Ranking the Top 10 Villains in NBA History

There is nothing better than a great villain and the NBA is no different. Whether its their trash talk or dirty plays there are just some players you have to hate. Today we rank the 10 greatest villains to ever step foot on an NBA basketball court.
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[@loriwilliams7605]

the bad boy pistons as a whole should be on this list

[@BrianFarstvedt]

We were also the most successful villains possibly

[@Chillymane333]

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[@NathanJakobMichaelThomas]

Yeah, except Joe Dumars was on that team and has a humanitarian award named after him

[@mikehawk7220]

Right? I dunno how this list exists without the pistons

[@khaitranngoc4176]

You are gonna get 3 slots in the top 10, and you're gonna like it.

[@sardeegaming]

"How are you Larry" "fuck you Bill" is hilarious 😂

[@jcplays3842]

“Happy Mother’s day” to a player who’s mother passed away as a kid is the single most villainous moment

[@rob19ny]

That was never confirmed.

[@jcplays3842]

​@rob19ny the fact that was a rumor and you could believe is a testament to how bad KG was

[@rob19ny]

@@jcplays3842 KG wasn't bad. He was a great trash talker on the court. Bad is when someone intentionally tries to injure you and have made it a career of doing it. The only thing that has been said about KG is that he trash talks to psych you out (to the point you would think he's crazy), which has been effective majority of the time.

[@nitinatri1969]

What about ik what you wife tastes like to Carmelo right after he got married

[@JohnnyJay81]

Oh please, that’s not villainous, it’s pure evil. Keep making excuses for degenerates

[@fortynights1513]

This channel’s narrators have great chemistry.

[@MyNameIsDeezFr]

​@@lesego2018So it is two people? I'm still convinced it's just one dude having a conversation with himself.

[@MyNameIsDeezFr]

Ignore my previous comment. I saw them on the podcast. I still can't believe they sound the same. However, I can finally sleep at night knowing the mystery is solved.

[@zafiruzoma6234]

Wtf I didn't even give it a thought that there 2 people...

[@abesalgado2083]

How do you guys not know there’s two people there’s plenty of times when you can hear them overlap either laughing and talking or saying things at the same time . Ffs 😂

[@autovan634]

I think Zaza has a case for the list or at-least the honorable mentions

[@mh-rl4sz]

Kawhi could have one more ring

[@ItsMeStrider]

@@mh-rl4sz or at least a functioning leg

[@ramonew7815]

He wasn't good enough to be on this list. If they didn't think Beverly was good enough, Zaza definitely isn't.

[@xTheDeerLordx]

L take

[@TheFrostbite324]

Villain LeBron is one of the best athletes I’ve ever witnessed. I don’t think ppl really remember how much those Heat teams were hated.

[@raymondsims7042]

Facts!!! That was actually when I started respecting lebron James. That 2012 and 2013 year he was on an insane mission just destroying everyone.

[@roboninja3194]

@@raymondsims7042 You mean after Jason Terry and JJ Berea destroyed him? This what the LeFraud simps do, ignore the failures where he was garbage and prop up stuff like 2012 which was a strike shortened season or 2013 where Ray Allen bailed him out. Ignore 201. Ignore 2014 when the Spurs annihilated the Heat. 2 of the most embarrassing finals loses in the history of the league. Not sure how the so called goat can get his ass kicked in the finals by a bench player.

[@cfnretro6448]

They were hated for the same reason the 2017-2019 Warriors were. At the time, I thought the Heat were gonna go 73-9😂

[@TheFrostbite324]

@@cfnretro6448 they did have that ridiculous win streak at one point

[@moneymoves263]

@@cfnretro6448not quite the same but i get your point

[@calvinmiller3885]

Kevin Garrett before he went to the Celtics was beloved by everyone. Prime KG was one of the most well liked players by fans anyway.

[@talan2861]

Karl Malone not being on this list AT ALL is not nearly as big of a crime as what he did (Also he was just straight up a extremely dirty player he KNOCKED OUT David Robinson in a game once)

[@spider-man120]

He also destroyed IT. Lol

[@papacinoooo]

also a rapist tho

[@RafitoOoO]

This is about court villains though. They didn't even mention Kobe's grapes in this video but he's on the list.

[@joshlee6445]

​@@spider-man120Zeke...IT the other one

[@IsaacMiller-bd8hg]

@@papacinoooohe’s not a rapist 😂

[@notacasualbballfan3122]

Not even putting Reggie Miller in honorable mention is CRAZY

[@ramonew7815]

He's in the same realm as Trae Young where it's really just one team and like MJ fans.

[@reodagreo7637]

@@ramonew7815No, Reggie was hated by many 😂

[@matthewwolfe9417]

@@ramonew7815 Knicks, Bulls, Pistons, 76ers, Magic, Heat and Celtics…

[@thomashinchliff2173]

The iconic choke gesture was legendary

[@jakoreyaj]

What??? I haven't even started the video and this the 1st comment i see 😮. I'm questioning everything already

[@whiteboyeleazar4820]

Kobe’s ‘’Amnesty Game’’ against Dallas Mavericks 😅😅

[@jamesh7469]

My favorite moment of KG trash talk was in the early 2010s when Carmelo Anthony was going through his very public break up/divorce with his wife Lala (? I think that's her name) KG came up to Melo at one point during the game and told him "Lala tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios, that bitch is delicious" KG was never actually with her but he made up an entire story in vivid detail just to fuck with Melo. Pretty sure Melo tried to get into their locker room after the game and fight him too

[@Braylon1997]

If you watched the beef video between melo and kg posted by sb nation they both confirmed that Honey Nut Cheerios comment was not true

[@TheFrostbite324]

I think the Honey Nut Cheerios quote is made up.

[@jamesh7469]

@@Braylon1997 that makes me so sad lol

[@ramonwells6647]

People forget the Celtics walked off the floor against the pistons one year as well Larry parish

[@LottoFarr]

Don’t forget KG told Melo that LaLa tasted like Cheerios 😂

[@JoshGreenFist]

Crazy how 3 bad boy piston players are on this list. Just goes to show how savage that team was lol.

[@Jorbum]

ong fr fr 😹

[@nbarealtalker]

The Bruce Bowen shadow kick on Szerbiak is the GOAT of dirty plays. It’s so dirty, but simultaneously so innovative that I can’t help but respect it.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Bill Laimbeer was out there playing Mortal Kombat with the Celtics 😂

[@bryanntorrress1480]

The fact that 3 players from the bad boy pistons were on this list made me laugh so hard.

[@AceTheSkylord]

Ah, the list Dillon Brooks wishes he was on

[@afroshima492]

Im happy someone acknowledged David Stern as a villian because I've always considered him the NBA equivalent of Kingpin

[@danielfrank2985]

As much as he played favorites and did other very questionable things, you can help but realize that the NBAs best years were under his leadership and it started deteriorating almost immediately after he left and Adam Silver took over

[@Ethan-gl1qs]

You guys don’t miss. Would y’all be willing to do more longform content? I think a podcast between you two would be awesome

[@samk1146]

they have a podcast lmao

[@SeanObrien2010]

@@samk1146what’s it called

[@junatan25]

What’s the podcast name?

[@andrejamison2723]

They missed a lot and they are bias

[@NerdySmurtle]

Great video idea, sometimes you guys have horrendously terrible takes but the video ideas are always solid.

[@jeffreyvalentyn6815]

Hahaha dude fr. Sometimes the worst opinions but other times amazing videos

[@alessandroc29]

Lol facts. You can tell how long they’ve been watching the NBA for too. Great ideas, some absolutely awful takes. And somehow everything is I C O N I C lol.

[@noahmurray8883]

Glad someone else was thinking the same thing. This list and their reasoning fucking sucked. The fake laughing was also hard to listen to. Wasted an interesting idea

[@cosmosware4780]

all you drop are bangers

[@pedroflintstone3449]

Just thinking about how outdated the Draymond section feels already. Man was on a mission to get suspended.

[@kilometer2126]

bro just wants to be out of the league

[@joshwilliams9955]

Absolutely love this channel 👌

[@rodex78]

I love u guys, you guys made me like basketball and know seems that nba is more interesting that it looks like

[@TheeKingRayzor]

This is my number two channel behind Jonny Arnett, which is not a bad thing! *I ❤ Synthetic Sports!*

[@joshstephens8763]

This channel is underrated

[@eddy7820]

pure comedy!! well done lads!

[@cosmomcfloso5820]

Great video man

[@RetroKid]

Haven't watched it yet, but I'd say that post-retirement Pip has gone full on dark side. While he was playing, reporters loved him and teammates loved him...but now? Damn, dude is just so bitter.

[@reodagreo7637]

Where is Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason, Maurice Lucas, Vernon Maxwell, Reggie Miller, Elvin Hayes, Rick Barry, Xavier McDaniel, Charles Barkley and all the real villains? Meanwhile I’m looking at Kobe and Bron as top 10 villains of all time…

[@ddxg3275]

All Bad Boy Pistons, The Glove, Reggie, Karl Malone, Larry left the chat

[@ManWamCam]

Great content guys

[@Chillymane333]

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[@lightingupthecinemafilmrev7956]

Another great video guys! The only part I disagree with is when you said KG is the Goat trash talker. While his Trash Talk is the most ruthless, the title of goat trash talker goes to Mr Larry Bird. And if you don’t believe me, there’s about 100 videos to back me up! Love your videos 👍

[@elizabethgeorge168]

Rodzilla is still a huge wrestling fan. He was just on AEW 😂

[@frederickdelius1106]

Great stuff.

[@darrinharvey3384]

You forgot to mention the malice at the palace with Ron Artest going into the stands after getting beer thrown on him. I think Artest should be higher on the list.

[@raghudurina2354]

3 of the top 10 were piston players and another was from Detroit. Maybe Cade Cunningham needs to enter his villain arc to save Detroit basketball.

[@anjr9915]

That fact that people believe these ridiculous KG trash talk stories, he is the best trash talker of all time but never said "happy mothers day" to TIm Duncan

[@jayflipsitall7833]

How do you not include Michael Jordan on this list? He single handedly broke more Hearts every June than anyone in history.

[@amendez2060]

Y’all should do a follow up to the decision I wanna see a retrospective of the league after lebron returned to Cleveland

[@TheDarkbluerock]

Fire content as always! 50k until the end of 2023?

[@tankhuang1291]

You guys forgot Stephen A. Smith

[@matts8012]

I love how as the players get more dirty, the video gets funnier 🤣😭

[@chrisyentastic379]

Doesn’t David Stern have a line like, “if you’re gonna do hate on the league make sure you spell our name right,” I don’t know the exact line but I think it perfectly describes his villainy, he’ll take the heat for the sake of the league

[@anjr9915]

The bad boy pistons were easily the most hated team in NBA history, them as a whole are the top villians...

[@comradbishop5158]

You forgot to mention the time KG said melo wife taste like honey nut Cheerios

[@pokeinator7834]

Great idea, y’all should do hero’s next

[@mekacrab]

Draymond Green is a literal psychopath, you can't change my mind.

[@gregbryen7090]

It was actually Dennis rodman who had the Larry bird comment. Isiah backed up rodman who was a young player to protect him.

[@redblackandgreen]

Dennis Rodman made the statement about Bird. Isaiah agreed with him. But Isaiah caught the blowback b/c he was the leader of the team.

[@RPGabe]

Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball was a great game though

[@quicc232]

isiah thomas is one of the three best point guards in nba history (with curry & magic) and what he and the pistons did and the style they played was incredible. not only on the defensive end, that backcourt with joe dumars was ahead of every other duo. that guy deserves a lot more respect then people give to him. the league was doing everything possible to shut down the pistons during that era but they were the best anyway. and the knicks will fail as long as dolan is their owner, even phil jackson failed.

[@quicc232]

@@lesego2018 funny that you only mention dudes wuthout a ring except for oscar who only got one because of kareem. isiah won in a time where the competition was brutal (lakers, celtics, bulls, blazers etc.) and with no other "superstar" on his team. because of that i would say he is better then nash, stockton etc. also he was a much better defender and equally good on offense. his stats could have been much better but he was always a team first kind of guy and did a lot that did not show in the box score

[@MistahJay7]

@@lesego2018 Stockton Better then Isiah? Lmaaaoo now I know for a damn fact you did not watch any of them 💀😂

[@davis2k1234]

@@quicc232 Isaiah had 2 top 75 Dumars and Rodman HOFs on his team to go with Dantely and Aguirre who were both scoring machines Bill Lamiber made all star teams those Pistons team were loaded

[@andrejamison2723]

​@@lesego2018hater.

[@andrejamison2723]

​@@davis2k1234but he didn't have any top 50. Magic, Bird, Kareem, Walton, Jordan was on that top 50 list.

[@grantrmoore]

Good job for putting David Stern on there. When he passed I felt bad about my internal state. Bcuz I never forgave him.. For what the CP3 to Lakers veto while simultaneously allowing the Miami Heat Super Team..

[@uziman55]

The story of KG telling Tim "Happy Mother's Day" was ever verified.

[@user-jw5qj8kv2y]

Kevin Garnett's trash talk to Carmelo Anthony still makes an impression.

[@melflewis]

15:58 Charles Barkley once wrote Bill Lambeer a note and handed it to him before a game, the note reads “Dear Bill… Fuck you”😂 true story

[@-Fanboy-]

Lambeer was like the blueprint for making a villain in a sports comedy. Shooter McGavin specifically.

[@atharvashinde4905]

Kibe in 03' was in demon time 😈👹

[@thomashooks84]

Do college next. I wanna see Christian Laettner on this list

[@kennethlove5778]

Isiah didnt make the comment. Young Dennis Rodman did. He cosigned it to yake the heat off Rodman

[@Callme_DizzyD]

The draymond one is funny hearing hall say wonder what he'll do next year seeing as how he just choked out rudy gobert😂

[@michaelmills2001]

Hey could you guys start making WWE videos? I notice that both of you guys are fans. Keep up the great content!

[@patrickkirkham]

Surprised you didn’t have Paul Pierce at least in the HM. Could’ve had Vince Carter too, cuz for a long time he had turned all of Canada against him

[@tonyxxnugget2151]

KG isn’t a villain like that tho he still respects the game and followed the rules usually but more of a antihero than a villain

[@isabelgonzalezserrano1229]

15:26 The foto is amazing

[@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy]

I was still a fan even after he went to the Heat, back to Cavs and then to the Lakers. I love and still will love LeBron James. Prime James was RIDICULOUS!

[@chrissennfelder7249]

Honestly, the Combat Basketball thing is amazing.

[@JoeStar30]

It’s funny that Kobe was hated because of how damn good he was.

[@tdeckler4817]

Artest legit nearly ran me over as an 8 year old when i tried to get his autograph after the game he didnt stop his car my dad pulled me out the way

[@coreythompsonTheOneandOnly]

Real basketball aficionados know that Bill Lambeer not Bruce Bowen made putting your foot in the opposing shooters landing spot popular

[@ctaylah]

Chris Paul isn’t a villain but KD is? 💀 as someone from NC Chris Paul is the only player I’ve ever witnessed who was hated by most fans in his home state

[@AfricanH3ro]

pretty much a list of all my favorite players

[@MistahJay7]

The Camera Man being pulled out on a stretcher 💀💀💀

[@niki8280]

Correction. I think Spurs fans appreciate Kobe. He provided an intensely competitive rival who the Spurs still beat.

[@tek9764]

that cameraman is a jordan belfort level bag chaser

[@SanGhanor]

Guys, love your content, post more

[@MirBlackwell]

If I see Villain Brooks on here ima cry

[@SIGuy7480]

Kobe is a villain to young girls in Denver

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

Bro you're wilding

[@mrryan4295]

Kobe was the victim in that situation

[@danielallen4450]

Allegedly 😜

[@Jorbum]

Lol 💀

[@lakasngulan]

10:42 Wait I thought Dennis Rodman was the one who said that about Larry Bird and IT took the fall cause he was the leader of the bad boys?

[@amrou1340]

If malone isn't number one this list is wrong by default

[@emmanuelmondesir]

Why would he. Yes he’s a P3do. If we’re talking basketball, Stockton was more annoying than him.

[@MistahJay7]

Villain Miami LeBron is Box Office. Back when I actually enjoyed my favorite player getting hated Just reveled in that shit. Now it's just getting old but from 2010-2013 he was in full villain mode and I loved every bit of it. Hearing the entire arena erupt into Boos anytime Bron touched the ball. That's the type of shit you live for. Wade was already my second favorite player and Bosh was my guy from my hometown Toronto. Miami heat were literally my dream team of my fav players at the time coming together. That team as an entire whole was hated

[@shawnhussain7713]

I was waiting for them to name Bill Lambier lol

[@Youboremenow]

So... that 'we will see what he does next year' regarding draymond comment aged very well....

[@TheKDogBrand]

I’m surprised Mark Cuban wasn’t on the list😂 and Karl Malone as well lol

[@reckingcrew1238]

That cp3 my next chapter image aged like fine wine

[@alessandroc29]

Could’a sworn y’all already basically did this video

[@KentuckyWaterfall13]

I’d put Latrell Sprewell on here. Talked major trash, choked out his own coach and got suspended a whole season, and to top it off declined a massive contract and never got offered another one and retired.

[@spider-man120]

Dray does some dirty shit lmao, but that shit he did to Lebron was totally justified. You can say all you want IDGAF.

[@Jimyjonson]

Im a golden state warrior fan, when i saw draymond i was so proud xD

[@vollrathfgc]

Shocked Larry Bird wasn't on here ngl His trash talk was on Kobe and KG levels and he'd always back it up

[@jordanford9320]

This list should be most "modern" hated players. Because we dont have the knowledge of older hated players rather than hear say

[@mohammadishaktayoob1143]

Jerry (Jerome Richard) Krause, the guy who broke the Bulls must be on the List. Great commentary and list though.

[@weedpipe8399]

9:36 that aged like fine wine

[@sandrexxx]

zaza is underrated,man stood up to kg in 08 playoff series

[@rb-xr6zp]

no larry bird is crazy 😭

[@Ramsfan1993]

Yeah he's one of my favorite players ever but as a kid watching all those old games i hated that guy lol

[@Oceans711]

Gary Payton should probably be on this list too, but still, good video

[@ezsmith3765]

Before watching Bill Laimbeer HAS TO BE #1 Others could be.... -Rick Mahorn -Ron Artest -Dennis Rodman -Draymond Greene -Isaiah Thomas (1980s) -Darryl Dawkins -Charles Oakley -Danny Ainge -Charles Barkley -Ralph Sampson -Tree Rollins -Rasheed Wallace

[@idkyoutellme1236]

I think Jordan has to be on this list as well

[@stucantan9505]

What are your thoughts on the in season tournament. I’d love a video discussing that

[@bryanchandler3486]

Im legit excited. I think peeps are gonna start getting into it like halfway through the seeding games when suddenly their team could make it to vegas and play an important role and possibly get some respect and bragging rights if they make it far enough or all the way, and by next year, most folks will embrace it just like the 7 8 9 10 seed play in games are more or less now.