Who is the toughest guy in the NBA? Jerry Stackhouse is one, I wouldn't want to mess with Matt Harpring, Ime Udoka is another, and DJ Mbenga is 7 feet tall, 260 pounds and has a black belt in Judo. What's funny is, so many people think that NBA players are thugs, but it couldn't be any farther then the truth. Sure every professional sports league has its riff-raff, but for the most part, NBA players are a bunch of nice guys. With the success of MMA and the UFC, I thought it would be an interesting question to answer; who is the toughest guy in the NBA?
After going through the NBA rosters, I realized that the tough guy left the NBA right about the same time as Charles Oakley did. In the old days, everyone had an enforcer; guys like Maurice Lucas, Rick Mahorn, and Wes Unseld were on every NBA roster. To a lesser degree Truck Robinson, Ken (The Animal) Bannister and San Antonio's bruise brothers (Mark Olberding and Dave Corzine) were also gainfully employed. Now that David Stern has fixed the NBA, there is only one real tough guy left, and that is Ron Artest.
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After going through the NBA rosters, I realized that the tough guy left the NBA right about the same time as Charles Oakley did. In the old days, everyone had an enforcer; guys like Maurice Lucas, Rick Mahorn, and Wes Unseld were on every NBA roster. To a lesser degree Truck Robinson, Ken (The Animal) Bannister and San Antonio's bruise brothers (Mark Olberding and Dave Corzine) were also gainfully employed. Now that David Stern has fixed the NBA, there is only one real tough guy left, and that is Ron Artest.
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