Case for Chris Webber in Hall of Fame

[tremonthustler1]

CWEBB is a HOF. Those who watched basketball daily can tell you that.

Stop obsessing over stats and see the impact. Brought Michigan and the young movement in college. Changed the Kings organization almost overnight. Should have won a championship if the refs did not cheat for the Lakers that one year. That will always be a travesty in my eyes, that Kings team was the best in basketball and fun to watch.

Never happened

 

[Liquid]

he should be in only if shawn kemp gets in cuz kemp was better

 

[BlackFeet]

Reggie most definitely belonged

he should be in only if shawn kemp gets in cuz kemp was better

If Mitch Richmond, Chris Webber and Kevin Johnson are all inducted in the same year,

 

[LezJepzin]

They're all eligible in the same year

 

[threattonature]

Definitely a HOF.

 

[FaTaL]

why doesnt the nba have a real hof?

 

[Regular_P]

No doubt about it HOFer as far as I'm concerned. A damn shame his knees gave out and cut his career/prime short.

 

[dh86]

He had a very strong 10 years and a couple of decent ones after that. At his peak he was one of the top 5 in the NBA (00-02). Many HOFers can't ever say that.

 

[mastermind]

They're all eligible in the same year

of course they all will be eligible the same year. WHen Chris Webber comes up for eligibility the first time next year.

Johnson would have been eligible for 8 years, while Richmond would have been eligible for 6.




and yes Webber is a HOFer.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Only thing that can hold him back is the Michigan scandal. Without that he's a first ballot.

 

[mozichrome]

the article also brought up Elton Brand

The best contemporary comparable might be Elton Brand, and it's an interesting comparison, because Brand doesn't appear to pass the Hall of Fame sniff test — at least not yet. But Brand and Webber have eerily similar career numbers. Brand is about 900 total points behind Webber, but has snagged nearly 400 more rebounds in about 2,000 more regular-season minutes. Brand can't touch Webber as a passer, but he has been a more efficient overall scorer, thanks to a slightly higher field goal percentage and much better (and more prolific) foul shooting. Like Webber, his PER crested in the 23-24 range, rather than in the 26-28 range that ensures enshrinement, and he hit those high marks for only a few seasons. They are about equal as rebounders, and Brand has probably been the more willing and impactful overall defender. Both suffered devastating mid-career injuries that robbed them of their killer explosiveness too soon.

Remember those 32 players in the 30,000 minutes/20.5 PER club I made up? Brand is the 32nd guy.

But people in and out of the league don't consider Brand a Hall of Famer. That might be because he has labored mostly for bad and mediocre teams; he has played in only 30 postseason games, compared to 80 for Webber. It might also be because Brand's workmanlike game didn't make the same stylistic imprint on the sport as Webber's all-around, all-court brilliance. How much should that matter?

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

the article also brought up Elton Brand

no. not brand...HOF becomes diluted at that point

 

[Majestic Pape]

the article also brought up Elton Brand

Brand is held back by the fact that he never played for any memorable teams, and he spent all of those years in Chicago and L.A. playing for lottery squads. Hell, if Brand went into the HOF we might as well start to look at the resumes of Baron Davis and Stephon Marbury.

A guy from Brand's class who I think has a sneaky chance to get in (even though I wouldn't put him in there) is Shawn Marion. I think he has a very good case, but people probably don't want to hear it.

 

[L&HH]

the article also brought up Elton Brand

Im not even gonna read that shyt.

 

[BlackFeet]

no. not brand...HOF becomes diluted at that point

If Reggie Miller can make the hall, Elton's gotta shot