most overrated athletes

[ibleedwhite]

Originally Posted by Texasmade

Hakeem is also the only All Star player to win a championship without another All Star on the team. That pretty much tells you how good he was that first championship year.
hell yeah Hakeem ftw! Dream shake baby!

 

[tiecollector]

Everyone in the NBA except for John Stockton and Dikembe Mutombo.

Ali.

Bo Jackson.

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by ibleedwhite

hell yeah Hakeem ftw!

Dream shake baby!

My brothers and I drove to San Antonio to watch that game. Near the end of that game, after Houston pulled away, all of the Houston fans started chanting "MVP! MVP!" whenever Olajuwan got the ball.

 

[breakz]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Bo Jackson.

Dude was one of the most talented athletes of the 1990s. How is he overrated?

 

[thekunk07]

deion sanders

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by ibleedwhite

hell yeah Hakeem ftw!

Dream shake baby!

I'd forgotten how great he was. God that was fun to watch, especially considering how cocky my friends a few miles down I-10 had gotten.

 

[BoilerRoom]

Emmitt Smith. He played with perhaps the greatest offensive line in history and had a quality passing game with Aikman. If he played on any other team, he would be merely an above average Curtis Martin-esque type of running back.

The only remarkable thing about him is his durability, blocking skills and touchdowns. However, the touchdowns were merely a byproduct of being in a good offense. He was not a big-gain, breakaway runner. Any RB could have punched in short touchdowns behind Larry Allen.

He had a great career, but there are a lot of RBs I would take for a couple of seasons.

 

[BoilerRoom]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

deion sanders


What? He is the greatest Cornerback in NFL history. He basically shut down an entire half of the field. QBs wouldn't even throw his way. He was also an amazing Punt/Kick Returner.

 

[ibleedwhite]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I'd forgotten how great he was. God that was fun to watch, especially considering how cocky my friends a few miles down I-10 had gotten.

Originally Posted by HORNS

My brothers and I drove to San Antonio to watch that game. Near the end of that game, after Houston pulled away, all of the Houston fans started chanting "MVP! MVP!" whenever Olajuwan got the ball.

Good to see Hakeem fans in here!

 

[Slopho]

Originally Posted by BoilerRoom

What? He is the greatest Cornerback in NFL history. He basically shut down an entire half of the field. QBs wouldn't even throw his way. He was also an amazing Punt/Kick Returner.

+1.

On another note, am I the only one who believes the Braylon Edwards trade came about in large part because of the LeBron James incident? Does Cleveland basically say "Look, this guy hit LeBron's friend, if we don't ship him out the LeBron will definately be on his way to NY."

 

[HORNS]

Any baseball player that is being discussed on the "Most Underrated Athletes" threak (I hate baseball).

 

[ibleedwhite]

Originally Posted by Slopho

+1.

On another note, am I the only one who believes the Braylon Edwards trade came about in large part because of the LeBron James incident? Does Cleveland basically say "Look, this guy hit LeBron's friend, if we don't ship him out the LeBron will definately be on his way to NY."

ofcourse.

 

[HRoi]

oooh...it's october. the time of year that A-Rod typically makes a run at domination of this thread

 

[thekunk07]

yes, and it's pathetic. si was questioning whether edwards prersence in nyc would mean lebron isn't coming.

Originally Posted by ibleedwhite

ofcourse.

 

[sho'nuff]

manny ramirez.