The NBA feels kinder and gentler than ever these days, but a few notable rebels ensure there's still enough mischief to keep things interesting.
The list we've assembled features a different breed of league office-offender than we're used to. Charles Oakley isn't here staring daggers into opponents, and Dennis Rodman isn't literally wrestling his matchup to the floor.
These guys aren't necessarily locker-room destroyers, either. In fact, most are legitimate team-leading stars. Today's bad boys come in many varieties, with different motives, and they have much more to offer than just extracurriculars.
We need to be objective about this, as one particularly memorable incident can lead to a label that a player's broader pattern of behavior doesn't warrant. So here's how we do that: Regular-season technical fouls, flagrant fouls and ejections are worth one point. Any fine or suspension that didn't stem from one of the three aforementioned events is also worth a point.
Starting from the 2012-13 season and extending until Jan. 4 of this year, we've compiled those violations, added them up and arrived at an aggregate Bad Boy Score. Only regular-season hijinks count.
Wild Card Factors came in to break a few deadlocks, moving guys up or down the list where warranted. If a player had a particularly egregious spat of bad behavior or got into trouble more recently, those things weighed in his favor. And if his objective score just didn't accurately capture the overall picture of badness, wild cards functioned as catch-all normalizers.
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2320341-these-arent-your-fathers-nba-bad-boys
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