The Al Farouq Aminu hate is strong with this one. Your statement flies in the face of reality. Aminu gets a lot of blocks on the ball.
So now they're even making insiders pay for Insider...those crafty devils! I'm surprised you can find Blazer articles there.
There are some good articles about the Blazers. It even names the gay player we currently have. Also a good list of the bad habits of the assistant coaches. One likes chewing tobacco.
Carmelo is the only overrated player on that list. He's an All Star. You have to be rated to be overrated. Casual fans have probably never heard of Kanter or Knight. Rondo leads the league in assists and doesn't make the All Star team. He's hardly OVERrated. And Whiteside is what he is. Again, leads league in blocks but didn't make All Star team. How is that overrated?
He does. But he also leaves his man A LOT in order to try to block another player's shot. Aminu is a net zero in my book - for every good thing he does he does one bad thing that negates any good he produces. And then once every 10-15 games he'll put together a great game. He's very Travis Outlaw.
Rajon Rondo: High assists, low impact Rajon Rondo has the most assists in the league by far. He's 15th in steals after residing in the top 10 most of the season. Among guards, he's second in rebounding. Sounds like one of the best players in the game. But consider this: In each of his past three seasons, Rondo's teams have played two points better per 100 possessions when he has been on the bench. That was true in Boston and Dallas (where his teams were about six points better with him sitting), and it's true in Sacramento. After last season's debacle with the Mavericks, Rondo has been widely praised for bouncing back, but the Kings, while not especially successful when Rondo sits, are even worse when he plays. When he plays, his inability to hit shots from outside the paint allows defenders to go under every single screen, making pick-and-roll action very difficult. When he's not involved in a pick-and-roll, his defender can sag toward the paint further than usual, clogging the lane for his teammates' drives. Other concerns: He typically walks the ball up the floor nonchalantly, burning valuable seconds off the shot clock. Rondo also has been especially careless with the ball this season, turning it over more than four times per 36 minutes and increasing the team's turnover rate by two percentage points (he posted similar numbers in Dallas). And his abysmal 57 percent free throw shooting costs the Kings as well. The biggest issue with Rondo, though, appears to be his defensive impact, as the Kings allow 4.5 more points per 100 possessions when he is on the floor. While he has a knack for steals, he no longer puts great pressure on the opposing point guard, often just waiting for the opponents to shoot. Earlier this season, Rondo appeared to be part of the Kings' revival as the team moved into the playoff race. But now the Kings have lost five of six games, and their playoff odds appear slimmer every day. With Rondo soon to be 30 years old, and a free agent, should the Kings really make him a cornerstone of their future?
Is there a reason this thread isn't being merged with the first thread about this article? http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/nbas-5-most-overrated-players.295274/#post-3816374
I think this article is mis-named. It's mostly about how stats are misleading rather than players overrated. Who's overrating Rondo? Who even talks about him?
Melo is a reminder that greatness in College does not equal greatness in the NBA. As if we needed one.
You mean the guy who is averaging 25/7/3 with good efficiency over his 13 year career? He's gonna be in the HOF. Not first ballot, but he'll get there.
I find it funny that so much is made of a 3 and 4% discrepancy in Whiteside's on and off the floor impact. And then you look at where the differences are coming from, and you could easily make a case that his teammates aren't having his back with rotations to cover his man, knowing he's going to do what he does best: chase the ball.
He should never sniff the HOF. I don't think he's that good. That's one of those guys where it needs to go beyond the numbers...
