I'm so curious what horrible take is going to happen for some teams that barely have any overrated players. Teams like OKC, Pelicans or even the Knicks, barely have anyone that can be called overrated. Even a guy like Randle that is criticized often is actually underrated usually, considering the overall opinion of the NBA fans.
As a die hard Kings fan, saying Sabonis is so short sighted and a lot of recency bias. Still put up 16/11/5 in the playoffs, when our shooters (Huerter and Barnes) did not show up at all. If you watched the Kings Rusty, you’d know a lot of Sabonis’ offensive game is reliant on the scorers around him too. Can’t ignore the fact he helped break the playoff drought, lead the league in rebounding, 2nd in triple doubles, all star, and 3rd team all NBA. The overrated title should go to Huerter. Wildly inconsistent and a non factor when his 3 is not hitting.
@@Josephburroughs3 exactly. People fail to realize when 2 of your starters who shot 41% and 38% from 3 in the regular season drop to 25 and 20, it shrinks the floor and renders Sabonis’ passing game less effective and exposes his offensive weaknesses. Hopefully Sabonis’ hand heals over summer and he can work on driving right more and that mid range. Go Kings!
I don't think people are rating Heurter that high to the point where you could say he's overrated. His shooting was also inconsistent for stretches during the regular season and Harrison Barnes isn't overrated either. You just dislike the connotation over the word "overrated" but it's not at all saying that Sabonis is bad.
I don’t know how anyone still watches ESPN when you have guys like Rusty and all the other hoops RU-vidrs providing way more interesting/nuanced content. Y’all are so much better then all the big sports commentary TV shows
0:40 Disclaimer and Criteria 1:45 Milwaukee Bucks 2:15 Boston Celtics 2:45 Philadelphia 76ers 3:20 Cleveland Cavilers 3:52 New York Knicks 4:28 Brooklyn Nets 5:03 Atlanta Hawks 6:07 Miami Heat 7:00 Toronto Raptors 7:05 Chicago Bulls 7:45 Indiana Pacers 8:24 Washington Wizards 9:34 Orlando Magic 10:12 Charlotte Hornets 11:12 Detroit Pistons 11:45 Denver Nuggets 12:22 Memphis Grizzlies 12:58 Sacramento Kings 13:34 Phoenix Suns 13:55 Rusty wants the full load 14:01 Los Angeles Clippers 14:20 Golden State Warriors 15:26 Los Angeles Lakers 15:56 Minisota Timberwolves 16:07 New Orleans Pelicans 16:36 Oklahoma City Thunder Timberwolves 17:09 Dallas Mavericks 17:16 Utah Jazz 18:06 Portland Trailblazers 19:21 Houston Rockets 19:57 San Antonio Spurs
For Toronto, I think the answer should be O.G. Anunoby. On literally every podcast I listen to, people are constantly proposing OG Anunoby trades like he's the answer to every flailing team's problems. Look, I get that wings who can defend and shoot are valuable. But he's not some star. He's entering Year 7 and his development has been stagnant for three years now. He's stiff and mechanical on offense, and not capable of a heavy scoring load. His defense is very good, but he's not going to singlehandedly solve the defensive issues of the teams people keep wanting to put him on.
I think there are two areas that puts OG higher than you agree with. OG is not a very good defensive player he is an excellent defensive player and has been for years. Yes defense is not as important as offence but a top 10 D in his prime who is not a negative on O is very rare. Which brings to the second point he has a skill set that would improve every team in the league and is even more important in the playoffs. Other than what a bonifide superstar can bring to the table he has the skill set that is hardest to find. Bonus points for being a positive locker room guy. He is a very likeable team mate.
I feel like a lot of these players aren’t overrated, at least not anymore. Like Jaylen Brown and Tyler Herro are super slandered all the time. Ppl think Herro isn’t even worth a first rounder
I think for the Blazers, he is not worth a first rounder and I can see why, when you a better version of Herro already on your roster (Simons). For many other teams he probably is
Mitch Rob is the best offensive rebounder in the league, we don’t think of him as a potential all star but he makes a huge impact on the game, especially in that cavaliers series outplaying jarrett allen and evan mobley
6:57 Common Rusty W. I think one could argue Poeltl is a tiny bit overrated by fans but that's about the only player I can think of given how down a lot of people have been on Scottie Barnes after his sophomore season.
Poeltl is overrated by who? Only the most dedicated fans that look into advanced stats and appreciate good defense are actually rating him correctly. That is a small number of NBA fans for sure.
I’d deffo say Fred over Brooks on the Rockets. Especially since people talk about him like he is Lowry-lite, when he’s not. His leadership skills and defense feel overrated, and that’s not saying he’s ass or bad but he isn’t some guy that’s gonna be a crazy mentor for the young guys like people think he is. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong though.
Brooks is the single most damaging offensive player in the entire NBA. And yet he's somehow making $20 million. He's also kind of a toxic personality. Even though he's widely hated by the NBA community, the fact that he's still making anything besides a minimum contract proves he's overrated. At least FVV seems to care about playing within a team concept.
that's a pretty hot take for me. Fred is probably slightly overpayed, but he is not overrated in my Opinion. He is a really good defender, maybe you just need to watch some more tape. He is great on-ball AND off-Ball, so he can play next to any Guard on the Rockets who needs playtime and it will still work. Overrated on the Rockets, probably KPJ or Brooks
@@hualchr6697Fred was dramatically overpaid. Most people within the Raptors fanbase didnt want him getting more than $25m/year, and even now, the narrative is "The Rockets can afford to drastically overpay" rather than justifying why FVV is actually worth the $40m/year
KD was the best choice in this entire vid. The only superstar that gets praised and glazed for his skills despite underachieving since leaving GS and only has one really good to great skill which is shooting mid-range shots
Fully disagree with Mitchell Robinson he's a top 5 shot blocker yet no one talks about him + his offensive rebounds is huge for the knicks and his paint defense is also huge for our team defense in fact he's Underrated his impact isn't seen my non fans
@@rome8180the man just outplayed Mobley and Allen single-handedly. He barely ever gets talked about! How in the world does that make him overrated?? He’s insanely underrated
Yeah, AG was the 3rd best player on the Nuggets, mostly because of his defense and offensive chemistry. MPJ is a better scorer, but is mostly used as a high level 3&D guy because he is an exceptional shooter, and he can't have the ball that much as a 3rd scoring option on that team. MPJ still has next level to go, but as of now AG is more important than MPJ.
Maybe a MPJ trade will allow him to blossom a bit more, and allow Denver to fill out their bench a bit more. (By bench, I mean, spots 4-8, after Joke, Murray, and AG.)
For the Lakers it's clearly Lebron. He plays no defense. Actually watch the games this season and you'll easily see he stands around 90% of the time with his hands at his side. On offense if he doesn't have the ball doing his bowling ball freight train to the basket where he shoves off he's standing at the 3 pt line doing nothing. Because he's incapable of playing off the ball. This is why Wade had to take a step back/adjust his game in Miami. Because lebron was incapable of playing off the ball. He's never been able to play off the ball. You can't be a great player if you're only able to play one way. Like I said, watch the Lakers play this season and watch lebron on offense when he doesn't have the ball. And watch him on defense. Don't watch where the ball is, that's what casual fans do, watch lebron the entire time.
I agree with you 100%, he has numbers, but they are not meaning anything. Davies is the best player there and he is more then half of Lakers defense. Le Bron is on some list in the first 10 players in the league, last year people put him over Jokic, even if he could not push Lakers to play-off with much better roster. He has better numbers, but he is not leading to winning.
Saying raptors have no overrated players when they literally wouldn't even trade OG for KD is crazy as hell; he's clearly, by your own definition, overrated by the franchise. You could make this argument for siakam as well, the way he's constantly in trade talks but the franchise keeps believing in him when he hasn't improved his game his kawhi left
Rusty, I'm glad you said that about Mitchell because I've always thought if we kept KP and had him as a backup, we would be sitting good at the cent position
What has really been pissing me off is heating people say Jerami Grant is better than Aaron Gordon when we literally saw Jerami in that exact same system not even start. Don’t tell me his game has improved either.
Dillon Brooks has a constantly slandered by basketball media and fans and is generally one of the most disliked and mocked players in the league. How tf is he overrated.
You could argue he’s overpaid by Houston, but other than that, does anyone think anything of his game? Frankly I see everyone mention how annoying they think he is more than anything he actually does on the court.
His defense was extremely overrated by Memphis and analysts and then he got exposed in the LA series. Plus you can’t justify the 80 million he got after this year
I would have picked Marcus Smart for the Memphis Grizzlies. Maybe he's only overrated by analysts and Boston fans, idk. But I'm so tired of hearing announcers talk about his "grit" and "hustle," or how he "makes big shots" or is the "soul of the team." And I swear Boston fans would have rather traded Jayson Tatum. It's funny how "intangibles" are always evoked when a player isn't actually good at the tangibles. He also shouldn't have won DPOY. He only won it because Boston was the best defense. He wasn't even the best defender on his own team, let alone in the entire NBA.
@@VonJaye Curry and Poole got through Smart no problem. Same with Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin. Mazulla's biggest mistake this last postseason imo was playing Horford too much and not giving Williams more minutes. I'd rather give up some floor spacing for better overall defense and rim protection. They could've forced Bam into drop coverages more often as well instead of forcing 3s for a better scoring output tbh. Bam was their only rim protector worth worrying about in a post season setting
yeah but he can’t do anything about that. not like anyone says he is anymore, and he doesn’t play bad, and no one really talks about him. he just has a contract worth more than his production which isn’t uncommon in the NBA nowadays
Everyone knew Tobias Harris was overrated by the front office the moment he got that contract and there was no opposition from the fanbase, nobody says he deserves it or something... Maybe in an overpayed players top he would be the Sixers' pick.
For the Raptors, it’s absolutely OG. He isn’t going to ever be an allstar and the franchise wanted 4+ firsts for him. Dude is a good role player, that’s it
@@fortynights1513 All I hear about him on Offense is that he can shoot 3s, and probably dunk. Classic 3 and D, but everyone wants that. I think Toronto just doesn't want to trade him, unless they get a Gobert style overpay. :D
What’s so damning about KD is that every team he’s on gets hyped and favored to oblivion even though he’s shown he’s not that guy and they lose and “disappoint” every year. Watch it happen this year in PHX🙄
Kd problem is he can’t get to the rim at all so he takes tough shots which causes his playoff drops these last past 3 years as a kd my expectations has dropped for him as the guy if people do that then he won’t be overrated
@@JHill23Kd can get to the rim he just refuses to go left sometimes for whatever reason. There were countless times where he was forcing up shots with 12+ seconds left on the clock instead of trying to move the ball around or go for a hop step or spin gather. It seems like KD is more focused on keeping his game the way it was before he got injured as opposed to improving upon the weaker parts of his game. His playmaking ability has definitely declined from his days in OKC and GS
Give kd a healthy team with no distractions where they can just focus on hoop he almost damn near wins a championship or gets he’s team to the conference finals at least it’s been like that for the last 12 years
@@JHill23 Exactly! He’s clearly not the same beast he was in OKC and GS and that’s okay! He’s a one-dimensional scorer who’s still top 10 bc of his efficiency but it’s so clear that he can’t lead a team to a title as the bonafide guy and ppl have to accept that
Tbh as a Knicks fan I think you got the pick wrong but I respect that you didn’t jus immediately go to Randle like everyone else. Mitchell Robinson can’t really shoot but his role in the system generally works pretty good. The answer to me is RJ Barrett IMO. Knicks fans will swear he’s on track to be an all star but he’s kinda jus a 20ppg scorer on pretty terrible efficiency without much defense. I still think he can improve but rn he’s kinda inconsistent and can sometimes be a liability on the court
It’s so sad what happened to the bulls, Lonzo was one of their main defenders, best 3 point shooter, and the main half court facilitator. They were a scary team when they were all healthy.
Kuminga 100%. I’ve heard people claim he could become like early-career LeBron James, and I’m not sure if they’ve never understood how great LeBron always was or If they have no idea how to evaluate talent. Both, probably.
@@AaronTats I still think he will be an allstar for years to come but idk about perennial. It just seems that the media drove a narrative that he had a better season than he actually had.
Learn basketball. ain’t no way you said that, who criticizes a rookie for shooting badly?? Lebron has worse shooting splits than this. And honestly it’s not even bad. Again.. learn basketball
100% agree on Adams, despite him being a personal favourite of mine. He is the Westbrook of centers, the team can only play around him one way, and he's not that good in that one thing to make it viable in the playoffs. Rare case of good 25 minutes in the regular season and preferably 0 on the PO.
He’s own thing I’ll say about JB. I have seen like TWO positive posts about him this off-season. I feel like he gets too much hate to be overrated. I get the Celtics don’t have many. It would easily have been either Marcus or Grant W based on the offseason reaction to them leaving. Although it could just be Celtics hate idk.
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The bulls is Demar by far. Can't play off ball, can't defend, can't playmake, medocre high volume scorer. Lavine can at least be a good off ball scorer
I believe dort is one of the best on ball defender's 1-3 plus the way he navigates screens is easily up there. Hes a class ball hawk and extremely valuable for okc and other teama that rely on portability and defensive strengths. Yh he shoots too much atm but chip English. Also hes a young player thats not seen as more than a valuable starter for the okc. Doesn't scream overrated.
Actually I expected it to be Jayson Tatum for the celtics and not Brown. I mean all the analytics hype him up before the regular season and in the regular season as the Superstar with the abnormal carry potential and title contender. Which he always fails to deliver, except of that one good game vs Philly. But I guess your opinion will propably change when Tatum gets his contract extension.
as a raptors fan I'd say Jakob poeltl, primarily because of his limits offensively. I'm not mad that he can't pass the basketball, but I've never seen the guy in a DHO, getting guys the backdoor passes, etc. Also he cannot score outside 3 feet and it's really annoying how he's constantly clogging the lane and has extremely low offenisve iq in general. Defensively he's fine, obviously gets exposed in the PnR, but is a bad roamer, not a weakside help defender and he's value overall really only comes in as a rim protector/play finisher. I think he's an ok player that can come off the bench, but no playoff team would want to start the guy. Almost like they treat him as if he's as good as RW3, Myles Turner, Clint etc.
3 minutes in and I am like "what in the world?" So Jaylen is over-rated because of his contract but then Joel is over-rated on his team and not Tobias Harris? The team literally chose Tobias Harris over Jimmy Butler. The fact that he has not come up in trade discussions is ridiculous. The Bucks... you could have went with Lopez or Portis easily over Drue. For the Celtics I think Tatum was low hanging fruit. We all act like he is the next Kobe but who are you really giving up for him? Yes, he was a MVP candidate... so are you giving up Steph Curry for him? Durant? You know non-MVP candidates? Because no one is trading the other MVP candidates for him nor are they trading several non-MVP candidates.
for me, it is weird that you picked Cam Johnson for the Nets, I can't see why is in any way overrated, especially not with his contract. There are still so many people around who believe in Ben Simmons (what I don't get), Lonnie Walker is nothing but an inconsistent bucket-getter while being an underwhelming shooter from 3, exactly the same goes for Cam Thomas, and Nic Claxton is a very much worse version of Evan Mobley. The only player that is kind of properly payed in this roster is Cam Johnson, players like Bridges or Dennis Smith Junior are underpayed, but Johnson is one of the best shooters in the League, can dribble, is 6-10, is more than just a decent defender and has some ways of pull-up Game (what players like Duncan Robinson does not have, he is a pure spot-up Guy).
