Post#2 » by The Rebel » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:47 am
LOL at bleacher report, that site has as much credibility as posters on this board.
As for the list, I can think of several that should be on the list over those guys, in fact I would take several of them off that list.
Everybody knew Vashon Leonard was a journeyman 3 point shooter that was limited in everything else he did, he did very well putting up 3s on a team that desperately needed the shooting, but everybody knew he was replaceable.
AI was also a very good player, but the fit between him and Melo was worse then the Melo Amare combo, he feel off quickley once he left Denver, but especially that first year he was in Denver he still had the talent and skills to be a difference maker, just a horrible fit.
Kleiza is another guy who should not be on the list, everybody knew he was our 2nd best bench player for years, you never heard arguments for him being a starter like you do others, nobody was really all that upset when he left, all anybody thought he was is what he is a nice 7th man type that can come in a play some solid minutes.
Carmelo, personally I am so tired of hearing about him being overrated, yes he did not do many of the little things, and yes 75% of the time his defense sucked, but everybody knew it. Karl knew it, fans knew it, and even the announcers admitted it. The guy is one hell of a scorer, he is a very good rebounder for a SF, and he will never reach his potential, but nobody thought he was the best player in the game, most Nuggets fans put him at a borderline top 10 player even while he was in Denver.
Also I do not think JR was all that overrated, while he had a bit of that one day he will grow up, we all knew what to expect from him, he is and always a gunner with tremendous talent. One day he would get hot and shoot us into games while dominating both ends, the next game he would be missing 12 shots and pouting on defense. People wanted him as a starter for years, but much of that had to do with the fact that he was behind guys like Dahntay Jones in the lineup, talk about a bad player.
I would easily replace that list with these guys.
Boykins, crowd and announcers loved him, Karl seemed to love the guy overplaying him, he thought he was a superstar, saying at one point something like that he would be a superstar if he was 6 inches taller. Yet the guy was a chucker who could not stay on the court for any team, or any coach outside of Karl.
Camby, he was supposedly a DPOY and a top 3 rebounder in the league, average fans loved the guy, but amazingly the defense and team rebounding actually got better with him off the court. He was very good at gathering stats, and ripping the ball out of teammates hands, but he very rarely was ever a difference maker in a game. People remember the AI for Billups trade, but forget Camby was dumped that offseason as well.
Nene was the ultimate just wait guy. He has all the talent you could want, he would go out and put up amazing games, and then he would be persona non grata for days or weeks even. Every time he would put together a couple of good games everybody thought he had finally got it, all offseason everybody thought this is the year he becomes an all star, only to realize a week later he still did not want it as bad as us fans wanted it for him.
I would also put Afflalo on the list, fact of the matter most Nuggets fans expected him to be a top 3 player on the team last year along with Nene and Gallo. Once Gallo went out it was obvious that Afflalo was limited on offense to the point of just being more of a d and 3 guy, except his defense went downhill once Melo was traded so that he became a below average defender and a decent shooter with a very limited game, Not what any of us were thinking he would become.
Another one I also overrated was Chris Andersen, while he was a good energy guy off the bench, and everybody around Denver loved him, he never did crap to shut down any big that was good in the post, and he was close to worthless on offense.
