Hall of Famers Among Active Players

rudy was only speaking up for his former player and friend..those 7 rings are a testament of being at the right place at the right time…but i dont think horry is hall of fame worthy…horry never made any all nba teams or all star team..the only all defensive team he made was in college at alabama.

i saw a stat that said during his career he made 795 three pointers ,which now ranks him 192nd in nba history..that has him tied with devin booker who is only 24..you might say the 3 pointers are primary part of today’s game,than during his career..but reggie miller made over 2500 and ray allen made 2973…

i remember what kenny smith said a few years ago..that playing with a great player like olajuwon opened up the game for him and made him a much better player.knowing olajuwon would be double teamed knew he had to work on his 3 point shooting in order for him to contribute to the team..horry also benefitted from playing with several great players olajuwon,shaq,kobe,duncan & robinson…

The locks are LeBron, Durant, CP3, Harden, Leonard, Curry, D. Green, Lowry, Howard, Westbrook.

Lillard and Irving are still in their primes but have probably done enough. Hard to imagine them not making it.

Giannis, Gobert and Jokic are still early in their careers but have accomplished so much. Another year or two of what they’ve been doing, and they’ll be in.

AD and Paul George are also pretty close, but their careers did not exactly trend upward this past season. Still I think they will get in.

One guy who I think should get in eventually, or at least get serious consideration, is Al Horford. But he probably won’t.

Because of the stat inflation its getting hard to determine who should make the cut.

There really isn’t a precedent for putting a player like Horry in the Hall of Fame. He never came even close to making an All-NBA team or All-Star team in his career. He never even made an All-Defensive team. He never finished in the top 15 for any season in any statistical category. The only real individual accolade he had was a 2nd team All-Rookie selection in 1993. The case for him relies strictly around the fact that he likely altered the history of the league several times with his clutch shooting. The Rockets title in 1995, Lakers in 2002 and Spurs in 2005 all likely don’t occur without Horry’s heroics. Still, by all the traditional measures that are typically used to evaluate Hall of Fame candidacy, he is not even in the ballpark of consideration.
Derrick Rose will be an interesting candidate when he retires. To the best of my knowledge there has never been a former MVP who failed to get into the Hall. A few years ago, it looked like Rose was well on his way to becoming the first. However, he has had somewhat of a resurgence over the past few seasons and made himself a valuable contributor again. I think he has at least put himself back in the conversation and a few more productive seasons could be enough to get him in.

I agree LBJ, Melo, KD, Harden, Westbrook, CP3, LMA (only retired just), D12, Steph,Kawhi, PG13,AD and Giannis are all HOF locks.
I’d say Kyle Lowry, Klay, DeRozan, Lillard, Thompson, Draymond, Wall, Beal, Rondo, Butler and Kyrie are either bordeline or will cement HOF reps in next few seasons.
Love, Griffin at their peak were HOF guys but was their output great enough. Iggy, Lou Williams, Horford, Millsap are other guys who sprang to mind as more outside shots.
D-Rose hasn’t had a title and due to injuries hasn’t put up the weight of figures we once thought he could so I’d put him in the borderline category too but I’m mentioning him sepearately as a he was a MVP.
One other name I’m going throw out Marc Gasol his NBA career falls a bit short but double Olympic silver medalist, twice World Champions with Spain as well as numerous other achivements outside of the NBA I think would push him into the borderline category I listed under the locks.