Webber in the Hall of Fame?

[D.o.s.]

There's bit a couple articles circulating on this issue, so I figured I'd bring it to CB. Would you put Chris Webber in the Hall of Fame? Why or why not?

Personally, I would.

(I would also add a poll, if I could figure out how to.)

[manl_lui]

I think he deserves it, I still think his Kings got robbed of a title

[Finkelskyhook]

I have no idea what hall of fame criteria is anymore...Iverson....Who undermined every coach and team he played for and played no defense at all...According to most talking heads....Is a lock.  Robert Horry...Who just happened to be a champion almost everywhere he landed..Will never sniff one.

Webber fits into the Iverson mantra...Great stats.. (When he actually played) Publicly undermining his first coach and team...(But actually did play defense)..So why not?

[Donoghus]

I don't think so.

Very good in his prime. Top 5-7 player for a stretch. Borderline candidate but seemed to fade away in the big moments and clashed with, seemingly, every organization he ended up with.  Didn't win anything either.

He had the talent but he never maximized it, IMO.

Only made 5 all-star teams and was all NBA first team only once.   Doesn't scream HOFer at me.

[KCattheStripe]

Weber gets in because it's the Basketball hall of fame. Best player on and best pro from a team that made consecutive finals game appearances.

[Donoghus]

Weber gets in because it's the Basketball hall of fame. Best player on and best pro from a team that made consecutive finals game appearances.

I'm not sure how much weight two NCAA championship game appearances that were later stricken from the record books will play in his candidacy.  IMO, not that much.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe had their take on this on the BS Report.

And I tend to agree with them. He has the numbers, accomplishments and stuff. Was considered one of the best if not the best PF in the game for a stretch and this is with KG and Tim Duncan (All NBA 1st team in 2000-01 over both) in their prime. And if not for the Lakers getting helped by the officials, he would have gotten a ring, making the enshrinement automatic.

Plus what he was in college, C-Webb should be HOF. First Ballot? Well, maybe not.

[hwangjini_1]

sorry i cant respond fully and provide a small mountain of stats, but i looked over webber's numbers and compared them to some players already in the HOF.

it seemed to me that webber belonged in the "hall of very good" more than the hall of fame. great at his peak, but his peak was not all that long. i just dont see the sustained greatness that would put him in the HOF.

but, as was noted above, this is the nba we are discussing so who knows?

[dark_lord]

cwebb was good, but not worthy of the hall of fame imo

[Fafnir]

If they're going to put T-Mac and Vince Carter in then Webber should be in too.

[Donoghus]

If they're going to put T-Mac and Vince Carter in then Webber should be in too.

I'd agree with that statement.

[Celtics18]

If they're going to put T-Mac and Vince Carter in then Webber should be in too.

I'd agree with that statement.

Of the three of them, I would say that T-Mac is the most deserving of Hall of Fame induction.  In his prime, he was as good a basketball player as I've seen play. 

Unfortunately for all three of them, winning is a major factor in a player's legacy, and the reality is that none of those guys did enough of it. 

[Eja117]

If the HOF is about accomplishment then it goes

Webb
Vince






TMac


Webber's team was one of the few that stood up to Shaq and dominated them. I absolutely don't recognize that Laker's win. It was a travesty and Joey Crawford is a joke. Nobody on Earth trusts NBA officiating and it has way more to do with Crawford and that series than Tim Donaghy. Generally Webber made most teams that he touched better and they got worse when he left. TMac was basically the exact opposite, and Vince doesn't have a lot to show for his time either.

[CelticG1]

I always thought Webber was in the Sheed category which most have said has no chance of getting in

[Finkelskyhook]

When you publicly tank for a trade as McGrady and Tank Carter both did...They should have been banished from the league...Much less the hall of fame.