So many issues on this. Basketball isn’t the ultimate team sport, that’s either hockey or football (I vote hockey because your star offensive players are only on the ice 1/3 of the game). But I’m not really sure how you can say a guy that made the playoffs all but one year of his career was bad. And as for whining that he’d shoot rather than pass for the final shot I sure hope this writer wasn’t one of the ones that constantly harped on LeBron for constantly passing instead of shooting. Part of being a star basketball player is you TAKE that final shot.
Has anybody ever actually claimed Danica Patrick is good? Can’t really be overrated when nobody says your good. She’s poster bait, and good for ratings.
As for Deion he’s completely ignoring the fact that Deion was a fantastic cornerback, and a very good kick returner, and a pretty damn good receiver. Yeah OK he was mediocre at baseball, but to do that AND be a 3 way player in football is pretty impressive.
I’m not really sure anybody says Rodman was very good. His real claim to fame on the court was courage, to be a great rebounder (which he was) is all about being willing to do it. You’re going to take a lot of elbows in the face which most players shy away from, especially as their career advances, Rodman never shied away. Everybody at the time was pretty honest about the fact that Rodman couldn’t shoot, or do much of anything else, but he had guts, which is all anybody needed from him.
Five years ago A-Rod was a valid entry on this list. But now nobody really thinks he was good, which again makes it hard to say he’s overrated.
“Has anybody ever actually claimed Danica Patrick is good?”
At the professional level, pretty much all race drivers are good. Only a handful are great.