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I dunno, he's way better than Kukoc
I have a feeling he gets in* edit if he gets a ring.
otherwise its debateable
>I've floated this out there a couple times this year, but now >feels like the right time to make a post about it. > >The resume isn't exceedingly special on paper: > >4x All-Star (will be 5x this year) >2x All-NBA (would be shocked if not 3x this year) >no ring > >But here's the crux of my argument: he's *already* a Top 70 >scorer in NBA HISTORY. Right today. He's averaged over 20 >points per game for his career (60th all-time in NBA PPG). I >feel like that gets *significantly* slept on. He doesn't shoot >3s... yet he's one of the best scorers of the modern era. It's >really incredible to think about. > >He will end this season, if all continues the same, right >around 50th in all-time NBA scoring, a 5x All-Star and a 3x >All-NBA scorer. Currently at 50th? Bernard King. A 4x >All-Star, 4x All-NBA scorer. Who's also a Hall of Famer. > >I think if DeRozan continues this year as he's done and has >*one* more All-Star/All-NBA season? He's a stone cold lock for >the Hall. He'll almost certainly finish his career Top 40 in >points scored in NBA history. Even if the Bulls don't win it >all with DeRozan on board, a 6xASG, 4xAll-NBA, Top 40 scorer >of all time? It's really really hard to argue that's not a >Hall of Famer. There aren't any players in the Top 40 in >career points scored who aren't in or going to be in the Hall >of Fame. > >And frankly, I think if he makes All-Star/All-NBA this year, >he's already got an argument. 5xASG, 3xAll-NBA, Top ~50 scorer >of all time? At bare minimum, he'll start being discussed as >one of the great scorers in contemporary NBA history, and >people will start talking about it more seriously.
------------------- I wanna go to where the martyrs went the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...
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