’d start Biyombo ahead of him.

Mike James – Journeyman, been in and out of the league forever. I don’t think he’s ever had a starting role, or even a role in the top 8 or 9 man rotation other than in injury situations.

John Lucas – Son of John Lucas, sort of a combo point guard I think. Won’t stick.

Alonzo Gee – Undrafted free agent, I think a d-league or summer league callup. Limited skills but very athletic wing for Cleveland, this is his second year and he gets inconsistent minutes.

Mahinmi – Talented but very foul-prone big man out of France. Been in the league for a few years, slowly developing. If I were Carlisle, I’d start him and play him for as long as he can before he fouls out.

Sean Williams – Very athletic and talented PF, but a huge headcase and major major character issues. Does stupid crap on the court and very illegal crap off the court. I think this is his third team, he spent some time out of the league—I was actually pretty surprised to see his name on a roster this season.

Brandan Wright – Kind of a beanpole SF/PF tweener, lottery pick. Athletic, very prone to injury. Was traded by the Bobcats to GSW for Jason Richardson. Didn’t really work out for either team.

DeMarre Carroll – I don’t know anything about him.

Kosta Koufos – Despite the foreign sounding name, I believe he’s American. Big guy, seems like a stiff but I haven’t seen him play enough minutes to be sure.

Austin Daye – Very skinny and long SF. The hope was that he was a younger Tayshaun, but he plays no defense and looks both slow and weak to me. Has a nice stroke on the mid-range jumper but that’s about it.

Damien Wilkens – Been around forever. Son of gerald, nephew of Dominique. Doesn’t have anything like either’s game. Looks a lot like them though.

Dominic McGuire – I don’t know anything about himi.

AJ Price – Not a bad third point guard. He’s been with Indy for a couple of years now I think.

Solomon Jones – No idea.

Josh Davis – No idea.

Hamed Haddadi – The Iranian. Big lumbering center – 7’2 I think. Had green card issues this year, so he’s just rejoining the team this week.

Sam Young – Pretty poor swingman. Was trying to carve out a role as a defensive ace, but unfortunately is too limited defensively to really make that work.

Sundiata Gaines – No idea

Johan Petro – Oh, yeah, project center. Was drafted by the Sonics, during their stretch of drafting the rawest, most uncoordinated 7 footers they could find.

Shawne Williams – Played for the Knicks last year as a smallball 4. Was kind of respectable doing that. Has been a disaster as a 3 for the Nets. So basically Travis Outlaw lite.

Shelden Williams – The Landlord. Was drafted by the Hawks #4? #5? Pretty sure he’s the highest pick on this list. Undersized, unathletic PF, who was probably super overrated because he was a dukie. It would actually be interesting to see how often Dukies fail to justify their draft position. He’s married to Candace Parker, so their kids are going to be amazing ballers, if they take after their mom.

Trey Johnson – No idea

Renaldo Balkman – Was Isiah’s last draft pick before being ridden out of a rail. I like him, actually. Very high energy hustle guy, gets rebounds, tips passes, dives for loose balls. Not sure why coaches keep on not playing him.

Toney Douglas – Short 2 guard. The Knicks tried to make him a point guard, that failed miserably. It’s bad when the Garden starts chanting for some low first round rookie because you’re stinking up the joint so bad.

Jared Jeffries – um, glue guy swingman. I think he’s kind of decent?

Steve Novak – Painfully slow PF, specializes in 3 point shooting and absolutely nothing else. can’t be left on the court for anything other than offense/defense switches to try to space the floor. And even then, I’d never actually do that.

Bill Walker – small forward. I thought he was going to be kind of better than he’s been so far. I think he’s had knee injury problems.

Royal Ivey – They keep him around to be the veteran presence in the locker room. He’s the third point guard, and you never want to actually have to use him except garbage time. Kevin Durant is such a cool dude, he let Royal make a cameo sitting next to him in one of his commercials.

Earl Clark – uh, big man I think? Shoot, I don’t know.

Ronnie Price – he’s been around awhile. Very short point guard, I think like around Nate Robinson size, without the athleticism to make it work. Doesn’t get much time.

Danny Green – one of those Sam Presti guys. Undrafted free agent I think, swingman. Seems solid so far, he keeps stealing minutes from Kawhi Leonard.

Aaron Gray – Big lumbering 7 foot white guy from Pitt. Can’t jump over a sheet of paper but has a nice soft shooting touch and takes up space in the paint. Played some halfway decent minutes for the Hornets in the playoffs. I have no idea what he’s doing on the Raptors.

Nick Young – idiot gunner. Negative bbiq. Blackest of black holes. Not good. It’s a two way tie between him and Blatche for least valuable player in the league in my book. Every washington coach that persists in starting them two guys deserve to get fired.

with new orleans last year…
he torched us more than once last year