who is your favorite End of the Bench Blazer ever?

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  1. Orion Bailey

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    Man. Just seemed like they had bigger impacts than those minutes would equate to. I remember loving have Bryant come in.
     
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    Several big men received more playing time than Bryant during his tenure with the Blazers, such as:
    Wayne Cooper
    Cliff Robinson
    Caldwell Jones
    Richard Anderson
    Steve Johnson
    Alaa Abdelnaby
     
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    Abdelnaby did too? Man my memory fails me. Too many bong hits...

    I could have sworn Bryant played way more than Ala
    Cliff ended up being a starter.
     
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    Exactly! That's why they are my favorite end of the bench players. Drazen had so much potential, but needed time to play. And that wasn't going to happen with Clyde entrenched as the starter. Bryant was simply our Blue Collar player. I remember him going into games and fouling guys pretty hard. He made opposing players earn their points in the paint the hard way!

    Yeah, Alaa was a bit surprising to me as well. He just barely received more time than Bryant during one season.
     
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    My recollection...and I believe he admitted it in later years...is that Alaa was more interested in hitting the bong than hitting baskets. He definitely was an underachiever.
     
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