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KG....all that talent an nothing to show fo...(no leadership skillz not mvp worthy in my book)
Definitely Ewing, with Karl Malone #2. Ewing was supposed to be a defensive monster coming out of Georgetown, but never did reach the level of David, Hakeem, or even Zo on the defensive end. Offensively, all he ever did was shoot 15 footers. Warm Karl gets the nod at 2 since he was worthless in pressure situations. Back-to-back seasons he scored 8 points in elimination games his team lost to Portland. He choked his le away in 98 when he let Jordan strip him on the block with 20 seconds left in game 6 after Stockton had just made the clutch 3 to put the Jazz up by 3.
Pippen is on my list of the most underrated players ever. He's the best perimteter defender I've seen, and he's a jack of all trades. He didn't put up big numbers, but he delivered in a lot of big moments. Game 6 of the 92 Finals he singlehadedly pulled the Bulls from 14 down in the fourth quarter while Jordan was on the bench (he was having a horrible game). Game 6 of the 98 Finals he played the whole game despite his back being so screwed he could barely walk. You have to be impressed that he led Portland to a game 7 with a 13-point 4th quarter lead from down 1-3 to a Lakers team that won 67 games.
KG....all that talent an nothing to show fo...(no leadership skillz not mvp worthy in my book)
Most overrated...
Category 1: Celtic HoFs who got there simply because they had the good fortune of playing with instead of against each other:
K.C. Jones, Tommy Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, Sam Jones
Category 2: Wing players who got prematurely touted as franchise players because people all over the basketball world wanted someone anointed as the next MJ
Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Harold Miner
Category 3: Point guards who think they need to score half their team's points
Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Baron Davis, Gilbert Arenas
Category 4: Glorified role-players
Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, John Paxson, Horace Grant, Kenny Smith
You forgot Category 5 (or Category 2a): Guys who were touted as "the next Larry Bird" just because they were white:
Danny Ferry, Keith Van Horn, Michael Smith, Peja, Christian Laettner, Troy Murphy, Tom Gugliotta, JJ Re
(None stayed overrated for very long, however.)
that is a really lame arguement, arguements should be be based on street cred, jersey sales, shoe deals, ESPN facetime, PPG and salary
Sound list. I'll have to take exception to AI, though. He is what he is...but could you really ask more of him? Not me...I think he's pretty great.
Some overrated players:
Ralph Sampson
Alfredric Hughes
Antoine Walker is very over-reated, and so is Gary Payton, or at least he was. Now everyone knows he just sucks...
Michael Jordan and 'Magic' Johnson
I actually think Troy Murphy is a pretty decent player... NOT Larry Bird caliber, but pretty decent.
Some of the current/active most overrated players should be Antoine Walker and Michael Redd.
I really don't think Antoine Walker is overrated anymore... He's basically a punchline these days.
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No LeBron, ducks?
Really. I thought that one would have been a slam duck.
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