The Most Criticized Players in the NBA (and why) 

The issues we all have with the media is they never apologize nor retract their inaccurate statements. Athletes are ALWAYS labeled "Disgruntled, Diva, Cancer, Bust,". When has the media stated that an Organization/GM was those things??

@@EduardoOliveira-zx9ju Yea no one has ever talked shit about like, the Knicks and Dolan for example. Never!

How dafaq is Kawhi not on the list. You morons criticise him at every point when he plays when he doesn't play then say no one talks about it by talking about it. None of the players you spoke on has been told to retire.

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@@jakebash5003how is making a comment linking up😂

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The fact that he goes from 27 PPG to 24 PPG 50% from the field to 46% from the field and have failed to show up in several series and never make it out of the 2nd round, it still amazes me how there's always something to scapegoat him out of criticism.

I mentioned this in a jmxy high roller video I think but usually the first options on a team don’t get as much criticism as they deserve until all the options run out or they are extremely profitable for the media to talk about. Kawhi hasn’t gotten nearly as much slack for being injured all the time like ad and embiid have just as an example but that’s just how it is for a first option

This just isn’t true. He absolutely gets the most criticism and hate.

@@sadoubarry7150 no he does not. In Philly he does cause he’s the star player but nationally he’s gotten less hate while losing that jokic did while winning

Wth are u talking about hes the most disliked player on social media rn, no one ever praises him

Russ reached a new peak with Houston. I was mad asf in the postseason when he came back and played that way, but I'm confident that had not been injured AND caught Covid he would've been balling. Houston Russ sparked conversations of "Is this his best season since 2017? " to "This might be his best season." but that playoff run held him back.

⁠@@HomellAlcautoron everything Russ was goin crazy until he caught covid and got injured 💯 he gon redeem himself again this season he going crazy watch💯🤝

​@@HomellAlcautorCan't even blame him for that postseason. Bro caught covid, then got hurt.

I mean it looks crazy when the lakers where outside the playoff with Russ then all of a sudden they make the WCF

@@somregularguy they had no more money to sign players to the right contract, they traded for Russ’ contract and weren’t able to sign good players in their prime or even young ones, they were only able to sign veteran players to the minimum, if Russ would have signed with the lakers, then they would have had a better chance at getting more players around Lebron Russ and ad.

Same can be said about Luka... I try to support him as a fan but i also understand people that talk trash about him not caring about being in shape, crying way too much to the refs and not playing defense to a similar standard of his offense cuz they are absolutely right lmao

This is facts stans act like their players are perfect. My fav player is PG but I can bring myself to say this mfer is always injured and load managing and it’s gonna hurt his legacy.

The issue with fans is whenever a player turns 29 he suddenly becomes "Old". Or when he has one bad season he gets called "Washed". Luka, Shai, Jason Taytum, Giannis, Embidd, Ja, and Trey Young will soon become Harden, Kyrie, Kawhi, Anthony Davis, and Westbrook

It’s called having a brain something most nba fans lack

@@Efrencit017and context, which no nba fan includes

The issue with ad is his inconsistency he can be great one game and then the next shoot 20 percent and get 5 boards

​@@simoncohen9323that's the story of Harden, Embid, ad, even Lowry: consistency in the playoffs. The greats, the winners, the true stars are the ones that bring it on consistently in playoffs . There's not many of those.

Kawhi has carried two teams to a title and MVP. He's already been THE guy. Still waiting for AD. That's the difference.

@@vlada it's not about playoffs it's about reg season as well ad is never consistent

@@vlada i wouldn't say he carried the spurs to the finals but he def kept them Relevant for longer and gave the dynasty warriors a run for the money when he was healthy

wasn’t it just the one

Wasn’t the Zion “drama” entirely one sided though? Like the girl just kept making accusations without real evidence

​@@enthusiastofcute that kinda overshadowed most of it imo. From what I remember, Moriah Mills was the 3rd woman to come out and do that shit. The only difference between her and everyone else is that she KEPT IT GOING, getting him tatted and threatening him publicly. She made the rest go away. 😂

Zion gets a lot of flack but he's never played a game out of shape before when he plays. He would gain weight when he physically couldn't move or train but always showed up to training camp ready to go

@@BayAreaHoops415bro he didnt play shit in the last season

Ja hated for doing stick ups 😭😭😭

Same, but I believe that he can bounce back this year, not bounce back better than ever but bounce back to the player he’s been since his rookie year, low but somewhat high expectations for him

Hes soft asf if WB can play for the Lakers a 2nd yr then BS coulda came back to Philly

I too root for lazy weak minded petty and talentless individuals.

Kyrie didn't choose to sit out those games teg fuck you talking about he was banned from playing

Are you really and unironically asking why one should criticize KD, a guy who has made the weakest move in the history of sports since sports was invented in our hunmanity? That is ridiculous

Zion's problem isn't even food anymore.

@@muratbilgehan5142dudes like 10 who just went on basket reference page with no narratives or anything about kd😂

0 context at all for the kd part of your comment

Trae had his run in 2021, they just haven’t added players that compliment him. Plus he is hella young too, trae always balls out in the playoffs so I don’t think it would be fair to add him on here

​@@wilfredoluna6192 I disagree there. I think his 2021 run has since been moreso labelled as a 76ers failure rather than a Trae Young accomplishment. Even looking back nobody actually believed he should've been in the conference finals. That's been further validated by that fact that he's gotten bounced in the first round both times afterwards. He got absolutely destroyed on both ends by my Heat in 22 (if you're a big Trae fan I advise you don't look at his numbers in that series), and even though the recent Boston series had some moments, it was still a 1st round exit where he shot 33% from 3. Outside of that though, his shot selection is still questionable, he's still the worst defender in the league and recently he's had this whole Team USA situation where it's become clear that both players and coaches around the league don't respect his game (AM Hoops recently made a great video discussing this). I'm not a Trae Young hater (those only exist in New York after all), and I'm not even gonna say I necessarily think all his critics are right about him, but that's just the perception around him right now which is why I think he should be in this video

@@kingdeedeebro stfu at least trae got to the conference finals ALONE, EMBIID has a great team and harden and never made it past the second round! Gtfo fanboy casual

@kingdeedee I dont think he’s really criticized, but he’s definitely overlooked as a player. With his numbers youd expect him to be a perennial allstar. His teams have never really been that good so they arent expected to do much in the playoffs, especially when they have to play the #1 seed heat and a stacked celtics squad. To his credit though, hes led his team to a conference final, which is better than what embiid has been able to do with much better teams.

@@kingdeedee I don’t think it was the 76ers failures honestly, it was literally just Ben Simmons, lol Ben Simmons wasn’t doing good that playoff run, but the 76ers have even proven to choke without Simmons, so honestly they have no one to blame, this is the 76ers over and over again every year. I literally think that just ran into trae god, my man’s average 28 a game that series

ppl just have a weird hatred for KD and blame him for what MANAGEMENT puts around him randomly bring up the warriors just to continue to talk shit and push narratives. That ain’t criticism y’all just hatin

Lebron is definitely up there and there's no way in hella that PG gets more hate than Kyrie Irving

@@letstalkbasketball727he requests those players… plus he chokes and talks shit

At least get your information righ😂😂 he requested trades from every team

True lol. No matter what he does… good or bad, he’s going to get criticized. Hell he gets criticized for blinking lol

Amen

You're wrong about the no reason part. He's not consistently aggressive, which is frustrating considering how talented he is. I agree with you about his defense though.

@@chrismathgenius appreciate it Chris.🏀

Not disagreeing but lebron is the perhaps the greatest transition defense player ever.

@@shrayesraman5192 I am not going to say that your wrong but he just can't do that on the defensive end sit in the chair as long on defense like he use to but he is still very capable.🏀

It's not your fault. It's the Bronsexuals that completely destroyed the fan base.

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Context, per game stats, 4th quarters

He was amazing in Brooklyn…

Clearly, China loves him.

"Total" I think. That line would show his combined stats because he was on two different teams in the 22-23 season.

Wtf… no

@@chilldoc9638 ok

@@809Mornelle he’s criticized everywhere

@@chilldoc9638 lmao "barely" compared to harden, lebron, KD and westbrook who have had way better careers

@@809Mornelleyou haven’t been on social media this playoffs… Embiids been getting way more criticism then harden

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Bruh

Your life means nothing if you’re proud of this

@@abmendi8676 and yet you still replied 😂😂😂

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