Panos wrote:jrodmc wrote:Panos wrote:jrodmc wrote:Panos wrote:jrodmc wrote:No one said it was the first time; again, I don't need your permission to knock a player, do I? Or do I? Talking about how seemingly overrated a particular PG, whether ex-Knick or not, was, the last time I checked, considered "keeping it basketball". Or maybe you have rules for when talking about a basketball player's perceived skillset is not considered talking basketball? I am not saying Lin is a bad person, that I hate his face, that he plays some version of wussyball from the 1960's, that he's a greedy bastid or that when he was here, those 2 weeks weren't stunning. Kobe's quote is still one of the best lines I've heard about a Knick in years. I can disagree with you and Lin's supporters that he's overrated as a basketball player. As Crush pointed out, and despite your opinion, Byron Scott's got him behind 57 year old Steve Nash on the depth chart. I brought up Lin because it's a listing about PG's, and if Lin's skillset was as stellar as some supporters on here would make it out to be, you would think Lin would be somewhere on the list instead of our boy Prigs, right? See the basketball stuff there?
The list obviously has alot to do with the importance and measurement of turnovers, but rather than refute any of my points, you go on a panty-bunching rant.
I don't think so. Not that it matters, I don't think it needs policing, but don't pretend to be simply talking objective basketball. There's no way in hell that Lin could EVER be considered underrated after being a global sensation and appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated, among others. You wanted to take a shot at him and did. So what. At least own that.
I think I did own taking a shot at Lin. See the big words? I took a shot because he's not on the list. End of story.
Of course, he's not on the list! How could someone that was the subject of global "Linsanity" be UNDERrated?!
Well, let's see, CBS Sports rated 31 point guards ahead of him, Hollinger rated 35 others ahead of him... and he actually doesn't even appear on any lists of OVERrated point guards!
I haven't seen any such list. Have you?
If there was one, he probably deserves to be on it.
Except maybe that nobody is bothering to "rate" him anymore. He has slipped into irrelevance.
ESPN has a list/break down of point guards. There's a section for "most overrated". He's not on any of them, that I saw.
Hey, don't call Lin irrelevant! Sounds like your taking a shot!
