Most Underrated Player of the 90s

[gengiskhan]

tim hardaway
mitch richmond
Kevin Johnson
Teri Porter
Larry Johnson
Reggie Lewis
Dominique Wilkins
Doc Rivers

[KingJay718]

Kevin Johnson is underrated. Russell Westbrook should watch tapes on KJ. KJ owned Magic Johnson in the 1990 Semi-Finals

[catch24]

Easily Mitch Richmond/Mullin.

[lakers_forever]

Easily Mitch Richmond/Mullin.

[Suckafree]

Both Payton and KJ were better players than Stockton. Wouldn't call Payton underrated though. KJ might be now.

Rice wasn't underrated. He was a great shooter, but all he did was shoot/score, and he got 3 all-star appearances and an all-nba second team/all-nba third team out of it.

Kemp isn't underrated either. I see more people overrate him than underrate him due to nostalgia and the highlight plays.

Ok, now don't get me wrong I'm not an expert on 90's basketball or anything but my spidey senses are telling me this is just not true

[TrueGreenFan]

Forgot about Sean Elliot.

[lakers_forever]

Ok, now don't get me wrong I'm not an expert on 90's basketball or anything but my spidey senses are telling me this is just not true

Not true at all. Revisionism at its best. Some guy here was a huge KJ fan and apparently brainwashed everyone else. Guy never made it to all NBA first team and was only one year ahead of Stockton in ALL NBA teams (he was second team and Stockton third team in 1991).

Stockton was an all star from 1989 to 1997. Kevin Johnson made 3 all stars games in his entire life.

[magnax1]

Today it's probably Tim Hardaway and Glen Rice.

[magnax1]

Ok, now don't get me wrong I'm not an expert on 90's basketball or anything but my spidey senses are telling me this is just not true

Yeah, it's definitely Bullshit. KJ was a little bit better scorer, but couldn't do anything else on the same level as Stockton.

[ShaqAttack3234]

Ok, now don't get me wrong I'm not an expert on 90's basketball or anything but my spidey senses are telling me this is just not true

It's absolutely true. Stockton's prime/peak are both overrated. He was good for a long time, but never a true elite player or MVP-caliber player. KJ was.

[magnax1]

It's absolutely true. Stockton's prime/peak are both overrated. He was good for a long time, but never a true elite player or MVP-caliber player. KJ was.

KJ was an elite MVP-caliber player? He made 3 all star games, and it's not like he was missing them because he was injured all the time. He missed 2 years in his prime in 89, and 92 for no other reason then he just didn't deserve it. In fact he had team mates picked over him multiple times.

[Suckafree]

Also, it's hard for stockton to get MVP consideration when you got hakeem, mj, robinson, ewing, barkley, malone etc.

Stockton was basically putting up mvp nash numbers + 2-3 assists and 3 steals. He wasn't the scorer that KJ was but was damn sure a better basketball player than KJ.

[nbacardDOTnet]

[lakers_forever]

It's absolutely true. Stockton's prime/peak are both overrated. He was good for a long time, but never a true elite player or MVP-caliber player. KJ was.

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MVP voting:

1988 - Stockton 10th - KJ (no pts)
1989 - Stockton 7th - KJ 8th.
1990 - Stockton 9th - KJ (no points)
1991 - Stockton 12th - KJ 7th (only year ahead of Stockton).
1992 - Stockton 12th - KJ 14th
1993 - Stockton 10th - KJ (no pts)
1994 - Stotckton and KJ tied for 11th place.
1995 - Stockton 8th - KJ (no pts).
1996 - Stockton 11th - KJ (no pts)
1997 - Stockton 15th - KJ 17th

KJ highest was 7th place once just like Stockton. And only 2 times in the top 10 while Stockton was top 10 5 times (1988, 89, 90, 93 and 95).

[ShaqAttack3234]

KJ was an elite MVP-caliber player? He made 3 all star games, and it's not like he was missing them because he was injured all the time. He missed 2 years in his prime in 89, and 92 for no other reason then he just didn't deserve it. In fact he had team mates picked over him multiple times.

Didn't you see any of the numerous playoff games KJ took over and dominated, Stockton didn't have the ability to do that, if he did then Utah may have not had as many playoff disappointments because there were times when it was obvious they could've used a 2nd scorer.