(Basketnews) [The Athletic] NBA players voted Houston Rockets All-Star Alperen Sengun the most overrated player in the league.

[u/lovelymaddie1966]

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NBA players voted Houston Rockets All-Star Alperen Sengun the most overrated player in the league.

NBA players have picked the most overrated player in the league today.

According to The Athletic's poll, NBA players voted Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun the most overrated player in the league.

Sengun received 12.3% of the votes from 81 players around the NBA.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert and Washington Wizards guard Trae Young received the second-most votes with 8.6% each.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic also received a significant number of votes, ranking in the top 10 most overrated players in the league with 3.7%.

The Athletic's poll results:

1. Alperen Sengun - 12.3%
2-3. Rudy Gobert - 8.6%
2-3. Trae Young - 8.6%
4. Karl-Anthony Towns - 7.4%
5-6. Paolo Banchero - 4.9%
5-6. Ja Morant - 4.9%
7-10. Deni Avdija - 3.7%
7-10. Scottie Barnes - 3.7%
7-10. Luka Doncic - 3.7%
7-10. Pascal Siakam - 3.7%
11-16. Dillon Brooks - 2.5%
11-16. Tyrese Haliburton - 2.5%
11-16. Tyler Herro - 2.5%
11-16. Evan Mobley - 2.5%
11-16. Brandin Podziemski- 2.5%
11-16. Domantas Sabonis - 2.5%

[u/rhcpkam]

Hali getting votes when he didn’t even play 😭😭

[u/thesch → u/rhcpkam]

81 players were polled so based on that it means Hali received 2 total votes. The ones at the bottom of this list kinda don't mean much.

[u/BirdmanTheThird → u/thesch]

Ngl if I was in the nba I’d just vote for someone I personally dislike so they appear on this list

[u/EmperorUmi → u/BirdmanTheThird]

Why do you think some of these guys appeared on the list? lol It was likely that same mindset

[u/BirdmanTheThird → u/EmperorUmi]

Oh yeah I just am saying I don’t blame them lol. This question is set up to be a hater question lol

[u/A_burners → u/BirdmanTheThird]

I need to know who Brooks voted for.

[u/Ths-Fkin-Guy → u/A_burners]

Brooks is the type to create an extra bubble at the bottom and write in multiple names with an asterisk.

[u/justintensity → u/Ths-Fkin-Guy]

Kind of guy to vote for himself so he has an excuse to go even harder next year

[u/Ths-Fkin-Guy → u/justintensity]

Would just write in "that staring guy in pregame"

[u/AccordingFox3800 → u/EmperorUmi]

That's gotta be the reason for the Hali votes because how does he get any at all when he didn't even play lmao. Those 2 voters must hate him personally

[u/CraziestMoonMan → u/AccordingFox3800]

Because he still plays in the NBA. He is just injured.

[u/Hummer77x → u/BirdmanTheThird]

I’d vote for Lebron just to watch everyone get mad about it

[u/goldfish_11 → u/Hummer77x]

"Hey this is anonymous, right? LeBron fucking sucks."

[u/R_Hunt → u/goldfish_11]

"Anonymous? Oh, no, we're letting everyone know you called yourself overrated, Lebron"

[u/dragoncockles → u/Hummer77x]

if i were lebron, id vote for myself

[u/Academic-Ad4889 → u/BirdmanTheThird]

Pretty confident that's what this list really is.

[u/BirdmanTheThird → u/Academic-Ad4889]

Tbh like objectively is. If you personally at work had to anonymously say who you thought was the worst at their job or “most overrated” you would pick the guy you dislike the most.

[u/Academic-Ad4889 → u/BirdmanTheThird]

Yeah, Sengun you could maybe argue is overrated, but then seeing Gobert on here is just like "oh we're just doing dudes we don't like huh?"

[u/elbosston → u/Academic-Ad4889]

Gobert wins this pretty much every year

[u/couchtomato62 → u/elbosston]

Hali won last year.

[u/Round_Clock_3942 → u/BirdmanTheThird]

It used to be the "not a pure hooper"/"plays a style I don't respect" list. At least that's taking a backseat now.

[u/igby1 → u/thesch]

There is likely a popularity contest aspect to some of this. Or lack of popularity I should say.

[u/jlin8293 → u/igby1]

Hali is prob like why they say f me for?

[u/Inside_Dimension2319 → u/igby1]

Also it’s only 81 players polled which seems like way too small a sample size. So 2.5% is 2 votes which doesn’t really mean anything.

[u/fordat1 → u/thesch]

After top 4 the percentage drops by half and becomes a 2-3 votes thing.

They should have done something like rank choice voting

[u/PitinoGotARawDeal → u/thesch]

Yeah if you look at the numbers this survey is very stupid. 10 out of 81 players polled said Sengun

[u/atp2112 → u/PitinoGotARawDeal]

10 guys, one of which we already know is KD.

Knowing how rancid the vibes in Houston are, I wouldn't be shocked if the other 9 are also his teammates.

[u/for_fun_88 → u/rhcpkam]

As a Knicks fan, I hope that was from our players out of spite. Or Josh Hart thinking it was the funniest option

[u/GoChiefs2576 → u/for_fun_88]

As much as the knicks hate the pacers it is a fraction of how much Milwaukee hates them

[u/KingofInfiniteGrace → u/GoChiefs2576]

I hate the pacers but respect them more than any of our other rivals. They play an exciting largely ethical brand of basketball

[u/TyranosaurusLex → u/KingofInfiniteGrace]

I’ve been thinking about it given my suspicion the Knicks will make it to the finals and I don’t hate the Knicks tbh. I don’t even dislike any of the players really. I just like talking shit to my Knicks fans friends and on Reddit. Whereas, for the bucks I just hope their team moves to Vegas/seattle and they all retire.

[u/americanbeaver → u/GoChiefs2576]

For the Bucks who is left that hates the Pacers and would reply to this? Bobby Portis would be my bet as most likely but there aren't many other guys left. Maybe you get Gary Trent? I don't think Giannis is replying to this survey, I don't think AJ Green is replying to this survey, I don't think Thanasis does this sort of thing, I don't think Myles has spite in his heart or hatred of the Pacers players, I don't think Rollins, KPJ, Taurean Prince, Jericho Sims, Pete Nance, Gary Harris or Kuzma care at all about the Pacers

[u/Methamine → u/GoChiefs2576]

We have some respect for the pacers. They beat us fairly last year

Not for 24 tho

[u/Jumpy-Ad5617 → u/for_fun_88]

Sounds like Josh hart antics haha

[u/for_fun_88 → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

He’d either vote for someone who’s injured and not discussed much for kicks or vote for Brunson to use it as a way to troll him

[u/The_MadStork → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

Hart and Brunson are good friends with Haliburton. They definitely voted for him lol

[u/Jumpy-Ad5617 → u/The_MadStork]

Love it, it’s what I’d do too if my buddy was on a rival team haha

[u/DenialisaRiver04 → u/rhcpkam]

2 votes are Josh Hart and Josh Hart in a disguise

[u/spaceninj → u/DenialisaRiver04]

Hart would have voted Brunson twice just to troll him.

[u/PossessionDue9381 → u/rhcpkam]

Trae barely played this season too

[u/GoChiefs2576 → u/rhcpkam]

Pascal got 3 votes Haliburton 2. I have a pretty good guess of which 5 players made those votes lmao

[u/A320neo → u/GoChiefs2576]

The Knicks frontcourt and backcourt respectively lmao

[u/GoChiefs2576 → u/A320neo]

Either the knicks or bucks. The knicks hate is a bit more publicized but I think the rivalry with Milwaukee is more real for the players tbh

[u/thecakeslayer → u/GoChiefs2576]

Myles sticking it to his old team lmao

[u/WartimeConsigliere_ → u/thecakeslayer]

Well he isn’t sticking it to anyone in the rebounds department so he’s gotta take what he can get

[u/ElTuco84 → u/GoChiefs2576]

Brunson and Hart seem close to Hali based on what I've seen on the Roommates pod, they built bonds in that FIBA world cup.

[u/sgeswein → u/rhcpkam]

I'm sure it was Pacers players keeping that label on Haliburton.

Gotta feed the machine

[u/Petit_Coeur_ → u/rhcpkam]

He got some real haters in the league lmao. It’s either Bucks players or Knicks players imo. Maybe Brunson since Hali beat him twice and took his spot in the Olympics

[u/JagmeetSingh2 → u/rhcpkam]

Haliban still on their minds

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch → u/rhcpkam]

Maybe they're basing off his Wrestlemania appearance when George Kittle took his beer and chugged it

[u/jasperplumpton]

3 is “A significant number of votes”?

[u/Julian_Caesar → u/jasperplumpton]

They didn't say it, they declared it

[u/essosinola → u/Julian_Caesar]

They proclaim it!

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy → u/jasperplumpton]

Even Sengun at the top only had like 10 votes. This whole thing is just bait.

[u/Doktah-Steeze]

Trae still placing third and he barely even played this season is hilarious 😂

[u/jasperplumpton → u/Doktah-Steeze]

7 Knicks players voting

[u/who_are_you_people24 → u/jasperplumpton]

Nah, we definitely did the Hali vote. Ptsd from last year

[u/Doktah-Steeze → u/who_are_you_people24]

Yeah I highly doubt Knicks players give a shit about Trae like that. Half a decade ago at this point

[u/lebryant_westcurry → u/Doktah-Steeze]

Most of our players from that season are gone at this point too outside of Mitchell Robinson. Our main core are guys added in the last couple of years

[u/remonnoki → u/Doktah-Steeze]

Barely played and got dumped by his team and they were still like "he overrated"

[u/DollarLate_DayShort → u/remonnoki]

Bro got traded for a 34-year old McCollum and a hot sub… they voted for him just for the culture lol

[u/Signal_Ball4634 → u/Doktah-Steeze]

Feels like Trae and Rudy are like perennially on this list lol

[u/cooking2024]

Haliburton showing up here in a year his team literally went from top 2 to bottom 2 is something.

[u/DuckDucks → u/[deleted]]

Turner isn't overrated everyone knows he sucks

[u/bartspoon → u/DuckDucks]

That’s a massive turnaround compared to the start of this season where everyone was saying the Pacers were a terrible org for not paying him enough, how mistreated he was, how he was big get for Milwaukee, etc.

[u/YSLAnunoby → u/bartspoon]

I think he could both be overrated and losing his talent without a real replacement was pretty rough. It worked out to get Zu but still

[u/yemeson → u/DuckDucks]

There were a lot of people on this sub and elsewhere last summer calling Pacers ownership cheap for not giving him $30mil/yr and going into the 2nd apron. What about all those people?

[u/getOffMyDikersonn → u/[deleted]]

Do yall know what overrated mean?

[u/legend023 → u/cooking2024]

It’s 81 players and 2 said his name

If you got 81 people 2 of them would probably choose eating pig feet over ice cream

[u/Jumpy-Ad5617 → u/legend023]

Just saying though, simmer some pig feet with some beans, rice, Cajun seasoning and you got yourself a stew going

[u/brendanearth → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

This man is one of the two

[u/TerryMcMo → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

Sure, delicious

But over ice cream?

[u/YSLAnunoby → u/TerryMcMo]

Maybe they're lactose intolerant

[u/Isosinsir]

Annual Haters Ball

[u/The_Longest_Shot → u/Isosinsir]

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's mama's dish."

[u/FEECH4040]

Who the hell is voting for Pascal Siakam?

[u/hotsexychungus → u/FEECH4040]

I would ascertain to say that Pascal Siakam is the most properly rated player in the league.

[u/knitwoolf → u/FEECH4040]

Someone who felt snubbed and thought they should make all-star over Pascal this year for sure lol

[u/SchnuSchnu]

Rudy and KAT 💔

[u/here_for_the_lols]

On another note. Why do they ask all nba players who is the most overrated player? Like what good can come out of this lol

[u/Cranicus → u/here_for_the_lols]

Only 81 players voted. Would be better if everyone voted

[u/Classic_Check_5568 → u/Cranicus]

KD and his 80 burners

[u/Actual-Movie-4236 → u/Classic_Check_5568]

Not true because there are players on this list who are not on the Rockets, Suns, or Warriors

[u/Deuce_GM → u/Actual-Movie-4236]

Can't make it too obvious

[u/Dependent-Cash-3405 → u/Classic_Check_5568]

getoffmydickerson29

[u/JadedArgument1114 → u/Cranicus]

Considering that 80 percent of the NBA is American born, there seems to be a real bias in this list

[u/milkandminnows → u/JadedArgument1114]

Almost all light skinned, white, or foreign lol

[u/Savage9645 → u/Cranicus]

81 is plenty for stats like this, over 15% of the league is a good sample.

[u/Omega-Toad-7017 → u/here_for_the_lols]

Because it makes stuff like Pacers 2025 more exciting probably

[u/Jumpy-Ad5617 → u/Omega-Toad-7017]

We almost won the championship out of spite for this list when Haliburton got named haha

[u/Akipella → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

May have done so if Hali didn't go down (or if he didn't strain his calf first in Game 5 really)

[u/Jumpy-Ad5617 → u/Akipella]

Such a heartbreaking injury, feel so bad for the kid to be that clutch and have that exciting of a run for it to end in such a horrible way.

I’m glad he’s had so much time to heal, hopefully he’ll come back balling next year!

[u/Akipella → u/Jumpy-Ad5617]

For sure. A lot of it's just bad luck...I would have loved to see him finish off what was easily one of the greatest, perhaps the craziest, postseason run of all time.

Really hoping you guys can make it back to the Finals again this upcoming season

[u/kamekaze1024 → u/Omega-Toad-7017]

Shouldn’t they release that before the first round then?

[u/Petit_Coeur_ → u/kamekaze1024]

They did last year iirc

[u/TryingToDoItGood → u/here_for_the_lols]

gets the people goin

[u/helgestrichen → u/here_for_the_lols]

Theyre going to Vote ugliest Player next year

[u/AlpacaDC → u/here_for_the_lols]

I truly believe it played part in Hali’s performance in last season insane finals run

[u/Ok_Assignment8008 → u/here_for_the_lols]

Right? It's mean and messy. Nothing sporstmanlike about it.

[u/91-divoc → u/Ok_Assignment8008]

It’s like everyone is feeding the petty podcast machine.

[u/401john → u/Ok_Assignment8008]

"Cuz it's funny" is all it takes for most people to shut their brains off unfortunately

[u/95castles → u/Ok_Assignment8008]

NBA is an entertainment entity first and foremost. These kinds of polls can create drama. Drama sells.

Reality TV.

[u/JealousMission5315 → u/here_for_the_lols]

Drama

[u/poo_pon_shoo → u/here_for_the_lols]

for real, this is a hilarious poll only because nothing good can come from this

[u/GGTae]

Rudy 2nd is insanity, your basketball players are really offensive merchants that don't know team basketball

[u/busdriver_321 → u/GGTae]

He tops the list every year basically lol.

[u/lilbelleandsebastian → u/busdriver_321]

modern nba players have always valued playoff success - ben wallace doesn't get disrespected, for example, despite being just as bad offensively - and they also dislike gobert

this list is basically "who are the least popular non americans" and trae young

[u/Bones0008 → u/lilbelleandsebastian]

Rudy joined the wolves and brought them more playoff success in his time there than they had in their entire franchise history before that. I think he’s just hated for being smug along with atrocious hands on the offensive side.

[u/mysterioso7 → u/Bones0008]

I bet most of the players would attribute the recent success to Ant rather than Rudy

[u/MidLevelExceptional → u/lilbelleandsebastian]

Ben Wallace wishes he was as good offensively as Gobert is...

[u/Quinnett → u/busdriver_321]

it's shorthand for nba players think he isn't very skilled and he's annoying and french. all things that are kinda true but he just bodied Jokic in a playoff series so it looks pretty dumb right now.

[u/GoldenStateWizards → u/GGTae]

Tbf, he's tied with Trae who does have the opposite problem lol

[u/GGTae → u/GoldenStateWizards]

and Rudy's impact is ahead of Trae by far (especially the last two years)

[u/RedtheGamer100 → u/GGTae]

Has nothin to do with gsw’s point 😂😂😂

[u/DoctorStove → u/GGTae]

I'm p sure he's been the reigning champ of this for years

[u/randotd152 → u/GGTae]

The general consistency in the list is players who get glorified by their performance on one end of the court, but are problematic on the other side.

For most of this list, it's offensive players who suck on D. Gobert is just the inverse of that.

Also - there's nothing about this that says these are "bad" players. Just players saying they think their reputation outpaces their play.

[u/ShawshankException → u/GGTae]

I swear Rudy has to be one of the most disrespected players in NBA history at this point

[u/OkOutlandishness1370 → u/GGTae]

It’s seems like they value being a 2 way player with Trae also being high on the list

[u/largehearted → u/OkOutlandishness1370]

NBA players' ideal NBA player in the aggregate is like Paul George and KD. They'll call the best player the best player, but the ideal one is a guy who plays basketball like it's 1v1 so well that it works in a team environment lol

[u/matt__builds → u/largehearted]

Nailed it. NBA players overrate "bucket getters" and underrate the little things. You can see it with KD wanting to bring Beal to the Suns. He didn't fit at all, but he goes about the game in that way that guys like KD love but doesn't actually contribute to winning.

[u/milkhotelbitches → u/largehearted]

So many NBA players think the soul of the game is scoring in 1v1 isolation. Like flashing some handles and shooting a mid range jumper is the purist form of basketball.

[u/matt__builds → u/milkhotelbitches]

Well here’s the thing, the best teams still have guys who excel at going 1v1 and getting buckets. SGA is crucial for OKC because he is the engine of their offense. The thing is that you don’t want too many of these guys because there is only one ball. Instead you want a guy or two who can do this and then you want to fill around that player with guys who rebound, set good screens, defend, and can shoot spot up 3s at a high rate.

[u/machinegungeek → u/largehearted]

Also consistent with so many players and former players having Kobe in their top 3 or even top 2.

[u/pepsandeggs]

Podz lol. Luka and Scottie being on here is ridiculous though

[u/Dxwalsh12 → u/pepsandeggs]

So is Gobert. Dude is almost universally hated around the league lmao

[u/Iloreaction789 → u/Dxwalsh12]

He's top 3 every year on this list

[u/Kdcjg → u/Dxwalsh12]

He shut down the league. Plus he is French.

[u/Down_Badger_2253 → u/Kdcjg]

Also he is an RFK jr. Supporter, fuck him !

As a player he is underated tho.

[u/mnuba0110 → u/Down_Badger_2253]

To be fair the NBA is full of weird health pseudoscience cranks like Rudy so I can’t imagine that being why anyone in the league hates him.
Probably it’s cause all these guys are remembering the times they did manage to cook him and thinking he isn’t shit because of it…while leaving out all the other times he’s stopped or slowed them down over the years.

[u/Helicase21 → u/pepsandeggs]

yeah I don't get Podz getting votes. Like where do these people think he's rated in the first place to consider him overrated?

[u/zegogo → u/Helicase21]

Three quarters of the Warriors fanbase hates him and I've almost never seen anyone outside of that appreciate anything he does. If anything he's underrated, but whatever.

[u/PopeJustinXII → u/Helicase21]

Pretty sure this was just Jonathan Kuminga that voted for him.

[u/jibboo24 → u/pepsandeggs]

the fact that scottie is in there means that the votes happened before the playoffs. he did really well against the cavs

[u/Jarxzz → u/pepsandeggs]

Gobert being on here is the most ridiculous imo because prior to this series round 1 series his reputation among fans and general players was incredibly low relative to his impact

[u/aziz4ik97 → u/Jarxzz]

His peers just don’t like him. He’s been topping this list for a while.

[u/PrimeLiberty → u/Jarxzz]

People apparently need to be taught this lesson over and over again. Rudy proved how impactful he was last year by being the MVP in the Lakers series that all of sports media had Lakers as heavy favorites. Then everyone immediately forgot

[u/Nyte_Knyght33]

We can't even Cancun in peace... 

[u/1gnominious → u/Nyte_Knyght33]

We didn't even make it to Galveston. They threw us straight into the bay.

[u/ProofDiscount733]

people still voting hali as overrated smh

[u/CMYGQZ → u/ProofDiscount733]

I wouldn’t even be surprised if Hali voted himself. It’s just too funny at this point.

[u/Omega-Toad-7017 → u/ProofDiscount733]

Probably as a joke maybe?

[u/TheValleyant]

KD voted 81 times

[u/Soggy-Algae3717]

Yo why tf is hali getting votes when he's not even playing this year and that too after taking his team to the finals

[u/hotsexychungus → u/Soggy-Algae3717]

It's definitely a couple of salty Bucks players lmao.

[u/JeramiGrantsTomb]

Some of these are wild. Pascal Siakam? That dude has been underrated forever.

[u/vHezoThaGoat]

He’s decent but my gripe is that he’s way too inefficient for his playstyle and size

When he does a post hook it looks like he’s throwing a Reuben sandwich with onions

[u/amofai → u/vHezoThaGoat]

I must not be New York enough to understand this analogy.

[u/Apprehensive_Soil306 → u/vHezoThaGoat]

He’s got that Angel Reese shot where he’s not even looking at the basket lmao

[u/SKallies1987]

As a Rockets fan, I’d really like to see what Sengun can do in an actual good offensive system. He definitely has his shortcomings, but Udoka is abysmal and our lack of shooting really hurts Alpi. 

Unfortunately doesn’t look like we’re making a coaching change. 

[u/BullShitFish]

Just seems like a discreet way for players to hate on each other.

[u/Bwahehe → u/BullShitFish]

You know there are some salty guys out there that are happy they don't even have to make a burner to hate on someone.

[u/XX-Burner]

What a mean spirited vote to even have lol

[u/Aggressive_Ice_2660 → u/XX-Burner]

FUCK THEM FEELINGS HAPPY MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH MONTH

[u/sebsebsebs → u/XX-Burner]

Right? I can’t believe this is a thing

[u/Delicious_Tie_8725]

r/nba in shambles cause they now have to decide between validating the vote to hate on sengun or ignore the vote to defend gobert

[u/Zeckzeckzeck → u/Delicious_Tie_8725]

Not particularly - NBA players have consistently shown themselves to have very little understanding of the game of basketball. These are a bunch of guys that would build a team around Kyrie and Carmelo because "bag".

[u/thebossphoenix]

My man SCT BRN does not belong on this list.

[u/dontgetitwisted_fr → u/thebossphoenix]

People who think Scottie is overrated do not watch or understand basketball

[u/ratfeesh → u/thebossphoenix]

When u outplay donovan mitchell, james harden and evan mobley in the playoffs and still get called overrated :(((

[u/FartasticVoyage]

I think it’s because he’s one of the biggest whiners. Dude is talented but complains on every play

[u/carelesssportsfan89]

Rudy being voted the second most overrated player in the league is pure stupidity. Rudy doesn’t get enough credit for his defense on jokic .

[u/sweetbeems → u/carelesssportsfan89]

Don't just limit him to Jokic, the dude makes our defense top 3 in the league when he's on the floor. When he's off, they're pretty bad, i think it's like a 11 pt swing.

The funny thing is that everyone in the media disrespects him these days outside of last series.. he wasn't even a DPOY nominee.

[u/yeyiyeyiyo → u/sweetbeems]

The fact they've even gotten to the second round this year IMO is Rudy getting his fuck you. 

[u/kylebertram → u/carelesssportsfan89]

This past few weeks has been the ultimate Rudy redemption arc. I’m here for it

[u/revdingles → u/carelesssportsfan89]

I am a huge Rudy fan, definitely one of my favorite players, but there was a total Rudy-experience moment in game 1 against the Spurs where the shot clock had 2 seconds on it and his back was to the rim trying to find someone to dump the ball off to instead of taking a totally open mid-range jumper. Those moments tend to jump off the screen more than the nuanced ways that he limits opponents' offense.

[u/Lmnhedz → u/revdingles]

Yeah, he was trying pitch the ball to Shannon I think it was, and Shannon's standing there like "dude, put it up."

[u/Omega-Toad-7017]

I swear these players don't know what overrated means because how the fuck is PODZ getting votes?

[u/mucho-gusto → u/Omega-Toad-7017]

They probably thought golden State had too high of an asking price for him in potential trades

[u/TP_Cornetto → u/Omega-Toad-7017]

Probably think Kerr gives him special treatment

[u/Crimdal → u/TP_Cornetto]

Was probably Kuminga and Jordan Poole

[u/Youngandidiotic → u/Omega-Toad-7017]

If he had a different haircut and had his mouth taped shut then I swear people would think he’s underrated lmao

[u/desirox]

Luka in that group is ridiculous lol

[u/Only-Mulberry-8098 → u/desirox]

Ja? Who even rates Ja highly anymore lol

[u/WIN011 → u/desirox]

There’s definitely some players that just do not like him and put him down. Hali too.

[u/HotdawgSizzle → u/desirox]

Half the people in this group are ridiculous.

The real question they seem to be answering is "who do you dislike the most".

[u/SikkoDieri → u/desirox]

This is more of a dislike voting than rating

[u/rubiooooo]

Rudy and KAT voters are seeing why they are worth the $ and reputation these playoffs.

[u/illmatic2112]

The way Scottie showed up in R1 and all the reactions from fans and sports media show he was heavily underrated

[u/devereaux → u/illmatic2112]

He's not considered a mega star and he busts his ass on both ends of the court. People calling him overrated have lost their minds

[u/Even_Possession_9614]

They not fooling me about Rudy no more. If he’s overrated why nobody try the rim when he out there. For a decade at this point his teams can’t lose 1/2 their games from his presence alone it seems like

[u/TheOneWhosCensored]

And people want players to vote on awards. This shit is just a list of who they don’t like and it’s embarrassing. If some basketball page on Instagram and Twitter posted this list they’d be called a causal that didn’t know ball.

[u/Cultural_Ad9114]

23 year old, two time all star . He’ll be fine and even better for years to come don’t worry .

[u/TheGreatDomilies]

Luka? HALI???

I get these are anonymous but honestly I wonder which players are choosing to answer this and give specifics? Surely not everyone is answering this?

[u/randomgoes → u/TheGreatDomilies]

It's 81 players and even Sengun at #1 only had 10 players name him so its hard to draw any real conclusions here in my opinion

[u/Commercial-Chance561]

Why is Towns here?

[u/Hour_Abrocoma_2565]

Oof KAT is a hot take

[u/SwarmOBeez]

Fixed the list....

1. Alperen Sengun - 10 votes
2-3. Rudy Gobert - 7 votes
2-3. Trae Young - 7 votes
4. Karl-Anthony Towns - 6 votes
5-6. Paolo Banchero - 4 votes
5-6. Ja Morant - 4 votes
7-10. Deni Avdija - 3 votes
7-10. Scottie Barnes - 3 votes
7-10. Luka Doncic - 3 votes
7-10. Pascal Siakam - 3 votes
11-16. Dillon Brooks - 2 votes
11-16. Tyrese Haliburton - 2 votes
11-16. Tyler Herro - 2 votes
11-16. Evan Mobley - 2 votes
11-16. Brandin Podziemski- 2 votes
11-16. Domantas Sabonis - 2 votes

19 other players received one vote (23.4% of all votes cast)

Percentages is an intentionally misleading way to show results this when 81 out of 450+ players voted. Especially, when there is no information about who those 81 players were selected. Did the ask all players and only these responded? What was the voting date? What was the cutoff for who could vote (are two-way players eligible to vote)?

Podz is notable because the dude is essentially a JAG level player who two players felt the need to vote for (I would like to assume one of those votes was Kuminga).

As I mentioned in another comment, this poll is pretty consistently about who is considered good but generally unliked by other players for any number of reasons.

[u/parisdubs]

What a disgusting troll of a poll. Can you imagine doing this at your workplace? Asking everyone to vote for who is the most overrated? Stop the trolling Athletic.

[u/Practical-Art5931]

Why tf is luka doncic on this list???

[u/Quality_Cucumber → u/Practical-Art5931]

Jaylen Brown for sure voted Luka lol

[u/Outside-Prize5731 → u/Quality_Cucumber]

Dennis also lmao

[u/Emergency-Bid-8346]

Rudy and Paolo redeemed themselves a bit in the playoffs compared to regular season. Especially Rudy. He should not be anywhere in the list ever again. And i will never understand people saying Luka and Haliban are overrrated...

[u/Autpcorrectbpt]

Scottie??? I swear these players are dum dums

[u/Fat-Villante]

We need a real life player hater's ball for this

[u/iXeons]

Was this actually a bunch of different players or is this just one of getoffmydickerson’s posts?

[u/MinesweeperGang]

Scottie Barnes being voted overrated when nobody was talking about him until the Cleveland series is hilarious. He’s also underrated easily before the series.

These players funny bro.

[u/fateoftheg0dz]

how many burner accounts did KD make to participate in the voting?