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.