In Honor of Labor Day..... Here's your question for the Day....

[Diesel]

Labor means work...

Let's give some Love to the Hard Workers..

 

Who is the Best Journeyman/Bench Guy to put on a Hawks Jersey... For at least 1 season?

Qualifications:  A guy who could not have gone anywhere else and been a starter... in fact, maybe not make another team. 

[Diesel]

No Love for the Working Class on the Squawk??

Let me give you some options.

 

Emanuel Davis.                            Ira Newbil                         Hanno Motola                        Jacque Vaughn 

Snoop Graham                            Dion Glover

Eldridge Recasnar

Darvin Ham

 

[Diesel]

Emanuel Davis.                            Ira Newbil                         Hanno Motola                        Jacque Vaughn 

Snoop Graham                            Dion Glover                      Blair Rasmussen                     Nazr Mohammed 

Eldridge Recasnar                       Mike Wilks                         Dan Dickau                            Matt Maloney

Darvin Ham                                Drew Barry                          Roshown McLeod                  Bimbo Coles ?

Anthony Johnson                        Donnie Boyce                     BB Ed Gray                            Tyrone Corbin?

Ennis Whatley                            Cadillac Anderson                Doug Edwards                      Salim Stoudamire

Mario West. 

[AHF]

10 hours ago, Diesel said:

Emanuel Davis.                            Ira Newbil                         Hanno Motola                        Jacque Vaughn 

Snoop Graham                            Dion Glover                      Blair Rasmussen                     Nazr Mohammed 

Eldridge Recasnar                       Mike Wilks                         Dan Dickau                            Matt Maloney

Darvin Ham                                Drew Barry                          Roshown McLeod                  Bimbo Coles ?

Anthony Johnson                        Donnie Boyce                     BB Ed Gray                            Tyrone Corbin?

Ennis Whatley                            Cadillac Anderson                Doug Edwards                      Salim Stoudamire

Mario West. 

Out of these names, I'll easily take Nazr.  Quality backup big man.  

[sillent]

Ira Newbil was one of the hardest workers I've seen with us. Ivan Johnson as well he was the 1st 9 to 5.

Bembry was also decent in the hustle department but let Baze clumsiness rub off a little too much.

[RedDawg#8]

Mario West was one of my favorite no name guys. He brought size and toughness on the wing.

I wish we held on to guys like that more

Edited September 7, 2021 by RedDawg#8

[Diesel]

I forgot...  and I guess my pick will be Shelvin Mack.

 

I liked Eldridge Recaznar too.

My only issue with Nazr... and Corbin for that matter is  I think they had some value to other teams after us.   But Love those guys...  Ira and Ivan.

I know I'm missing some of our international Hawks.   

Like Pero... and Volkov...

But I got a new one for that.

[Final_quest]

Flip Murray had a killer year for us, total journeyman.  
Who can forget the great Mike Scott?  2nd round pick.  
Jason Collins won the Orlando series with his defense on Dwight.  

[niremetal]

Didn't catch this thread on Labor Day proper, but the first dude who comes to mind for me is Mario West. That dude's collar was dyed-in-the-wool blue. He had zero finesse (56% free throw shooter and 6.1 fouls per 36 minutes for his career), but his motor was running on overdrive every second he was on the floor. IIRC, the scuttlebutt was that he was a legend on the practice floor too.

He definitely fits the "unsung" mold. The OKC announcer had no clue who he was when he made this play:

...and that was in his third year in the league.

Edited September 8, 2021 by niremetal