2025 Basketball Hall of Fame Class

[Della9250]

The class. I'm surprised Mark Few didn't make it.

North American Committee:
2008 USA Basketball Men's Olympic Team
Carmelo Anthony
Danny Crawford
Billy Donovan
Dwight Howard

Women's Committee:
Sue Bird
Sylvia Fowles
Maya Moore

Contributor's Committee:
Micky Arison

 

[Retired_Scribe]

Saw that Deck Motta was nominated. Deck was a damn fine coach.

 

[MileHigh]

Carmelo on first ballot is ridiculous. Overrated.

 

[Della9250]

Carmelo on first ballot is ridiculous. Overrated.

It is his whole body of work, so there's the Syracuse season and all his Olympic success as well.

And based on the class, he's the best player available

 

[swingline]

Carmelo on first ballot is ridiculous. Overrated.

clap clap clap-clap-clap

 

[MileHigh]

It is his whole body of work, so there's the Syracuse season and all his Olympic success as well.

And based on the class, he's the best player available

And still ... undeserving and overrated.

 

[DanOregon]

Are you familiar with the Basketball Hall of Fame? It literally IS the Hall of VERY GOOD (is enough).

 

[swingline]

One day in the future, everyone will be in the hall of fame for 15 minutes.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Dwight Howard? Not even for the Hall of Pretty Good.

 

[Della9250]

Dwight Howard? Not even for the Hall of Pretty Good.

If you didn't know it was Dwight Howard, this is a Hall of Fame resume:



8-time All-Star

3-time Defensive Player of Year

5-time first-team All-NBA

1-time second-team All-NBA

2-time third team All-NBA

4-time first-team All-Defensive Team

1-time second-team All-Defensive

10th all-time in rebounds / 15th all-time in blocks / 35th

Has a ring / made another Finals

 

[swingline]

That's a Hall dude in any league.

 

[Webster]

Dwight Howard seems to have been disliked by a lot of his teammates and he hung around for so long when his skills had diminished that it obscures his legacy. He was an absolute beast of a player for a long time and is HOF worthy.

As a Knicks fan, Melo is a big step down from Howard. He was a very skilled scorer but not so skilled as to make up for the fact that he never made his teammates or team better. The title with the Orangemen probably helps him more than any other recent player in terms of his qualification as a first ballot inductee.