Charley Rosen of Fox Sports wrote an article the other day giving his list of the most overrated players in the NBA. The list is all purely his opinion, and I disagree with almost everything he has to say.
Any list with Chris Paul being listed as overrated is a complete joke. Does Charley watch the NBA?
The following multi-talented players have led their respective teams nowhere for so many years that their being overrated is no longer news. Stephon Marbury, who only last week still insisted that he's the best point guard in the NBA. Dirk Nowitzki. Baron Davis. Peja Stojakovic. Amare Stoudemire. Vince Carter. Larry Hughes. Corey Maggette. Shawn Marion. Kenyon Martin. Tracy McGrady. Jermaine O'Neal. Wally Szczerbiak. And last and least, Allen Iverson.
A list with Chris Paul, Gilbert Arenas, Chris Bosh, and Marcus Camby being listed as overrated is bogus in my book, but I do agree with a couple of his picks like Carlos Boozer and Brad Miller.
His dishonorable mention list is even worse! Please tell me how Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, and Allen Iverson are overrated. This dude has some of the best basketball players ever on his list.
Sticking with the theme of this post, I decided to come up with my own list of “overrated” players.
Steve Nash: Total benefactor of the system he was in. Never put up near the numbers in Dallas as he did in Phoenix. Plus, he didn’t deserve two MVP awards. You could make the argument he didn’t deserve one. Never lead his team to the finals either.
Devin Harris: Only two seasons were he has played over 75 games. Can we say fragile?
Tracey McGrady: I should have saved the fragile line for this guy. Dude couldn’t lead his team out of the first round if his life depended on it.
Kevin Garnett: King of the fake thug/emotion/yelling b.s. Give it a rest.
Andrew Bynum: He doesn’t impress me one bit. Is way overhyped because he plays in L.A.
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have signed forward/center Drew Gooden. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Gooden (6-10, 230) has seen action in 510 games with 396 starts. He holds career averages of 12.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28.1 minutes per game while shooting .471 from the field and .732 from the foul line. Gooden played the final 19 games of last season with the San Antonio Spurs. He averaged 9.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in just 16.8 minutes per contest.
The seven-year veteran was originally selected in the first round (fourth overall pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies and has seen action with six different teams (Memphis, Orlando, Cleveland, Chicago, Sacramento and San Antonio). Statistically, Gooden saw his best season in 2004-05 when we nearly averaged a double-double for Cleveland generating 14.4 points and 9.2 rebounds while playing in all 82 games (80 starts).
A native of Oakland, Calif., Gooden is a former standout at the University of Kansas where he was named Big 12 Player of the Year and First Team All-America by The Associated Press as a junior. In just three seasons at KU, Gooden was only the second player in school history (Danny Manning) to record 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 100 blocks and 100 steals.
"We are very pleased to add Drew to our front line for the upcoming season," President of Basketball Operations/General Manager Donnie Nelson said. "Drew is a veteran player with NBA Finals experience that is entering the prime of his career at 27 years old. He will provide valuable minutes at both the center and power forward positions with his tenacity in the paint, rebounding and ability to knock down shots."
Unreality Magazine has an AWESOME posting up on their website about “sports child prodigies” that we should watch out for.You should check it out if you have time. They have videos and info and stuff like that and it is really cool.
