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Re: Basketball Hall of Fame
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2012, 10:15:43 PM »

Offline bdm860

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Here's a tangent, who currently retired should be in the Hall of Fame? I've got three to start:
1. Spencer Haywood
2. Bernard King
3. JoJo White
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Spencer Haywood should be in!

It's not just the NBA Hall of Fame, but he did average 21/11 over 13 seasons, including 20/10 in 45 playoff games (though 12 were in the ABA were he put up a monstrous 37/20).  ABA MVP too.

But he was an NCAA All-American and has a gold medal from the '68.  Don't take that gold medal lightly either, because the next Olympics in '72 is when USA first lost, and during the '68 Olympics when Haywood led the team, the top stars like Kareem boycotted the games, so it wasn't the stacked USA teams against terrible competition.

Also he challenged the NBA and won.  Haywood v. National Basketball Association.  How many players have ever done that.  That gets you in the Hall of Fame right there.  A true trendsetter.

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