Even the greats put up a dud every once in a while.
It's an inevitable part of basketball, as shots won't always drop, and the ball won't always cooperate. There's no real explanation for it, either, as things can go from bad to worse in an instant.
The numbers these 10 players posted on certain days in 2017, though, go well beyond the realm of just simply being bad. These stat lines are, statistically (based off of John Hollinger's game-score criteria), the worst of the worst.
10. Grizzlies' Chandler Parsons vs. Trail Blazers (Nov. 7, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
23
3
1/5
1/3
0/0
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
2
0
0
0
5
5
This line was Parsons' run with the Grizzlies in a nutshell: Uninspired, unsatisfying, and gravely disappointing.
9. Bulls' Jimmy Butler vs. Heat (Jan. 27, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
33
3
1/13
0/2
1/2
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
3
2
0
1
3
2
Butler is the lone 2017 All-Star on this list, which still can't sugarcoat his performance. He's not with the Bulls anymore, at least, so he's free to leave this line in the past, along with the rest of his tenure in the Windy City.
8. Kings' Garrett Temple vs. Trail Blazers (Nov. 18, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
27
0
0/9
0/1
0/0
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
1
2
1
0
2
3
Move along. There's nothing to see here. No, seriously. Temple did next to nothing against Portland. Carry on.
7. Lakers' Nick Young vs. Rockets (March 15, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
24
0
0/9
0/7
0/0
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
3
0
0
0
1
1
Swaggy P? More like Swaggy Pedestrian. Swaggy Pitiful. Swaggy Putrid. Young is a scorer through and through, so when he's not doing that, he's not doing much else to compensate.
6. Trail Blazers' C.J. McCollum vs. 76ers (Nov. 22, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
36
5
1/14
0/3
3/3
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
5
0
0
1
3
4
McCollum was the only player over the past 12 months to take 14 or more shots in a game and manage to connect on just a single one.
5. Lakers' D'Angelo Russell vs. Bulls (March 15, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
25
5
2/10
0/5
1/2
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
2
2
2
0
7
6
It's outings like this that ultimately made Russell expendable in the eyes of the Lakers, which in turn brought on the start of the Lonzo Ball era. He was perhaps lucky to have fouled out, because who knows what his numbers could have looked like with another 10 minutes.
4. Rockets' Ryan Anderson vs. Bulls (Feb. 3, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
33
0
0/7
0/6
0/2
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
4
0
0
0
1
5
0
Anderson's only saving grace was that he grabbed four rebounds, but in 33 minutes, is that really enough to redeem him, especially considering he was the starting power forward?
3. Clippers' Jamal Crawford vs. Heat (Jan. 8, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
31
2
1/12
0/4
0/0
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
1
1
0
0
2
1
You know you've had a rough night at the office when you turn the rock over twice as many times as you put it through the hoop. Crawford has never met a shot attempt he didn't like, yet against Miami, he probably should have opted for a more passive approach.
2. Knicks' Kristaps Porzingis vs. Celtics (Dec. 21, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
23
1
0/11
0/3
1/2
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
5
1
0
0
2
4
After this game, Porzingis said, "Kobe (Bryant) says, 'You miss a 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.' Today I missed all 100," according to the New York Post's Alex Squadron.
1. Bucks' Tony Snell vs. Jazz (Feb. 24, 2017)
MIN
PTS
FG
3P
FT
28
0
0/2
0/1
0/0
RBS
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PF
0
0
0
0
0
1
Since 1980-81, only three other players (Brandon Rush, Joel Anthony, and Derek Fisher) have logged 28 or more minutes and not recorded a single point, rebound, or assist. And Rush had a rejection, Fisher stole the ball, while Anthony never attempted a shot, making Snell's abysmal showing stick out like a sore thumb.
