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Someone who a lot of people consider to be a great player that you think is just good, or someone people think is good that you think is just ok or not very good.

For me, it’s Bam Adebayo. I think he’s an elite defender, but offensively, I don’t think he’s that great. He’s far to inefficient for someone at his position. He has so many 8-15 or 10-18 type games. He scored 26 points on 26 shots in the finals. He can playmake for sure, but his scoring has always been a question for me.

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[–] nantes16@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Giddey Reaves perhaps Mikal Bridges if he doesn't realize he doesnt have to be backup guy

[–] RockEmSockEmRabi@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

AD. Before I get crucified, I’m a huge UK fan and will always love AD for his NCAA championship. He has all the tools to be top 3 in the league but doesn’t have the fire. If he hasn’t taken the next step by now, he’s not going to

[–] East_Bed1194@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Morant. He is good but an overrated archetype. A PG who can’t shoot is just not that valuable to me.

[–] HoopsMcCann750@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Josh Giddey by a mile.

A guy whose weaknesses shooting and defensively make him profile as more of an 82 game player instead of a 16 game player except that he’s also one of the least efficient high-volume players in the regular season and his team consistently plays better when he’s not on the court.

[–] Call555JackChop@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I wish people saw in me what the Lakers see in Reeves

[–] Elite_Racist_45@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Rkenne16@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Marcus Smart. Playing hard doesn’t mean playing particularly well.

[–] cohex@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Why play harder when you can play Smarter.

[–] Solid-Confidence-966@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Banchero (I’ve been impressed this season tbf) but he’s looking closer to Julius Randle than Lebron James.

[–] Smellmyhand@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For a while it was Ben Simmons but now that he’s pretty much irrelevant, I’m not sure who that is

[–] The_NGUYENNER@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Donovan Mitchell for me. I think he's a great talent but tries to be a hero way too much and sometimes it's like damn bro... give someone else a chance to play

[–] myredditaccount991@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Giannis. He's got the stats and hardware behind him but I don't enjoy watching him bulldoze over anyone in his path and waiting 10+ seconds every free throw attempt. Yawn.

[–] matzan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Wemby. He just tall as fuck.

[–] iCOULDbewr0ng@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Zion, Lamelo Ball, Chet Holmgren, Anthony Edwards

[–] WheedMBoise@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Heat fans will say this and then hype up some autogenerated undrafted dude they signed named Nate Doofenshmirtz who puts up 3.1 ppg shooting 17%

[–] Funny-Transition7869@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

scoot, small, cant shoot, not a big enough sample size to really prove me right or wrong yet but i dont think he has a high floor

[–] Original_Trick_8552@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Josh Giddey. Not only do I think he's a bad fit on the thunder, but also I'm not impressed by his shooting and defense for someone as highly regarded as he is

[–] HOU52k@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] allmyteamsdisappoint@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lavine and lemelo ball. Both can score...neither contribute to winning

[–] dutchgfx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think Lamelo is fine but Lavine totally stinks. "Doesn't contribute to winning" is exactly how I describe him. His skills are good but he just doesn't help you win basketball games

[–] goodnsaultey@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

James Harden

[–] EricFortman@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maxey. He's playing good recently and he even dropped 50, but him being in MVP talks is silly. He's super fast and usualy plays solid, but I'm never worried about him when my team is playing the sixers.

[–] WheedMBoise@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He feels like one of those guys who will be good for 5 or so years and then fall off a cliff skill wise. I hope I’m wrong though, he seems like a good kid

[–] LogDogan4@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The hype is mostly dead at this point, but Blazers fans convincing themselves that Simons would be a credible Dame replacement was comical.

[–] VermontPizza@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bam is playing really well this season, has DPOY locked up already and he’s slowly morphing into KG.

[–] WheedMBoise@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You and Lamar Odom have something in common and Stephen A Smith knows what it is

[–] it-was-justified@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Darius Garland meh 😐

[–] noknownothing@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Austin Reaves

[–] DrownedInBeans@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I just can't picture someone that looks like Kristaps Porzingis being a serious player who can hold up to a full season + intense playoff run. I'm not saying he isn't talented when he plays. But pretty much all the lanky/goofy bigs we've seen in this league (at leas in recent memory) have struggled to stay on the floor too much to have a notable impact in the postseason. If he can help the Celtics to a championship it would be totally unprecedented for both him and guys that look like him.

[–] d2kSON@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Am I too old? Is 8-15, 10-18 no longer efficient?

[–] account051@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

My favorite part about this post is how you say he’s overhyped because he’s an elite defender who can playmake and score at a decent level which is exactly his hype level

[–] Whoiskimmy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Conley… Gobert… CP3… Booker… Reeves…

[–] 30another@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

One of those is not like the others

[–] No_Engineering_4925@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Wemby. He won’t ever be an unstoppable offensive player so he will never be best in the league level.

[–] Goatbeerdog@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Entire Clippers 4-star lineup

[–] ikonin@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe

[–] IntelligentEye2758@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

RJ Barrett

Who is he as a player? People talk about his shooting but it looks like his numbers have fallen off after his second season. Is he just an average 20 point scorer with a field goal percentage around known shooters Poku and Thubulle? Am I missing something that makes this guy a key part of an NBA team?

[–] rngskrtskrt@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sohan, i think he it's Draymond who can't pass. So he is a basketball player who can't dribble, can't drive, can't shoot and can't pass.

[–] Spinner064@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Lebron james

[–] intelligentHat21@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Lebron and Michael Porter Jr.

[–] Rowdy_Bull@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Klay for his entire career. He did his role very well, but he isn’t a complete player. Lacking in own shot creation and dribbling. I think his legacy would be very different without Curry and illegal screens.

[–] AgentTinkerbell@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Emergency-Tank-9619@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hype has definitely cooled of during his Sixers time, but Tobias Harris was sort of hyped before and has been playing on a max contract for years now. I think it’s ridiculously overlooked how overpaid he is and how his salary has prevented the Sixers in actually putting together the last pieces.

[–] In-Hel@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago