Who are the most underrated players of the Eastern Conference?

The NBA regular season is 11 days away and teams are going full force trying to prepare themselves for the upcoming season. We all know what the best of the best in the league bring to the table such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and James Harden and a few other superstar players. On the other hand, what about the guys who haven’t made an All-Star team yet or don’t get national attention, but are big-time in their own right?

Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets comes to mind in the 17-18 season he averaged 12.6 PPG, 6.6 APG and 3.2 RPG. Dinwiddie was arguably one of the most improved players in the entire league last year and was Nets advanced analytics MVP. With his pick and roll, isolation play he was ranked 10^th in the NBA in frequency at 18.7 percent. Also, he was 2^nd in the NBA in assist to turnover ratio at 4.09, and he led the Nets in Box Plus/Minus, Win Shares, and Value over Replacement player. Expect Dinwiddie’s stats to improve and place himself in the All-Star conversation while he brings excitement back to Brooklyn.

Another player from the Eastern Conference fans should notice is Kris Middleton of the Milwaukee Bucks’. Last year Middleton averaged 20.1 PPG, 4 APG, and 5.2 RPG and officially made himself the 2^nd option behind Giannis Antetokounmpo. Middleton is one of the best mid-range shooters in the NBA, during the regular season he shot 2.7 mid-range shots per game and made 49.3 percent of them which was top 10 in the NBA. In the playoffs, he took his game to another level with 24.7 PPG while shooting 59.8 percent from the field and 61 percent from 3 and with his 1.28 PPP he was the most efficient in the playoffs. Look forward to Middleton to help carry the Bucks to a deep playoff run as they try to make it to their first conference finals appearance since the 2000-2001 season.

The Orlando Magic aren’t very exciting and most likely won’t make a run to the playoffs but they do have a young star that fans need to pay attention to and that is Aaron Gordon last season he had a career year with 17.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG and 2.3 APG while increasing his 3-point percentage by 5 percent from the previous year. Gordon at one point looked to be just an athletic Power Forward with potential, but is now turning himself into an All-Star caliber player. This off-season he received and a four-year 84-million-dollar extension, look for Gordon to become an All-Star this season and increase the Magic’s win totals closer to .500.