2610356, RE: it doesn't qualify as a HOF endorsement
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Tue May-30-17 03:08 PM
>we've been posting here for 15 years and i have brought those
>guys up as guys that should be in over other potential HOF'ers
>several times. what i said was that now that the standards are
>falling the HOF *has* to go back and right any wrongs or
>borderline wrongs. never said they were undeserving in any
they did not go back and induct them to right any wrongs because of any supposed falling standards, they were inducted because the HOF instituted an ABA committee to recognize the contribution of ABA players to the history of the game.
>>so who would get it over him? cuz as of yet none of the guys
>>you mentioned are better than Dwight in his prime.
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>having a longer prime. i think i have been pretty clear on
>that, the issue is that his prime was too short and while
>injuries have limited him, they haven't debilitated him. his
>injuries were also in some part because he took his genetics
>for granted. this is a guy who was eating about two dozen
>candy bars a day for much of his career. he also never refined
>his offensive game. in the end his game was based so much on
>being 100% physically that he couldn't adjust. think about
>guys like antonio mcdyess and grant hill who had even more
>severe injuries, they were able to adjust because they had
>game between their ears. howard never did.
what? I asked which of the current centers you listed before are better than Dwight in his prime.
>>you don't think he merits it though, which is not consistent
>>with what has historically merited HOF induction.
>
>well the established standards and what i consider standards
>for the basketball HOF are not congruous, so that's hardly
>surprising. basketball is a game where you can put up empty
>numbers or dominate for a while. the guys who are HOF'ers
>should be the guys who put up substantive numbers and do it
>for a long time.
then you are not discussing the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, you are discussing the ConcreteCharlie NBA Hall of Fame. which is fine in and of itself, but not what this post is about.
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