Who is the most overrated player in the league?

[RipCity32]

Who do you think is the most overrated player in the NBA today?

 

[Pugz]

carmelo. although mostly everyone says he's a great scorer and agrees he isnt really a championship caliber player, but id say hes still the most overrated.

 

[Teagz]

Wade.

 

[Pugz]

ah yea, wade might be now. i can see the case for blake too.

 

[RipCity32]

Yeah the first name that came to my head was Blake. 

 

[BwareDWare94]

Carmelo
Ibaka
Tyson Chandler
James (when he doesn't play defense)
Deron (because he doesn't play defense)
 
Off the top of my head.

 

[RipCity32]

Ahhh Ibaka too. I meant to say him. 
Ever since seeing him play in person, I think he is mad overrated.

 

[bosoxlover12]

James Harden


He's a good shooter and someone who can drive to the basket very well. Ideally he should be a #2 or #3 scorer, but not a #1 option. He isn't a good defender, really, either.


My reasoning for Melo is that he isn't being put in a fair situation. In Miami, Lebron has Wade and Bosh. In OKC, KD has Westbrook. In LAC there is Griffin, along with guys like Jamal Crawford, JJ Redick, etc, for CP3. Rose has Deng, Boozer, and Jimmy Butler in Chicago. For Carmelo Anthony, look at who they are putting out there with him. Tyson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert? None of those 3 guys should ever be even considered to be a Top 3 scoring option, and or have as a #4 option is a stretch at times. Then you have guys like Andrei Bargnani, who is a decent shooter but not much else, and JR Smith, who this year is as efficient as Dwight Howard's free throw shooting. The offense is an actual joke without Melo, as displayed today when he was a DNP vs the Thunder. And when he does play, he is expected to carry the team, which isn't fair.

I know a lot of pressure was taken off since he wasn't the main focus, but in the 2012 Olympics, Melo was a Top 3 player out there (I think he won MVP too). He led Team USA in scoring, and looked phenomenal. If he could get someone with talent that could be consistently relied on to help him score, someone like Derrick Rose or Kevin Love, I think Anthony could be so much better than he is right now. People always say "Melo is a loser; he'll never win a title"... yeah, not with the shit rosters he's been on. Best player he's ever had, aside for Allen Iverson, was probably Ty Lawson, who was in his 2nd year as a backup when Melo left. Melo was peaking into near his prime when AI left, and his numbers fell without that 2nd scorer. To say he was a better player at age 23 than he is now is ridiculous; he's much better now


Give Melo another player to work with, someone hopefully with healthy knees, and he won't be in this "overrated" talk

 

[RipCity32]

You can say Harden cause of his defense, but he is certainly good enough of a scorer to be a #1 option. 

 

[elcheato]

Blake Griffin is the exact opposite of overrated with the way people crucify him. Most torn apart 20/10 guy in the history of the NBA.

 

[elcheato]

Also, give me James Harden to be my #1 scorer ANYDAY. He's eliminated the mid-range game from his game, whether that's because the Rockets brainwashed it in him, or because he's intelligent. Either way, he has it right.

 

[Pugz]

Blake Griffin is the exact opposite of overrated with the way people crucify him. Most torn apart 20/10 guy in the history of the NBA.

i agree but hes a fucking robot on the block and settles way too much. but he has very underrated handles for his size imo and his passing is underrated. so it kind of equals out.

 

[elcheato]

You can be robotic as you'd like if you're giving me 20/10 on 50%+ from the field. The passing ability out of the post is a plus.

 

[hat-94]

dwight howard and jr smith

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Kyrie Irving, Deron Williams, Damian Lillard

James Harden, Bradley Beal, Klay Thompson

Carmelo Anthony, Josh Smith, Danny Granger

JJ Hickson, Serge Ibaka, David Lee

DeMarcus Cousins, Tyson Chandler, Andrew Bogut

 

[Amare]

Melo

 

[Hurricane Season]

Iguodala

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Iguodala

This is another good one

 

[youngguru]

lmao nobody overrates dwill these days... people realize he sucks 
 
i'd probably go with Rose.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Rip doesn't realize he sucks, to him he's "easily" the 7th best PG in the NBA...lol