Overview
- Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton was voted the NBA’s most overrated player, receiving 14.4% of the vote in The Athletic’s 2025 anonymous player poll.
- Rudy Gobert and Trae Young ranked second and third in the overrated category, with 10% and 8.9% of the votes, respectively.
- Discrepancies over the poll’s methodology emerged, with The Athletic citing 90 respondents while SportsTak claimed 158 players participated.
- Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham was recognized as the league’s most underrated player, following a standout season averaging 26.1 points and 9.1 assists.
- Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the players’ choice for MVP, while Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs was named the NBA’s future face.