I think it's because he's so cocky...which would be fine if he could back it up but man the guy just makes some boneheaded plays and is severely overrated. But the thing is, he's not severley overrated. He obviously hasn't lived up to his billing yet, but people now recognize that he's not as good as originally thought. For him to be overrated, he'd have to be looked at as their best player, a role McNeal has clearly taken this year. And yeah he makes some mistakes, but who doesn't? A normal player does something, someone says "that wasn't a good play." James does the same thing, and people are calling for the firing squad. I'm probably guilty of this too, but I think some of us get spoiled watching Wisconsin (I could be way off here, though), a team that rarely makes dumb mistakes. That way when James does it's easy to criticize. It probably seems like I'm in love with the guy, but I'm really not. I think it sucks he hasn't improved too much over the last two years, but I also don't need to jump down his throat every game.