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What makes a player underrated? If you ask players, they’re likely to say it’s a media-driven conversation; that we are the ones who control nebulous topics with weighty words like “best” and “worst.” If you ask GMs, one would imagine it’s a financial conversation. Who are they getting the most out of, versus how much they are shelling out for the privilege? If you ask fans, they’re likely to say a person they appreciate on a weekly basis but do not hear much about from sports outlets that don’t exclusively cater to their local market.
It is with all of that in mind that we compile our annual list of players who are underrated. They can be a combination of any and all of these things. Who isn’t getting the credit they deserve? Who is doing some unsexy job that deserves to get noticed? Who do we think is great, who may be routinely picked on by local and national media?
