Dennis Rodman is underrated.

[no pun intended]

Dennis Rodman is one of the most undeserved player ever. His defensive presence of Rodman is underrated. He is a 6'7 guy who manages to put up a career avg of 14 rpg. Moreover, he has averaged 18.7, 18.3, 17.3, and 16.8 rpg in four consecutive seasons. And he is capable of shooting threes at a decent percentage.

[Tito Beasley]

Dennis Rodman is one of the most undeserved player ever. His defensive presence of Rodman is underrated. He is a 6'7 guy who manages to put up a career avg of 14 rpg. Moreover, he has averaged 18.7, 18.3, 17.3, and 16.8 rpg in four consecutive seasons. And he is capable of shooting threes at a decent percentage.

Of course he is underrated.

Giving him credit would take away from the idea that "Jordan was superhuman and did it all by himseflfffff!!!!"

Average dummies don't think rebounding and defense are important, only athleticism and high-difficulty turnaround fadeaway jumpers. whoever does those the best is obviously the best playerrrzzduhduhduhduh

[Cangri]

Dennis Rodman is one of the most undeserved player ever. His defensive presence of Rodman is underrated. He is a 6'7 guy who manages to put up a career avg of 14 rpg. Moreover, he has averaged 18.7, 18.3, 17.3, and 16.8 rpg in four consecutive seasons. And he is capable of shooting threes at a decent percentage.

But seriously, I don't see how he's underrated. He's basically labeled as one of the best defensive players and rebounders of the NBA.

[(e)]

Definitely is underrated, hell even Pip is underrated. That trio was something else.

[bdreason]

Hardly underrated.

Fantastic rebounder and great defender, but a complete liability on the offensive end. We're talking about a guy who averaged under 6ppg on ~44%, and shot ~55% from the FT line in his 3 year tenure with the Bulls.

[no pun intended]

Hardly underrated.

Fantastic rebounder and great defender, but a complete liability on the offensive end. We're talking about a guy who averaged under 6ppg on ~44%, and shot ~55% from the FT line in his 3 year tenure with the Bulls.

Then Ben Wallace must be overrated.

[TrueRob]

Of course he is underrated.

Giving him credit would take away from the idea that "Jordan was superhuman and did it all by himseflfffff!!!!"

Average dummies don't think rebounding and defense are important, only athleticism and high-difficulty turnaround fadeaway jumpers. whoever does those the best is obviously the best playerrrzzduhduhduhduh

Yeah, scorers always get the credit. A guy could average 10/20 in the Finals and still lose Finals MVP to a 21/5 guy if he's the highest scorer on the team.

[bdreason]

Then Ben Wallace must be overrated.

Both guys are rated accurately. Great defenders who were offensive liabilities.


Now, that being said, there are HUNDREDS of players in the NBA who are OVERRATED because of their offensive numbers.

A guy like Steve Nash winning 2 MVP's without playing a lick of defense comes to mind. I hate to pick on Nash, because he's great at what he does... but winning 2 NBA MVP's is laughable.

[niko]

Hardly underrated.

Fantastic rebounder and great defender, but a complete liability on the offensive end. We're talking about a guy who averaged under 6ppg on ~44%, and shot ~55% from the FT line in his 3 year tenure with the Bulls.

and he hardly was focused and playing hard all the time. Did people actually see the players play that they are talking about? there was a year with SA where he actively destroyed their playoffs.

btw, is the new thing on this board going to be to try to discredit Jordan to give lebron props?

[Tito Beasley]

btw, is the new thing on this board going to be to try to discredit Jordan to give lebron props?

yeah, it's gonna replace the old thing of doing it to give Kobe props.

[Fatal9]

cool fact: Rodman averaged more ppg in the '96 playoff run than Bynum did in the '09 run.

[Batz]

cool fact: Rodman averaged more ppg in the '96 playoff run than Bynum did in the '09 run.

Irrelevant like crazy...

[Sarcastic]

Underrated in what sense? He is regarded as one of the best rebounders and defenders of all time. His offense was poor in the NBA, even though he put up good numbers in college.

[VIP2000]

I would say he is underrated in that he probably won't be inducted in the Hall of Fame.

However, most basketball fans would say he was an absolute monster on defense and the boards.

[DOUBLE DRIBBLE]

Both guys are rated accurately. Great defenders who were offensive liabilities.


Now, that being said, there are HUNDREDS of players in the NBA who are OVERRATED because of their offensive numbers.

A guy like Steve Nash winning 2 MVP's without playing a lick of defense comes to mind. I hate to pick on Nash, because he's great at what he does... but winning 2 NBA MVP's is laughable.

You got take for account the system Nash played in... they didn't rely on defense. Nash isn't as bad defensively as it appears. Don't get me wrong... Not saying he is good on D because he isn't but playing in that system doesn't help either. There have been other MVP's that weren't good defenders too. You do know it's called "most valuable player" right? Not best player.