NBA tough guys have a storied and colorful history.

Here's a general list of a few of the league's most fearsome players.

But for my money, the following players are the most interesting:

Jerry Stackhouse

• Sheed and Stack in the Big Apple

• The Top 5 Times Jerry Stackhouse Beat Down A NBA Player

• Why We Watch: Jerry Stackhouse, Who Remembers

Charles Oakley

• Oakley-Mcinnis War Looks Far From Over

Tony Allen

• Details of Allen vs. Mayo fight emerge

• Tony Allen Whupped O.J. Mayo Over A Gambling Debt

Kwame Brown

• Ex-NBA Player Kwame Brown Can Fight

• A Serious Discussion of the Political Thought of Kwame Brown