Most Overrated player in sports history?

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Jun 27, 2012 12:14 PM
Can it be anyone other than Allen Iverson?

The guy is trash and chucks more than Kobe. He couldn't even stay in the league past 30 or so because he didn't want to ride the bench on the Bobcats.
Jun 27, 2012 12:14pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:15 PM
Plus he ruined basketball for everyone else. All these cats you see running around the gym try to be like AI; chuck a bunch of shots up that go in 1/50 times, never pass the ball, and never play defense.
Jun 27, 2012 12:15pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:19 PM
I think he was older than 30 when he last played.
Jun 27, 2012 12:19pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:22 PM
Terry Bradshaw and Joe Namath come to mind for me.
Jun 27, 2012 12:22pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:23 PM
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Jun 27, 2012 12:24 PM
bigdaddy2003;1212906 wrote:I think he was older than 30 when he last played.
Good point. He's still trash.
Jun 27, 2012 12:24pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:27 PM
Lmao you're still at this eh? smh
Jun 27, 2012 12:27pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:31 PM
I'll go Joe Namath for sure.

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Jun 27, 2012 12:33 PM
Commander of Awesome;1212911 wrote:Terry Bradshaw and Joe Namath come to mind for me.
Good call on this. Both were mediocre QB's who made the HOF due to their rings.
Jun 27, 2012 12:33pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:35 PM
Hb31187;1212919 wrote:Lmao you're still at this eh? smh
42.5% FG shooter. One season he shot 38% from the field. 31% 3-point shooter.

The guy is a chucker and pure trash. Never won a championship, never played defense. Overrated garbage.
Jun 27, 2012 12:35pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:37 PM
The guy average 25 shots per game. What a joke. LOL
Jun 27, 2012 12:37pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:39 PM
Commander of Awesome;1212911 wrote:Terry Bradshaw and Joe Namath come to mind for me.
+1
Jun 27, 2012 12:39pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:43 PM
sleeper;1212939 wrote:42.5% FG shooter. One season he shot 38% from the field. 31% 3-point shooter.

The guy is a chucker and pure trash. Never won a championship, never played defense. Overrated garbage.
You have to be a good 3pt shooter to be a great player? News to me.

He was a good off ball defender and singled handedly carried that 76ers team to the NBA finals.

11x All star
League MVP
4x Scoring champion
3x steals leader(he doesnt play defense though)
3x 1st team all nba
3x 2nd team all nba
Rookie of the year


Damn hes overrated :/
Jun 27, 2012 12:43pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:44 PM
Troy Aikman comes to mind.

61.5% completion
165 TD
141 INT
32,942 yards

Average season for Aikman was 2,745 yards, 14 TD, 12 INT. He succeeded because the amount of talent around him was ridiculous.
Jun 27, 2012 12:44pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:44 PM
Hb31187;1212956 wrote:You have to be a good 3pt shooter to be a great player? News to me.

He was a good off ball defender and singled handedly carried that 76ers team to the NBA finals.

11x All star
League MVP
4x Scoring champion
3x steals leader(he doesnt play defense though)
3x 1st team all nba
3x 2nd team all nba
Rookie of the year


Damn hes overrated :/
Thanks for posting his fraud trophies. Isn't that by definition overrated? In that he was rated highly but his results were piss poor in reality. You don't have to be a great 3-point shooter to be a great player, but 42.5% and 25 shots a game is an absolute joke.
Jun 27, 2012 12:44pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:45 PM
sleeper;1212941 wrote:The guy average 25 shots per game. What a joke. LOL
No he didnt lol
Jun 27, 2012 12:45pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:46 PM
sleeper;1212958 wrote:Thanks for posting his fraud trophies. Isn't that by definition overrated? In that he was rated highly but his results were piss poor in reality. You don't have to be a great 3-point shooter to be a great player, but 42.5% and 25 shots a game is an absolute joke.
Lol Idk why I even bother responding to you sometimes. You just get bored and troll to bait people in and I fell for it. Oh well
Jun 27, 2012 12:46pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:46 PM
Hb31187;1212962 wrote:No he didnt lol
21.7 is pretty close to 25. He's trash.
Jun 27, 2012 12:46pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:47 PM
Hb31187;1212966 wrote:Lol Idk why I even bother responding to you sometimes. You just get bored and troll to bait people in and I fell for it. Oh well
I think you are more upset that your favorite player never won a championship and chucked his way to stardom.
Jun 27, 2012 12:47pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:48 PM
sleeper;1212968 wrote:I think you are more upset that your favorite player never won a championship and chucked his way to stardom.
Precisely
Jun 27, 2012 12:48pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:50 PM
gorocks99;1212957 wrote:Troy Aikman comes to mind.

61.5% completion
165 TD
141 INT
32,942 yards

Average season for Aikman was 2,745 yards, 14 TD, 12 INT. He succeeded because the amount of talent around him was ridiculous.
Another good one.

Although not one of the "great" QB's of all time, Bernie Kosar is pretty overrated in the eyes of many Browns fans.
Jun 27, 2012 12:50pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:51 PM
Eli Manning deserves an honorable mention.
Jun 27, 2012 12:51pm
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Jun 27, 2012 12:53 PM
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Jun 27, 2012 1:13 PM
Hard to label Greg Oden. He's definitely a bust, but you have to wonder the "what if" he didn't get hurt. As such, I reject your opinion.
Jun 27, 2012 1:13pm
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Jun 27, 2012 1:19 PM
sleeper;1213008 wrote:Hard to label Greg Oden. He's definitely a bust, but you have to wonder the "what if" he didn't get hurt. As such, I reject your opinion.
Yeah, in order to be "overrated", I'd think there would be an implication by some, or many, that the player was actually good or great. Oden & Leaf were neither. Now they might have been "overhyped" coming into the league.
Jun 27, 2012 1:19pm