Overrated
By: 2K Insider | Wednesday November 19 2008
As some of you have noted, there have been a lot of requests for players to be bumped up but not enough cases made for guys to get knocked down. Therefore I'm dedicating this posting to players who you feel are the most overrated in the current 2K9 roster. In no particular order, the candidates who are on the bubble are:

Steve Nash - First let me say that Nash has been one of the best stories in the NBA in recent years. This unlikely hero won back to back league MVP's, proving that team play prevails over the me first attitude that has dominated the NBA. He gave hope to all the young basketball players out there who aren't the fastest, tallest or most talented on their teams. That said, Nash's numbers are down this season after a strong run since joining the Suns in 2004. His assists are down from 11.1 to 7.5 per game and he's scoring about 3.2 ppg less as well. He's shooting under .500 FG% for the first time since 2003-04, his last year in Dallas. Add the coaching change from D'Antoni to Porter and I don't really see Nash's decline as temporary.

Elton Brand - There was a time when you could guarantee Elton Brand would average 20 and 10 for the season. I didn't understand it then and still don't understand it now why the Bulls traded him after his second season so they could draft Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler. After sitting out most of 2007-08 due to injury, E.B. has a new home in Philly. The city was energized after they signed him as a free agent, but their dreams have fallen short so far. Brand is only averaging 15.5 ppg on 0.440 FG%. Not so good for a career 0.504 FG% low post scorer.

Tracy McGrady - We all know the rap on T-Mac. When healthy he's an all-around talent capable of doing almost anything on the court. The problem is, when is he ever healthy? Prior to his latest knee injury, he was under performing compared to last season. Scoring is down from 21.6 ppg to 15.9 ppg and, if you watched him play this year, you could just see he was struggling to be out there. Sure, he showed flashes of brilliance here and there, but overall you could tell he was hurting. So when he went down Monday night after tweaking his knee, no one was surprised.

Shawn Marion - This former All-Star and Olympian has struggled without Steve Nash to spoon feed him or D'Antoni's anything goes offense. In 9 games this year, The Matrix is averaging a paltry 10.4 ppg on 0.443 FG%. Yuck! I don't really see this trend improving that much on this Heat team. Marion cannot create his own shot and without a top tier point guard to set him up, this is what you get.

Jason Kidd - Many of you have called for his ratings to go down. I know he's not the same player he used to be, but he's still putting up solid numbers - 8.4 apg / 6.9 rpg / 2.6 spg / 0.372 3P% through 11 games. There aren't many point guards who are putting up those kinds of stats. So if you still think Kidd is overrated, tell me specifically which attributes are too high.

So there you have 5 players who are candidates to get their ratings knocked down. Tell me who you think should get the same treatment.

There are a couple of adjustments I believe could be made...Luis Scolas Mid Range shot because he scores most of his points through mid range and he has a 50% fg, Yao's Block Rating because he is averaging just as many blocks or more than other players with higher block ratings as well as same minutes as Yao (ex. Sheed, Horford, Perkins) Kobes mid range jumpshot is probably the biggest mistake in the ratings Kobe is without a doubt a 90+ mid range jump shooter i agree with the 3 pt rating tho.