Originally Published: November 7, 2007

Unemployment ranks: NBA's top 10 job seekers

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Sheridan By Chris Sheridan
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One of them guarded Shaq in the NBA Finals two seasons ago, another scored 20 points in the first half of a second-round playoff game against the Pistons last May, and a third has been a scoring machine over his nine-year NBA career, going for 36 points twice last season when he split time between Denver and Milwaukee.

They all have one thing in common as we head into the second full week of the 2007-08 NBA season: They're all watching the action from their sofas.

DJ Mbenga, P.J. Brown and Earl Boykins are the players referenced above, and different sets of circumstances led to their unemployment.

Mbenga was cut by the Dallas Mavericks to make room on the roster for Juwan Howard; Brown has been enjoying time with his family in Slidell, La., awaiting word on whether he'll be part of a sign-and-trade for Kobe Bryant; and Boykins is splitting time between Cleveland and Denver, no doubt regretting his decision to opt out of the final year of his contract -- kissing a guaranteed $3 million goodbye.

Of the three, Boykins figures to be the first to return to the NBA, which is why he's ahead of the other two on ESPN.com's first installment of the 2007-08 list of the Top 10 Unemployed NBA Players.

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