This March, we have been working diligently on adding to our futures section in the big four sports.  We have our first update to share, with the addition of the 2026 Basketball Futures.

All of the names feature retired players who will first be Hall of Fame eligible for the Class of 2026.  You can now vote and/or comment as to whether you believe these names are (or are not) Hall of Fame worthy.

The new names are:

Andre Iguodala:  Iguodala was a four-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors and was a Finals MVP.  He was also an All-Star and was the Sixth Man of the Year once and twice.

Carmelo Anthony:  Anthony led Syracuse to an NCAA Championship and was on three Olympic Gold Medal Teams for the United States.  A ten-time All-Star, Melo had four Third Team All-NBA, two Second Team All-NBA selections, and won a Scoring Title.

Goran Dragic:  A multi-time champion in Slovenia, Dragic won a EuroBasket Gold for his country.  In the NBA, he was an All-Star, a Third Team All-NBA and Most Improved Player Award winner.

Hassan Whiteside:  For a brief time, Whiteside was one of Miami’s best players and is a former Second Team All-Defensive Selection.

Joe Johnson:  Johnson went to seven All-Star Games and was a Third Team All-NBA Selectee once.  His best years were with Atlanta.

LaMarcus Aldridge:  Aldridge went to seven All-Star Games and was at his best with the Portland Trail Blazers. He earned five All-NBA spots, two Second Team spots, and three Third Team spots.

Lou Williams:  Williams twice won the Sixth Man of the Year Award and holds the record for the most Points off of the bench.

Paul Millsap:  Millsap was a rebounding machine at Louisiana Tech and would become a four-time All-Star in the NBA.

Rajon Rondo: Rondo won an NBA Title with the Celtics early in his career and later with the Lakers, and he was also a four-time All-NBA Selection.

Trevor Ariza:  Ariza played over 1,000 Games and won an NBA Championship with the Lakers in 2009.

You know what we want you to do! 

Cast your votes, and offer your opinions!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support!

Joe Johnson was a Mr. Arkansas Basketball and he stayed in state to play his college ball at the University of Arkansas where he was the SEC Rookie of the Year.  Johnson declared for the draft in 2001, where he was taken 10^th Overall by the Boston Celtic 10^th Overall, but he did not last the season, as he was traded to Phoenix.

The trade accelerated Johnson’s development as he saw significantly more playing time with the Suns and in all three of his full seasons in the Desert, Johnson obtained Most Improved Player of the Year votes.  Johnson was a restricted free agent in 2005, and the Atlanta Hawks pulled the trigger, landing Johnson in a sign-and-trade.  The ATL suited Johnson well.

With the Hawks, Johnson was the lead option and averaged over 20 Points per Game in his first five seasons (2005-06-2009-10), with All-Star appearances in the last six (2006-07-2011-12).  Johnson was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2009-10.  As good as Johnson was, the Hawks were never serious championship contenders, though he had impressive numbers in Atlanta with a 20.8 PPG over 508 Games.  Johnson was traded to Brooklyn in 2012, and in 2014, he went to his seventh and final All-Star Game.

In 2016, Johnson was traded to Miami for their playoff run, and he signed with Utah the year later but was now a reserve player until he retired (for the first time) in 2018 after a stop with the Houston Rockets.

Johnson’s Hall of Fame clock was pushed back by three years, as he returned to the Celtics on a 10-day contract as a hardship exemption.  He only appeared in one Game, scored 2 Points in 2 Minutes, but joined Dirk Nowitzki as the only players to score at the age of 20 and 40 for the same team.  Considering, he only played 49 Games in total for the Celtics, it is a fascinating statistic, isn’t it?

Still, With Johnson, we have the definition of a borderline candidate.  Despite the seven All-Stars, we have a player who only twice received MVP votes and was no higher than 12^th.  Johnson never won a championship at any level.  This will be interesting.

Revising lists never stops at Notinhalloffame.com.

A couple of months ago, The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the newest members of their institution.  In terms of our list, it was a record five chosen from the top ten, and it created a seismic shift on our countdown.

Whenever we revamp our list, the first thing we do is take out those who were enshrined.  Chosen for Springfield, were our top four ranked former players, Paul Pierce (#1), Chris Bosh (#2), Chris Webber (#3) and Ben Wallace (#4).  Bob Dandridge, who was ranked at #10, also was elected.

The second thing we do, is add those who are now eligible, but unlike previous years, there are not multiple top players who appear to be locks for the Hall.  

The third and final thing we look at is your votes and comments on each eligible player.  Those help determine rises or falls of those on the list.

Let’s see our new top ten, which again, is colossally different from last year.  Based on who we have available in 2022, we are having a hard time trying to predict who will be named to the next class.

We have to way back in hoops history for our new number one, Max Zaslofsky, who was an All-NBA (All-BAA) First Team Selection in the first four years of the BAA/NBA’s existence.  While playing for the Chicago Stags, Zaslofsky won the 1947/48 Scoring Title, and at the time of his retirement in 1956, he was third all-time in scoring.  He is also a member of the NBA 25^th Anniversary Team, and was ranked at #6 last year.

Coming at #2 is Tim Hardaway, who moves up from #8 and was a Finalist last year.  Known mostly for his run with Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond as “RUN-TMC” at Golden State, Hardaway was a five-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA Selection.  His candidacy is plagued by his past homophobic remarks, though he has since atoned for that.

Our highest debut is Manu Ginobili at #3, who is arguably the greatest basketball player in Argentine history.  A two-time All-Star and four-time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs, Ginobili led his nation to Gold in the 2004 Olympics.  

Chauncey Billups rocketed from #11 to #4.  Billups led Detroit to the NBA Championship in 2004, where he was named the Finals MVP.  He was also a five-time All-Star.

At #5 is former Seattle SuperSonic, Shawn Kemp, who holds the same rank as last year.  Kemp was a six-time NBA All-Star.

Six-time All-Star and former Atlanta Hawk, Lou Hudson, climbed from #9 to #6.  

Buck Williams jumped to #12 from #7.  Williams was a three-time All-Star and was the 1982 Rookie of the Year.

Two-time NBA Champion with Detroit, Mark Aguire, dropped from #7 to #8.  

Larry Foust went up from #15 to #9, and he was an eight-time All-Star who played in the 1950s.

Maurice Lucas went up three spots to #10.  He was a four-time NBA All-Star and one-time ABA All-Star.

There are four other additions:

Joe Johnson, who was a seven-time All-Star makes a strong debut at #13.  

Former Memphis Grizzlies big man, Zach Randolph, enters at #89.

The other two new names are David West and Richard Jefferson at #115 respectively.  Jefferson’s ranking is currently where our list ends.

The entire list can be found here.

Eventually, we plan to expand our list to 150.  At a later time, we may create a separate list for women, but at present there is no plan to do so.

You know what we want you to do!

Take a look for yourself, and cast your votes and offer your opinion.

As always, we thank you for your support.

Joe Johnson was an All-Rookie for the Saints in 1994, after New Orleans took him 13^thOverall in the NFL Draft after a great career at Louisville

It is onward and upward for us at Notinhalloffame.com as we have updated one of our sections, that of the Basketball Hall of Fame Futures for 2022.  

This is the group of former players who will be eligible for the Hall for the first time in 2022, and we have had this up for two years, however we have now new entries that are now available for your votes and comments.

They are: 

Jameer Nelson:  Nelson was an All-American at St. Joseph’s and he would later be an NBA All-Star in 2009.

Joe Johnson:  Johnson played most of his career with the Atlanta Hawks, and he was a seven-time All-Star as well as a Third Team All-NBA Selection in 009/10.

Josh Smith:  Smith was Second Team All-Defensive choice in 2009/10.

Tony Allen:  Allen was a champion with the Boston Celtics in 2008 and a three-time First Team All-Defensive player.

Zach Randolph:  Randolph was a two-time NBA All-Star and in 2010/11 he was named a Third Team All-NBA Selection:  

They join David West, Manu Ginobili, and Richard Jefferson.

You know what we want you to do!

Take a. look and cast your votes and offer your opinions.

As always, we thank you for your support.

The ranking of Joe Johnson was a struggle for us as prior to his arrival to the Nets he was a six-time All-Star with the Atlanta Hawks.  The Nets gave a lot to get the Shooting Guard but it may not have panned out overall.  That being said, as a Brooklyn Net he was named to his seventh and final All-Star Game in 2014 and averaged 14.7 Points per Game overall as a Net, which was a good number but way lower than his numbers with Atlanta.  Johnson’s advanced metrics were poor with a 13.8 PER in Brooklyn, which really states his overall game and decline in the state of New York.

An All-Star for six of seven seasons as an Atlanta Hawk, Joe Johnson was the main star of the organization.  Signing on as a Free Agent, Johnson strung together five consecutive seasons scoring over 20 Points per Game with his sweet shooters touch.  While he was not able to take Atlanta deep into the playoffs, he did lead them there multiple times.  At one time, Johnson was the highest paid player n the NBA and he is a former All-NBA Third Team Selection.