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Being 'Overrated' Is Overrated.
« on: March 09, 2011, 11:45:43 PM »

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Come on now guys. This is bordering on the ridiculous. The Lakers lose some games, and suddenly, they're 'overrated'..then they whoop the Spurs at home, and they're 'underrated'. Switch the Heat or Bulls with the Lakers and the Spurs with any other prominent team, and it'll still be ridiculous.

Rondo is 'overrated', because he's had a few off games. He's 'overrated', because he's not been the triple double crazy versatile offensive and defensive dynamo we've seen before, or he's 'overrated' because despite having a league leading assist per game average and league leading assist ratio (% of assists to other available plays), he's not a proficient shooter. That is ridiculous. If you want to tell me Rondo is the league's MVP, than yes..he's overrated. But if you want to tell me that his play over the season puts him right there around the top of the PG's in the league, than he's right where he should be.

If everyone agrees that everyone is overrated, who exactly is doing the rating? And, how much rationality is involved?

New pet peeve: Using the word 'overrated' without using facts or sensible argument to back it up.

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Re: Being 'Overrated' Is Overrated.
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2011, 11:51:23 PM »

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are you talking to my beautifull cs are overrated thread
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2011, 11:54:11 PM »

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are you talking to my beautifull cs are overrated thread

haha great minds drink alike, Edgar.

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Catch phrase of the month ... the word itself is overrated, IMHO, (and I mean "overrated", not "itself"). ;)
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I have long thought the 'overrated' term is pointless because there is no single rating of any player.

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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2011, 12:58:32 PM »

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Hey, I'm not overrated.

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Re: Being 'Overrated' Is Overrated.
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 01:22:46 PM »

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Hey, I'm not overrated.

Wait, yes I am...

I knew there should be one at least
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I find using the word overrated is overrated
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If overrated has become so overrated that it is overrated, then it stands to reason we will begin underrating overrated at some point once it has leveled out.
Yup

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If overrated has become so overrated that it is overrated, then it stands to reason we will begin underrating overrated at some point once it has leveled out.

So youre saying that being Overrated is right now Underrated
as in Delonte West
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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2011, 01:49:47 PM »

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If overrated has become so overrated that it is overrated, then it stands to reason we will begin underrating overrated at some point once it has leveled out.

So youre saying that being Overrated is right now Underrated
as in Delonte West


not yet, you need to wait a while
Yup