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Day 16: Best Role Player

  • September 7, 2024


Day 16 is here, one final spot to fill! The winner is the comment with the most upvotes, not the cumulative upvotes of all comments, so if you really like a guy then vote rather than comment again. Unsurprisingly, McHale dominated best post player. Today’s discussion is best role player. I will create a final recap post once day 16 is complete with one more bonus category for the people.

Underrated: KC Jones

Overrated: Antoine Walker

Best: Bill Russell 🐐

Worst Starter: 2014 lineup of Phil Pressey, Gerald Wallace, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger, and Kris Humphries

Funniest: Luke Kornet

Most Annoying: Kendrick Perkins

Most Potential: Jayson Tatum

Most Wasted Potential: Len Bias (RIP)

Best Passer: Rajon Rondo

Best Perimeter Defender: DJ

Best Rim Defender: Bill Russell 🐐

Most Athletic: Bill Russell 🐐

Best Handles: Bob Cousy

Best Shooter: Larry Bird

Best In Post: Kevin McHale

47 comments

  3. This is tough ngl, but I’m gonna have to go with Cornbread. He was way before my time, but I think his body of work for the Cs eclipses that of the great role players I grew up watching in House, Posey, Cassell etc. So it’s gotta be Maxwell.

  4. Recency bias, but I really feel like Dwhite is the ultimate role player. He seriously just compliments anyone he plays with perfectly

  14. The first player coming to mind is Derrick white – but there is something called the John Havlicek sixth man of the year award so probably him

  22. derrick white, dennis johnson, satch sanders or tony allen.. this one is too hard for me.. fuck it, gimme scalabrine

  23. Satch Sanders maybe or D White for current player
    But I have to go with Hondo
    He’s HOF and sixth man is a major role to play

  24. The first half of Havlicheck’s career he basically invented the 6th man role and played an incredibly important glue piece to the second half of the Russell dynasty. He was probably a HOFer based on being a role player before he eventually became the star player. Plus I feel we need to have him on this list somewhere

  26. The thing about the Celtics is that there are too many correct choices for this category

  27. So tough to just pick one. I’m 30 so obv didn’t watch in the Russell and Bird era but I’ll still do them.
    60s: Satch Saunders
    70s: Don Nelson
    80s: DJ (I think it’s him over Walton for the extra title)
    90s: Dino???
    2000s: James Posey (even though he only played one year, he was that valuable man)
    2010s: Avery Bradley
    2020s: Derrick White

  29. Might be recency bias but it’s Derrick White all day. He just does everything for us. So effectively and so elite in his role, so reliable on both ends throughout the game and especially in the clutch.

  30. John Havlicek in the 60’s.

    Obviously in the 70’s he was the star, but 60’s is prime role player.

  31. I’m voting Cornbread. Knew his role and did it exceptionally well, winning a finals MVP at that.

  33. Currently it’s DWhite
    or maybe Jrue depending on your definition. Recently it was Marcus Smart. Before him, it was Eddie House or any number of guys on that 2008 team.

    It was Bill Walton (if longevity doesn’t count, this is the answer) and Jerry Sichting for a minute. And there’s more than a half dozen candidates from the 60s and 70s. All that said, the answer is Danny Ainge.

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