Originally Posted by
elvis14
The NBA has lots of interesting teams this season but it's worse for not having the GSW in the mix. A historically great team that plays a beautiful style of play led by the best shooter around, they have been the face of the NBA (along with LeBron) and deservedly so. They suck this year without Klay, Steph and with Draymond and Looney being hurt as well. Obviously losing Durant to free agency (injury had he resigned) changes them greatly but losing some of their solid role players has really hurt as well (AI, Livingston, etc). The team they are putting on the floor right now is a collection of role players who are worse than their previous role players (who were playing with all stars).
As for Draymond, I've considered him one of the most underrated players in the NBA for a long time (the ultimate glue guy) and this thread reenforces just that. The anti-Draymond posts claiming he's an overrated defender, etc. really cement the "he's underrated" opinion, thanks for that.
With the GSW dynasty on hold or most likely done, time to jump on the Pelicans bandwagon! BI is killing it, JJ is JJ, Frank is playing well. Jah will be a solid role player when healthy and Zion is going to explode shortly.
How has Draymond been underrated? Perennially ranked as a top 20 player and always talked about as one of the 3 best defenders in the league. Some may underate him but I agree he is overrated. You cant build a team around him as the focal point, he should probably be ranked around the low 30s perhaps.
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