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Posts Tagged ‘the most entertaining player in the NBA’

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In this case “entertaining” means anything from “throws down crazy dunks on a regular basis” to “hangs out in the hotel lobby in his underwear”.

It’s an all-encompassing list.

Bonus Runner-Up: Delonte West

I’m going to level with you. I didn’t intend on having 11 players on the list. But how could I leave off Delonte? His hot sauce in my bag freestyle was so funny I nearly coughed up a lung. You can’t script comedy like that. Delonte’s KFC masterpiece was absolutely, without a doubt, my favorite video of the year. He makes the list. Period. End of discussion.

Bonus Runner-Up #2: Stephon Marbury

If you thought I was done with the bonus section, you thought wrong. There’s no way in the fiery depths of Fran Drescher inhabited hell that I’m going to leave Starbury off this list. He gave us not one, not two, but three laugh out loud comedy moments this summer. The “Put Me in a Box” video, the “I Eat Vaseline” video, and the “Ain’t Nothin’ But the Devil” video. None of them were basketball related, but who cares? They were unscripted bits of comedy genius, and I couldn’t stop watching them. Neither could my friends. Neither could my professors. (Yes, you read that right. I sent Starbury videos to my professors.) He makes the list. Deal with it.

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