Who do you think is the most overrated player in the NBA?

People debate who the greatest player is every year but the choices are always kind of a given, made easier with MVP voting and obvious greatness of certain players. This debate has become somewhat boring to me with the choices right in front of us. I'm curious to know who the most overrated player is in peoples eyes.

I'll go first.

Jayson Tatum hands down. Leading the entire league in field goal attempts. 25ppg on a whopping 22 field goal attempts per game. (#1 in the entire league) We were told he is a superstar, instead he is leading the Celtics to the lottery. It doesn't matter that he is leading the league in scoring, that is atrocious and it wasn't all that much better in the past. Reminds me of when people said Brandon Jennings was an allstar because he was scoring a crazy amount on 30% shooting. Obviously he's not nearly as bad as Jennings. Tatum is in a different stratosphere overall. Gentlemen swept in the playoffs last year after ending the year at .500 and would be lucky to make playoffs this year with a team that isn't a superteam but also doesn't lack pieces and talent. Seems like your average high usage chucker. Not great for a guy who's greatest asset is scoring. His defensive rating would indicate the Celtics are slightly better when he is not on the court. Tatum's 109DRtg to the team's overall 107DRtg.

When you factor defense into this equation -

Jayson Tatum 25ppg on 22 attempts this year. 26 ppg on 20 attempts last year.
Jerami Grant 20ppg on 16 attempts this year. 22ppg on 17 attempts last year.

So who's the better player?

All of the people blaming the Celtics being a disaster on a lack of talent in Boston might want to hold their highest usage player accountable for once. Having said all this, he still is a good player offering great rebounding, assists and scoring for a 6'8 forward despite the maddening volume. We all saw what Harden did at Tatum's age with Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin and how Luka took the stacked Clippers to 7 literally by himself which should put a pin in the "he's young and doesn't have help" argument I hear ad nauseam from the media and celtics fan's alike. I have faith in way more young up and coming players and he is not in the same league as the older superstar types. And to those saying he doesn't have help, (which he obviously does) what would happen if he was put on a super team and had his attempts and usage reduced in half like a normal NBA player? What kind of role would he play? What would his stats look like? Could he get it done as a second option? Is he worth the money as a third option at that point? I might be foolish but it would be a hard pass from me. Maybe his percentages go up because he is a very talented scorer and would have better looks but I'd wager he wouldn't be remotely as good as any star on any superteam in the last 2 decades. And its not like any star is begging to go to Boston to play with him, if anything stars have left him for other stars.

Curious to hear who other people think is the most overrated player in the NBA. Although this can be interpreted as a "hate thread", its done solely with the intention of having a new more interesting debate so please keep it civil toward these players. They are human beings at the end of the day.

 

I highly doubt he could average 20ppg as a third option. I’m not sold Tatum would either as crazy as that sounds. I like Grants defense better for a contender although Tatum is a much better playmaker/better overall game IMO. As a third option I’d go Grant because he’d have more of a defined role but only at a much lower salary than Tatum. Crazy to even be saying that. Tatum obviously higher upside

 

My most underrated player
Dejounte Murray hands down
Alperen Sengun somewhere on that list

 

I reached for him this year and was ridiculed lol. Dudes probably a 1st rounder next year. He’s so underrated it’s comical.