Who is the most underappreciated player on your NBA team?

Under-appreciated?

Kenyon Martin or Nene. They do great work in the middle but are over shadowed dramatically by Melo, Billups, JR Smith. If it wasn't for them they would go from a 58 win team and Final contender to a 37 win team and go back to placing 7th and 8th, And i agree with Axel when he says that Martin is the main reason they are struggling but also Coach Karl's absence is huge also.

Underrated?

There is no doubt in my mind that Chauncey Billups is the most underrated. He is a great leader great scorer great gaurd rebounding and he is not Turnover prone unlike Melo.

Melo is a great player but is overrated but compared to other he is underrated.

If you haven't noticed yet my team in the nuggets. But that's just me, What do i know?

MANU GINOBILI. The national media and casual NBA fan have no idea just how good he is.

The guy beat beat our US national teams TWICE with nothing but a handful of NBA rejects---these teams had Lebron, Pierce, Duncan, Wade, Boozer, Iverson, and etc. And yet Manu is rarely, if ever, mentioned among them. He's much, much better than people think, and is easily in the same class as the top handful of wingmen in the league. He's an unorthodox, effective scorer and a hawkish defender; easily one of the best perimeter defenders in the league.

Popovich likes to use him off the bench, and that's contributed to his relative marginalization in the mind of your average fan, but there's no doubt he's one of the best in the league. He's averaged right around 16 ppg, 4 rpg, 4 apg, 1.5 treys, 1.5 steals, shooting 45% from the floor, 39% from downtown, and 85% from the line over the last 6-7 years----IN LESS THAN 30 MPG!

Project his numbers out to 38 minutes a night, and he'd easily be recognized alongside the greats:

22 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2 spg, 2 treys, all with incredible efficiency.

Easily numbers that put him the same class as Roy or Pierce, Carmello or (just a few years ago) McGrady; barely below Lebron, Durant, and Kobe.

Pop likes to stash him and use him during big games, and in the playoffs you see his minutes climb, but anyone who watches the Spurs a lot knows: Ginobili's incredible. And extremely underappreciated.

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I dont have a team but a really underappreciated play is Troy Murphy on the pacers best defensive rebounder in the league also can shoot the three as well. And yeah I agree with you O'neal is too the reason is fist he is getting up there in years of his career.Second people only pay attention to guards and small forwards. Big men don't get that much attention

I am a huge fan of four teams. They include the Bulls, Hawks, Jazz, and Clippers.

For the Bulls, I would have to say Taj Gibson. He is a rookie starting at PF. He is putting up double doubles and doing a fairly decent job on defense.

For the Hawks, I would have to say Marvin Williams. He is the Hawks starting SF. He plays great defense, grabs rebounds, and does not force shots as he knows their are other shooters on the teams.

For the Jazz, it has to be Wesley Matthews. He is the Jazz starting SG as a rookie. He continues to knock down big shots, run the floor, and produce on a nightly basis for the Jazz.

For the Clippers, I would say it is Eric Gordon. Gordon is in his second season. He is second on the team in scoring at 17+ ppg. He scores very efficiently He has quit a few games this year with 25+ points on less than 20 shot attempts.

Not to knock Jermaine O'Neal; because it's not at all that he's washed up, it's that his work ethic is extremely questionable bordering on laziness at times. They're obviously going to be a much better team when he plays well. Problem is, he's inconsistent.

As for my team the Sixers; I'd have to say Thaddeus Young. Young is still very young and raw in many ways; but is extremely athletic, and has shown flashes that he could one day be an All-Star caliber player.

I'm a Milwaukee Bucks fan here in Milwaukee so up until winning 15 out of our last 17 everybody was underappreciated because nobody talked about the Bucks PERIOD. But if we are talking the single most underappreciated player it is Carlos Delfino (SF) We signed this guy for next to nothing this past offseason a lot of bucks fans had no clue who this guy was, and he has come in and been a huge factor in the Bucks' success. At 11ppg 1steal 5.4 Rpg and nearly 3 dimes per ;his stats are nothing special. But this guy comes up big. He is very good shooter and defender and is versatile in who he can defend. He understands that Bogut, Jennings and Salmons are the guys here in Milwaukee but he excels in the role he has been assigned which is to play tough D and hit shots when the opportunities are there. Go Bucks!

Warriors:

I guess I would have to go with Anthony Morrow. He went undrafted out of Georgia Tech. Subsequently he led the league in 3pt FG% his rookie season, is third this year and he still can't get an invite to the 3 pt shootout. He is 46% from 3 for his career and is making a lot of progress developing the other aspects of his game. He is creating his own shots off the dribble and is taking the ball to the hoop with confidence. He has one of the sweetest and most pure strokes in the league and has hit a number of big shots for the Warriors this year.

I might of made a case for Keleena Azubuike or Ronny Turiaf, but they've missed too many games this season.

My teams are OKC,Bobcats and Knicks.

and Bobcats is Gerald Wallace he helped his team get 6th in the east to get a sure spot in the playoffs.

.Knicks is David Lee he is a solid PF. that will bloom after about 2 more years in the nba!

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OKC is James Harden ,we all know Durant is a effin beast and he is a sure run for MVP and the scoring title. but James is a solid sixth man and will produce day in and day out.

My favorite team is the cavaliers, and the most underappreciated player on the team in my opinion is Delonte West. He can shoot lights out and is a solid defender