Worst starting power forward in Lakers franchise history: Stanislav Medvedenko
It is no surprise that all of the players on this list thus far are coming from some of the worst stretches in franchise history. Russell Westbrook may have kickstarted another dry period for the Lakers, Smith was on the team in the early-to-mid 90s, Deng was on the team in the mid-2010s and now we have Stanislav Medvedenko, who played on the team mostly in the mid-2000s.
Medvedenko was on the roster for two of the three championships during the threepeat so he can at least add some championship rings to his trophy case because his career was otherwise forgetable with the Lakers.
Medvedenko first got a starting chance during the 2002-03 season when he started 10 games for the Lakers. The following season he wound up starting 38 games for a Lakers team that fell short in the NBA Finals to the Detroit Pistons.
Medvedenko stuck around one more year post-Shaq and then played just two games in the 2005-06 season. He had a cup of coffee with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006-07 season then never appeared in another NBA game despite only being 28 years old.
The six-ten power forward averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game with the Lakers. In his 58 games played as a starter he averaged 9.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 23.5 minutes per game.
He has the worst BPM of any starting power forward in Lakers history with a -4.0 BPM. There is only one starter in franchise history with worse…