[customads style=”wrapper”/]While the NBA game has long-lost the intensity and physicality it had in the eighties, there are still some guys in the league that are pretty frightening. While guys like Dwyane Wade play the game with finesse, there are still some bruisers still lacing them up, though they are seemingly few and far between.

Here are the top five NBA players you’d never want to meet in a dark alley for fear of your own safety:

Honorable Mention:

Chris “Birdman” Andersen

Birdman at least deserved an honorable mention on this list, if for no other reason then to show white guys can be scary too. Don’t be fooled by Kyle Korver and Steve Nash.