Comments on: Layups: Why the NBA Needs Its Own Hall of Fame http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Hank http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-17773 Mon, 31 May 2010 03:38:34 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354#comment-17773 Hey, the "Pro Football" Hall of Fame seems to discount the USFL stats too, or why on Earth would Herschel Walker not have made it long ago? He was arguably the best college football player ever (certainly top ten), and if you include his USFL seasons, the all-time professional football yardage leader.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-12257 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354#comment-12257 Is the ABA (1968-76) considered as part of the NBA? The current HOF does not seem to account ABA credentials as having any worth. If anything, having played in the ABA is a negative.

Artis Gilmore's NBA stats are about equal to Willis Reed's. His college stats are better. Only a negative ABA value can account for the fact that Artis isn't in the Hall.

]]> By: MyArvydas http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-12219 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:13:20 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3354#comment-12219 I see what you mean. But as a matter of fact, all players enshrined because of their college careers played before the gap between NBA and NCAA widened. It sounds ridiculous to accept players like Laettner (although he was not that bad as a pro) into the HoF because the NBA in the early 90's was at its pinnacle quality-wise, and at any rate much much much better than the early 90's NCAA. And it's even more stupid, of course, to consider Tyler Hansbrough or Jo Noah for the exact same reasons.

By contrast, Walton did get his visa stamped because of his UCLA incredible years - otherwise, it would have been much debatable, and ditto for KC Jones or Bradley, but college hoops really mattered these days...you can't compare!

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