Remember when Ovechkin didn't care about winning and was a selfish player?
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Selfish player is the guy who wrecks his team because he wants to be the star.
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LeBron has never been labeled a selfish player, but he has also never led the league in assists over an entire season.
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Scandrick said Jenkins was a selfish player who had ZERO accountability for when he screwed up big plays ... and ripped him apart on the show with Skip Bayless.
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Sports Briefing | College Basketball The former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody sued Coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she had been repeatedly called a "thug" and a selfish player despite being the program's career assists leader.
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Ian Chappell was often critical of Steve Waugh as captain, believing him to be a selfish player and unimaginative captain. When Waugh was appointed captain in 1999 Chappell said: > I think he's been a selfish cricketer . . . I've always felt that the things > you do as a player leading up to getting the captaincy do have an effect > [on] how players perceive you. I've had the feeling that a selfish player > when he becomes captain . . .
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Because of his jumping ability and his power and accuracy with his head, the Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera gave him the nickname "Bonimba". Despite his talent, he was criticised on occasion for being a selfish player, although he was also capable of creating chances for team mates. He was also well known for his on the field rivalry with Juventus defender Francesco Morini, who later became his teammate.
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Skoglund was known as a set-piece specialist throughout his career. He was though sometimes considered as a selfish player, or a "soloist". Amongst his weaknesses were also a limited physical durability, inconsistency and lack of stamina. During his early years, Skoglund's style of play was compared to the likes of Sven Rydell and Henry "Garvis" Carlsson, both celebrated star players in the Swedish national team at the time.
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He is the only person on the team who scolds Kyotani to his face for being a risky, selfish player and jeopardizing the third years' final chance of making it to Nationals. ;, #7 : :Watari is a second-year student and the team's libero. He seems to enjoy being challenged, as he smiled when Nishinoya copied his back row set. It is shown that he can be very gentle and supportive when he tries to cheer up Kyōtani after he misses a point, despite Kyōtani's poor relationship with the rest of the team.
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Despite media criticism as a "selfish" player early in his career, Jordan's 5.3 assists per game also indicate his willingness to defer to his teammates. After shooting under 30% from three-point range in his first five seasons in the NBA, including a career-low 13% in the season, Jordan improved to a career-high 50% in the season. The three-point shot became more of a focus of his game from 1994–95 to 1996–97, when the NBA shortened its three-point line from to .Strauss, Ethan Sherwood (August 13, 2013).
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In August 2007, Asamoah moved to French Ligue 1 side OGC Nice in a controversial transfer, where he went AWOL from Shrewsbury Town in order to sign with the French club, with no clearance from Shrewsbury, the FA or the Football League. Asamoah moved for a figure of £50,000. Following the transfer, Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters claimed Asamoah's conduct was that of a 'selfish player and a selfish person', and revealed Asamoah would have been sacked by Shrewsbury Town had his deal with Nice fallen through. He never made a first-team appearance for the club.
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Garavaglia was born in Dearborn, Michigan and attended Aquinas High School in the Detroit suburb of Southgate. He started playing varsity basketball in his sophomore year at Aquinas, wearing jersey number 54 and immediately showed good performances, averaging 19.8 points per game in his first season of high school basketball. In his junior year he averaged 19.2 points. Garavaglia's senior year saw all-around success for him and his team. He was the team captain and averaged 16 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists: his personal scoring numbers decreased because he focused more on team play, involving his teammates and becoming less of a selfish player.
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Others, however, have stated that the extent of his introverted and anti-social nature has been exaggerated, and that while he was "obsessed with his own success" he was not by nature a selfish player. After 108 Test match appearances for England, Boycott's international career ended in 1982 when he was the leading Test run scorer with over 8,000 Test match runs, earning him an OBE for services to cricket. When dropped from the Yorkshire team in 1986 he was the leading run scorer in first-class cricket. In 1965, while still a young player, he had been named as one of five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and he was inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Reddy was the assistant coach at the Wests Tigers under head coach Jason Taylor but departed the club in 2015 after Taylor's termination. On 25 July 2019, Reddy labelled Wests player Robbie Farah the "Most selfish player I have ever been involved with while either playing the game or coaching bar none". Reddy went on to say “Well we were right he went to Souths and played reserve grade and that Wests Tigers team at the moment is a reserve grade team with 4/5 NRL players in it and Farah is not 1 of them". The comments came in the wake of Farah speaking about Reddy and Taylor to the media days earlier when Farah said “At the time I was told by him and ‘Rocket’ Reddy, I’d finish my career in reserve grade. But I’m here now - ‘JT’ is coaching reserve grade".
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Nicknamed "L'Aeroplanino" ("The Little Airplane"), due to his small stature and trademark goal celebration, in which he spread his arms like wings, Montella was known as a quick, hard-working, intelligent, and opportunistic left-footed striker, who was gifted with pace, good technique and a keen eye for goal, and was capable of striking the ball well with either foot; he has also been described as a "fine all round player, with excellent passing and dribbling skills." Although he was primarily played as a centre-forward, a position in which he earned a reputation as a prolific "goal-poacher", his wide range of skills made him a versatile forward, who also capable of playing in a more creative role as a second striker. However, despite his ability and goalscoring record as a footballer, at times he was criticised by his Roma manager Fabio Capello for being a "selfish" player; he was also known to be injury-prone.
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