he was a dominant player in his prime, top 2-3 player like you said, the best center in the NBA and best defender & rebounder in the league. Then he hurt his back and hasn't been the same dominant player as before, but he's still been a productive player and has put up a total body of work that is HOF caliber. his resume speaks for itself as outlined in the previous post.


>He will get in but again I think the standards are weak, they
>are so weak that now the league is going back and readjusting
>for the past (guys like Gilmore and McGinnis, both of whom I
>like a lot, getting in after all these years).

they got voted in by the ABA committee, as it's the basketball HOF, not just the NBA HOF. that's a separate issue. you're acting like they're letting Kiki Vandeweghe in or something.


Howard racked
>up a lot of accolades at a time when the position was paper
>thin. Today it's back to being pretty robust and no one even
>thinks about him.

1st team All-NBA center the past 3 years has been Marc Gasol, Deandre and PF Brow masquerading as a C. Howard in his prime today would be getting the same accolades as he did before.


>into his old age. When I think HOF I think about players like
>Howard in his prime who play at that level or close to it over
>about ten seasons.

that's not what the HOF criteria is though, and it never really has been.