How the fuck did Tracy McGrady make the Hall of Fame?

[HugeUnderdog]

At his peak he was a top 10 player for probably 6-7 years. And had a lot of good years besides that.

They let a lot of guys in who have longevity but were never really top 10 players, I don't mind valuing peak more. It is supposed to be a museum, if you look back in 20 years and Vince Carter and Mitch Richmond are in but Grant Hill and Tmac aren't, that seems backwards.

As far as team success, a lot of team success is based on circumstance. He went to Orlando and then G Hill immediately died and he was stuck for 4 years. If he played his last 4 good years with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen like Paul Pierce did, he would probably be remembered a lot differently.

Chris Webber also considered overrated by a lot of people, really if you look at his career, he was an elite player for a shorter period of time than TMac. Basically only for 3-4 years in Sacto before the knee injury. But that was a relevant team and he was 1 of the best players in the league at the time. Should be in (and it factors in his college career as well but that is a different discussion)

Could not have said it better.

 

[Acebb]

In basketball it's a Basketball HOF not NBA HOF.
There are players in the basketball HOF who barely even played in the NBA.



Christian Laettner is in the basketball HOF and he sucked im the NBA.
Jay Williams also in the basketball HOF. Barely even played in the NBA

Jay Williams is in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Which isn't the same HOF McGrady is going into.

Laettner is only there as a member of the Dream Team. They inducted the team, not Laettner as a player.

 

[Mr_Mark]

Even with injuries T-mac was still a great player.

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Was he up 3-1 or 2-0 when he said it feels great to get out of the 1st round and then proceeded to lose 3 in a row to the Pistons

 

[halekulani]

Perennial all-star and all NBA player. He was a total lock IMO. He competed for all NBA among guys like Kobe, VC, and Paul pierce, who are all also HoF players. All his teams were injury ridden which eventually got to him too.
If Anthony Davis stays on this shit pelicans team for the rest of his life and never makes it past the first round he's also guaranteed.

 

[Enfuego]

Isn't a factor of making it to a HOF a sustained period of excellence over a long period of time?