L.A. Lakers: Magic Johnson (BEST)
Magic Johnson is the greatest point guard of all time. He could do everything. Magic led the league in scoring five times and in assists four times. He was the best player on eight straight Conference Finals Lakers teams and won five NBA championships, named Finals MVP in three of them, one of which was as a rookie when he was the second best player on a 60–win champ and memorably filled in at center in the Finals for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Magic was the heartbeat of the Showtime Lakers with a dazzling array of passes, and elite offense followed him wherever he went. He finished top three in the MVP race nine straight times and won it three times between 1987 and 1990. Magic Johnson is one of the game’s all time greats.
L.A. Lakers: Sam Jacobson (WORST)
How irrelevant was Sam Jacobson in the grand scheme of the history of the Los Angeles Lakers? His career summary on Wikipedia comprises a grand total of 21 words, saying literally nothing more than the fact that the Lakers selected him with the 26th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft.
While he (somehow) lasted three seasons in the NBA, Jacobson played a grand total of 28 minutes with the Lakers in his first two seasons in the NBA — an unfathomably little amount of time that wasn’t as a direct result of injuries.
Clare Delaney says
please. tell someone. that what the celtics really need to do is trade Stevens. and Ange
Boston Blackie says
Boston’s worse as determined by production vs expectation: Len Bias
Derek says
Naaaaaaa Sixers worst was Christain Welp !!!
Preston says
Trey Burke should not be on the worst list.
MIckey Nezumi says
Sorry, meant Bobby Fischer, not Bobby Fisher.
John Camp says
You mean the grandmaster chess champion right, not the dorky chauvinistic tennis player.
Mickey Nezumi says
Larry Bird would never have made this list if he played basketball like Bobby Fisher played tennis.