It's time for the 10th Annual Luke Walton All-Stars, honoring journeymen and guys who have fought to stick in the NBA. (Learn about the origins of the column here.)
Bruce Brown, Brooklyn Nets (captain)
Brown walked into the Detroit Pistons practice facility in November when his phone blew up: After a solid second season, the Pistons were trading him to the Brooklyn Nets.
"I thought I was gonna be in Detroit a while," Brown says. He walked in and said goodbye to staffers.
The Nets envisioned Brown as a switchable 3-and-D complement to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.