So are you finished talking out of your ass yet or would like to continue? The fact that you're simply basing your criteria off your own perception of popular players hardly demonstrates that you even know what you're talking about. Why not actually take a look at some stats and evaluate a player's body of work before you blow them off completely? Although Boozer doesn't get all the accolades and attention in comparison to Deron Williams or Derrick Rose, it doesn't mean that you can negate his contribution either.
The fact of the matter is, his career/season stats are comparable to Nash, Kidd, and Parker. He also grabs boards, gets points, can shoot FTs, doesn't cause drama in the locker room, or get injured very often. So what would you say keeps him out of contention from being inducted in the future? Because he doesn't "dominate" a game or get very far in the postseason? Honestly now, when was the last time you've seen Kidd, or Ray Allen take over a game? When was the last time Nash was even a contender to win the Western Conference?
Career: 17.0 ppg, 9.9 reb. 1.9 ast
Season:15.1 ppg, 8.7 reb. 2.4 ast
oh and.. Parker over Ginobili.
Hey smart guy, not one person on this forum with any sort of sense whatsoever will agree that Carlos Boozer should be in the HOF. Not one sports writer that wants to keep their job around the U.S. would agree he should be in the HOF. But I guess we're all the idiots. I can't believe I'm even going to entertain this idea but here you go...
Boozer is only a two time All Star.
The closest he's made it to the All NBA Team? Third team in 2008.
Was not on the All Rookie First Team.
Career 17.3 PPG and 10.1 RPG.
Not won an NBA Championship ring.
To mention Carlos Boozer in the same sentence as D. Williams and Rose is laughable (although they play very different positions). Rose and D. Williams are the #1 options on their team and two of the top PG's in the NBA. C. Boozer is not in the top 10 around the NBA at his position. And oh by the way, why compare him to Rose and Williams as neither of them are HOF players either so why does that matter? Parker, I don't feel is a HOF player either so throw him out.
Nash - Two tim MVP, 8 time All Star, 7 time All NBA Selection, led the league 5 times in assists, led the league two times in FT percentage. Not to mention he plays the toughest position on the floor and makes every one of the players on his team better by getting them the ball where they need in order to score. Keep in mind, he was the best player in the NBA TWO TIMES.
Kidd - NBA Champion in 2011, 10 Time All Star, 6 time All NBA Selection, 9 time All Defensive Selection, NBA Co Rookie of the Year, NBA All Rookie Team, 1994 PAC-10 Player of the Year, Member of the NBA Dream Team 2000, Two Time Gold Medalist. And again, plays the toughest position on the court and gets the ball to everyone on the court where they need to score each offensive possession.
When you have Dirk Nowitzki on your team, you don't take over anything. But he locks down the opponent and gets the ball where it needs to be.
During Nash's run with Stoudemire he took over all the time. Before his arrival in Phoenix, the Suns were 29-53. He went on to lead them the year he arrived in Phoenix to a 62-20 record while averaging 11.5 APG. He is only the third PG in NBA history to win the MVP award behind Cousy and M. Johnson. That year, they lost in the Western Conference Finals to Duncan and the Spurs. The following year he led then again to the Western Conference Finals without Stoudemire (knee injury) and Q. Richardson and J. Johnson who were both traded away.
I mean seriously, do you really put C. Boozer in the sentence as J. Kidd, S. Nash or even D. Rose as far as quality NBA players goes?
