Least-Effective Offensive Option from Every NBA Team

These are the players that you don't want touching the ball. They're the guys that need to stand away from the action until it's time to run back to the other side of the court and play defense. 

They're the least effective offensive options for each and every team in the NBA, and you can probably guess which guy in the picture above is going to be featured in this slideshow. 

Whether they aren't scoring efficiently or they're turning the ball over way more than they're dishing out dimes, these guys just don't cut it on offense. 

The only catch is, their teams still hold out hope that they can be productive. After all, to be eligible for this dishonor, the player had to average at least 20 minutes per game during the 2010-11 regular season. 

With that in mind, read on for the offensive ineptitude. 

Atlanta Hawks: Marvin Williams

Position: Small forward

Age: 25

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 10.4 points, 1.4 assists and 1.0 turnovers

Marvin Williams was on the court for 28.7 minutes per game during the 2010-2011 regular season, but he struggled to create much offense when the ball was in his hands. 

Shooting just shy of 46 percent from the field, Williams failed to score on his own, and his assist to turnover ratio was not too hot. The 6'9" former North Carolina Tar Heel continues to prove to Atlanta Hawks management that he should have been selected after Deron Williams and Chris Paul. 

Boston Celtics: Glen Davis

Position: Power forward

Age: 25

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 11.7 points, 1.2 assists and 1.1 turnovers

I'm hoping that his inclusion on this list doesn't drive Glen Davis to tears. After all, the Big Baby has been known to break down and bawl on the bench, usually with an intimidating mass of Kevin Garnett standing above him. 

But Davis' offense is enough to drive Boston Celtics fans to the verge of reaching for a box of Kleenex. The power forward needed 29.5 minutes per game to average his 11.7 points on 44.8 percent shooting, and he's almost as likely to turn the ball over as he is to help a teammate get two points up on the scoreboard. 

Charlotte Bobcats: Kwame Brown

Position: Center

Age: 29

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 7.9 points, 0.7 assists and 1.0 turnovers

When was the last time you heard Kwame Brown's name mentioned in a positive way? Honestly, I feel as though we need to provide one of those laugh tracks from comedy shows every time his name is mentioned.

So, just for you, I've included a link to one every time Brown's name appears. You're welcome. 

So what can Brown do for the Charlotte Bobcats on the offensive end of the court?

Well, he can score 7.9 points in 26 minutes of action per game and have a sub-one assist to turnover ratio. In other words, Brown can help them lose games on offense.

Chicago Bulls: Kurt Thomas

Position: Center

Age: 38

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 4.1 points, 1.2 assists and 0.8 turnovers

At least Kurt Thomas is relatively careful with the ball and able to dish it around the court to teammates who have significantly more confidence with the orange sphere. 

But when the ancient center has the ball in his hands, don't expect it to go in the basket. This past season, Thomas did shoot 51.1 percent from the field, but the shots were only good for 4.1 points per game even though he was on the court for almost 23 minutes per contest. 

There's a reason that Thomas just barely eked out a double-digits PER during this past campaign. 

Cleveland Cavaliers: Anderson Varejao

Position: Power forward

Age: 28

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 9.1 points, 1.5 assists and 1.3 turnovers per game

Don't get me wrong here, Anderson Varejao is a valuable member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but his value lies in his defensive ability and not his offensive production. Then again, calling someone a valuable member of the Cavs is a bit of a back-handed compliment, kind of like saying that someone is the best player on their high school JV basketball team. 

When Varejao has the ball in his hands, he most likely isn't going to do good things with it. His assist to turnover ratio is barely over one, and his 9.1 points per game don't really cut it when you remember that the floppy-haired one is one the floor for 32.1 minutes per game. 

Dallas Mavericks: Tyson Chandler

Position: Center

Age: 28

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 10.1 points, 0.4 assists and 1.2 turnovers

While Tyson Chandler's scoring output isn't absolutely terrible (note the modifier there) for his 27.8 minutes per game, his passing skills are indeed absolutely terrible. It's unacceptable to have three times as many turnovers as assists on a team with as many options as the Dallas Mavericks have. 

I'm starting to think that the Mavs should leave Chandler back under their own basket at all times. He'd be a fast-break deterrent, and playing four-on-five when they have the ball wouldn't really be any different than normal. 

Denver Nuggets: Kenyon Martin

Position: Power forward

Age: 33

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 8.6 points, 2.3 assists and 1.2 turnovers

The former No. 1 overall pick used to be a load on both ends of the court, but now he's much more of a defender than an offensive juggernaut. 

Kenyon Martin picked his shots well, knocking down 51.1 percent of his field goal attempts, but he rarely had to pick which shots to take. Now a free agent, this power forward won't be picked up by any team for his offensive contributions. 

Detroit Pistons: Ben Wallace

Position: Center

Age: 36

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 2.9 points, 1.3 assists and 0.8 turnovers

Well, 22.9 minutes and 2.9 points per game says it all. 

Next!

Golden State Warriors: Andris Biedrins

Position: Center

Age: 25

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 5.0 points, 1.0 assists and 1.0 turnovers

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone on the Golden State Warriors can score proficiently. The exception to the rule is a Russian center named Andris Biedrins. 

Biedrins may have shot efficiently from the field (not the free-throw line though where he made just 32 percent of his attempts), but he only produced five points per game in almost 24 minutes on the court.

Unless your name is Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Dennis Rodman, Wes Unseld or Kevin Love, it's usually not a good thing for your offensive reputation when you average more rebounds than points per game. 

Houston Rockets: Chuck Hayes

Position: Center

Age: 28

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 7.9 points, 2.7 assists and 1.2 turnovers

Remember what we just established about the point and rebounds? Well, Chuck Hayes is another guy who falls victim to that rule, averaging 7.9 points and 8.1 boards per game. 

But, unlike Andris Biedrins on the previous slide, at least Hayes has an assist to turnover ratio that's well over two. The center is a tough competitor and good defensive player, but make no mistake about it, he's not the best player on offense. 

Indiana Pacers: Brandon Rush

Position: Shooting guard

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 9.1 points, 0.9 assists and 1.0 turnovers

Scoring 9.1 points in 26.2 minutes per game isn't going to cut it. Neither is a sub-one assist to turnover ratio when you line up as a guard. After all, aren't guards supposed to be the ones that get the most assists? 

Brandon Rush, a former Kansas Jayhawk with just three years of experience at the NBA level, still has plenty of time to improve. He also has plenty of room for improvement on the offensive end of the court. 

Los Angeles Clippers: Ryan Gomes

Position: Small forward

Age: 28

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 7.2 points, 1.6 assists and 0.7 turnovers

With Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon both roaming the court of the Staples Center, there really isn't too much need for any more offensive studs. I guess that means Ryan Gomes fits in with the team because he is most certainly not an offensive stud. 

Shooting just 41 percent from the field during his sixth year in the NBA, Gomes only managed to average 7.2 points per game, and he needed 27.6 minutes per contest to do so. At just 28, Gomes shouldn't be regressing this soon in his career. 

Los Angeles Lakers: Derek Fisher

Position: Point guard

Age: 37

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 6.8 points, 2.7 assists and 0.9 turnovers

It's time for a changing of the point guard in Los Angeles as Derek Fisher's time as an offensive threat is clearly over. 

Fisher's assist to turnover ratio of three is still pretty good, but the fact that he can only score 6.8 points per game despite 28 minutes of playing time per contest is pretty sad. 

Memphis Grizzlies: Sam Young

Position: Shooting guard

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 7.3 points, 0.9 assists and 0.8 turnovers 

Sam Young has only been in the league for two seasons, but he still hasn't managed to establish himself as even a semi-good offensive threat for the Memphis Grizzlies now that his Pittsburgh career is over. 

Young only receives 20 minutes per game on the court, so his scoring output is acceptable. But as a shooting guard, his assist to turnover ratio needs some serious work. 

Miami Heat: Udonis Haslem

Position: Power forward

Age: 31

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 8.0 points, 0.5 assists and 1.1 turnovers

Udonis Haslem was injured and rendered ineffective for much of the regular season and playoffs last year, but he wasn't much better when he was on the court. 

Haslem may have shot over 50 percent from the field, but he still managed to average just 8.0 points per game in his 26.5 minutes per contest. Additionally, he had more than twice as many turnovers as he had assists. 

Milwaukee Bucks: Andrew Bogut

Position: Center

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 12.8 points, 2.0 assists and 1.9 turnovers

Andrew Bogut may be a surprising inclusion on this list, but he deserves to be here. 

Bogut played 35.3 minutes per contest when he was healthy, but he still only managed to average just over a dozen points per game. A legitimate 7-footer, the Australian also shot under fifty percent, which isn't too great for a center his size.

Even worse, Bogut squandered the ball away almost twice per game. 

Minnesota Timberwolves: Darko Milicic

Position: Center

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 8.8 points, 1.5 assists and 2.2 turnovers

This is Darko Milicic we're talking about. 

Enough said. 

New Jersey Nets: Anthony Morrow

Position: Shooting guard

Age: 25

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 13.2 points, 1.2 assists and 0.9 turnovers

Anthony Morrow has one of the highest scoring averages you'll see in this slideshow, but he also spent quite a lot of time on the court, 32 minutes per game to be exact. 

But scoring isn't my biggest gripe with the former Georgia Tech standout. Morrow averages only 1.2 assists per game from a guard spot with the New Jersey Nets. That needs to shoot up if he's going to be considered a good offensive player. 

New Orleans Hornets: Emeka Okafor

Position: Center

Age: 28

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 10.3 points, 0.6 assists and 1.7 turnovers

To understand why Emeka Okafor is the New Orleans Hornet's representative here, all you have to do is look at the assists and the turnovers. 

See how the turnovers are almost three times the assists? Yeah...

New York Knicks: Landry Fields

Position: Shooting guard 

Age: 23

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 9.7 points, 1.9 assists and 1.3 turnovers

It's hard to find a bad offensive option in Mike D'Antoni's system, but Landry Fields is the representative if one has to be picked. 

As a rookie, Fields managed to shoot efficiently, but he made his mark more on the boards than anywhere else and his assist to turnover ratio was somewhat lacking. Fields isn't a bad offensive option per se, but he's not a good one either. 

Oklahoma City Thunder: Kendrick Perkins

Position: Center

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 6.0 points, 0.9 assists and 1.9 turnovers

Kendrick Perkins is a great defensive stopper, but he's also great at helping opposing defenses get stops. When the basketball somehow finds its way into the hands of this veteran big man, good things usually aren't going to happen. 

Perkins scored only six points per game last season for the Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder despite playing nearly 26 minutes per game. Even worse, his assist to turnover ratio was below 0.5. 

Orlando Magic: Hedo Turkoglu

Position: Small forward

Age: 32

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 10.8 points, 4.2 assists and 1.6 turnovers

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Once an effective offensive option who averaged nearly 20 points per game during the 2007-08 season for the Orlando Magic, Hedo Turkoglu is now a 32-year-old small forward who has to work hard just to hit double-digits in the scoring column. 

The Magic have a pretty well-balanced option, which is why Turkoglu, their least effective option on offense, is better than most of the other players you'll find in this slideshow. 

Philadelphia 76ers: Spencer Hawes

Position: Center

Age: 23

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 7.2 points, 1.5 assists and 1.2 turnovers

Widely considered one of the softer players in the NBA, Spencer Hawes doesn't do much to help his case as a legitimate center in this league with his contributions on offense. 

Shooting just 46.5 percent from the field, Hawes needed 21.2 minutes per game on the court to average his scoring output, which wasn't exactly high by any stretch of the imagination. No. 0 is worth just about his number on offense. 

Phoenix Suns: Vince Carter

Position: Shooting guard

Age: 34

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 14.0 points, 2.0 assists and 1.2 turnovers

Ten years ago, you would have called me crazy for saying that Vince Carter would one day be included in a list of each team's worst offensive options. Some of you probably still think I'm crazy for including him now. But hear me out. 

Carter is no longer the elite scorer that he once was. His 43.7 percent shooting from the field is below his career mark and well below some of the seasonal percentages in his prime. Additionally, his scoring output of 14 points per game in an average of 28.1 minutes on the floor per contest is not too great. 

His assist to turnover ratio is also subpar for a shooting guard. But even that's not why Carter finds himself here. 

Carter is the least effective option on the Suns because while he's marginally better than other candidates like Channing Frye and Jared Dudley, his offensive contributions are taking away from their chances to develop. 

Finally, Carter's stats with the Phoenix Suns were worse than his stats with the Orlando Magic last season, so you have to take all these numbers with a grain of salt. 

Portland Trail Blazers: Marcus Camby

Position: Power forward

Age: 37

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 4.7 points, 2.1 assists and 1.1 turnovers

Any more seasons like this and Marcus Camby's career scoring average will drop to single-digits, which would be a shame because it would put a serious damper on the stellar career the big man has enjoyed. 

But there's no way around this fact. Camby was awful on offense last year. 

The 6'11" veteran shot under 40 percent from the field and scored just 4.7 points per game despite standing on the court for over 26 minutes per game. 

Sacramento Kings: Samuel Dalembert

Position: Center

Age: 30

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 8.1 points, 0.8 assists and 1.7 turnovers

Sticking with the theme of offensively challenged veterans who primarily ply their trade in the paint gives us Samuel Dalembert as the representative for the Sacramento Kings. 

Dalembert averaged more rebounds than points during his 24.2 minutes per game despite the fact that he shot 47.3 percent from the field. That's not too awful since he did average over eight points per game, but his assist to turnover ratio is pretty pathetic. 

The Haitian center was like a black hole last season. When the ball was fed to him, it wasn't coming back out successfully. 

San Antonio Spurs: Richard Jefferson

Position: Small forward

Age: 31

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 11.0 points, 1.3 assists and 1.1 turnovers

Something tells me that this is not what the San Antonio Spurs expected from Richard Jefferson when he became a member of the team back in 2009. 

The small forward may have averaged 11 points per game this past year, but he was on the court for over 30 minutes per contest, so that should be expected. He was careless with the ball and really struggled to create any offense for himself.

On a championship-caliber team like San Antonio there is really no place for a player with Jefferson's offensive disabilities to be getting the minutes he's getting. 

Toronto Raptors: Linas Kleiza

Position: Small forward

Age: 26

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 11.2 points, 1.0 assists and 1.7 turnovers

I'll be the first to admit that I got it all wrong when it came to Linas Kleiza. Going into this past season I expected him to become a breakout star after his time playing abroad. He was a member of pretty much all of my fantasy basketball teams. 

But Kleiza wasn't anything resembling a competent offensive player last season, much to my chagrin. He shot just 43.8 percent from the field and averaged only 11.2 points per game on a Raptors team that needed scoring help. 

Sadly enough, that's not where the Kleiza bashing stops. The Lithuanian forward also had an awful assist to turnover ratio. 

It's safe to say that he won't be making his way onto my fantasy team ever again. 

Utah Jazz: Raja Bell

Position: Shooting guard

Age: 34

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 8.0 points, 1.7 assists and 0.9 turnovers

I'm thinking that it's just about time for Raja Bell to hang up the ol' sneakers and give something else a try because he just doesn't have game anymore. 

The 11-year veteran barely shot over 40 percent last season, which should be considered the equivalent of barely hitting above the Mendoza line to use a cross-sport metaphor.

His eight points per game were absolutely terrible when you consider the fact that he was on the court for over 30 minutes per game. 

Washington Wizards: JaVale McGee

Position: Center

Age: 23

2010-11 Per Game Stats: 10.1 points, 0.5 assists and 1.3 turnovers 

While the 10.1 points in 27.8 minutes per game is at least respectable, the rest of JaVale Mcgee's contributions on offense are not. 

A shot-blocking machine, McGee doesn't exactly know what to do when the ball actually starts in his hands. Averaging nearly three times as many turnovers as assists over the course of an entire season is not a good way to get John Wall to feed you the ball. 

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