So I was watching a basketball game and the announcer said that the player who made a clutch shot for the road team was what he called a “shut up” player. Mind you this is the first time on a nationally televised game I’ve heard the announcer say that the player was the sit down and shut up player.

When I first heard it I thought maybe he was just a bit a excited and he would clean up his comments. But as they were doing the replay of the shot, he kept repeating himself saying, “He’s telling the fans to sit down and shut up” and then said the best teams have a “shut up” player.

To someone like me who grew up hearing this term and other statements like it I found it refreshing that announcers were finally using lingo that was extremely current and relate-able. I also found it amusing as fuck because he really was serious about the description of the player.

What it did though was got me to thinking that inside of the three major sports where one individual can be that shut up player, how many teams really have that person. And it also made me want to rate my current shut up players and my all time shut up player lists.

But for the sake of time I’m just going to focus on pro football and basketball, because if I included baseball and college ball I’d be here way to damn long..LOL, so lets look at my lists for the NBA first, and yes I’m perfectly fine having the debate as to whether or not you agree with the list. This is my order and yea I will say I am a little biased on this current and all time list.

1. Kobe Bryant 2. Dwayne Wade 3. Kevin Durant 4. LeBron James 5. Russell Westbrook 6. Dirk Nowitzki 7. John Wall 8. Damian Lillard 9. Derrick Rose 10. Anthony Davis

For full disclosure I don’t like the Lakers or Kobe but the reality is, he is that sit down and shut up guy still even at his current age. I love the Bulls and D-Rose but he’s still rebuilding that rep if this were three years ago he would be top 5 fa-sho. All-time list next….

1. Michael Jordan 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabar 3. Bill Russell 4. Wilt Chamberlain 5. Kobe Bryant 6. Larry Bird 7. Tim Duncan 8. Paul Pierce 9. Shaquille O’Neal 10. LeBron James.. This was a very tough list and there are names left off, but please remember this isn’t an all time best player list, this is that guy that when the ball is in his hands you know he will make you sit down and shut up. Honorable mention: Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Vince Carter.

My NFL list is going to be slightly predictable and also a little longer on the honorable mention side because quite frankly there are to me more of these type players but I will do my best to not have too many…

Current players: 1. Aaron Rodgers 2. Tom Brady 3. Peyton Manning 4. Tony Romo 5. Calvin Johnson 7. Dez Bryant 8; Ben Roethlisberger 8. Drew Brees 9. J.J. Watt 10. Richard Sherman 10. Darrell Revis; Honorable Mention: Terrence Williams, Matt Bryant, Patrick Peterson, Terrell Suggs, Marshawn Lynch, Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, Devin Hester, Andre Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Brandon Marshall, Andrew Luck. Yes there may be omissions, but I want two years at least of play making to put you on my list.

All-time list: 1. Terry Bradshaw 2. Troy Aikman 3. Tom Brady 4. Peyton Manning 5. Jim Brown 6.  O.J. Simpson 6. Deacon Jones 7. Charles Haley 8. Deion Sanders 9. Michael Irving 10. Ray Lewis 10. Emmitt Smith 10. Rod Woodson 10. Charles Woodson 10. Lynn Swann 10. Tony Dorsett 10. Earl Campbell and many more from the days gone by.