Yeah, enforcer is the wrong word. The correct word is thug.
Ooooh, he said "thug"! Bottom line is that is the precise word to describe Whiteside on the court. My Knicks in recent years have had a number of these thug-types -- Bobby Portis, one of the Morris twin psychos, Latrell Sprewell (a guy who choked his own coach)...believe me, these guys are not fun to have on your team. They are goons, thugs. Funny thing is, Spree, Morris, and Portis could actually be very good basketball players. But they concentrated too much of their game on being a thug. I've already seen highlights of Jazz games, the season is not even two weeks old and already Whiteside is concentrating on being a thug. Believe me, you will tire of his behavior soon.