How old is this piece? The section about most UNDERRATED player included Maurice Taylor, who was listed as a Houston Rocket.
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Envious b****es! That is all I got to say, they are pissed at Yao because of his backing in China and his marketability, they are pissed at T-Mac because he is the best player in the league today not to win a championship, and the fact that he has the #2 selling jerseu (only behind Shaq) and one of the top selling kicks pisses off the haters. It is cool, when you are hated on by people, you know that you are doing something right!
After this year's playoffs...or rather after the 1st round... Dirk should replace T-Mac in that poll. I would believe it if it was last year, but with everything T-Mac has done this season no way he should be considered overrated.
Do those guys know that every time Tmac played Lebron, Carmelo, whoever..he shut them down? Darius Miles was the only one who gave Tmac serious problems...and Kobe totally domianted first game against Rockets..but that's cuz we were just really becoming a team imo.
I'm guessing that NBA players don't really pay that much attention to the NBA for the most part. They probably are just reflecting what they see on ESPN, lots of stereotypes and old info.
I could imagine those statistics if this was pre-season. But after the season? Thats crazy... I can still see Yao being called overrated he just has alot of haters around the league. But T-Mac? I dont get that. I think he'd be in most peoples top 5 players in the league
Ummm, until JVG, T-Mac, or Yao win a championship, you have no real counter argument.... That's life.
The only thing good about SI is the swimsuit issue and specials... However, it did say NBA people voted, but still...
Truth. They've given covers to unpopular champions before, so the 94-95 Rockets snub was taken as an intentional affront.
1. NBA players are not the best evaluators. Just look at morons like Steven A Smith. They also don't always agree. 2. You can bet there were a few Orlando players that ranked T-Mac on that list (Franchise?). I could also see a guy like Vince C putting T-Mac on that list. 3. Lets face it. Yao Ming getting voted in every year for the AS team would suggest that he may be a bit overrated at this point in his career, especially when you look at his playing time. He needs to be a bigger part of this team going forward and more of a go-to player to justify his position as a NBA All Star starter. He still has alot to prove.
So you have to win a championship to not be over rated? In that case, most of the guys in the league are over rated.
I can see how some would feel Yao is overrated. We were sold a lot of stuff about Yao. He still has time to grow into those things...but think of some of the comments from Bill Walton about Yao playing "perfect basketball." Think of the hype when he was drafted about him transforming the position. There was a LOT of hype. I'm not sure he's measured up to the expectations that came simply with his height. I love Yao...I think he'll keep getting better. But at this point, I'm not sure it's a stretch to say he's overrated. He beat out Shaq for the All Star Game, for goodness sake.
well, if you check other team fan club, you still see a lot of TMAC bashing thread. shaq, TD, Nash, LJ...
Basically. But if you win a championship and no one really expected it from you, then you're under-rated.
