Most Overrated Player of the Year | 2019 NBA RealGM Poll

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Most overrated player of the year

Poll ended at Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:38 pm

James Harden
33
5%
Karl-Anthony Towns
25
4%
Russell Westbrook
66
11%
Jimmy Butler
23
4%
Draymond Green
62
10%
Ben Simmons
196
33%
Lebron James
63
10%
Kyle Lowry
74
12%
Kyrie Irving
38
6%
Other (write in)
22
4%
 
Total votes: 602

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Post#41 » by picc » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:08 pm

This should be called the ben simmons award. He's been horribly overrated for like two years straight.
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Post#42 » by KGtabake » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:14 pm

Overrated based on what? On what this board was expecting? Media expectations?
Since none of these things is clarified i will not vote for a league player.

Zion Williamson. Already a "top30 player" according to some folks on ESPN and "a lot better than Devin Booker" who is in the league 4 years(according to the same people again).
The kid might be amazing when he turns pro but for now the whole hyperbole has reached all time high. I haven't seen something like that again.
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Post#43 » by PhilBlackson » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:29 pm

Like many have said this is between Ben or Lowry.

The league hypes/hyped up Ben like he's the second coming of LeBron when in reality LBJ was 1000x better scorer right out the gate. His embarrassingly bad inability to have an semblance of a jumper greatly inhibits him and especially so come Playoff time where he's damn near a liability.

Then there's one closer to home which is Lowry who I have said (anyone can check my post history) was NOT all-star this OR last year for that matter. He's been getting the nod on popularity which is evident when you see all the stans from our fanbase defend has crappy Playoff play by referencing a handful of Playoff games when in reality there shouldn't be a handful of good games...it should be the opposite where you can only reference a handful of bad ones.

But he's not been the player of yesteryear for a couple of years now. Idgaf what the supposed analytics say, roleplayers like Robert Covington are analytics' darlings too, it doesn't mean he's a star either. Kyle used to be the guy that would step up and carry the team offensively pretty much any time we needed and especially when DeRozan struggled (at least in the regular season that is). We seen a short spurt of that play the first 1/4 of this season where he was a LEGIT all-star (as in seasons past) and then from various injuries/bumps & bruises, he went back to a lesser version/roleplayer for the vast majority of the season. He can't have "spurts" of good games or multiple "slumps" as has been the case the last couple of seasons and be considered an all-star, he should be CONSISTENTLY good and the bad to mediocre games a rarity to earn that title which is really the bottomline.
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Post#44 » by Dupp » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:38 pm

Actually gonna go Kawhi for this season
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Post#45 » by mattao313 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:54 pm

Id go with Ben Simmons as well. Waayy to passive and disappears often.
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Post#46 » by miamiheat319 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:54 pm

Pascal Siakam. So sick of hearing about him and he doesn’t seem like anything special.

Edit: Jayson Tatum also. Way too talked about for someone who won’t ever be an all-star if he continues on the trajectory he’s on right now. A lot of talk about Ben Simmons being overrated but I’d take him over both Siakam and Tatum and he’s still proven he can be an impactful player even without a solid jumper.
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Post#47 » by Woody Allen » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:03 pm

Jimmy Butler is underrated if anything.
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Post#48 » by SlowPaced » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:25 pm

Gooner wrote:
An Unbiased Fan wrote:Big Lebron fan, but he's the most overrated. Still shocking that the Lakers only improved by 2 games adding him.


Good to see an objective LeBron fan. There is a difference between fan and fanboy.


LOL An Unbiased Fan is one of the resident LeBron haters on the forum, he's trolling and you just fell for it.
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Post#49 » by Patsfan1081 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:26 pm

I have a hard time putting somone still on their rookie contract on this list.
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Post#50 » by Patsfan1081 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:29 pm

mowcrowbar wrote:Lowry was an allstar iver Siakam. That was a travesty


Siakam's numbers didn't warrant a all star selection, they were rewarding Toronto's record.
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Post#51 » by walk with me » Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:42 pm

KGtabake wrote:Overrated based on what? On what this board was expecting? Media expectations?
Since none of these things is clarified i will not vote for a league player.

Zion Williamson. Already a "top30 player" according to some folks on ESPN and "a lot better than Devin Booker" who is in the league 4 years(according to the same people again).
The kid might be amazing when he turns pro but for now the whole hyperbole has reached all time high. I haven't seen something like that again.


Most of the questions are taken directly from the athletics plaer surveys so consider the questions in that context...

Edit: and if that doesn’t works, it’s just who’s the most over rated to you
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Post#52 » by thebigbird » Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:47 pm

An Unbiased Fan wrote:Big Lebron fan

I'm still amazed that you continue this charade. You're fooling literally nobody. What do you get out of it?
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Post#53 » by jonjames » Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:59 pm

Ben Simmons..Trae Young Luka Doncic and heck even Zion right now are better than him.
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Post#54 » by JAYZGOAT » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:03 pm

Who in here thinks of Ben as a superstar though? How can he be overrated if every one here is always trashing him?
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Post#55 » by Basileus777 » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:06 pm

Panic610 wrote:Who in here thinks of Ben as a superstar though? How can he be overrated if every one here is always trashing him?

You clearly haven't read any of the posts by Simmons stans on this board.

And I'm not even talking about Philly fans as their board is pretty level when it comes to Ben.
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Post#56 » by JnewFTW » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:07 pm

knuckles862 wrote::crazy: the Simmons hate is getting out of hand dude is only in his second year. Yeah maybe he won't be a top 3 player in the NBA but even as is he is a good player. alot of the top 10 NBA players weren't as good as he is at the same age so give it time dang.


What? I thought he was still just a rookie.
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Post#57 » by JAYZGOAT » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:24 pm

Basileus777 wrote:
Panic610 wrote:Who in here thinks of Ben as a superstar though? How can he be overrated if every one here is always trashing him?

You clearly haven't read any of the posts by Simmons stans on this board.

And I'm not even talking about Philly fans as their board is pretty level when it comes to Ben.


Right but a lot of players have Stans and you ejust said yourself that Ben's biggest supporters, Philly fans, are realistic with their expectations of Ben. So how can he be perceived as overrated? Who else is rating him highly? Seriously curious about this and why people view him as overrated. Yes he has glaring weakness but no one ever said that he was a top tier superstar in the first place. Definitely not in his second pro year playing.
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Post#58 » by JAYZGOAT » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:25 pm

JnewFTW wrote:
knuckles862 wrote::crazy: the Simmons hate is getting out of hand dude is only in his second year. Yeah maybe he won't be a top 3 player in the NBA but even as is he is a good player. alot of the top 10 NBA players weren't as good as he is at the same age so give it time dang.


What? I thought he was still just a rookie.


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Post#59 » by Slim Charlez » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:44 pm

iggymcfrack wrote:Probably Derozan. People acting like he carried the Spurs and deserved all-NBA consideration when he might have actually been their worst regular rotation player.


Nobody has claimed DD carried the Spurs at all, if anything LMA has been getting the plaudits. What a bizarre choice.
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Post#60 » by Slim Charlez » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:46 pm

iggymcfrack wrote:
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iggymcfrack wrote:Probably Derozan. People acting like he carried the Spurs and deserved all-NBA consideration when he might have actually been their worst regular rotation player.

DD led a weaker cast to the playoffs than Lebron, and they just beat Den. Hard to call him overrated. Who would have thought Sa would be 1-0, Toronto would be 0-1, and Lebron would be on set begging players to join him for Space Jam 2. :lol:


Lakers with LeBron playing: 28-27
Lakers with LeBron sitting out: 9-18

Spurs with Derozan playing: 44-33
Spurs with Derozan sitting out: 4-1

Lakers with LeBron on floor: +2.3
Lakers with LeBron on bench: -5.8

Spurs with Derozan on floor: +0.5
Spurs with Derozan on bench: +5.5

GTFO of here with this “better supporting cast” ****. Spurs would have won 50 games without Demar. This Lakers team (not the one with Randle, Lopez, and a healthy Ball from last year) wouldn’t have even won 30 without LeBron.


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