Robert Horry Hall of Fame Watch...
Yeah, Horry played pretty well against the Pistons last night; so did Ginoboli, though he was hurt, to be fair. I rest my case.
Proving that HOF voters are generally not that smart...
Dominique Wilkins was an All-Star NINE CONSECUTIVE TIMES and is not in the Hall of Fame. He is also the NINTH LEADING SCORER in NBA HISTORY. And yeah, he could dunk and take teams to the playoffs in his time too.
For comparison's sake, let's take a look at Alex English, former Mavericks and Nuggets star. English led the league in scoring twice, was the 11th leading scorer ever, and made eight consecutive all-star teams. Unlike Wilkins, who was ALL-NBA 7 times, English made it just 3. Neither player was particularly adept at shooting threes, and neither player took their team to a final. So Wilkins was essentially at least similar or better to English.
English had no trouble making the hall. Let's hope Wilkins gets in NEXT YEAR.
We can't really expect too much out of the Hall voters, because these people are notoriously slow on the draw. Dan Issel and George Gervin got screwed for a couple years because they played in the ABA, but every coach on the planet gets to go to the Hall if they put in thirty years with a decent record. Let's put some heat on the Basketball Hall voters... they need to get this procedure figured out.
Mike
Proving that HOF voters are generally not that smart...
Dominique Wilkins was an All-Star NINE CONSECUTIVE TIMES and is not in the Hall of Fame. He is also the NINTH LEADING SCORER in NBA HISTORY. And yeah, he could dunk and take teams to the playoffs in his time too.
For comparison's sake, let's take a look at Alex English, former Mavericks and Nuggets star. English led the league in scoring twice, was the 11th leading scorer ever, and made eight consecutive all-star teams. Unlike Wilkins, who was ALL-NBA 7 times, English made it just 3. Neither player was particularly adept at shooting threes, and neither player took their team to a final. So Wilkins was essentially at least similar or better to English.
English had no trouble making the hall. Let's hope Wilkins gets in NEXT YEAR.
We can't really expect too much out of the Hall voters, because these people are notoriously slow on the draw. Dan Issel and George Gervin got screwed for a couple years because they played in the ABA, but every coach on the planet gets to go to the Hall if they put in thirty years with a decent record. Let's put some heat on the Basketball Hall voters... they need to get this procedure figured out.
Mike
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