Creating the "All NBA Underrated Team"

In an NBA season dominated by superstars like LeBron James, James Harden, Kevin Durant and Chris Paul among others, a lot of this season's top performers have flown under the radar.

*Note: the starters and bench-players weren't determined by skill, but how underrated they are*

Starting Point Guard: Isaiah Thomas - Thomas is one of the most criminally underrated players in the league. A big reason for that is that he plays for the dysfunctional Sacramento Kings. After off starting the season with a long slump, Thomas has come alive in the past 3 months of this season. So far in March, Thomas is averaging 18 points, 5 assists and one and a half steals while shooting .466 from the field.

Starting Shooting Guard: Paul George - I'll probably find Paul George underrated until the day I die. It may seem a bit strange that I'm considering an all-star underrated, but it's true. Paul George is averaging nearly 18 points and 8 rebounds per game to go along with 4 assists and nearly 2 steals per-game while playing . He's also keeping the Pacers afloat [with the 2nd best record in the East] while Danny Granger has barely seen the court this season due to injury. But you'll never hear his name when discussing the NBA's top 20 players.

Starting Small Forward: Luol Deng - Luol Deng is basically a lesser version of Paul George. Deng is an  extremely underrated player despite being named to the all-star team, averaging 16 points, 6 rebounds, nearly 3 assists and one steal per game, playing 39 minutes per-game while keeping his team afloat despite the team's best player having not played this season. Sound familiar?

Starting Power Forward: Paul Millsap - Paul Millsap is an undersized power forward and an extremely hard worker on both ends of the floor, crashing the boards [despite standing at just 6"8], playing great defense and keeping defenses honest with his silky-smooth mid-range jumper. Millsap averages 15 points, 7 boards, 1 steal and 1 block.

Starting Center: Al Horford - Like Millsap, Al Horford is an undersized player [a 6"10 center] who works extremely hard. Al Horford isn't the most fun player to watch, but you have to appreciate his work ethic. Millsap averages 17 points, 10 boards, one block and one steal per game while shooting .551 from the field

Bench:

6th Man / Backup SG: Jamal Crawford - Since Crawford is the most underrated 6th man in the league, it would only make sense for me to put him as my 6th man on my "All Underrated Team".  Crawford averages nearly 17 points per game coming off the bench for the Clippers.

Backup PG: Ty Lawson - If somebody were to take a survey of 100 people and ask them who the best player of the Nuggets is, 20, at most, would say Ty Lawson. The other 80 would say it's Andre Igoudala. Lawson IS the best player on the Denver Nuggets. He currently averages 16.8 points and 7 assists this season while Denver is currently riding a 14 game winning streak.

Backup SF: Maurice Harkless - Harkless is by far the least known player on this list. Just to give you a little background information: Harkless was drafted 16th overall by the 76ers before being traded to Orlando as part of the Dwight Howard blockbuster trade. Now back to the task at hand, Harkless has recently been placed into the starting lineup, since the all-star break he averages nearly 13 points,nearly 2 steals and 5 rebounds per game, while shooting over .500 from the field.

Backup PF and C: Derrick Favors and Enas Kanter - I put these two players together because they're always mentioned together and barring any trades, they always will be. In Utah, Favors and Kanter are the heirs to the thrones of Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson once they both leave the Jazz in free agency. Between these 2 players, there's enough potential for 5 good players. Favors averages nearly 10 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks per game in 22 minutes per game on over.470 shooting, while Kanter averages 7 points, 4 and a half boards and shoots .790 from the free throw line [excellent for a center] while shooting.549 from the floor.