Is being branded as a physical player nowadays a bad thing? In my eyes, it is not. There is a difference between a physical player and a dirty player.
When I say physical players, they are the guys who have the playing style and willingness to bang bodies with the opponent. The are players who actually hates being touched. While the dirty players are the ones who intentionally play physical to hurt their opponent.
The dirty players are of course physical players. But not all physical players are dirty. So, just because the five below are top 5 in my eyes, it doesn't mean that they are dirty players.
#5 JP Erram
A lot of fans from the opposing teams hate Erram for the number of physicality that he was involved in the past several years. He do have a lot of hitting plays that he deserved to be part of this list.
#4 Beau Belga
He is the current face of physical play in the PBA. And in reality, he has actually take advantage of that not only inside the court but outside of it.
#3 Kevin Ferrer
He is not the quickest forward out there. So, he usually need to make sure that the opponent can feel him. You need to focus on him to clearly see his physicality, specially on defense.
#2 Junemar Fajardo
Fajardo is not a dirty player! But of course, he always devastate bodies in his way to the basket. The guy is the most dominant inside scorer that the league has ever seen. A lot of his defenders have said in the past that he was the heaviest guy that they ever handled.
#1 Cliff Hodge
From the guy that PBA fans fell-in-love for his willingness to sacrifice his body when he was young into a guy that is hated for a lot of alleged dirty plays, specially in the playoffs.
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