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No one can match Diop’s longevity, physical advantages, and total lack of production. Stiffest of stiffs.
Yes...but are longevity and physical advantages really the true measure of a stiff? I mean...they seem like rather un-stiff like qualities. And Diop could actually play defense. He was just a stiff on offense. So was more of a half-boner than a true stiff. Also, Mihm played in the league for a long time as well. A few ears short of Diop, but 8-9 seasons nonetheless.
I'm with @Randolphkeys on Babic. You watched him play and simply could not figure out why any team would want him other than height.
The "secret" to why Babic was desired was that there were rumors he'd trained with all-time great Arvydas Sabonis. So -- in quintessential Cleveland fashion -- we latched on to him as the second coming of Sabonis, who was an incredibly dominant player when young. But the only thing he had in common with Sabonis was that the were 7 foot tall Eastern Europeans.
Babic didn't even look like he knew what to do on the court.