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[Steve Ouellette]

This is my argue with Mark day :-) And Mark, you're one of my favorite people on this list.

But Kenyon Martin? Underrated? Even before his injury, he was nowhere near the class of Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

Steve O

---- "Berry wrote: 
> One more thing ... I like Simmons' stuff a lot, but he falls into this
> rating of players that doesn't really reflect impact on a real
> basketball team. It's why guys like Pierce, Ray Allen, Michael Redd,
> etc. are consistently overrated, while guys like Rasheed Wallace, Kenyon
> Martin and Marcus Camby are consistently underrated. On almost any of
> Simmons' lists (or most NBA writers), the first three I listed would be
> ranked higher than the second three. But I'd say that second group has
> more impact in building a winning basketball team.
> 
> Guys who impact the game both with and without the ball in their hands
> and on both ends of the court are hard to come by. Big men and impact
> point guards.
> 
> Mark
>