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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
I've seen/heard numerous people talking about how great Haliburton is as a player and person, but right before the playoffs, he was voted by NBA players as the most overrated player in the NBA. Aside from the couple of games he disappeared, and despite playing hurt, he clearly shut some people up, but there has to be something about him that pisses off other players. I don't follow player personalities that closely to know what it is.
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The overrated poll really should be studied for how little methodology and sample size matter in polling. There are 450 players in the NBA. There were a total of 90 votes cast in that poll. Halliburton received 14.4% of the 90 votes. So like 13 of the 450 players in the league said he was overrated. In the same poll, 2 people thought players like Lebron and Giannis were overrated.
Is he worthy of being rated as a member of the All NBA third team two years in a row? I would have voted for Tyrese Maxey last year but Halliburton would have gotten my vote this year. Should he have been selected to last year's Olympic Team? I would not have selected him. I would have gone with a young college or first year American NBA player. I have no problem with him being selected though and wished he played more since he was selected.
I don't think there is this great hate for Tyrese in the league. As far as why other players might not like him, it could be because he is a troll. He is not a mean spirited troll as in talking about your kids or anything like that. But he is very willing and very capable holding his own in the trash talk department and it does not matter who he is going after. Sometimes people think it is cute, other times not so much. Everyone laughed at the choke sign when he hit the shot against the Knicks. Things were a bit more split when it was directed at Giannis and a injured Damien Lillard.