The Most Laughably Overrated NBA Players Of The 2017-18 Season
The season in overrated NBA players
No group in the NBA world is guiltier of overrating players based on past performance than NBA coaches. Just ask Tom Thibodeau. He’s coached three players on this list, two of whom he plays because they were pretty good back in 2012. Or Doc Rivers, the Clippers coach whose penchant for former Celtics or guys that used to beat his old team lost him his title as the Clippers’ president of basketball operations. On second thought, don’t ask those guys. Because they’ll definitely deny their clear-as-day fetishization of the good old days. The days when Nate Robinson was lit and Derrick Rose wasn’t depressing. Anyway, here’s our list of the most overrated NBA players of the 2017-18 season. As you may have guessed, it’s full of washed-up dudes whose coaches have way too much faith in them.Jamal Crawford
Somehow Tom Thibodeau thought his team without enough shots to go around to their top three players needed a guy who’s only mission in life is to take (usually low-efficiency) shots. The 38-year-old posted a weak 51.9 true shooting percentage on a way-too-high 23.7 usage percentage.
Of course, he gave the Timberwolves nothing on defense.
Dion Waiters
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Fresh off signing a $52 million contract, Waiters responded by hoisting every shot in sight — and missing most of them, badly. According to Basketball Reference, Waiters had a 48.
7 true shooting percentage, which measures shooting efficiency by factoring three-pointers, two-pointers, and free throws (the league average is about 55 percent), before his season was cut short by an ankle injury.
Carmelo Anthony
Yet another player hilariously overrated by his team and no one else, Billy Donovan’s desire to watch Melo’s masonry gave the 10-time All-Star the freedom to pave the Thunder’s path out of their first-round playoff series against the Jazz with bricks. His legs just looked shot.
Tristan Thompson
The $82 million man had a rough 2017-18 on and off the court. According to Basketball Reference, he posted his worst offensive box plus/minus and worst defensive plus/minus (-1.6 and -0.9) since 2011-12, his rookie season. He also averaged 5.8 points per game, the lowest mark of his career.