Barkley calls Spurs "the most overrated team in the NBA".

[Capt Bringdown]

Barkley knows a thing or two about being overrated from personal experience.

[ohmwrecker]

Who gives a ? It's Chuck's job to say crazy and from his perspective, he's absolutely right. Until the Spurs take what they have accomplished this season and turn it into a championship (or, at the very least, a deep playoff run), they are overrated.
I know a lot of Spurs' fans like to live under the delusion that the Spurs are disrespected or ignored by the media and that they "fly under the radar", but it's just not true. The Spurs are getting plenty of hype this year and deservedly so, but the only thing they have proven so far is that they aren't dead and the window is still open, but I told you people that this summer.

[ElNono]

Don't people actually have to talk about you to be overrated?
I think we made more noise when Orlando beat us than when we beat the Lakers, tbh

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Lakers?

How is 22-10 and 4th place in the West a ty record?

[spurs10]

Consider the source. Didn't Barkley recently owe several hundred thousand dollars in gambling debts? Not great at picking a winner apparently.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Barkley always gives the spurs props. He has to shaft em every now and then.

Hah true. I can't really hate the guy, he has given the Spurs a lot of love. It's his opinion, so be it.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Barkley knows a thing or two about being overrated from personal experience.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Who gives a ? It's Chuck's job to say crazy and from his perspective, he's absolutely right. Until the Spurs take what they have accomplished this season and turn it into a championship (or, at the very least, a deep playoff run), they are overrated.
I know a lot of Spurs' fans like to live under the delusion that the Spurs are disrespected or ignored by the media and that they "fly under the radar", but it's just not true. The Spurs are getting plenty of hype this year and deservedly so, but the only thing they have proven so far is that they aren't dead and the window is still open, but I told you people that this summer.

Not sure that anyone really overly gives a . Just an acknowledgment of his comment.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Don't people actually have to talk about you to be overrated?
I think we made more noise when Orlando beat us than when we beat the Lakers, tbh

This is true.

I think that is why a lot of people aren't talking about us though. They figure we are overrated and will eventually come back down to earth.

[spurs10]

How is 22-10 and 4th place in the West a ty record?

Ask them what they think of their record. I'm sure according to their high expectations, their record is not so hot.

[Seventyniner]

http://knickerblogger.net/statpage/2011/index.htm

Team     Win%    Exp. win%  Difference
Spurs    0.871   0.760      +0.111
Mavs     0.800   0.693      +0.107
Lakers   0.688   0.708      -0.020
Celtics  0.800   0.768      +0.034
Heat     0.735   0.799      -0.064

Exp. win% is expected win% (or Pythagorean win%), and is based on efficiency differential. It's historically a better predictor of future results than record alone, or even point differential alone (because exp. win% accounts for pace).

Maybe Chuck's on to something; the Spurs and Mavs aren't quite as good as their records show.

The most overrated team in the NBA? How about the Chicago Bulls, who are 20-10 but have an efficiency differential of 0, meaning that they're really performing like a .500 club.

[Nathan Explosion]

I think Charles bet the under on the total number of games spurs would win this year. Don't understand the hate lol

I'm pretty sure everyone bet the under. Nobody thought we would be 27-4.

The line was 49.5 wins. Since the Spurs have won 50 games every season since 2000, I don't see why anyone would have bet the under.

[FkLA]

Barkley always gives the spurs props. He has to shaft em every now and then.

This.

I dont think Chuck has a problem with the Spurs, he always showed us alot of love in the early/mid 2000s when everyone was all over the Lakers. The man is en led to his opinion, he's not always right though obviously...even when he would pick us to win it all he wasnt always right.

[TampaDude]

Barkley is funny, but wrong.

[Rummpd]

Barkley knows a thing or two about being overrated from personal experience.

Spurs near top of league in point differential and lead in Hollinger's offensive eff ratings - if anything Mavs over-rated based on point diff.

[weebo]

Bill Parcell once said you are what your record says you are.

[HarlemHeat37]

Except the Mavs have had the #2 most difficult schedule, while the Spurs are #18, IIRC..

I don't think the Spurs/Mavs are overrated, but they obviously aren't as good as their records..

[Nathan Explosion]

Except the Mavs have had the #2 most difficult schedule, while the Spurs are #18, IIRC..

I don't think the Spurs/Mavs are overrated, but they obviously aren't as good as their records..

Hollinger's rankings take SOS into account though, so that point is moot.

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm talking about point differential, which was his last point, saying the "Mavs are overrated based on PT"..

Hollinger's efficiency and power rankings stats are extremely flawed anyways, and I say that as a fan of his..

[lefty]

Then I'm glad John Paxson cut his legs

[angelbelow]

I agree, hes an entertaining person to watch cause he always says something stupid.

[lefty]

He is mad, because John Paxson, the man who broke his heart in 1993, also played for the Spurs

[MmP]

wow from manu the best euro guy in the history to this, hard to understand..
i think the spurs are actually underrated if any... i mean 4 championships in 10 seasons, that's something and with the same coach and players.

[DMC]

Why do the apologists show up to say "Charles is paid to say that" anytime someone points out his bull ? Big ing deal. Hollinger is paid for his bull ratings, that doesn't mean we should just take it in the ass and giggle like it's an examination.

[ohmwrecker]

Not sure that anyone really overly gives a . Just an acknowledgment of his comment.

Some people obviously give a . Don't be so obtuse.