Current Hall of Famers, if they retired today.

[L.Kizzle]

If all of these guys retired tonight, who's going to Springfield? Who goes first ballot? Who gets in, but has to wait a while? Who is borderline and maybe misses the cut?

First Ballot:
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Durant
Russell Westbrook
Stephen Curry
James Harden
Paul George
Klay Thompson
Damian Lillard
Anthony Davis
Joel Embiid
Giannis Antetekoumpou
Nikola Jokic
Luka Doncic


Will get in eventually
Derrick Rose
Kevin Love
Paul George
Kyrie Irving
Draymond Green


Borderline
Kyle Lowry
Jimmy Butler
DeMar DeRozan

[Full Court]

Why would Doncic be a hall of famer if he retired today? He's accomplished exactly nothing other than being an all star.

[1987_Lakers]

Why would Doncic be a hall of famer if he retired today? He's accomplished exactly nothing other than being an all star.

Why not? Luka has a Euroleague MVP and championship as well, it's named the basketball hall of fame, not NBA hall of fame.

Petrovic only played a couple of seasons in the NBA and is in the HOF.

Arvydas Sabonis is in the HOF as well.

[SouBeachTalents]

Why not? Luka has a Euroleague MVP and championship as well, it's named the basketball hall of fame, not NBA hall of fame.

Petrovic only played a couple of seasons in the NBA and is in the HOF.

Arvydas Sabonis is in the HOF as well.
Who?

[1987_Lakers]

Who?

:lol

[FultzNationRISE]

Why would Doncic be a hall of famer if he retired today? He's accomplished exactly nothing other than being an all star.

The case would be he’s in a lot of very rare company in various statistics, and has a shit ton of big playoff games and clutch moments relative to career length. Altho I agree if he retired TODAY, it would be questionable putting him in.

And Im not saying this cuz Lebron but I dont personally see Love, Irving, or AD’s case, they literally have no career success without riding LeCoattails. They dont have all-time level career statistics. No MVP’s. Unlike Lillard they dont have a long history of bearing the load of an average team and carrying it admirably into the playoffs consistently. They get put in the HOF just cuz they played with Bron? Their careers are nothing without the championships HE won them. They dont belong.

[FultzNationRISE]

Why not? Luka has a Euroleague MVP and championship as well, it's named the basketball hall of fame, not NBA hall of fame.

Petrovic only played a couple of seasons in the NBA and is in the HOF.

Arvydas Sabonis is in the HOF as well.


Thats a fair point, forgot about that.

[Full Court]

Why not? Luka has a Euroleague MVP and championship as well, it's named the basketball hall of fame, not NBA hall of fame.

Petrovic only played a couple of seasons in the NBA and is in the HOF.

Arvydas Sabonis is in the HOF as well.

Is Tom Brady in the basketball hall of fame?

:roll:

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[1987_Lakers]

Is Tom Brady in the basketball hall of fame?

:roll:

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Damn, someone got their fragile ego hurt again.

[RachlNicholsazz]

First Ballot:
LeBron James ✓
Chris Paul✓
Kawhi Leonard✓
Kevin Durant✓
Russell Westbrook✓
Stephen Curry✓
James Harden✓
Paul George maybe not 1st ballot
Klay Thompson barely
I'd like to say maybe not 1st ballot but he has too many shooting and scoring records, so I guess I can see him getting right in
Damian Lillard maybe not 1st ballot
Anthony Davis barely
Joel Embiid barely
Giannis Antetekoumpou✓
Nikola Jokic✓
Luka Doncic maybe not 1st ballot today


Will get in eventually
Derrick Rose
Kevin Love
Paul George
Kyrie Irving
Draymond Green


Borderline
Kyle Lowry
Jimmy Butler
DeMar DeRozan

Wait a minute. Why is Paul George listed in 2 categories?

[RRR3]

Rose over Lowry and Butler is hysterical.

[Axe]

Who?
:milton

[hateraid]

Who?

Hahaha!

[SATAN]

Who?

Lol

[Jasper]

this is my opinion .... but the HOF is going to get weaker .. if we are putting guys in just be cause they are all-star appearances


Will get in eventually
Derrick Rose YES
Kevin Love WHY - one ring ??
Paul George All-star appearance ... that is it
Kyrie Irving YES
Draymond Green YES


Borderline
Kyle Lowry One ring Why ?
Jimmy Butler Never won a fvck'n thing 1 chip appearance
DeMar DeRozan NOPE

[John8204]

1st Ballot - Lebron, Curry, Durant, Harden, CPIII, Leonard, Westbrook, Giannis, Embiid, Jokic, Thompson, Lillard, Luka
Will Get in Eventually - Butler, Beal, George, Green, Gobert, Kyrie, Love, Derozan,
Borderline - Griffin, Iggy, Mitchell, Drummond, Lowry, Deandre Jordan, Siakum, Rose

[L.Kizzle]

1st Ballot - Lebron, Curry, Durant, Harden, CPIII, Leonard, Westbrook, Giannis, Embiid, Jokic, Thompson, Lillard, Luka
Will Get in Eventually - Butler, Beal, George, Green, Gobert, Kyrie, Love, Derozan,
Borderline - Griffin, Iggy, Mitchell, Drummond, Lowry, Deandre Jordan, Siakum, Rose
Why would Bradley Beal eventually make the Hall? He's dine nothing IMO.
Same with Jordan.
I forgot about Blake, he's borderline.
Mitchell has stood out enough yet. A few more seasons.

[L.Kizzle]

this is my opinion .... but the HOF is going to get weaker .. if we are putting guys in just be cause they are all-star appearances


Will get in eventually
Derrick Rose YES
Kevin Love WHY - one ring ??
Paul George All-star appearance ... that is it
Kyrie Irving YES
Draymond Green YES


Borderline
Kyle Lowry One ring Why ?
Jimmy Butler Never won a fvck'n thing 1 chip appearance
DeMar DeRozan NOPE
You do know, you don't have to win a ring to be a Hall of Famer. Alex English is in. Bob Lanier is in.

Why is Paul George a (that's it) and Kyrie a (yes?)

[SouBeachTalents]

Why would Bradley Beal eventually make the Hall? He's dine nothing IMO.
Same with Jordan.
I forgot about Blake, he's borderline.
Mitchell has stood out enough yet. A few more seasons.
If the Celtics win a title this year, would Horford move to borderline or nah?

[L.Kizzle]

If the Celtics win a title this year, would Horford move to borderline or nah?
Nah, I like Al but he's not Hall of Famer IMO.

[jayfan]

Westbrook isn't first ballot.


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[SouBeachTalents]

Westbrook isn't first ballot.


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Of course he is. How many MVP's/9x All-NBA players have ever not been first ballot?

[jayfan]

Of course he is. How many MVP's/9x All-NBA players have ever not been first ballot?


Probably none. But there's a first for everything. You can play yourself out of this sh*t, and Westbrook has.

He's still going in, just not immediately.


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[RRR3]

Probably none. But there's a first for everything. You can play yourself out of this sh*t, and Westbrook has.

He's still going in, just not immediately.


.
No one is going to care what Westbrook did at the end of his career when it’s HOF voting time.

[L.Kizzle]

Westbrook isn't first ballot.


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Just because you don't care for his play doesn't mean he's not 1st ballot. He will get every single vote eligible when his time comes.

[jayfan]

Just because you don't care for his play doesn't mean he's not 1st ballot. He will get every single vote eligible when his time comes.

I don't care for his play? Does anybody care for his play??

.

[John8204]

Why would Bradley Beal eventually make the Hall? He's dine nothing IMO.

I believe every 30PPG player has made the Hall. Also being loyal to a bad team tends to look good to voters



Same with Jordan.


He was All-NBA 3 times which I think puts him on short lists and discussion I think it's 50/50 with the borderline guys

[L.Kizzle]

I don't care for his play? Does anybody care for his play??

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The people who voted him 9 time All-NBA and MVP.

[SaltyMeatballs]

Who?

:roll:

[SaltyMeatballs]

I don't think Rose is gonna get in. Neither will K Love

[RRR3]

I don't think Rose is gonna get in. Neither will K Love
Rose was HOF level for 1.5 seasons so yeah I don’t personally think he has any case. The NBA HOF might let him get in though.

[L.Kizzle]

Rose was HOF level for 1.5 seasons so yeah I don’t personally think he has any case. The NBA HOF might let him get in though.

MVP should automatically get you into the Hall. Means you were the best player for that one season.

[Full Court]

Damn, someone got their fragile ego hurt again.

Don't say dumb stuff, and then you won't have to feel self conscious about it afterwards. :lol

[HoopologyPhD]

There are females, refs and owners in BBHOF, might as well let anyone with over 10ppg averager OR a ring OR was popular overseas OR had x number of jersey sales.
Heck let the all-time high ISH poster in.

[Smook A.]

MVP should automatically get you into the Hall. Means you were the best player for that one season.

Winning MVP doesn't necessarily make you the best player in the league. LeBron, Kobe, and Dwight were all better in 2011. Rose absolutely had HOF potential, but only 3 all-star seasons should not get you in the hall.

[L.Kizzle]

Winning MVP doesn't necessarily make you the best player in the league. LeBron, Kobe, and Dwight were all better in 2011. Rose absolutely had HOF potential, but only 3 all-star seasons should not get you in the hall.
It may not mean you're the best, but you're the most valuable.
He's one of only 36 players to win the award. He will not get skipped over.

[Smook A.]

It may not mean you're the best, but you're the most valuable.
He's one of only 36 players to win the award. He will not get skipped over.

He will definitely get considered, but he hasn't done enough to get in the HOF. 1 MVP, 3 all-star appearances, and 1 all-nba is not enough

[SouBeachTalents]

MVP should automatically get you into the Hall. Means you were the best player for that one season.
Just being real, Rose was absolutely not better than LeBron/Dirk/Wade/Dwight that season, he was at best 5th that year.

[L.Kizzle]

He will definitely get considered, but he hasn't done enough to get in the HOF. 1 MVP, 3 all-star appearances, and 1 all-nba is not enough
Obviously without the MVP, he doesn't get looked at. MVP changes the entire landscape. As I mentioned earlier, only 36 players have been voted MVP in the leagues 77 year history.