Worst Brits

Minimum games played?

Patrick Manifold

Lovely guy, however pretty hopeless / it didn't work for us.

Greg Richards was pretty ineffective as well for a full season of play.

Assuming we're talking BBL, it's far too long ago to remember non-entities (even when I'm writing our history) and the line between practice players and genuine members of the roster.

So I'm going to think outside the box and go for assistant coach Rohan Thompson. He "worked" under three coaches, but rarely went to practice. When we won back-to-back league titles, Mark Clark was the real AC. When Bob D was waiting for his work permit he "coached" a 99-74 defeat against Thames Valley Tigers but the following day's Trophy game at Derby saw Bob it behind the bench and called the plays. When Bob was banned for five games, Kojo Mensah-Bonsu coached the game, Bob texted plays from the gantry at Brentwood and Rohan - well he just stood around. You'd think he'd have taken the hint, but he was back for Chris Pullem's year where he continued to do next to nothing.
I think in my random spells as AC and/or waterboy with the new Leopards I had more influence on games than him but I believe there are people who've never attended Leopards game who've had only marginally less influence on Leopards' games that Rohan Thompson.
And, yes, I did tell him all this once. Admittedly before discovering he was a karate black belt.

The big guy who played for Harlem Globetrotters and Cheshire?

Forgotten his name

Josh Lockett. Although he was far from the worst player on that Knights team

Without stroking your ego you were the best player that last season

22 games though surely we can have him?

That's what I've read on eurobasket.

I did consider Darren when thinking about this. It was questionable whether he was a practice player with us - he made 13 appearances according to the excellent history some bloke is currently publishing, but there's no minutes total and it be surprised if he totalled 100. He was also a nice bloke, unlike Thompson. I don't recall him resurfacing in D1, which is telling.

Hopkins was little more than a hockey-style goon. My description of him at Leicester (6 C's) was well deserved.

Forgive me this south London / Royals v Lions bias but the answer has got to be Joe Ikinwin surely?

Long long ago we played together in BA days but having seen him a lot play last 2 seasons it has become painful.

Def time to hang up the kicks and retire (or join Herse’s Leopards which may be a good alternative)?
He has never been the fittest or fastest but has looked like he’s carried about 15kg of unwanted poundage in that time.

Stats have been terrible - 10 minutes or so a game, about 2 points no rebounds and no assists.

Rumours abound as to why he has been kept on but surely won’t kit up next season.
He seems very fond of his image so may have a future in media for the game

Natural baller? No. However he massively improved during his tenure at Jets and was used in set plays and to give the opposition a different problem at times. Actually quite effective in the home leg of the semi play offs against Lions.