10. Klay Thompson

The only reason Klay is on this list is that I believe he can be somewhat of a streaky shooter, more than he is an elite knockdown shooter. Don’t get me wrong Klay will give you a historic 3 quarters of scoring for 3-5 games in a season, and end up averaging towards the lower end of 20pg. His production offensively hasn’t changed much at all with the addition of KD. However, people sometimes refer to him as one of the greatest shooters of all time, and when he’s hot it can appear that way. But I don’t think he’s on that top tier yet. Thompson is not a batman, and if he were to join a new team in an attempt to be “The man” he might get exposed, worst than Kyrie did. But Klay is smart, so he won’t do that. Look for the SG to end his career as a warrior.

9. Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert is a really good defensive player. Beginning last year, after the Utah Jazz made that impressive postseason run led by Donovan Mitchell, Gobert’s name started to get thrown around more often as a top center. However, the truth is he’s pretty much pedestrian on the offensive side of the ball, this was made evident during the playoffs this year when the Jazz was eliminated in the first round. I would love to see Rudy develop a solid post game to give the Utah Jazz more offensive talent to work with.

8. Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler is a solid NBA player, who plays the game with heart. I think no one would mind having Jimmy on their team, but he’s also a player that can be very streaky shooting the ball. I don’t know if Butler is a max contract guy, for years I have been waiting for him to have a breakout season and put up numbers like 25ppg 8rb 6ast 2 stls. But every season that passes it seems more and more like Jimmy may be best suited as a role player, a really good #2-3 guy on a stacked team like he was in Phi.

7. Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons came into the NBA with a ton of hype on his name. For the most part during his “Rookie” campaign Ben did prove that he has a potentially promising career. However, contrary to what Stephen A Smith would have you believe, Simmons is not the next Lebron, even if he added a jump shot. Even Lebron had shooting difficulties during his career but Simmons is on a whole different level. Simmons looks afraid to shoot the ball, and at this point, I don’t think he’ll ever obtain a steady jump shot (I hope I am wrong). What I do know is that in order for the Sixers to be taken serious, Ben Simmons will have to avg more than 15ppg. I don’t care how many assist or rebounds players average, in order to be seen as elite, you have to put up 20+ per game AT LEAST! Overrated until further notice.

6. Clint Capela

Clint Capela gained a lot of momentum following last years playoffs when he proved to be a more than capable rim protector and shot blocker. Although his point totals continue to rise every season, his production is largely based off the play of James Harden or Chris Paul. Capela averaged under 10 points in his last playoff appearance and didn’t look like the same player from last year. He had very little impact in the series vs the warriors. It would be best for Clint to develop some more post moves to give his team a different offensive threat. If that doesn’t happen he will be surpassed by many young Centers with more to offer like Myles Turner, Mitchell Robinson, and Mo Bamba in the years to come.

5. Devin Booker

Devin Booker is one of the more interesting players in the NBA. After dropping 71, and having consecutive seasons avg more points than Klay Thompson ever did, we know that he can put the ball in the basket. However, Booker doesn’t seem to get the treatment other players to get when they are so good at scoring but their teams suck. It doesn’t matter how many points Devin Booker scores, what he’s showing us in Pheonix is that his scoring has no impact on the game what so ever as far as winning. For most of his career in the NBA, Booker has averaged more than 20 points, but his team has consistently been the worst in the league. Overrated.

4. John Wall

John Wall is arguably the most overrated player in the league in my opinion. After coming into the league with a ton a hype, and deemed the fastest player in the league, John is seemingly developing a reputation as an injury prone player. Wall has played under 50 games in 3 of his 9 seasons. Not to mention the Wizards have not done anything significant since Wall has been in the league, besides a trip to the Conf. semis in 2016. If the 5x all-star and is going to be called an elite pg, fans should begin to expect a little more than the futility the Wizards have displayed as of late. For the wizards, It may be time to move on from Wall, because they have Zero chances of winning a championship with him at the pg spot.

3. Khris Middleton

There were mid-season talks of a potential max contract for Khris Middleton. To be completely honest I feel as if we don’t know what he is capable of until he leaves the bucks and becomes the focal part of an offense on a different team. However Middleton is the epitome of inconsistency, on one night he can put up 25-30 points on less than 15 on another. Middleton’s biggest issue is his defense. He’s an average on-ball defender but off the ball, he is really bad. This was made apparent in the Conference Semis against the Raptors. Side note: In the 6 games the bucks played vs Toronto during this playoffs, Middleton scored 30 points once, and failed to score over 15 points in the other 5 games. He was held to single digits twice.

2. Jayson Tatum

Something that is taking place more often in the current media landscape as it pertains to the NBA, is the overhyping of players due to their momentary success. Hopefully, the media will learn something from the Jayson Tatum experience. There’s no doubt that Tatum put up a solid rookie year, and his performance in the playoffs last year was something to behold. Everyone expected Tatum to take the next step and follow up on his playoff success with a huge season as Donavan Mitchell did. However Tatum looked like a role player all year, and was pretty much a non factor during the playoffs this year. He finished with a PPG AVERAGE of 15.7. It isn’t his fault that the media tried to propel him into stardom and he wasn’t able to live up to it. Tatum is not ready to be the main guy on any team at the NBA level. What we can learn from this is to let players have 2-3 years to develop before we stamp them as stars.

1. Hassan Whiteside

Hassan Whiteside just has not lived up to his potential. It seems like Whiteside was just playing for the money because after receiving a max contract from the heat( 4 yrs $98 Million) Whiteside has become a shell of himself. After his stellar 2016-17 season, Whiteside’s stats have plummeted from 17ppg to 12 last season. His rebounds have gone from 10rb per down to 7.8rb per game. It’s almost as if Whiteside was playing to secure a big contract and that’s enough for him. He looks lazy and soft on the court these days, and the Miami Heat is stuck with him for another 2 years unless he opts out. Whiteside is undoubtedly the most overrated player in the NBA