Dr Positivity wrote:Derozan making HOF because he scored as many points as like Shaq is going to be painful. I guess if he doesn't get to 30k there's still a chance he misses.
Well so first, obviously, I'm with you. I don't think DeRozan should be in the Hall.
Re: 30K. Y'know, the thing I always ask is:
Do we have any evidence that voters make decisions based on cume stats? They've always talked like this in baseball, but I don't remember it ever being what a voter has used as his explanation for his vote.
Of course there can always be a first time people use it, I just think we need to remember that correlation is not causation.
A classic example:
Has there ever been an NBA MVP note make the Hall? No.
Has there ever been an NBA MVP whose career amounted to as little as Derrick Rose? No.
So maybe Rose makes it because of the MVP, or maybe it's just that NBA MVPs typically have HOF level careers.
And thus, maybe DeRozan makes it just because he was allowed to volume score for 15 years, or maybe voters will make the decision primarily based on how valuable they think he actually was in his prime and only use longevity as a tiebreaker. From there, they believe whatever they believe.
Now, I like everyone else has the experience of seeing other guys I wouldn't vote in get in, so I'm not counting on voters seeing things like me...but I have to say:
I think DeRozan might actually be the least worthy guy to make the Hall if he makes it. That's not meant as vague hyperbole, that's me rating him below guys like Michael Cooper and Mitch Richmond. I'd seriously rather see 2009 Draftmate Danny Green in the Hall (to say nothing of Jrue Holiday, Blake Griffin, and of course Curry & Harden) than see DeRozan get there.
