The 10 Worst NBA Players of all time

#8 Brian Cardinal

Miami Heat v Dallas Mavericks - Game Five

A proverbial coach's son, gym rat, lunch-pail kinda guy as most NBA and AAU coaches would describe him, Brian Cardinal built a lengthy and rather successful player by being the only thing he was capable of being on an NBA court studded with 9 players almost always more skilled and able than him - a lunch pail kinda guy.

Cardinal's nickname of "The Custodian" pointed to his decidedly non-glamorous, gritty stamp on the NBA. Cardinal couldn't reach double digit scoring averages in any of his 12 NBA seasons, with his highest scoring average being 9.6 points in 2003-04 with the Golden State Warriors. Beyond his pail-and-bucket style, he is probably best known for scoring an eye-popping six-year, $34.5 million contract from the Memphis Grizzlies, where he promptly saw his minutes and production cut in half.