who had the most false starts in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Dirk Nowitzki had the most starts, with 791 starts.

Interpreted as:
Who had the most false regular-season starts in the 2000s?
NAMEGSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
791
792
37.5
23.6
8.9
2.8
0.9
1.0
8.2
17.3
47.4
1.3
3.5
38.2
5.9
6.7
87.4
58.3
1.3
7.6
2.0
29,734
18,699
7,020
2,200
747
830
1,545
2,073
+4665
2Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
769
769
38.2
21.6
12.1
4.7
1.3
1.6
8.5
17.1
49.9
0.2
0.7
28.6
4.4
5.6
79.4
55.4
2.6
9.4
2.6
29,345
16,638
9,288
3,603
1,037
1,206
2,003
1,882
+3322
3Andre Miller
A. Miller
768
815
34.9
14.6
4.2
7.4
1.4
0.2
5.4
11.7
46.0
0.1
0.7
21.0
3.7
4.6
80.2
53.2
1.2
3.0
2.7
28,462
11,896
3,434
6,020
1,121
171
2,200
2,026
-64
4Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
766
767
36.5
21.4
11.7
3.3
0.8
2.3
8.2
16.2
50.4
0.0
0.1
20.7
5.1
7.4
68.6
55.1
3.1
8.7
2.7
27,974
16,431
8,999
2,502
589
1,786
2,070
1,993
+5468
5Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
763
765
37.8
23.3
6.3
4.0
1.5
0.6
7.6
17.1
44.3
1.7
4.6
36.3
6.4
8.0
80.1
56.3
1.0
5.3
3.1
28,893
17,812
4,798
3,068
1,183
480
2,376
2,201
+1925
6Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
757
760
37.3
14.0
7.0
9.2
1.9
0.3
5.0
12.3
40.2
1.5
4.2
34.8
2.6
3.3
81.1
50.9
1.3
5.7
3.1
28,311
10,649
5,327
7,029
1,472
236
2,331
1,438
+2576
7Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
753
756
33.5
6.8
11.2
1.6
1.4
2.3
2.8
5.9
46.7
0.0
0.1
11.6
1.2
2.9
42.5
47.0
3.6
7.7
1.1
25,340
5,114
8,500
1,179
1,063
1,775
837
1,552
+2284
8Mike Bibby
M. Bibby
748
752
36.1
16.6
3.4
6.0
1.3
0.2
6.1
13.9
44.0
1.6
4.2
37.8
2.8
3.5
80.8
53.9
0.6
2.8
2.4
27,167
12,515
2,529
4,537
956
129
1,777
1,432
+620
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
743
748
39.4
28.2
5.9
5.2
1.7
0.6
9.8
21.5
45.7
1.4
4.1
34.2
7.2
8.5
84.4
55.9
1.3
4.6
3.1
29,476
21,065
4,381
3,921
1,246
431
2,326
2,092
+3470
10Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
741
756
34.6
15.6
7.3
2.0
1.0
1.5
6.1
13.4
45.7
1.2
3.6
34.5
2.1
2.9
73.9
53.2
1.5
5.9
1.5
26,177
11,805
5,555
1,494
784
1,120
1,156
2,150
+3453
11Shawn Marion
S. Marion
730
745
37.6
17.8
9.9
2.0
1.8
1.3
7.2
14.9
48.1
0.9
2.7
33.7
2.5
3.1
82.0
54.6
2.6
7.3
1.6
28,020
13,254
7,384
1,511
1,363
975
1,192
1,869
+2061
12Ray Allen
R. Allen
725
728
37.9
22.1
4.4
3.8
1.2
0.2
7.7
17.1
45.2
2.7
6.7
40.3
4.0
4.4
90.0
58.2
1.1
3.4
2.3
27,561
16,101
3,238
2,801
901
143
1,674
1,623
+2189
13Steve Nash
S. Nash
724
753
33.7
16.2
3.2
9.1
0.8
0.1
5.8
11.8
49.4
1.6
3.7
43.6
2.9
3.2
90.5
61.2
0.6
2.6
3.0
25,394
12,219
2,420
6,886
614
65
2,288
1,311
+4078
14Vince Carter
V. Carter
721
727
37.8
23.9
5.4
4.4
1.3
0.7
8.7
19.5
44.6
1.6
4.3
37.8
4.8
6.1
79.9
53.8
1.6
3.9
2.4
27,511
17,341
3,960
3,166
914
525
1,741
2,211
+731
15Rashard Lewis
R. Lewis
681
757
35.3
17.3
5.9
1.9
1.2
0.6
6.3
13.7
45.8
1.9
4.8
39.2
2.9
3.6
80.9
56.8
1.6
4.3
1.7
26,711
13,081
4,460
1,448
880
450
1,262
1,866
+1459
16Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
675
682
41.8
28.1
3.6
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.7
22.9
42.4
1.1
3.6
31.1
7.5
9.5
79.3
51.8
0.7
2.9
3.6
28,534
19,154
2,471
4,227
1,521
106
2,450
1,198
+1187
17Antawn Jamison
A. Jamison
667
751
37.7
20.6
8.1
1.8
1.1
0.4
7.9
17.3
45.6
1.1
3.1
34.8
3.7
5.0
74.0
52.7
2.6
5.5
1.8
28,297
15,434
6,101
1,362
799
286
1,328
1,845
-837
18Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
658
662
34.7
23.1
10.6
2.7
0.5
2.2
9.1
15.5
58.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
9.5
52.2
58.7
3.4
7.2
2.7
22,941
15,276
7,029
1,789
344
1,431
1,818
2,276
+3459
19Bruce Bowen
B. Bowen
634
781
28.5
6.2
2.8
1.3
0.8
0.4
2.3
5.6
41.1
1.0
2.6
39.6
0.6
1.1
57.1
51.4
0.5
2.3
0.7
22,252
4,880
2,202
980
604
297
581
1,705
+2699
20Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
632
712
32.5
15.6
3.1
5.9
1.0
0.2
4.7
11.2
42.2
1.7
4.4
39.6
4.4
4.9
89.1
58.3
0.5
2.6
2.0
23,170
11,095
2,178
4,182
704
122
1,423
1,493
+2881
21Elton Brand
E. Brand
632
643
38.0
20.0
10.1
2.6
0.9
2.1
7.7
15.2
50.3
0.0
0.0
15.4
4.7
6.4
73.6
55.5
3.9
6.3
2.5
24,420
12,852
6,520
1,674
592
1,334
1,617
1,993
-1177
22Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
625
742
33.3
17.9
3.3
3.4
0.8
0.2
6.8
15.0
45.4
0.5
1.5
34.9
3.8
4.4
85.3
52.9
0.9
2.4
2.2
24,724
13,284
2,455
2,549
609
118
1,641
1,970
+1807
23Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
622
648
37.9
19.7
3.0
7.4
1.2
0.1
7.0
15.9
43.8
1.1
3.5
32.2
4.6
5.8
79.5
53.2
0.7
2.4
3.0
24,560
12,746
1,960
4,808
792
87
1,917
1,508
-970
24Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
621
671
37.5
24.4
6.3
5.2
1.4
0.9
8.9
20.3
43.5
1.5
4.4
34.0
5.2
6.9
75.0
52.2
1.5
4.8
2.5
25,177
16,380
4,230
3,489
938
617
1,684
1,305
+1523
25Michael Finley
M. Finley
610
760
34.0
15.6
4.3
2.7
0.8
0.3
6.1
13.8
44.0
1.5
3.9
38.2
2.0
2.4
83.0
52.5
0.9
3.4
1.3
25,840
11,850
3,286
2,066
635
217
985
1,183
+2730
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