Basketball Hall of Fame inductions announced on April 6th

[cgjackson222]

Note that Basketball-Reference has HOF probabilities for each player:

Vince Carter: 94.5%
Billups: 84.4%
Walter Davis: 30.9%
Michael Cooper: .9%

I tend to agree with the probabilities, but think Cooper should be a bit higher given that he was key to 5 championships.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Note that Basketball-Reference has HOF probabilities for each player:

Vince Carter: 94.5%
Billups: 84.4%
Walter Davis: 30.9%
Michael Cooper: .9%

I tend to agree with the probabilities, but think Cooper should be a bit higher given that he was key to 5 championships.

He wasn't THAT key. They had two of the top 10 players of all time, and you could argue top 5, and another superstar/near superstar in Worthy.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

He wasn't THAT key. They had two of the top 10 players of all time, and you could argue top 5, and another superstar/near superstar in Worthy.

I agree that Cooper was never one of the top 3 stars on the Lakers and belongs in the Hall of Very Good, not the HOF.

Just saying under 1% chance is a little low for a guy that averaged over 25 minutes a game on one of the games great dynasties. He is also just one of six guards in league history to be Defensive Player of the Year, along with Sidney Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, and Marcus Smart.

[JustinD]

The entire group is a bit of a collective yawn this year, seems like the hof vote was as weak as the draft.

Chauncey is good enough but just barely and that is coming from a diehard Detroit sports fan. He was honestly a journeyman until he arrived in Detroit and had the pieces around him to click. He was certainly a late bloomer.

Vince Carter had a 22 season career but honestly 10 of hall of fame level play. The last six seasons were awful due to his refusal to hang it up. If he had retired at 32 it would be an easy yes, unfortunately he retired at 43. I’ll give him a pass, but it really got ugly there.

I wouldn’t give a second thought to Cooper, Davis or Smith. If Cooper belongs in for his laker play then so does AC Green…and I don’t believe that for a second. They picked the only two possible.

[Beercan collector]

Not sure if it’s for real but I’ve seen articles claiming Magic Johnson and James Worthy as saying Michael Cooper is in
https://www.latimes.com/sports/laker...l-hall-of-fame

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Not sure if it’s for real but I’ve seen articles claiming Magic Johnson and James Worthy as saying Michael Cooper is in
https://www.latimes.com/sports/laker...l-hall-of-fame

Unless its a late April Fools' day joke, I think Cooper got in, even if it comes as a surprise to everyone else on this thread.

[D. Bergin]

So the way I read it, basically everybody who was on the nominations list, got in.

Oh well. Guess this whole thread was an exercise in irrelevancy.