Worst New Addition for Every NBA Team

With the shortened offseason that the NBA had between the end of the lockout and the start of the season on Christmas Day, it's expected that some teams made some dumb moves. There are some players who are struggling early on, and it's obvious to everyone involved.

Then there are those teams who picked up just one or two guys and did so strategically, leading to a great increase in production from their team as a whole.

Still, a lot of the production from new players on new teams has come from those drafted, which has given us an early look into who drafted well and who didn't.

Some trades have not worked out, some rookies haven't seen enough playing time and some free-agent signings were just baffling in the first place, but here is the worst one from each team.

Atlanta Hawks, Jannero Pargo

I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't even know that Jannero Pargo was still in the league, let alone playing backup point guard for the Atlanta Hawks.

He puts forth an effort on defense, but offensively he just looks flat, with not much skill passing the ball left any more and just a 37-percent field goal percentage to talk about.

Boston Celtics, the Purdue Boys

I don't think it bothers Celtics fans too much that their rookies out of Purdue, JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore, are struggling early, but it probably bothers them when they look at who they passed on.

They could have kept Marson Brooks, who is currently impressing in New Jersey, or picked up Norris Cole, who is setting the world on fire in Miami.

Instead, they are stuck with Moore and Johnson barely seeing the floor and struggling when they do see it.

Charlotte Bobcats, Corey Maggette

When the Charlotte Bobcats, Sacramento Kings and Milwaukee Bucks all swapped what was essentially the same player in a trade mostly pointed at moving draft picks, it was seen as a decent trade all-around, but not spectacular for anyone.

So, when I sit here and tell you that two of those three guys traded are on this list, I say it with the least amount of surprise in my voice possible.

"Bad Porn" Maggette has struggled mightily, shooting just 28 percent as a focal point of the offense. Then again, the Bobcats boast a point center as their best player and are currently 1-3, so I can't be bothered to be too surprised. 

Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler

To be fair to Jimmy Butler, it's kind of hard not to be considered the worst addition to your team when you're going up against Rip Hamilton.

That, and the fact that he's played the same number of minutes as Brian Scalabrine won't get you very far on the court. I still think he has quite a bit of room for improvement and could be a very fine player one day.

Cleveland Cavaliers, Omri Casspi

This year, the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson and Omri Casspi from other locations. And, when you look at when they drafted Irving and Thompson, it's kind of obvious that Casspi would be the worst of the three.

I still say Casspi is going to be a good player for the Cavs, but he's had a bit of struggles early on, shooting just 31 percent and adding very little in terms of assists or boards, although he has shown some nice defense.

Dallas Mavericks, Lamar Odom

It seems like Lamar Odom should have fit right in coming off the bench for the Dallas Mavericks, but he hasn't really slid very well so far.

Now that he's not playing the Scottie Pippen role in the triangle offense with the Lakers, he's been struggling to put the biscuit in the basket, and the Mavericks have been struggling.

Lamar is taking nearly seven shots a game, but he's hardly making more than one of them, shooting just 19 percent while not doing much elsewhere.

Denver Nuggets, Rudy Fernandez

As Rudy Fernandez has been shipped around like rats to Europe in the Dark Ages, he's finally ended up on Denver, where he has played to meager results.

Fernandez, who has never really lived up to expectations if you ask me, has shot just 31 percent overall and a meager 25 percent from downtown.

Detroit Pistons, Damien Wilkins

Damien Wilkins got into the league on athleticism and name alone, and to this point, he hasn't improved much beyond that.

Dominique's nephew (and Gerald's son) has been a late bench-rotation guy for the Pistons, and he hasn't made the most of it, shooting just 28 percent in 10 minutes a game while adding little to nothing else through the course of a game.

Golden State Warriors, Kwame Brown

So while I'm still wondering whose idea it was to sign Kwame Brown to a $7 million contract as a backup center, he's out there bricking shot after shot.

I guess it would all be okay if he was playing killer defense, but he's been pretty average, as his tiny hands just can't seem to do much damage.

Oh, and it doesn't help that they're paying him $7 freaking million.

Houston Rockets, Marcus Morris

While his brother Markieff thrives over in Phoenix, Marcus Morris has seemed to struggle quite a bit coming off the bench in Houston.

In the few minutes a game he has played for the Rockets, Morris has not gotten rebounds well, as he has found it difficult to get in position and has barely scored while shooting just 20 percent.

Time will tell if he can turn it around.

Indiana Pacers, Luis Amundson

I'll cut Luis Amundson some slack here because he's just recently joined the Pacers, but he has struggled since being traded by the Warriors.

Amundson's defense has been pretty good, as has the rest of the team's, but his offense has definitely lacked luster.

He is shooting just 27 percent from the floor, and for a guy who's nearly seven feet tall, that's just unacceptable.

Los Angeles Clippers, Trey Thompkins

There's not much bad to say about the Clippers new acquisitions, I mean Chauncey Billups shoots a bit too much and Chris Paul is still getting into the groove, but they're still Chauncey Billups and Chris Paul.

That leaves Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie as the only two other new guys to have seen minutes, and Trey Thompkins has seen more, so I have to give the crown to him, even though he's done nothing detrimental to his team.

Los Angeles Lakers, Troy Murphy

Troy Murphy, after seeing himself on three different teams last season, isn't doing a great job of convincing the Lakers that he should stay on this one for very long.

Murphy is shooting just 38 percent from the field and is making no impact from long range, as he's been expected to, shooting just 25 percent from behind the rainbow.

When your team knows you're bringing almost nothing on defense, you'd better produce some on offense.

Memphis Grizzlies, Rudy Gay

It sounds crazy, and it may not make much sense, but Rudy Gay's reintegration into the Memphis Grizzlies lineup may be their biggest problem as of right now.

I expect Gay to eventually make himself fit, but it may allow the team's early-season struggles to continue.

Gay is actually shooting a lower percentage than O.J. Mayo at just 35 from the floor and 16 percent for three.

Take those numbers, along with Mayo's low shooting percentage and Tony Allen scoring as often as a camel takes to water, and you've got the main reason for the Grizzlies' struggles.

Miami Heat, Shane Battier

The Miami Heat are humming along so well that the struggles Shane Battier are having don't even seem to matter much at this point.

In fact, everyone expected him to play defense as soon as he came in rather than shoot the ball, and that's exactly what he's done.

Unfortunately for him, rookie Norris Cole is setting the world on fire and he's left sitting there shooting a grisly 23 percent. He's still burning guys on defense though, so in the end, I think he'll be fine.

Milwaukee Bucks, Stephen Jackson

Another third of that Bobcats-Kings-Bucks trade that helped nobody get better at this point, Stephen Jackson has struggled quite a bit early on.

In a way, I think the Bucks have been hurt the most, as they have the best shot at the playoffs of any of these three teams, but here they are watching Jackson shoot 33 percent and not box anyone out.

Hopefully he gets better, because that Bucks team can play some defense, which could be good enough to get them into the playoffs as an outsider in the East if he can pick up his scoring.

Minnesota Timberwolves, JJ Barea

Early on, JJ Barea has been a big part of Minnesota's offense, scoring over 10 points a game.

Unfortunately, JJ Barea is not a guy that you want to be a big part of your offense. He needs to be there as a change-of-pace player instead of a guy who's out on the floor a lot.

Like I said, JJ's scoring is at a career high, but he's doing it while shooting just 35 percent, so there's definitely a bit of a trade-off going on there.

New Jersey Nets, Shawne Williams

As the season was starting, the New Jersey Nets ended up swindling Shawne Williams away from the New York Knicks in an attempt to put out an all-Williams lineup at some point in the future (Deron, Sheldon, Shawne and Jordan. Hurry, somebody get Mo to come out and play the two-spot!).

However, Shawne hasn't worked out so well thus far.

Williams has some defense to offer, but the team is struggling so mightily on both ends of the floor that it doesn't matter, as he's shooting just 23 percent while playing nearly 15 minutes a night.

No wonder they're 1-5.

New Orleans Hornets, Al-Farouq Aminu

The Hornets are going to have to be patient with their other new acquisition, Al-Farouq Aminu, as he isn't coming along nearly as nicely as they would have hoped.

Pair that with an injured Eric Gordon and the best player they have from the Chris Paul trade is a poor-shooting Chris Kaman.

Aminu is shooting just 26 percent and not doing much else offensively off the bench, but he is trying to bring some heat on defense to make up for it all. I'm just not sure that that's working much, either.

New York Knicks, Mike Bibby

At this point in his career, teams are trying to get what they can out of Mike Bibby like a cheap man trying to get all of the toothpaste out of a toothpaste tube.

Except at this point, the tube has been rolled all the way up from the bottom, cut open and scraped clean. At this point what's left is the tube, but the Knicks are convinced there's still some toothpaste left.

Bibby isn't even making a quarter of his four shots per game, and on top of that, he can't put up an assist very well anymore, either. And now with Iman Shumpert out with an injury, Bibby's playing time has picked up, which isn't good news for people who enjoy good basketball.

Oklahoma City Thunder, Lazar Hayward

Really, nothing has gone wrong up to this point for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sure, they lost their first game last night against the Mavericks, but they started the season 5-0, which is good enough for them to be happy.

So, by default, the only two guys that could qualify for the title of "Worst New Thunder" are Lazar Hayward and Reggie Jackson, the only new guys to have played in a game so far.

Jackson hasn't looked great, but he's played a whole 10 minutes so far, compared to Hawyard's 22, and Hayward has performed worse in those 22 minutes.

Orlando Magic, Glen Davis

At this point, you have to imagine that the Orlando Magic aren't happy with the production from Big Baby Davis.

Davis has started off much worse than Brandon Bass, for whom he was traded, and is shooting just 35 percent from the field with just under four rebounds a game to speak of.

That's not going to get it done for the big man.

Philadelphia 76ers, Nikola Vucevic

Demonstrating how little Philadelphia did during free agency this year, their worst pickup happens to be the guy they drafted.

Unfortunately for Vucevic, he wins this title by default and also happens to be the best guy they picked up, as he is the only new guy grabbing minutes in their lineup.

Vucevic is shooting over 50 percent and has been very successful in limited minutes so far, so don't read into his inclusion on this list at all.

Phoenix Suns, Shannon Brown

The Phoenix Suns are finding out that it takes more than athleticism to make a good player, just as the Lakers found out in their years with Shannon Brown.

Brown is one of their top three guys off the bench, but he's been shooting horribly at right around 38 percent, and as usual, he has played suspect defense and racked up minimal rebounds and assists.

Portland Trail Blazers, Jamal Crawford

This is one that should straighten out sooner rather than later, as Jamal Crawford has been a streaky shooter for much of his career.

Crawford is scoring bucket-loads for the Trail Blazers, but he's doing it while shooting an atrocious 37 percent and an even-worse 25 percent from downtown.

Sacramento Kings, Travis Outlaw

There are a lot of poor-looking shooters on the Kings this year, but Travis Outlaw seems to be getting out to the poorest start.

Outlaw, after being claimed off the amnesty waivers by the Kings, is shooting just 17 percent and still getting 15 minutes a game.

That, along with increasingly suspect defense, means you have a player who just isn't having a good year.

San Antonio Spurs, Cory Joseph

In the end, it all comes down to who's contributing and who's not on the Spurs, and pretty much everybody is contributing somewhere.

TJ Ford is proving to be a valuable backup point guard, Daniel Green's shooting has been pretty good and Kawhi Leonard has proven to be an integral part of the rotation, although his percentages aren't great right now.

So that really just leaves Cory Joseph, who hasn't really seen enough floor time to prove much, but hasn't produced in that small amount of time to justify much more.

Toronto Raptors, Rasual Butler

I'm going to go ahead and say the Rasual Butler who used to drain threes for the Heat on the daily is pretty much washed up.

The big fellow hasn't shot a good percentage from beyond the arc since his final days in New Orleans, as he's shot 33, 32 and now 22 percent for three in the years since.

The worst part about it is that he's shooting 24 percent overall, yet he's still getting the start for the Raptors. What kind of world do we live in?

Utah Jazz, Josh Howard

It blows my mind to see Josh Howard scoring well, but when you look at his percentages, it all kind of makes sense.

Howard is averaging north of 11 points a game even though he was as close to out of the league as you can get in the past few years, but he's doing so on 35 percent shooting.

He's trying to play a little defense and he's trying to fill that veteran leadership role, but he's not quite there yet on either respect, and he's definitely not there on the offensive end yet.

Washington Wizards, Shelvin Mack

The problem with the Washington Wizards so far hasn't been the new guys fitting in, it's been the old guys hitting shots.

Aside from JaVale McGee, who is shooting 54 percent, five guys who have started for the Wizards are shooting under 40 percent, with John Wall shooting a miserable 31 percent.

That's why the worst new guy is a rookie who just hasn't seen the floor much.

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