NBA's 10 Most Overrated Players

I recently wrote a list of the ten most underrated players in the NBA. Well, here is the list the of the ten most overrated players in the league.

10. Ray Allen:

Ray Allen is one of the best scorers and shooters in the league. However, he is not a great player. He is a below average rebounder, passer and defender. He is considered by many to be a great player and a superstar, but those descriptions are completely false.

He is a good player who had good stats on bad teams. He isn't an all around player and he shouldn't be a hall of famer. If he is inducted to the hall, he would be one of the five to ten worst players inducted.

9. Dirk Nowitzki:

Dirk is a very good player. He is one of the best big men in the game. He is arguably the greatest shooting big man in the history of the league and he is a lock to average 24-25 points and nine rebounds. He is also a good passer averaging around four assists.

However, he is not a franchise player like many people say he is. He isn't good enough to be the best player on a championship-winning team. He also isn't good enough to win a MVP award and he should not be mentioned in the top five to six players in the league like I usually do hear.

8. Gilbert Arenas:

I know a lot of people will disagree with this choice. However, Arenas is overrated. Yes, he is a great offensive player. He is as good as a scorer as there is in the league and one of its most clutch players. However, he is a below average defender, he doesn't make any of his teammates better, he shoots way too much and he isn't a good leader.

If you want proof of him not making his teammates better, look at how good the Wizards were without him and how bad they were with him in the lineup. He is a good player, but not a superstar or a franchise player.

7. Jason Kidd:

Jason Kidd is one of the ten greatest point guards of all time. He is one of the most unselfish and best passers of all time. However, he isn't a superstar. He has never been able to shoot the ball, is an average scorer and shoots a terrible percent from the field..

He has only averaged more than 17 points per game in just one season and he has shot under 40% in seven different seasons. He is a lock for the hall of fame, but he isn't and never has been a superstar because of his minimal scoring abilities.

6. Carlos Boozer:

Boozer is a solid power forward. He is a very good rebounder with around eleven boards a game and a good scorer averaging 20 points a game. However, he is not an elite player. He is helped tremendously by Deron Williams' passing ability. He is also a terrible defender who doesn't have the ability to block any shots and is a weak one-on-one defender.

He is a good player, but he should never be considered one of the top five or six big men in the league like I have heard him called by several different people in the media.

5. Dwyane Wade:

Wade is one of the top 10 to 15 best players in the league when he is healthy. He is as good as anyone at getting to the rim and finishing and getting to the free throw line. He is also a good passer and a solid rebounder. However, he is an average defender at best and is a turnover machine with over four a game.

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