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re: Most Underrated NBA Players (Historically)

Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:51 am to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:51 am to
Lionel Hollins
Detlef Schrempf
Caldwell Jones
Andre Miller
Posted by idlewatcher
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:52 am to
quote:

Pre injury Dwight Howard


Low energy and zero effort
Posted by mattz1122
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:54 am to
He led a team to the Finals.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:54 am to
John Salley
Derrick Coleman
Rony Seikaly
Posted by Gaggle
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:54 am to
Willis Reed and Dave DeBusschere are seemingly forgotten which is crazy because they won multiple titles in New York City
Posted by boston vol
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:57 am to
Bernard King
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 10:58 am to
The Knicks won two titles and had a dozen books written about them.
Celtics win 11 in 13 years and had like three books about them.
Those Knicks got their share of ink.
Posted by Gaggle
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:05 am to
The NBA doesn't revere them like NYC did in the 70s. I don't know why but it is probably politics and marketing.

Wilt is the GOAT but he gets pushed to the backburner because of his personality and shenanigans. Russell was actually the same kind of way through the 80s and 90s, he had quit on the Celtics, went MIA, denounced basketball, skipped his HOF induction and had no contact for decades. It wasn't until he started playing nice again (after Wilt died) that the NBA started honoring and revering him. That's really why he's got this legacy now, much of it was rebuilt since the late 90s.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:11 am to
Gilbert Arenas. He was one of the top players in the league until Gerald Wallace injured him.

Agent 0 going into L.A. and dropping 60 on the Lakers.

LINK
Posted by Gaggle
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:14 am to
Baron Davis

Also
Mookie Blaylock and Stacey Augmon
Posted by Nutriaitch
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:23 am to
John Starks
Posted by PP7 for heisman
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:48 am to
Not underrated in the "no one thinks he's good" sense, but Tim Duncan.

Guy has an argument of being a top 5 player of all time and you routinely see him around 15-20.
Posted by faraway
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:13 pm to
the most underrated player of all time is James Worthy
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:14 pm to
quote:

Low energy and zero effort
not sure if serious but Dwight was a 3x dpoy so he gave at least a little energy and effort
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:15 pm to
If Duncan is top 5, Malone has to be in the top 10
Posted by TexasTiger33
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:20 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 2:49 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:25 pm to
Jason Williams was way overrated if anything
Posted by TexasTiger33
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:27 pm to
void
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 2:49 am
Posted by DByrd2
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:43 pm to
Charles Barkley
Posted by Cocotheape
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 12:47 pm to
Shane Battier

Mark Price
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