We wrap up our killing of the first month of the lockout comprehensive series by recapping our best/worst at each number. The best player at each number is listed first, and the worst player is listed second. Please note that while this list is completely subjective, it is 100% correct and without argument.
0 – Olden Polynice, on the court / Olden Polynice, off the court 00 – Tony Delk / Greg Ostertag 1 – Travis Mays (brought Spud Webb and Lawrence Funderburke in trade) / Travis Mays (1/4 of a disappointing draft) This number was eventually retired in honor of Nate Archibald 2 – Mitch Richmond (Thriller) / Michael Jackson (Bad) Number now retired in honor of Richmond 3 – Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Special acknowledgement to the girls in Ike Diogu’s hot tub) / Antoine Wright 4 – Chris Webber / Ricky Calloway Number now retired in honor of Webber 5 – Hedo Turkoglu / Jason Hart(less) 6 – Kings Fans / Matt Fish (special guest appearance, borrowed from the 95-96 Knicks) 7 – 8 – Eddie Johnson / Quincy Douby (with a shout out to Hilton Armstrong) 9 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad / Tie! – Kenny Thomas (woof!) and Luther Head 10 – Mike Bibby / Tie! Ryan Robertson and Mike Bratz 11 – Retired in honor of Bob Davies 12 – Retired in honor of Maurice Stokes 13 – Doug Christie, hopefully as a place holder for Tyreke Evans / Darryl Watkins 14 – Retired in honor of Oscar Robertson 15 – DeMarcus Cousins / Sergei Monia 16 – Peja Stojakovic / None (sorry, I can’t list Peja under "worst") 17 – Garrett Temple (Ha!) / Will Solomon 18 – Omri Casspi / Derek Smith 19 – Beno Udrih v07.08, 09.10, 10.11 / Beno Udrih, v08.09 20 – Jon Barry / Vitaly Potapenko 21 – Vlade Divac / Tie! Steve Colter, Carl Thomas, Stan Kimbrough, Rod Higgins, Trevor Wilson Number now retired in honor of Colter, Thomas, Kimbrough, Higgins and Wilson 22 – Lionel Simmons / Jerry Eaves 23 – Wayman Tisdale / None (Tisdale, Corbin, Martin and Thornton – no bozos here) 24 – 25 – Darius Songaila (sigh) / Brent Price 26 – Never worn 27 – Retired in honor of Jack Twyman 28, 29 – Never worn 30 – Kenny Smith / Billy Owens (yeah, I’m still not over it) 31 – Spencer Hawes…kidding - just wanted to see if you were paying attention - Scot Pollard / Jamal Sampson 32 – Francisco Garcia / Kevin Salvadori 33 – Brian Grant, with an Otis Thorpe chaser / Michael Bradley, with special acknowledgement for Mikki Moore 34 – Corliss Williamson (Pro’s pro) / Tony Massenburg (Shmo’s shmo) 35 – Antoine Carr / Mike Williams (Joe Kleine received consideration on both sides of this ledger) 36-39 – Never worn 40 – Jon Brockman’s mancakes > Terry Tyler’s free Whoppers / Kevin Gamble by process of elimination 41 – LaSalle Thompson / Greg (NaMaurice) Stokes 42 – Walt Williams / Tie! Pervis Ellison and Dwayne Schintzius 43 – Um…er…Jim Petersen / Er…um…Peter Aluma 44 – Retired in honor of Sam Lacey 45 – "Really? Really???" received 71% of the votes – Randy Breuer was next with 13% / Devin Gray (0%) 46-49 – Never worn 50 – Eddie House / Ben Gillery, Ralph Sampson’s knees 51 – Lawrence Funderburke / Les Jepsen 52 – Brad Miller 03-06/ Brad Miller 06-09 53 – Mark Olberding / Evers Burns (Evers Burns!) 54 – Mike Peplowski / Derek Grimm 55 – Jason Willams / Jabari Smith 56-89 – Never worn 90 – Drew / Gooden 93 – Ron (Ron) Artest / Dan (Dan) ArtestJimmer Fredette Bobby Hurley / Dominic McGuireWillie Mays Tie! Reggie Theus and Bobby Jackson / Tie! Maurice Taylor and Desmond Mason
