Comments on: The Greatest Hall of Fame Classes Ever

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:05:10 +0000

Adding weaker hall of famers to a hall of fame class doesn't make the class any weaker. That is like saying adding an average hall of famer to MJ's group would make them less impressive. Also, by your system, a year with no players inducted would be an average year in terms of quality, which doesn't seem right Better systems i could think of is sum of the squares, or just add the top 3 players of each class. Top 3 players of each class gives chamberlain's class a slightly below average class and the class of 93 would move down to 4th (arguably a reasonable listing depending how you view quantity vs quality) sum of squares (which i will devide by 3 and then take the square root of to keep the numbers reasonable) would give jordan's class a 197.5, chamberlain's class a 144.1 and class of 93 a 157.6 Either of these, IMO, would be a better system than the one you just [months ago] laid out (deciding between the two mostly depends on how you view the chamberlain class [i like the 2nd one better])

By: Payam Sharifi

Payam Sharifi — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:53:43 +0000

Actually Craig KAJ has the highest Win shares, but that's obviously because he played a total 7 seasons more than Wilt(including the year Wilt was out because of Knee surgery).

Wilt was the best ever, not MJ.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:39:36 +0000

I don't think you need to resort to fuzzy math (averaging in guys who weren't inducted) to determine that this is the best class ever. All 3 of this year's inductees were better than than the top 3 in 93, and Jordan obviously ranks near Wilt all by himself, so throwing in the career assists leader and an all-time great center makes it no contest.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:58:48 +0000

As an aside, how about a Keltner list for Jerry Sloan the player? Looking over the questions I think he fairs better than one might expect.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:01:41 +0000

Typical to find a way to keep the real greatest of all time off the top.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:39:01 +0000

This is a funny post. I was thinking, if I could start a team with a core of any single year's HoF inductees, I would take this one... Kind of reminiscent of the 1984 draft with David in place of Hakeem. Just missing Chuck!

By: cody w

cody w — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:51:26 +0000

typical....you guys always find a way to put jordan and lebron on top...keep shifting the numbers boys...you doing great!just kidding, mj is the best ever and will drag robinsonand stockton by their heals into the hall as the best class ever...kinda feels like deja-vu in a since doesnt it. you know jordan dragging lesser individuals to make them look even better in the end! however, when it is all said and done kobe will be on top, but im sure you'll no doubt find a way to rebuke that too, later boys...keep up the good work!