Presenting the season's biggest underachievers.

This column is dedicated to Isaiah Rider, who never let us down. And to Derrick Coleman, who is a veritable Gibraltar--the dimensions are comparable, anyway--in a sea of uncertainty.

And finally to Vin Baker, as constant as the North Star.

These guys are not going to be mentioned below, because they are not underachievers. They merely are what they are, and it is time we all stopped expecting anything more from them.

What follows is TSN's first-annual NBA All-Crash Team, a compendium of disappointing players who possess what Isaiah and his like do not: ambition to be more than a self-absorbed malcontent.

Western Conference

SF Rodney Rogers, Suns. A year ago, he was a landslide winner of the Sixth Man Award, averaging 13.8 points and 5.5 boards and shooting 48.6 percent (43.9 percent from downtown, fourth best in the league). This year, his numbers are 11.8, 4.3 and 43.4 (30.3 from deep). Let this be a lesson to all you kids: Lay off the Krispy Kremes. He hit bottom against the Mavericks last week, when Scott Skiles played him four minutes. The coach explained: "Rodney has been lethargic for so long now, and frankly I'm tired of watching it." At least Skiles doesn't have to pay for the privilege.

PF Shawn Kemp, Trail Blazers. Because it just doesn't seem like a team without him. Put another way: Patrick Ewing's numbers look Ruthian compared with Kemp's.