Maybe the ugly tree wasn't the best place to build the clubhouse...

The Half Court Press is back with another update. I'm sure you three subscribers out there (you know who you are!) will be thrilled. Now that the Canucks have won for the first time in about a month and I can stop reading ten to fifteen articles a day about Sundins effect on the dressing room, my time has been freed up enough to post some informative, quality material: an evaluation of the ugliest players and execs of the NBA and the NHL. Warning: little children or pregnant women are advised to avoid looking these pictures.

First up, representing the NBA, Sam Cassell





Sure, his modeling career never got off the ground, and conspiracy theorists list him as the definitive evidence for the Roswell incident, but the man is ugly, not circus ugly. For that we turn to:

NHL:




Throughout his career, Mike Ricci stayed in fantastic shape by frequently being chased from villages by torch-waving townspeople. But when you consider this guy is married to this chick, hockey players can clearly compensate for the lack of looks or teeth.


ADVANTAGE: NHL, especially if one considers the ugliness of crushing fans expectations.

Rating players has been done before, but a complete picture wouldn't be complete without some executives. In the NHL, we find Darryl Sutter:







And yes, there is a remarkable likeness to this guy.








But of course, the edge will have to go to the NBA on this one, thanks to the man below whose soul literally absorbs sunlight: