At this point it seems pretty clear that both he and Gobert will simply never be respected by their peers.
No other major hawks notes of importance in the other polls, and this quote from a player is the only other hawks mention in the article:
“There’s a big disparity with the referees still. Referees aren’t consistent with their integrity, the way they approach you, and the NBA has a huge problem on its hands. That’s the biggest thing in the NBA right now: the referees. Some people get calls and some people don’t get calls. It may be the same (play), but if it’s Trae Young or somebody else, it looks different.”
https://theathletic.com/5433545/2024/04/22/nba-player-poll-2024-lebron-jordan-goat-celtics-nuggets-rudy-gobert-timberwolves?source=user-shared-article
by Ice_Effect
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This is pretty nice company to be in, Id love to be called “overrated”
I’m going to be completely real, the most overrated player in the league is probably Damian Lillard. Sabonis ans Young should be on the list of underrated not overrated.
Laughed out loud at John Collins being “overrated”
Hawks so bad this year we can’t even win the most overrated vote 🥲
No one rates John Collins higher than a role player. How could he be overrated? And how could Jordan Poole be overrated? Everyone knows he sucks.
I feel like players just answer with who they don’t like/respect. Like players don’t like Trae so they put him as overrated. Same with Gobert.
On the flip side players respect Dame. So he’s not overrated.
Overrated by who? The only people who rate Trae highly that I see are Hawks fans. Media doesn’t like him that’s for sure.
7.4% of 81 votes is 6 votes. The Athletic just wants clicks they couldn’t give less of a fuck about publishing meaningful data
WHO IS RATING JOHN COLLINS???? love u jc
Overrated how? Who likes him? Media doesn’t like him, non-Hawks fans don’t like him, players apparently don’t like him. Overrated means someone rates him highly I don’t think anyone outside of our media market does. Part of me is rooting for him to get traded to the Spurs and wreck the league with Wemby to get the respect he deserves
Interesting that they cite officiating the way they do when Trae doesn’t get calls that everyone else does. He baits defenders into what is clearly a shooting foul and they regularly call it on the floor instead of putting him on the line. SGA has a similar style of getting to the line and it’s always called a shooting foul for him.
This list is garbage half the players are all stars and the other half are roleplayers that no one is overrating
Ive always been very surprised by how little professional basketball players know about the game of basketball
Damn John Collins up there is wild. I want him back. Would have made us better this year. That’s a fact
Trae isn’t even rated, so how can he be overrated?
And still, the idiots in this sub will continue glazing over Trae thinking he’s one of the best players in the league
“Most overrated” literally just means “I don’t like this particular player for whatever reason”. Gobert bc he clamps them up, Trae bc they can’t stop a funny looking midget, and John Collins bc people are jealous of his contract. I doubt any of the players voting on this actually consider these guys overrated they simply don’t like them
the fact that halibum is not on the “most overrated” list tells me that these votes were casted by his team USA buddies, and Trae has cooked all of them individually so it makes sense that they don’t like him.