If Jimmy Carter played basketball: power forward, rated 77

Jimmy Carter as a basketball player: scouting report

Ask what Jimmy Carter did with a hammer and you have his scouting report. Long after leaving office he spent decades building homes with Habitat for Humanity, working on job sites into his nineties. A power forward's job is the same kind of honest labor: set the screen, box out, fight for the ball, do it again. His rebounding is the strongest physical part of his card, and he wins those battles with position and stubborn effort rather than leaping.

The other headline is the mind. His basketball IQ is the top mark on his card, and it comes from a serious technical background: he graduated from the Naval Academy and served in the Navy's nuclear submarine program, where precision was not optional. That shows up in his defense, which is solid and smart, and in his decisions when the ball swings to him at the elbow. He grew up working the family peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, and he plays like someone who never skipped a chore.

Athleticism is the clear weakness. He will not beat anyone down the floor or block shots from the weak side, so pair him with an athletic center who protects the rim and a quick wing who runs. He can move to center with only a small drop, which helps if your big man rotation is thin, and he can play some small forward in a slow lineup. Draft him in the middle rounds for toughness. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, and the patience behind that work is the patience of a forward who will box out on every single possession.

Plays like A blue collar four who outworks everyone on the glass

Put Jimmy Carter in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting five and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.