When he retired, Mo Cheeks was (i) Top 5 All Time in assists (ii) #1 All Time in steals.
Here's an interesting thought that this reminds me of.
Had John Stockton never played in the NBA, Mark Jackson would have retired in 2004 as the All-Time assist leader having passed HOFers Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Isaiah Thomas to top the list.
He would have been HOF eligible in the class of 2010, but Jason Kidd would have passed him as the leader in Nov 2009, a few months before HOF voting.
So in a world where Mark Jackson has a 5-6 year reign as the all time assist leader, does he as a 1x All-Star and ROY get in the HOF in 2010?
Kind of hard to keep a guy who was the all time leader in one of the big 3 stats out of the hall.
What a world that would be.