Point Guard: Rajon Rondo
Rondo has been great on the Celtics as a complimentary player to Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen. Now those stars are aging, and one of them jumped ship to Miami. That leaves Rondo to be a star, but he simply isn't capable of carrying a team. Rondo still seems to have trouble hitting open shots, even when teams leave him wide open from 15 feet out. And you can forget about three pointers. If Rondo cant get to the basket he simply cant score, and he becomes very easy to guard when he is the main scoring threat on his team. Rondo also still has the maturity of a rookie, bumping into to refs and running Ray Allen out of town. He simply isn't a superstar, and I don't think he can even be a star on his own.Shooting Guard: Monta Ellis
Before finding a new home in Milwaukee Monta played in Golden State and made a name for himself as the leading scorer, and even put up monster games from time to time. The thing is, people see his monster games but don't see his games featuring ten turnovers and also give him too much credit for his scoring. In Golden State he was simply the only scoring option and took the lion's share of the shots for his team. When he gets his shots he can score, but he will never be more than that. He is a solid sixth man at best in this league.
Small Forward: Tyreke Evans
Tyreke was scouted and drafted high out of Memphis mostly based on potential. Since his rookie year he has had one or two memorable moments, but a lot more disappointment has he has failed to be the leader that Kings fans hoped for when they saw him take the stage on draft day. Tyreke has been frankly overshadowed by Demarcus Cousins (who made our All-Underrated team) who has taken over the scoring load as well as stolen away the face of the franchise from Tyreke. The Kings may look to trade Tyreke once they are sold and depending on where he ends up he may not even start. His stock has steadily fallen since he was drafted and he remains a turnover prone, out of control mess.Power Forward: Carlos Boozer
Can you say washed up? Despite being teamed up with the likes of Derrick Rose and Luol Deng, Boozer has failed to come close to proving he was worth the max contract given to him by Chicago. Boozer was a coveted free agent, and I cant seem to remember why. After a few years with the Bulls he has been exposed. He consistently gets out muscled on the boards and isn't a shot blocking threat at this stage in his career, and his footwork has dropped of tremendously. Boozer shows all the signs of a player who got his money and simply stopped working on his game. His jump shot is also starting to appear shaky at times, and he is quickly becoming a liability to the Bulls. A very expensive liability.Center: Joakim Noah
Noah joins his Bulls teammate in the front court of the All-Overrated team as our center. Joakim being overrated isn't a new thing, if this blog had existed while he was at Florida, I would have had a few article about how over-hyped he was. Not much has changed since then, except his hair looks even more stupid nowadays and for some reason fans think he is a valuable player. Noah cant shoot, has no speed to speak of, little ball handling skills and somehow that adds up to an NBA star? Not a chance. Besides putting up solid rebounding numbers, Noah has no real skills on the basketball court. He has never had any type of jump shot and that makes him one of the easiest people to guard in all of the NBA. Some things never change, and Joakim Noah will forever he an overrated clown.
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