Tracy McGrady does not belong in the hall of fame
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:58 pm    Post subject:

Well Basketball HoF isn't exactly Cooperstown.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:40 pm    Post subject:

I agree, he has no business in there.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:42 am    Post subject: Re: Tracy McGrady does not belong in the hall of fame

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There. I said it.

Maybe he belongs in the Hall of Kind of Sometimes Good Players, but certainly not HOF material.

And not because he didn't get a ring. Not that.

He was pretty good, some of the time. He was not a legend and he wont be remembered as a legend, and to me that is what it means to be in the Hall.


^^Things people say to get a rise out of others.

from 00/01 season - 03/04 season Tmac was a monster. this was pre injuries. You dont average darn near 27ppg one year, 25.6 the next year, 32 points the next year, and then 28 points the next. with 1 block and 1.5 stls per, 5 assists per, and not end up in the hall of fame.

his first 3 seasons with the rockets after that back just was tearing him up and the knee issues. he was still sitting at 24 and change per game.


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:48 am    Post subject:

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Agree, he was nothing special, there were 40 guys in the 80's that were easily as good as him, that are not in there...!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:49 am    Post subject:

DrWolf wrote:
the 13 points in 13 seconds is the reason why he made it, find me a player that does that in that amount of time you'll see him the hall of fame as well
reggie did something similar and we know where he resides... in that hall. where he belongs.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:34 pm    Post subject:

If someone like Bernard King who had one or two great years got into the HOF, then TMac will get in. The real problem is that the basketball HOF is not selective enough. I hate to say this, but it almost cheapens the whole honor of making it there, unlike the football and baseball HOFs which seem more selective.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:05 am    Post subject:

Bernard King was better than you assert.

He had two separate career stretches of great play over multiple years, both one pre-injury and the second post-injury. Was runner-up in MVP votes in '84, higher than Magic Johnson. He belongs absolutely, IMO and he is in.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:13 am    Post subject:

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Bernard King was better than you assert.

He had two separate career stretches of great play over multiple years, both one pre-injury and the second post-injury. Was runner-up in MVP votes in '84, higher than Magic Johnson. He belongs absolutely, IMO and he is in.

I know that Bernard King had a bit of a comeback in the early 90s (he was before my time), and I've heard about those series he had vs Detroit and Boston in 84. My point is it's a similar situation because both players were playing at that kind of level for a few years, but their careers were severely cut short by injury. I just wish the basketball HOF were a little more selective like the other major sports HOFs.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:41 pm    Post subject:

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If someone like Bernard King who had one or two great years got into the HOF, then TMac will get in. The real problem is that the basketball HOF is not selective enough. I hate to say this, but it almost cheapens the whole honor of making it there, unlike the football and baseball HOFs which seem more selective.



I don't know much about the football hall of fame, but the same criticism has been made about the baseball hall of fame. They've made tons of bad choices over the years.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:22 am    Post subject:

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Basketball Reference has a good formula where they compare a HOF candidates qualifications against the qualifications of people who made the Hall.

McGrady has a 95.5% rating. For context, everyone player from the 60s on with a score of 80% or higher is in the Hall. So he was pretty much a cinch to make it.

I get that McGrady doesn't seem like a Hall of Famer. But that's true of half the guys in the Hall.

As someone else noted, the perception of who is in the Hall is much different than who actually is in it. There are a lot more Jamal Wilkes, Adrian Dantleys and Dave Bings in the Hall than MJs, Magics and Wilts in the Hall.


Good points. Having being able to watch all the careers of all the players you've listed above, I would have only MJ, Magic, and Wilt in the Hall, just like I would only have Kareem, Wilt, West, Magic, Shaq & Kobe in our rafters. Its not a slight at Worthy, Goodrich, or Wilkes.

The Dantleys, Wilkes, Bings, and MacGrady, etc., are all-time greats to me, but not HOF. Well at least the HOF I have in mind.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:22 am    Post subject:

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Basketball Reference has a good formula where they compare a HOF candidates qualifications against the qualifications of people who made the Hall.

McGrady has a 95.5% rating. For context, everyone player from the 60s on with a score of 80% or higher is in the Hall. So he was pretty much a cinch to make it.

I get that McGrady doesn't seem like a Hall of Famer. But that's true of half the guys in the Hall.

As someone else noted, the perception of who is in the Hall is much different than who actually is in it. There are a lot more Jamal Wilkes, Adrian Dantleys and Dave Bings in the Hall than MJs, Magics and Wilts in the Hall.


Good points. Having being able to watch all the careers of all the players you've listed above, I would have only MJ, Magic, and Wilt in the Hall, just like I would only have Kareem, Wilt, West, Magic, Shaq & Kobe in our rafters. Its not a slight at Worthy, Goodrich, or Wilkes.

The Dantleys, Wilkes, Bings, and MacGrady, etc., are all-time greats to me, but not HOF. Well at least the HOF I have in mind.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:42 am    Post subject:

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slavavov wrote:
If someone like Bernard King who had one or two great years got into the HOF, then TMac will get in. The real problem is that the basketball HOF is not selective enough. I hate to say this, but it almost cheapens the whole honor of making it there, unlike the football and baseball HOFs which seem more selective.



I don't know much about the football hall of fame, but the same criticism has been made about the baseball hall of fame. They've made tons of bad choices over the years.


Cooperstown is a lot more selective today than it was in the past. Jim Rice was a borderline selection, and Fred McGriff didn't make it. Players with analogous resumes would be no brainers for Springfield.

But Cooperstown was not always so selective. Bill James' book about Cooperstown goes through the history. There are all sorts of guys from the '20s and '30s who have no business being in Cooperstown, but the old timers committee loaded up the Hall.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:15 pm    Post subject:

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Basketball Reference has a good formula where they compare a HOF candidates qualifications against the qualifications of people who made the Hall.

McGrady has a 95.5% rating. For context, everyone player from the 60s on with a score of 80% or higher is in the Hall. So he was pretty much a cinch to make it.

I get that McGrady doesn't seem like a Hall of Famer. But that's true of half the guys in the Hall.

As someone else noted, the perception of who is in the Hall is much different than who actually is in it. There are a lot more Jamal Wilkes, Adrian Dantleys and Dave Bings in the Hall than MJs, Magics and Wilts in the Hall.


Good points. Having being able to watch all the careers of all the players you've listed above, I would have only MJ, Magic, and Wilt in the Hall, just like I would only have Kareem, Wilt, West, Magic, Shaq & Kobe in our rafters. Its not a slight at Worthy, Goodrich, or Wilkes.

The Dantleys, Wilkes, Bings, and MacGrady, etc., are all-time greats to me, but not HOF. Well at least the HOF I have in mind.


I agree with you. I wouldn't have put any of those four in the Hall myself
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:19 pm    Post subject:

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If someone like Bernard King who had one or two great years got into the HOF, then TMac will get in. The real problem is that the basketball HOF is not selective enough. I hate to say this, but it almost cheapens the whole honor of making it there, unlike the football and baseball HOFs which seem more selective.



I don't know much about the football hall of fame, but the same criticism has been made about the baseball hall of fame. They've made tons of bad choices over the years.


Cooperstown is a lot more selective today than it was in the past. Jim Rice was a borderline selection, and Fred McGriff didn't make it. Players with analogous resumes would be no brainers for Springfield.

But Cooperstown was not always so selective. Bill James' book about Cooperstown goes through the history. There are all sorts of guys from the '20s and '30s who have no business being in Cooperstown, but the old timers committee loaded up the Hall.


I've read James book. It's good. The basketball hall seems to be going through a period where they are inducting every borderline player who has been eligible for the past 30 years.

The new borderline is Jack Sikma, Tim Hardaway, and Shawn Marion, which I think is kind of sad.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:23 pm    Post subject:

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Basketball Reference has a good formula where they compare a HOF candidates qualifications against the qualifications of people who made the Hall.

McGrady has a 95.5% rating. For context, everyone player from the 60s on with a score of 80% or higher is in the Hall. So he was pretty much a cinch to make it.

I get that McGrady doesn't seem like a Hall of Famer. But that's true of half the guys in the Hall.

As someone else noted, the perception of who is in the Hall is much different than who actually is in it. There are a lot more Jamal Wilkes, Adrian Dantleys and Dave Bings in the Hall than MJs, Magics and Wilts in the Hall.


Good points. Having being able to watch all the careers of all the players you've listed above, I would have only MJ, Magic, and Wilt in the Hall, just like I would only have Kareem, Wilt, West, Magic, Shaq & Kobe in our rafters. Its not a slight at Worthy, Goodrich, or Wilkes.

The Dantleys, Wilkes, Bings, and MacGrady, etc., are all-time greats to me, but not HOF. Well at least the HOF I have in mind.


I agree with you. I wouldn't have put any of those four in the Hall myself


After giving it a bit more thought I would actually leave Worthy, Wilkes, Goodrich's names on the rafters. The reason for the change is the distinction I'm making between HOF'ers, which they're not, and all time Laker greats, which they were.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:58 am    Post subject:

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The new borderline is Jack Sikma, Tim Hardaway, and Shawn Marion, which I think is kind of sad.


Yep. Jo Jo White made me cringe.

I can understand why Adrian Dantley made it. As I often say in these discussions, memories fade, but stats last forever. Dantley had stats, and people will forget all of the baggage that went with him. Likewise, I can understand why TMac made it. He put up some big numbers and, at one time, was considered in the same class as Kobe.

But Jo Jo White? I'm old enough to remember him. He was a good player. But his stats don't qualify him -- his career PER is under 15. He played for the Celtics and won a title or two, but he wasn't part of the dynasty. He went 34 years without being selected. Where did that selection come from?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:30 am    Post subject:

just had to comment on this one.....this is a joke right? TMac was an elite player for nearly a decade, and arguably the best player in the league for a couple years. He was a lock.....this is not Cooperstown.
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The new borderline is Jack Sikma, Tim Hardaway, and Shawn Marion, which I think is kind of sad.


Yep. Jo Jo White made me cringe.

I can understand why Adrian Dantley made it. As I often say in these discussions, memories fade, but stats last forever. Dantley had stats, and people will forget all of the baggage that went with him. Likewise, I can understand why TMac made it. He put up some big numbers and, at one time, was considered in the same class as Kobe.

But Jo Jo White? I'm old enough to remember him. He was a good player. But his stats don't qualify him -- his career PER is under 15. He played for the Celtics and won a title or two, but he wasn't part of the dynasty. He went 34 years without being selected. Where did that selection come from?



Seems like a bunch of old guys who were eligible for decades are getting inducted en masse. I wonder if they changed some of the committees
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