To be totally fair to Muggsy he was insanely athletic and quick even for a relatively small man.

He was not only underrated, he was under a lot of things.

He came up in trivia at the bar. Everyone I was with was a casual sports fan, and no one knew who Moses Malone was. They thought I was making the name up.

Yeah, I don’t think there’s a better answer. Nobody else with Malone’s resume that you could plausibly call forgotten by most basketball fans. Shoutout to Bob McAdoo also

What’s true rebounding champion?

Came here to say Moses

Dennis Johnson, Sidney Moncrief, John Havlicek, Wes Unseld, Moses Malone

Is my “all time underrated” starting 5. All hall of famers who most new fans have never even heard of.

Moses Malone is more forgotten than underrated imho, although he’s both. I think Robinson is more underrated.

he leads boards and o boards because he bricked everything and got his own rebounds. hes appropriately rated. 1980’s center who didn’t even shoot 50% from the field

Moses comes up in every one of these conversations and he’s not a good answer. Nobody ever actually addresses the point about why they think he’s underrated, they just list off his accolades and expect their upvotes for engaging in goodthink. What all time lists are you looking at that make you think he’s underrated and where do you think he should rank instead? Can you rationally defend his dubious MVP in 1979 that puts him in the 3+ MVP club? Do you think he’s someone deserving of a full-throated defense considering he beat his ex-wife and threatened to kill her?

This doesn’t explain anything. You just listed off a bunch of accolades. In what way do people underrate his impact?

1 cool ass nike poster too

No where close to the most talented. By far the player who the most out of their talent.

Far better answer

They asked for underrated players not unregistered sex offenders.

Edit: i’m gonna leave this up so everyone can see how stupid I am, I thought I had a really good joke and didn’t really think that out, apparently I can’t read.

Chuck Liddell?

And Red Grange used it before him

Wtf how?

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Surely the least well known Finals MVP, right? Between him or Jo Jo White for HoFers.

Yes, with all the players the Celtics had he may have been the most valuable to their championship years.

The fact he’s so far down the thread proves the point

Also Heinsohn.

He’s still got the NBA Street V3(great game) cover and of course the famous lob to Blake Griffin to win him the dunk contest at the very least.

So fun to watch as well. Strongest point guard I’ve ever seen play, built like an NFL runningback. He would just back down any defending guard right into the paint.

We believe.

Baron had hops.

English was a really efficient scorer who probably would’ve been a hall of famer on any team, but he also benefited a lot from playing for Doug Moe whose entire offensive philosophy was basically take as many shots as humanly possible. Honestly think a really good modern comparison is a slightly more efficient DeMar DeRozan. Great and consistent scorer, but kind of average to slightly above average at everything else.

Valid. I didn’t even know who he was til a few years ago.

During his era assists were tracked a lot more tightly too, I still think that’s not talked about enough. A lot was inflated with that era but there’s a reason there aren’t guys averaging 10 assists every year with how many shots were being put up in the pre merger days.

he’s not even 2nd on the list anymore what do you mean

Hurr durr round numbers

That’s exactly why he is underrated

That doesn’t mean he’s not underrated at all. Just means there were a lot of greats overlapping.

Is Brew Brees not an all time great player because tom Brady and Peyton Manning played at the same time???

Yeah, hence underrated. If he played in the pre-Hakeem or post-shaq eras he’d be a menace

I mean Iguodala also has a Finals MVP. Hell, Jaylen Brown has a finals mvp and we just went a whole offseason basically saying how ass he apparently is.

Obviously Shaq and Hakeem are better than either of them, but if all you can point to is Finals MVPs (which are largely a team and narrative award) I don’t think that’s really a justification. Especially given that Robinson’s peak was arguably better than either.

This can both be true. His understated demeanour (from the Navy) didn’t elicit the same level of attention.  It was a game played inverted from today, inside shots with a change of pace midrange or long range shot.

David Robinson was a playoff choker, and that’s why he needed Duncan.

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Without a doubt:

NBA champion (1958)

2× NBA Most Valuable Player (1956, 1959)

11× NBA All-Star (1955–1965)

4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1956, 1958, 1959[a], 1962)

10× All-NBA First Team (1955–1964)

All-NBA Second Team (1965)

NBA Rookie of the Year (1955)

2× NBA scoring champion (1956, 1959)

NBA rebounding leader (1956)

NBA anniversary team (25th, 35th, 50th, 75th)

No. 9 retired by Atlanta Hawks

Most of the resume you listed happened in the ABA pre-merger and the vast majority of people don’t count ABA stats. Look at my flair and ask me how I know 🙂‍↔️

As far as influence goes he’s the easiest top 5 lock of all time though

Dr. J wasn’t as dominant once he went to the NBA. He was still good, but not otherworldy like he was in the ABA. He never averaged a double-double and only averaged more than 25 ppg once in the NBA.

I think Dr. J was more influential than he was great. I don’t think he’s underrated.

He made the right play trying to draw a foul, as a small point guard, but gets remembered for being dunked on by centers and forwards. I’ll never get it. NBA 7 footers should be able to dunk over 6’1 point guards, that shouldn’t be a high light.

100 percent with you on this!

Definitely over-hated as a result of people disliking his personality.  Truly an incredibly productive player in a low-shooting era.

I’d throw in Ray Allen too, not as good but definitely underrated.

Suns fans 🤝 heat fans

Man that dude could shoot. One of the only jacked dudes with a good shooting stroke too.

Fire Up Chips

Anytime I hear a big man needs to put on more weight, I think of Yao

Yao very much so. I also think that despite the shine he does get, Hakeem is still underrated and under-appreciated.

The man’s full statistical profile doesn’t make any sense.

And he was clutch as a motherfucker

Thinking basketball has a great and informative video on Reggie’s offense.

Reggie Miller was like a Kawhi without the injury concerns, load management, and shady off-field stuff.

Not coming at you but Stockton is the most overrated player on any nba sub, I’ve seen people on here argue that he was better than Magic Johnson lmao

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