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Most underrated athletes.

post #1 of 262
10/5/09 at 3:46pm
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Why not?

Joe Montana
Marcus Allen
Lee Trevino
Larry Bird
Kevin McHale
Nick Faldo
Bjorn Borg

all rated highly, but not highly enough.
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post #2 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:05pm
Dennis Rodman
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post #3 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:09pm
Matt Hasselbeck.
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post #4 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:09pm
them, plus:

maybe not so much underrated as underappreciated:

barry sanders
randy johnson
sampras
adam dunn


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Originally Posted by iammatt View Post
Why not?

Joe Montana
Marcus Allen
Lee Trevino
Larry Bird
Kevin McHale
Nick Faldo
Bjorn Borg

all rated highly, but not highly enough.
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post #5 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:14pm
Steve Smith
Deron Williams
Lance Berkman
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post #6 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:15pm
Stan Musial
Fred Taylor
John Elway
Tim Duncan
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post #7 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:22pm
Pippen
Bonds
Westbrook

Montana is on everyone's list of top 5 QBs. Or at least should be.

People speak of Bird in the same breath as Jordan and Magic, neither of whom are underrated or underappreciated.
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post #8 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by Farhan View Post
People speak of Bird in the same breath as Jordan and Magic, neither of whom are underrated or underappreciated.

But no one really thinks of Magic and Bird as in the same class as Jordan. It's lip service.
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post #9 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser View Post
Stan Musial
Fred Taylor
John Elway
Tim Duncan

Really?

I'd add Oscar Robertson and Mariano Rivera.
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post #10 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:24pm
Vijay Singh
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post #11 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:25pm
Troy Brown
Bruce Bowen
Robert Horry
Mark Recchi
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post #12 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:25pm
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Originally Posted by MetroStyles View Post
But no one really thinks of Magic and Bird as in the same class as Jordan. It's lip service.

I agree.

To be honest, Jordan > Magic > Bird.
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post #13 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:25pm
I think of Steve Young as underrated. He was fast as hell and was a great out of the pocket passer and scrambler. He also was in the shadow of Montana for so many years.
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post #14 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:26pm
Takeru Kobayashi
Joey Chestnut
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post #15 of 262
10/5/09 at 4:27pm
This thread has the same problem as the threads about underrated women. Most of the athletes being listed aren't "underrated" by any meaningful measure. Instead, everyone's just listing their favorite players, whom they deem "underrated" because they're not necessarily everyone else's favorite. I'm exaggerating, but not by much.

Fred Lynn
Vida Blue
Goose Gossage
Earl Campbell
Jim Brown
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