Rodman, Horry, Maxwell rank among five most-hated NBA players in history

The guys over at the Bleacher can come up with a list about almost anything.

They can crank out a slideshow and a craft a list on everything from the 50 hottest women over 50 to the 10 worst Boy Band singers in history.

Their work with sports sometimes hits and sometimes misses.

But I do have to note Ryan Comstock’s “50 Most-Hated players in NBA history” that was recently released.

As you would expect the list is dotted with a lot of Spurs or former Spurs players.

Here’s a listing of those Spurs or ex-Spurs players on the list:  

3. Dennis Rodman

4. Robert Horry

 5. Vernon Maxwell

21.  Manu Ginobili

23. Bruce Bowen

46. Stephen Jackson

Isiah Thomas tops the list and Ron Artest is second. I’m very surprised  that Ginobili rates as highly as he  does or that Maxwell is that high on the list. Modern lightning rods like Karl Malone and LeBron James rank far below the top 10, as do old-school bad guys like Danny Ainge and Kermit Washington. All of  them, I would think, would be more deserving of a top-10 ranking than some of those who have been chosen.   

And Bowen wouldn’t apparently be ranked a little low, or he was way, way high in another recent poll that ranked him as the fourth most notable villain in professional sports history.

But these lists are always good as a piece of debate.

I’m curious Spurs Fans, what do you think of Comstock’s lode of NBA opinions?