Who is the Most Underrated Team?

i say the denver nuggets because they make the playoffs, they have carmelo and kenyon, and anyone barely talks about them. They will be really good this year. An honarable mention would be golden state

 

I personally the Utah Jazz are the most underrated team in the league, just look at their lineup so far for next season:

Starting 5:
C: Mehmet Okur
PF: Carlos Boozer
SF: Andrei Kirilenko
SG: Gorden Giricek
PG: Bobby Jackson
Not to mention Matt Harpering as their 6th man, and a pretty solid one at that!!

Nobody even considers them a playoff team next season, but I think that the Jazz could have easily made the playoffs last season if it weren't for that devistating injury to AK47 pretty early in the year, taking their all star, floor leader, and best defensive player out of the picture for the remainder of their season, and they still managed to rally off enough wins to stay respectable. If they can make a couple more minor off season moves to improve their bench, then expect the Jazz to be a top 9 western conference team next season. I don't see why they couldn't compete for a playoff spot next year with the starters that they posess. So to conclude things here, IMO, the Utah Jazz are the most underrated team in the NBA as of right now.

 

I somewhat think The Denver Nugget's also. After they got K-Mart i was pretty certain that Dever was going be one of the top teams. I thought that K-Mart would be a perfect complement to Carmelo Anthony. So with Dever having Andre, Earl, NeNe, Voshon, Melo, and K-Mart they should have been one of the "Early Winners", Miami was.

 

i have to say the grizz. they've hade 2 strait 50-win seasons, but nobody talks about them. thats probally because there arent any stars on that team

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting lessthanjake:</div><div class="quote_post">i have to say the grizz. they've hade 2 strait 50-win seasons, but nobody talks about them. thats probally because there arent any stars on that team</div>

yeah I also think the grizz. But maybe not if they lose watson, williams and posey.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting miamiballa12:</div><div class="quote_post">yeah I also think the grizz. But maybe not if they lose watson, williams and posey.</div>

Yeah i agree

 

I dont' know why people are still talking about Martin. He has definatly not lived up to his Max contract, and it's apparent Jason Kidd gave the illusion that Martin was a top forward in the league.

He's the emotional leader and gives the team a tough guy, but is definently not worth a max.

I would say that Charlotte is BY FAR the most underrated team in the league. Everyone always brushes them off as nothing because they're expansion, but they aren't your typical "suck for 5 years" expansion team.... last year they lost like 15 games by less than 10, and were in the game until the end. Look to see them this year or next turning heads.

 

This year, the Nets will make it far so I suppose they are underrated. The real underrated team are the Golden State Warriors. Look at the run they put on since Baron Davies joined.

 

My selection for most underated team is the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the additions of Donyell Marshall and Larry Hughes and the resigning of Big Z this team is going to be good. They will suprise a lot of people in the playoffs and might make it to the Eastern Conference Finals if their team lives up to expectations.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting miamiballa12:</div><div class="quote_post">yeah I also think the grizz. But maybe not if they lose watson, williams and posey.</div>
no they got eddie jones so their startin lineup wd look like this=good

C:Gasol,Wright,or Warrick
PF:Gasol or Warrick
SF:Eddie Jones
SG:Battier or Miller
PG:Battier,Miller,or Jackson
bench:custodian,burks,others

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I would say that Charlotte is BY FAR the most underrated team in the league. Everyone always brushes them off as nothing because they're expansion, but they aren't your typical "suck for 5 years" expansion team.... last year they lost like 15 games by less than 10, and were in the game until the end. Look to see them this year or next turning heads.</div>Amen. The `Cats were predicted to win only a little amount of games throughout the season and were also to be predicted as one or the worst expansion teams in NBA history. But the team led by Okafor turned out to be one of the best expansions teams in NBA history.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">C:Gasol,Wright,or Warrick
PF:Gasol or Warrick
SF:Eddie Jones
SG:Battier or Miller
PG:Battier,Miller,or Jackson
bench:custodian,burks,others</div>

Warrick at C???!!! That is just ridiculous. Him at PF is even a strech. I'd say Eddie Jones would start at SG while Battier starts at SF. EJ is more comfortable at the 2 than the 3, and Miller would be the spark plug off the bench.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">My selection for most underated team is the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the additions of Donyell Marshall and Larry Hughes and the resigning of Big Z this team is going to be good. They will suprise a lot of people in the playoffs and might make it to the Eastern Conference Finals if their team lives up to expectations.</div>

I think they are generally expected to make it to the playoffs with the squad they have but nobody expects them to make it to the ECF. I could still expect them to make the second round.

 

Well, my first thought when I seen this thread is that a Denver Nuggets fan mast have started it... Don't get me wrong, the Nuggets are a very underrated team, but last season they under achieved. They had lost Voson Lenard, yes, but still, Anthony and Martin didn't start to play until late in the season. I am going to agree the Denver Nuggets are the most underrated team in the NBA. A close second is the Memphis Grizzlies. I really like the trade they did to send away Jason Williams, and get a quality SG or SF in Eddie Jones. I think the key with the Grizzlies accepting that trade is, if Warrick doesn't pan out, they can always stick Jones at the 3.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Laker_fan:</div><div class="quote_post">This year, the Nets will make it far so I suppose they are underrated. The real underrated team are the Golden State Warriors. Look at the run they put on since Baron Davies joined.</div>

Haha are you kidding? Those are the two most OVERRATED teams right now. No one will stop talking about those two, but they've done nothing to prove it. Especially the Nets.

NJ and GS are teams which are overrated because people endlessy discuss how good they are with their new additions, yet we haven't seen them play with these new additions. (Well we've seen Baron as a Warrior but he was still injured so we havn't seen him play to potential).

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Starting 5:
C: Mehmet Okur
PF: Carlos Boozer
SF: Andrei Kirilenko
SG: Gorden Giricek
PG: Bobby Jackson</div>

Oh, and has everyone forgot about Deron Williams, the 3rd draft pick? I think he will be the Jazz's starting PG and predict he will be a Jason Kidd type of player within the next few years.

So is Bobby Jackson in Utah or Memphis? I thoguht Memphis got Damon Stoudamire.

 

If everyone thinks Golden State is underrated,then they cease to be underrated.Golden State is one of the most IMPROVED teams.Not UNDERRATED.I say the Kings are one of the most underrated and not because of bias.I really dont think people know about the injuries Sac sustained last year.People say things like "theyre getting worse" or "they arent as good now".If you realize that they now have all their players healthy you'll realize theyre automatically better than last year.Not worse.The Utah Jazz have a similar story to the Kings going into this season.Utah is another very underrated team.

 

Im also going to go with the Denver Nuggets, They made the playoffs last year at 7th seed and stole game 1 from the Spurs, They have lost no one good, They can only get better.

 

Denver are relatively underrated, but they are slowly making some noise. When people start taling about a team, they are not underrated anymore because people are rating that team.

I agree that Utah and Sac are underrated teams. No one expects them to do much, while everyone seems to expect t eams like NJ to do alot.

 

Ok seriously, whoever said GSW, NETS (????) and Cavs as underrated teams need to get their heads checked... I don't know about you all, but the people that I hang around with were raving about how B.Diddy and Hughes will help their respective teams go to the playoffs... The Nets I don't even wanna talk about.. They are the MOST overrated team in the NBA. Like someone mentioned, that team is just about VC and a bummy/old/grouchy Jason Kidd.

Denver is a slightly underrated team right now, but not the most. Nobody talks about them advancing to the 2nd round and for good reason - they simply didn't last year and we don't know how well they'll do this year yet. Everyone expected Denver to make it barely make it to the playoffs last year and they did. Yea they won game 1 against the SAS, but that is all. This coming year though, they'll be good, and for good reasons. I actually put them on my top 8 NBA team's list, so I guess they're not underrated at all to me.

Utah is not an underrated team at all!! I don't get this. AK was injured and it was expected that they won't make the playoffs (and they didn't). I don't understand how in the hell can a team that finished with the SECOND WORST record in the West last year is underrated??? If you're talking about this year, yeah ok I can see that. They'll be alot more dangerous this year but the Jazz of 2004-2005 are not anywhere near being underrated.

My vote of the most underrated team goes to Charlotte. Look at their roster from last year and you will seriously wonder how they were not the worst expansion team in the history of the NBA. Hell, they're actually better than the Hawks! Like someone mentioned, this team was actually one of the winningest expansion teams. Look for the Cats to win 25-35 games next year with the addition of Felton and May (has everyone forgotten about the NCAA Champs??) and since I'm the only that predicted this so far, Charlotte is my most underrated team.