While I agree that Kobe certainly isn't overrated, it's pretty silly to have a rule saying what an individual can or can't be by what his team does. Kobe had little to do with Chris Wallace bending over and handing them Pau Gasol, and without that, Kobe doesn't "lead" his team anywhere. Kobe's an incredible player, but the fact that the Lakers won the championship didn't boost my opinion. Much like the fact that the Cavs didn't win the championship didn't lower my opinion of LeBron. Teams win and lose games.
Horrible list. How can someone that dense and arrogant have coached a CBA team? And I know that I'm a homer, but the blurb about Kevin Garnett ("his scoring average was inversely correlated to team wins in a single playoff series -- what a loser!") misses the point. First, that is not enough to establish him as a choker. Second, in those games where Pierce and Allen are cold (and so the Celtics often lose) Garnett goes out of his way to assume the scoring load; otherwise, he's not out there to pad his stats. I would be glad to have any of those players on my team with the exception of Boozer.
The writer of this list thinks these players are over-rated because himself doesn't know how to rate players.
Nobody has answered my question concerning his underrated list: Are the Collins twins still in the NBA? Thank you very much in advance
I don't think anyone on that list is considered overrated... ^ That statement about Chris Paul just made the article lose its credibility. Just because you are short doesn't make it any less easier to double-team or trap somebody...
The most overrated player, IMO, is Steve Nash. A two time MVP who hasn't even sniffed the NBA championship, and who probably never will. He has consistently been too much of a liability on defense to be an MVP.
reading this article i thought: "whuuut,.....*takes a look at the players listed* 1. Arenas overrated,okaay? 2. Boozer, is that writer retarted? 3. Bosh, is that guy outta his mind? 4. Camby bad defense,lol?! 5. Garnett, loooooooooooool 6. Paul, seriously, who gave this writer a job? other players: Nowitzki, Stoudemire, Carter, Marion , Mcgrady I agree with the OP saying "worst article ever". I know Foxsports is bad, but that article is making me speechless. How can this dude write 15 books and have a job as a hoops expert?
You must be kidding me, Lakers got Gasol just Jan last year, how were they expected to win it all for 3 years already? They got Gasol and people didn't think they were good enough to win it all. Yet they put up a championship and a finals appearance in no time. They won every series they weren't underdog.
Wouldn't it have been easier to google it? Jarron played for the Jazz last year Jason played for the T-Wolves last year Neither is currently under contract with anyone.
That depends on your definition of underdog. While they didn't have homecourt in the finals against Boston, all but one of the ESPN "experts" picked them to win. Everyone was on their bandwagon during the playoffs that year.
Exactly they were not underdogs last year or this year. Last year they were embarrassed by the Celts and this year, they went through the easiest path to getting the championship. We may have upset them if Yao wouldn't have went down if you think about it. And then what?! They would be back to being labeled soft and been upset by a team they were expected to sweep.
I think this guy has weaknesses confused with being over-rated. How can someone as young as Paul be considered over-reated simply because his team hasn't been successful in the playoffs. I have to admit that I was a little surprised by how easily Billups just destroyed Paul in the playoffs but it hardly qualifies him as being over-rated. Marcus Camby is dead on though. How the hell does he win Defensive Player of the Year anchoring what was the NBA's worse defense? Yet
I'd agree with that a lot. Though I think even with the EXPERTS not just fans, crediting losing to a player gets applied much easier and to the furthest extent than crediting success. The opinions of team cancers bringing DOWN teams are always seen as unequivocally valid (This really was NOT a Tracy McGrady focused comment, but there ya go. Or Allen Iverson), and a great player has to be pulled back down to the pack and credit team. If a player can get unequivocallybashed from holding back a franchise, I think a player can get exhaulted for pushing it forward. Again I agree, I dont think much of it is valid or fair, but if we see the career loser title as fair why not career winning
Who care about bull**** ****ing BSPN think, they are wrong more times than right. If there's no significant injury in either team, the one without homecourt is always the underdog.
Rox didn't upset, case closed. It didn't matter how many games you push a championship team to. 10 yrs from now, who will remember Rox made it tough for Lakers? Only champions will be remembered. Lakers won every series they were topdog, they didn't overachieve, but they didn't underachieve either.
Always? Really? So a Lakers team that easily made it to the Finals, never being threatened and knocking off the defending champions in the process was an underdog against a team that was barely able to put away an Atlanta Hawks team that finished with a losing record. Then barely escaped a series against the Cavs. Overall record for the entire season doesn't really matter that much. The Lakers were on fire from the time they got Gasol at midseason to the time they faced the Celtics. That's why they were the favorites. And they blew it. Not only did they lose, but they were embarrassed in the close out game, losing by almost 40 points.
Charlie Rosen is credible (somewhat), but I disagree with some of his players on the overrated list. I don't feel like Camby, KG, Paul, Miller, or Jackson are overrated. I strongly agree that Chris Bosh is BY FAR the most overrated player in the league. I've never seen any player like him get pushed around as many times as he does. Not to mention, he was neutralized by Jason Collins in the 2007 Playoffs. I never found anything special about Bosh, year after year I find more and more reasons to hate him, especially after he accused Shaq for cheating for 45 points. That was the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard EVER.
