Highest-Rated Player: Dwight Howard, Rockets—91

D12 isn't the most-liked player in the league, but he is still the best center in the NBA. Take him for granted all you want, but in a down year last season, he still averaged 17.1 points, 12.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots per game.

Best Three-Point Shooter: Jose Calderon, Mavericks—90

Props to 2K Sports for not overreacting to Calderon's three-point numbers from last season. He did lead the league in three-point percentage, knocking down 46 percent of his attempts. That said, he only took 282, which is 132 less than the Hawks' Kyle Korver and 318 less than the Warriors' Curry.

Calderon's percentage is less than one point higher than Korver and Curry's. He deserves a 90, but his rating is correctly positioned lower than the Hawks and Warriors sharpshooters.

Best Dunker: Dwight Howard, Rockets—92

There are a few good dunkers in the Southwest Division, but none more prolific or potentially devastating than Howard.

Best Ball-Handler: Devin Harris, Mavericks; Austin Rivers, Pelicans—96

Rivers has some serious shake-and-bake to his game, but I wonder about the rating for Harris in this category. Perhaps they got him mixed up with Stuart Tanner, the guy that hustled him in this video from a few years back:

Best Passer: Jrue Holiday, Pelicans—90 

New Orleans' new point guard immediately becomes one of the best playmakers in the division and in the Western Conference. He averaged eight assists per game last season for Philly.

Holiday made his first NBA All-Star game, but the rebuilding Sixers still sent him packing in a draft-day deal that landed them Nerlens Noel, per NBA.com.

We shall see how that works out.

Best Rookie: Shane Larkin, Mavericks—70

After showing off his amazing athleticism at the NBA combine, per Michael O'Brien of the Chicago Sun-Times, Larkin can surely compete with the athletes in the NBA. He was a proven winner at Miami during the 2012-13 season, but he is part of a logjam at point guard in Dallas behind Calderon and Harris.

Per Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, a broken ankle suffered in July could slow him in training camp and the preseason.

Shane Larkin, the Dallas Mavericks' 1st-round pick, broke his ankle in summer league practice, sources told Y! Could be out 2-3 months.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 12, 2013

We'll see how much he actually plays as a rookie. 

Most Overrated Player: Manu Ginobili, Spurs—86

Ginobili had the worst statistical year of his career in 2012-13 since his rookie season. In addition to that, he looked like a shell of himself in the NBA Finals. He's been a great performer throughout his career and he's a borderline Hall of Famer, but there is no way he should be rated an 86.

A 78 is far more appropriate. His 95 rating in runners and spinning layups are a tribute to his lifetime accomplishments, not an accurate reflection of what we saw from him on the court last season.

In my opinion, Ginobili is the most drastically overrated player in the game.

Most Underrated Player: Chandler Parsons, Rockets—76

I know they play two different positions, but it is impossible to see how Ginobili is 10 ratings points better than Parsons. The Rockets' underappreciated small forward averaged 15.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and a steal per game.

He also made 38 percent of his threes. His numbers are comparable to the Bulls' Luol Deng, who is rated 79 overall.

Parsons should be rated at least that.

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