Re: Who is the most overated player ever in NBA history?
Kobe Bryant: a top 20-25 all-time and top 3 current player (i.e., someone who doesn't need any overrating) whom people will overrate grotesquely and make the most absurd statements about.
Re: Who is the most overated player ever in NBA history?
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Originally Posted by arhie
Rip Hamilton, simply overrated. Hes a catch and shoot guy. A lot of bench warmers can do what he does. HEs just in the right fit. Like Ben gordon put in the pistons can do exactly if not more than what Rip does. When people compare Rip to guys like Ray Allen or Paul Pierce I just laugh.
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Originally Posted by Da Grinch
he has won 2 MVP's and plays bad defense ...can any1 even remember the last MVP that couldn't play good to great defense.
Sure: Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Dr. J.
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Some of these selections I've read for most overrated player in NBA history are dubious, to say the least. Here is my recommendation:
K.C. Jones was a decent role player, but because he played on Bill Russell's teams in college and the NBA he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Jones was known as a solid defender, but it's hard to make a case for someone with career averages of 7.4 points, 4.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting .387 FG and .647 FT being considered one of the sport's greatest players.
Re: Who is the most overated player ever in NBA history?
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Originally Posted by Jordan23Forever
Kobe Bryant: a top 20-25 all-time and top 3 current player (i.e., someone who doesn't need any overrating) whom people will overrate grotesquely and make the most absurd statements about.
Wrong, a person can't really be considered the most overated in history if you can make a valid case for mose of the "absurd statements" made about them. Thus, Kobe doesn't belong anywhere near this category.
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what a bunch of babies. I'll flagrant 2 you in the face.
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Originally Posted by PauloCatarino
Sure: Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Dr. J.
Allen Iverson has led the NBA in steals twice and has been in the top 10 in this category every year in his NBA career. Larry Bird was a three-time choice for the NBA's All-Defensive team. Julius Erving and Moses Malone were sound defenders and Charles Barkley was hardly a sieve (though maybe not as good as he thought). Magic Johnson slowed down defensively in his later years but he was solid in his earlier days and is still 14th all time in steals.
Steve Nash is IMO the worst defender ever to be named league MVP and typically a league MVP has been a good defender.
Who is the most overated player ever in NBA history?
