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MFFL
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
He wasnt better than Aguirre or Nique but he was better than most of the others you listed.
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Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
question for the op; how old are you? did you ever watch James in person?
Worthy's nickname was "Big Game James" for a legitimate reason. I will grant you that after Magic retired Worthy didn't do much but that shouldn't defer from what he did during the showtime era.
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Livin Large
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Livin Large
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by miles berg
He wasnt better than Aguirre or Nique but he was better than most of the others you listed.
No, Worthy was better, no doubt about it. His legacy is somewhat blurred because of playing on a team with Magic, Kareem, ect... but he deserves more respect than that.
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College superstar
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
I am sorry. But James Worthy was not overrated.
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Bitch Hands
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by DixieNourmous
No, Worthy was better, no doubt about it. His legacy is somewhat blurred because of playing on a team with Magic, Kareem, ect... but he deserves more respect than that.
He's better than Aguirre, but LOL, no way is he better than 'Nique.
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Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by fsvr54
He's better than Aguirre, but LOL, no way is he better than 'Nique.
The only think a person can say that Nique,King,Alex,Mark were better at was scoring. Ok lets look at it. James played on a team with the GOAT PG and possibly the GOAT C. Magic made sure everyone got the ball in the right place.You must understand chemistry and how it relates to basketball. Worthy game was able to adapt to what the lakers needed. They needed him to score he score they need him to be a 3rd 4 th option thats what he did, They needed him to defend Bird,Mchale thats what he did. I know College is different from the pro's. But if you want some sort of measuring stick He was the beast in college. So lets get it straight he wasn't some coatail riding player. In college he was better than all the other SF you guys are naming.
I Close I never heard anyone say BIG GAME NIQUE<BIG GAME ALEX, IT's BIG GAME JAMES because in the big games James steped up.
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Decent playground baller
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by fsvr54
He's better than Aguirre, but LOL, no way is he better than 'Nique.
He used to burn Nique in their head to head matchups so bad it was hilarious to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoTKCqDilHo
And there were many more examples.
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Decent playground baller
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by Niquesports
James played on a team with the GOAT PG and possibly the GOAT C.
Why does everyone keep forgetting about a 20 ppg SG who was the teams top scorer in one of their championship seasons?
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08-25-2012, 02:13 PM
#100
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by Kovach
Why does everyone keep forgetting about a 20 ppg SG who was the teams top scorer in one of their championship seasons?
So true. People underrate James because he didn't have the numbers.But on that team. Magic kept everyone in the game.Are you real Mark better than James ,Kovach they also don't know that team had 7 players in double digt scoring and Cooper was getting 9ppg.
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08-25-2012, 03:39 PM
#101
Mohamed Bamba
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Someone didn't watch much of Worthy if your argument basis is on stats.
I think he's underrated, because how many players with #1 talent would be willing to spend most of their career as a #2 or #3, but could step up to the plate and play like the elite option whenever his team needed? Talk about the perfect "role player".
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08-25-2012, 04:10 PM
#102
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
He is quite over rated, but not in an extremely straight forward way. He was more then capable of putting up 23-25 ppg if given a first option role (which isn't particularly amazing and shouldn't be compared to the better SFs of that decade) but he was also extremely fortunate that he played with Magic so that he could put up efficient numbers that I'm not really certain he's capable of under most circumstances.
Saying he's better then a Dantley or Wilkins is not fair at all. Alex English maybe, but anyone else is really pushing it.
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08-25-2012, 05:22 PM
#103
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by magnax1
He is quite over rated, but not in an extremely straight forward way. He was more then capable of putting up 23-25 ppg if given a first option role (which isn't particularly amazing and shouldn't be compared to the better SFs of that decade) but he was also extremely fortunate that he played with Magic so that he could put up efficient numbers that I'm not really certain he's capable of under most circumstances.
Saying he's better then a Dantley or Wilkins is not fair at all. Alex English maybe, but anyone else is really pushing it.
FIrst off neither Dantley or Wilkins could had adjusted to going from 1 option to 3 option from game to game and still be just as effective.
Second both needed the ball to score james could post, mid game, run the lane, and finish, can you picture Dantley trying to run the break and finish like Worthy ? It would be funny
Wilkins was a one dimentional scorer beat his man off the dribble. Worthy could beat his man ,post his man,out run his man .
Lastly when it comes to D its not even close James was much better than both
The more I look at it james might be a top 5 SF
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08-25-2012, 06:22 PM
#104
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
People rate him fairly. He was the best player on a college championship team. Won Finals MVP.
Bird
Lebron
Pippen
Are the only small forwards I can confidently say we're better.
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08-25-2012, 06:29 PM
#105
Re: Is James Worthy one of the most overrated players of all time?
Originally Posted by Big#50
People rate him fairly. He was the best player on a college championship team. Won Finals MVP.
Bird
Lebron
Pippen
Are the only small forwards I can confidently say we're better.
It's just too hard to compare him with these guys they were 1st and 2nd options on there teams . Sometimes James would be the 4th option. It wasnt because of lack of talent. It was just any given day another player would be the go to player on that laker team Magic just moved the ball around so much
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