Will Odom make the hall of fame?

[BigNBAfan]

17/10 player in his prime, 6th man of the year and critical for player for LA's rings.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

If he does it will be because of his premature death. He certainly doesnt have the body of work and wasnt the quality of player needed to be a HOFer

[Smoke117]

I feel sympathy for his personal plight...but, absolutely not.

[Akrazotile]

Two chips as Pau's Robin probably wont be enough, but you never know.

[Fallen Angel]

Not immediately. Overtime, as bigger names of his generation are sent to the HOF, he'll be next in line along with the other great role players of his time.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

Not immediately. Overtime, as bigger names of his generation are sent to the HOF, he'll be next in line along with the other great role players of his time.

Yep. But Iggy will make it b4 him. :applause: :applause:

[outbreak]

Not on merit on the court but he might make it based on publicity.

[alec613]

He won't but hes more deserving than most of the role players in the hall of fame

[Jameerthefear]

nooooooooooo

[FreezingTsmoove]

He isn't a role model

He never made an all star team

Also are we going to forget his steep decline when he signed for the Mavs? He just didn't give a damn about basketball after LAL

[senelcoolidge]

People are silly. Just because a guy was a good player and happened to be on some championship teams doesn't make him a hall of famer. He had the ability to be one, but was an underachiever for the most part. No Jason Richardson is not going to the HoF or any other good popular player..

[ShawkFactory]

Hell no he's not a HOFer. A good and valuable player...

...but literally was never even an all-star

[strifed169]

He isn't a HoFer but Lakers should still hang his jersey

[ZeN]

People are silly. Just because a guy was a good player and happened to be on some championship teams doesn't make him a hall of famer. He had the ability to be one, but was an underachiever for the most part. No Jason Richardson is not going to the HoF or any other good popular player..
THIS

I love LO but better players than him have and will miss out on being a HOF player.

[kennethgriffin]

with all due respect


odom could cure cancer before he dies. i wouldnt put someone in the hall of fame with 0 allstar games, 0 all nbas and was the 3rd guy or less for any success he had


that being said... hope odom pulls through

[kennethgriffin]

He isn't a HoFer but Lakers should still hang his jersey


how about a patch for the remainder of the season. if he doesn't make it...


the jerseys are for HOFrs only


if they hang up odom. theyed have to go back and hang up 20 others

[FashionIssues]

HOF and retired jersey?
:lol

[Goro]

17/10 player in his prime, 6th man of the year and critical for player for LA's rings.
HOF? :wtf:

[jbryan1984]

I'd say probably but he is in no way a first ballot.

[LikeMike]

lol, no.

[SsKSpurs21]

Robert Horry deserves it over Odom. hell Steve Kerr should make it over Odom.

[dazzer87]

HOF? by being a druggie? :roll:

[eeeeeebro]

hall of shame

[4 Inches]

1st ballot

[Papaya Petee]

Sure why not, if were gonna go by above average players who were heavy drug users.

[StephHamann]

17/10 player in his prime, 6th man of the year and critical for player for LA's rings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4bp8bBNVw

[handbanana]

he'll make that brothel's hall of fame for sure.

for cocaine hall of fame, he's not even close. and for basketball hall of fame, his chances are very slim to none

[comerb]

hell no

[NBASTATMAN]

17/10 player in his prime, 6th man of the year and critical for player for LA's rings.


If he could have played and avg 15 pts and 10 rebounds for two or three more seasons he would have a shot... But I dont think he will make it... But his career was impressive.. Won two titles and A GOLD MEDAL as the starting center for that team... He started over CHandler...

If he played in the east he would have made multiple all star teams... In the west too much competiton at the big forward spots..

[Cold soul]

Nope not even close and I'm huge fan of his.

[Smoke117]

If he could have played and avg 15 pts and 10 rebounds for two or three more seasons he would have a shot... But I dont think he will make it... But his career was impressive.. Won two titles and A GOLD MEDAL as the starting center for that team... He started over CHandler...

If he played in the east he would have made multiple all star teams... In the west too much competiton at the big forward spots..

One of his absolute best 2 or 3 seasons was on the Heat in 2004...and he did not make the all star team. So much for that logic. He frankly was never that good and everyone now is reminiscing over his career making him a lot better than he really was because of empathy. As a basketball player...he absolutely is not even close to a hof player, period. End of discussion. Probably the funniest thing...is that all these kobe stans who basically spent years trying to make his contributions to the Lakers back to back championships insignificant...are now coming out of the woodwork to praise. I actually spent the better part of his career defending him and now these children are overrating him just to make themselves feel better...pathetic. But what can you expect from a board that is filled with children and man-children? (or as I see it...morons and super morons)

[Lebron23]

Hell No.

[Derka]

No.

[SHAQisGOAT]

No...

Moncrief, Bobby Jones or Dandridge are waiting forever to get in...
If Odom's a HoFer then so is a player like Michael Cooper... Shit, Toni Kukoc's not in...

Messed up situation he's in but c'mon now...



He isn't a HoFer but Lakers should still hang his jersey

Lakers didn't even retire Cooper or Byron Scott's jersey...

[ralph_i_el]

Was watching the news with this girl I'm seeing. She's not a fan of the Kardashians, but she didn't question when they referred to Odom as "Kardashian reality-show star". I was blown away. This guy has been famous for nearly 20 years. He was live on the court for over 500 hours of TV. He made more money than all the Kardashians combined.

Reality tv is cancer. The people that watch it are garbage. There hasn't been a good reality show since the first few seasons of "Survivor"


Still, Odom is not a Hall of Famer

[Fallen Angel]

Not everybody is a sports fan or even follows sports. There are people that watch not just reality TV, but regular TV programs. People remember other people for the most note worthy thing they've done that the person has seen.

Some people remember Ice Cube more as an actor than rapper.
Some people remember Rick Fox as an actor than a basketball player.
Some people remember Jesse Ventura as a politician than a pro wrestler.
Some people remember Flavor Flav as a reality TV star than a rapper.

[BasedTom]

Not everybody is a sports fan or even follows sports. There are people that watch not just reality TV, but regular TV programs. People remember other people for the most note worthy thing they've done that the person has seen.

Some people remember Ice Cube more as an actor than rapper.
Some people remember Rick Fox as an actor than a basketball player.
Some people remember Jesse Ventura as a politician than a pro wrestler.
Some people remember Flavor Flav as a reality TV star than a rapper.
no. Just no.

[BasedTom]

he's not a HoFer, but if he pulls through this and even if they had to trod him out on a wheelchair at the staples centre at halftime it would probably be a deafening ovation.

[Fallen Angel]

no. Just no.
that's you.

For other people, they remember Ice Cube his movies and very little from his rap career. In fact, people know every little about his rap career outside of N.W.A. That's not really there fault because that's what they grew up with and know the most from Ice Cube, which is the same with people knowing Odom for being on the Kardashian show.

same thing for Rick Fox.

[BasedTom]

that's you.

For other people, they remember Ice Cube his movies and very little from his rap career. In fact, people know every little about his rap career outside of N.W.A. That's not really there fault because that's what they grew up with and know the most from Ice Cube, which is the same with people knowing Odom for being on the Kardashian show.

same thing for Rick Fox.
everyone knows NWA, everyone has heard "today was a good day." Nobody watched daddy are we there yet or whatever the fck. Besides Friday (in which most people remember chris tucker), what has he even been in?


and FOH with the rick fox example. I didn't even know he was an actor until I unfortunately saw Sharknado...is Mark Cuban more famous as an actor too now? You're going to say Shaq as well?

[Fallen Angel]

Everyone's different. Nobody has watched exactly the same programs as you or has the same memory as you.

When you think of someone like Childish Gambino/Donald Glover you may think of him as an actor first, but I didn't even know of his acting background because I don't watch that much TV, so a couple months ago I only knew him for his rapping.

You probably know some random people that I know nothing about and therefore have no feeling for. That dude who owned Nintendo, I didn't know he before his died. I thought nothing of him while the internet basically grieved and celebrated him like he was a god.

[BasedTom]

Everyone's different. Nobody has watched exactly the same programs as you or has the same memory as you.

When you think of someone like Childish Gambino/Donald Glover you may think of him as an actor first, but I didn't even know of his acting background because I don't watch that much TV, so a couple months ago I only knew him for his rapping.

You probably know some random people that I know nothing about and therefore have no feeling for. That dude who owned Nintendo, I didn't know he before his died. I thought nothing of him while the internet basically grieved and celebrated him like he was a god.
yeah these same people apparently think his parents named him Ice and his last name is Cube. :rolleyes:

oh and snopp dogg was in a few movies yeah, I guess people immediately think of The Wash before his music career

[Fallen Angel]

it's called a stage name

I didn't even know Ice Cube's real name and that it's O'Shea.

That's no difference than people who still refer to Terry Bollea as Hulk Hogan.

[Fallen Angel]

Take out whatever stick is up your ass. Your point is false, deal with it.

People have different memories of subjects compared to other people.

When someone else thinks about the 2013 NBA All-Star Game they think of nothing and that it was uneventful. When some ISH poster thinks about it they think of the Kobe block and pauk's essay.

[RidonKs]

everyone knows he shouldn't but you can't underestimate what the league will try to get away with to rally sympathy viewers and all that...

[ralph_i_el]

yeah these same people apparently think his parents named him Ice and his last name is Cube. :rolleyes:

oh and snopp dogg was in a few movies yeah, I guess people immediately think of The Wash before his music career

naw.....Soul Plane :roll:

[LamarMatic]

I'm one of his biggest fans ever and with that being said - no way.

[Duderonomy]

Absolutely not. He is Josh Smith level. Pau is even questionable at this point.

[LamarMatic]

Absolutely not. He is Josh Smith level. Pau is even questionable at this point.
If you look solely at Pau's NBA career, I guess you could call him a questionable candidate. I'm not sure whether it's semantics that I'm arguing at this point but that does seem to underrate his career a bit. I'd call him "probable", but, whatever.. I get your point.

However, his international success will put him over the top. He was the leader of a dominating Spanish team that could stand its own against USA.

He also just had, perhaps, a top3 FIBA performance of all time in the semi-final against France. At the age of 35... He'll get in.

[lakers1978]

everyone knows he shouldn't but you can't underestimate what the league will try to get away with to rally sympathy viewers and all that...

Trust me, after this all dies down, the league would not want to have anything to do with odom if he passed away. The league will not celebrate the individual if they died with hookers, and blow.

[BigNBAfan]

Trust me, after this all dies down, the league would not want to have anything to do with odom if he passed away. The league will not celebrate the individual if they died with hookers, and blow.

Are you kidding me? Half a decade ago chris anderson story was being played during every break when the nuggets and lakers were going at it.

[G0ATbe]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[NBASTATMAN]

If you look solely at Pau's NBA career, I guess you could call him a questionable candidate. I'm not sure whether it's semantics that I'm arguing at this point but that does seem to underrate his career a bit. I'd call him "probable", but, whatever.. I get your point.

However, his international success will put him over the top. He was the leader of a dominating Spanish team that could stand its own against USA.

He also just had, perhaps, a top3 FIBA performance of all time in the semi-final against France. At the age of 35... He'll get in.


besides KG AND DUNCAN what pf's have been better all around players in the NBA the last 10 seasons.... NONE... If PAU plays another season or two he will have over 20000 pts and 10000 rebound in HIS NBA CAREER... HE IS DEF A HALL OF FAME PLAYER...

[NBASTATMAN]

One of his absolute best 2 or 3 seasons was on the Heat in 2004...and he did not make the all star team. So much for that logic. He frankly was never that good and everyone now is reminiscing over his career making him a lot better than he really was because of empathy. As a basketball player...he absolutely is not even close to a hof player, period. End of discussion. Probably the funniest thing...is that all these kobe stans who basically spent years trying to make his contributions to the Lakers back to back championships insignificant...are now coming out of the woodwork to praise. I actually spent the better part of his career defending him and now these children are overrating him just to make themselves feel better...pathetic. But what can you expect from a board that is filled with children and man-children? (or as I see it...morons and super morons)


He played one season in the east and got his team to the second round of the playoffs... Caron Butler made the all star team twice and Lamar was a better player than him.. Matter of fact Caron was a backup on that team that Lamar and Wade led to the second round of the playoffs.

[TripleA]

If Lamar Odom got into the nba hall fame than their no point of it if anyone can get in. Joe johnson,Devin harris,Mo williams,Danny granger all hall famers if that happened.

[Hey Yo]

Are you kidding me? Half a decade ago chris anderson story was being played during every break when the nuggets and lakers were going at it.
But Andersen was never charged or arrested.

The deal with Odom and hookers plus a lot coke, are facts.... of his NDE.

It's not like he was in a car accident (that wasn't his fault) and was on life support. That's something the league office would rally around.

[Magic 32]

If he had performed better as Kobe's second option (2004-07).....then maybe.

[TripleA]

Sidney Moncreif and Chris Webber are still not in the hall of fame for gods sake.

[GrapeApe]

The answer is no, but if the U.S. had won gold in 2004 I actually think he'd have a shot. He did win a FIBA gold in 2010 and led the team in rebounding. With 2 international golds and 2 NBA titles he might sneak in.

[BasedTom]

Sidney Moncreif and Chris Webber are still not in the hall of fame for gods sake.
didn't he finally get in this year, or am I thinking of someone else?

[Duderonomy]

If you look solely at Pau's NBA career, I guess you could call him a questionable candidate. I'm not sure whether it's semantics that I'm arguing at this point but that does seem to underrate his career a bit. I'd call him "probable", but, whatever.. I get your point.

However, his international success will put him over the top. He was the leader of a dominating Spanish team that could stand its own against USA.

He also just had, perhaps, a top3 FIBA performance of all time in the semi-final against France. At the age of 35... He'll get in.
People forget it's a TEAM sport and Pau is a great teammate so he would get my vote. I'm not sure he is 3rd behind Duncan and KG over the last 10 years. Amare,Bosh, Dirk might have something to say about that.

[Jameerthefear]

People forget it's a TEAM sport and Pau is a great teammate so he would get my vote. I'm not sure he is 3rd behind Duncan and KG over the last 10 years. Amare,Bosh, Dirk might have something to say about that.
I get Dirk, and Amare but freaking Bosh?

[LamarMatic]

didn't he finally get in this year, or am I thinking of someone else?
nope, Moncrief didn't get in. his Bucks teammate Jack Sikma is also long overdue.

[bluechox2]

yall want odom in the hall of fame just cause of an overdose??

[senelcoolidge]

If Odom gets in than guys like Richard Jefferson should get in. This is a silly question. There are many guys that were all stars and had very good careers but are not HoF. That's suppose to be for the creme de la creme.