Ahead of Tuesday’s playoff games, The Athletic released its annual “anonymous NBA player poll.” This year, the poll posed a notable question: who is the league’s most overrated player? The results revealed Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton as the winner of this dubious title, receiving 14.4% of the votes from participating players.

Rick Carlisle, the Pacers’ coach, expressed his disdain for the poll, referring to it as “bulls—.” In his impassioned comments, he pointed out the absurdity of labeling players like Jimmy Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo as overrated.

Haliburton himself, after a standout game where he scored 21 points, remained largely unfazed, stating, “It didn’t impact the way I played today at all… I must be doing something right if that’s the case.”

In a world of sports polls and opinions, it’s important to balance such narratives with personal performance and the team’s success.