Any member of any team in the National Basketball Association who is lacking the requisite athleticism one might usually expect from a hoopster who is earning a salary that could feed a third-world nation. The term is derived from the NBA's "plumber's era" (1988-1995) when expansion teams diluted the talent pool in such a manner that fans would complain that perhaps these ballers were not pulled from blueblood college programs or elite overseas leagues, but rather the owners were attempting to pass-off (no pun intended) members of a blue-collar profession such as plumbing as actual star performers.
You can't blame LeBron James for not winning more rings than Michael Jordan, he always had to carry a team full of plumbers!
by Simon Trinculo June 14, 2023
A derogatory term describing a white basketball player. Presumes that the white basketball player is unathletic and inferior in skill and basketball awareness.
by LuckyAFbox January 03, 2022
A derogatory term used to describe a white basketball player. The term Presumes that the white basketball player is unathletic and inferior in skill and basketball ability. The term was once invented to describe an era in the 50s where a basketball players minimum salary required them to work a second job to make ends meet. However the term plumber has since evolved/devolved to describe a white player in any era, including the modern NBA.
by LuckyAFbox January 03, 2022
by Gcl November 27, 2021
by Mustcookspark August 30, 2019
by Dickballs21 August 16, 2022
- Have you seen Lopes do an Australian Plumber in the men's bathroom on that drunk girl at Gonçalo's wedding?
- Yeah ahah, the man is a limbo master!
- Yeah ahah, the man is a limbo master!
by StrayaSpeedKing September 13, 2021