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Five players on contending teams who get too much credit and/or players who are considered to be great when they are only good:
Jermaine O'Neal (good, but given too much credit - will never lead his team to a championship), Kevin Garnett (is the leagues best second option), Lamar Odom (given way too much credit), Allen Iverson (had one good break, but will never accomplish anything more because for all of his talent, he shoots too much), the other names I would consider are Baron Davis (too injury prone, can't seem to get Golden State over), Yao Ming (good, but not the best center in the league, in my opinion), and everybody on the heat except Shaq and Wade (they could have put a much stronger cast around this team and it would actually be great, Wade and Shaq alone were good enough to win it last year)
Five players who are held back by bad teams but could be great players on good teams/who are not given the credit they deserve.
Shane Battier (would be a consistant shut down guy for any contender, is a winning player), Emeka Okafor (does everything you want from a center, scores a decent amount, great rebound and blocker), Jason Terry (kind of a stretch, but a consistantly solid performer for one of the best teams in the league), Mike Miller (quietly dominating this season in many ways, always a consistant player), Sam Cassell (he is too old now, but look at what he did for the Timberwolves in 2003 and the Clippers last year.)
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