Please note that this does not reflect the last five Centers inducted but rather the previous five peak runs of that particular player. Also, we are going with what each player predominantly played. For some positions, we see very different players who bring unique skill sets, and at Center, that is very much the case.
The five Centers we are using as the baseline are:
Pau Gasol. Class of 2023 & Peak Period 2008-09 to 2014-15: Gasol’s brother, Marc, is more associated with the Center position than Pau, but Pau played more minutes at Center than Power Forward, especially in his peak Lakers period.
Chris Bosh. Class of 2021 & Peak Period 2005-06 to 2011-12: Like Pau Gasol, Bosh played a lot of time at Power Forward and bluntly looks more like a PF than a C. Nevertheless, we have to go by what he logged more minutes at, and we have CB4 slotted here.
Ben Wallace. Class of 2021 & Peak Period 2000-01 to 2006-07: With Wallace and the next three, we do not doubt these are pure Centers! Wallace was not a scorer like the others, so he skews those metrics lower but elevates defensive averages.
Shaquille O’Neal. Class of 2016 & Peak Period 1994-95 to 2000-01: Shaq is the gold standard of these five, and when he falls off the recent five Centers, the bar metrics across the board will fall.
Yao Ming. Class of 2016 & Peak Period 2002-03 to 2008-09: Yao Ming is the opposite of Shaq, not because he wasn’t good, but because his career was so brief, it will have the opposite impact on the overall totals.
Peak Period is the best seven consecutive seasons by a player.*All-NBA have weighted points. 3 for the First Team, 2 for the Second Team, and 1 for the Third Team.
MVP and Defensive Player of the Year have weighted points. 10 for 1st Place, 9 for 2nd Place, 8 for 3rd Place, 7 for 4th Place, 6 for 5th Place, 5 for 6th Place, 4 for 7th Place, 3 for 8th Place, 2 for 9th Place and 1 for 10th Place.
All-Defensive have weighted points. 2 for the First Team, 1 for the Second Team.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Toronto Raptors.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Raptors went all out, as in jettisoning all players out. That was an exaggeration, but beyond Scottie Barnes, there were not many reasons to watch a Toronto game. Nevertheless, there were a few elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Kyle Lowry
2. Chris Bosh
3. Vince Carter
4. DeMar DeRozan
5. Pascal Siakam
You can find the entire list here.
Pascal Siakam was unable to climb up from #5 before he was traded to the Indiana Pacers.
O.G. Anunoby, who was traded to the New York Knicks during the season, went up one spot to #13.
Former Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes climbed to #17 from #26.
Jakob Poeltl went from #31 to #25.
Gary Trent Jr, who is now with Milwaukee, reached #30 from #33.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Toronto Raptors.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Toronto only made it to the play-in round, but when you have a franchise this young, you will see fluctuation in a top 50, even in a mediocre year.
As always, we present our top five, which saw a new number five:
1. Kyle Lowry
2. Chris Bosh
3. Vince Carter
You can find the entire list here.
Siakam continues his climb, and has done enough to breach the top five.
Fred VanVleet, who is now with the Houston Rockets, climbed to #8 from #12.
Shooting Guard, O.G. Anunoby moved up to #14 from #20.
Former Rookie of the Year, Scottie Barnes, advanced ten spots to #26.
Center, Jakob Poeltl, who returned last year, shot up nine spots to #31. This jump, despite only 24 more Games was a testament to Poeltl’s efficiency and Toronto’s overall brevity in length.
The lone new entry was Gary Trent, who debuts at #33.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Toronto Raptors.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note, that this is our first revision in four years, which includes the 2019 Championship Season. This has resulted in many changes, and nine new entries, and a brand new number one, Kyle Lowry, who climbed from his number four slot.
As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.
1. Kyle Lowry
2. Chris Bosh
3. Vince Carter
4. DeMar DeRozan
You can find the entire list here.
There is a lot more than Kyle Lowry’s ascendence to the top.
Pascal Siakam, who was an All-Star last year, enters at #7.
Kawhi Leonard, whose playoff heroics won the Raptors a title comes in at #11.
Starting Point Guard, Fred Van Vleet debuts at #12.
Norman Powell moved from #50 to #19.
Small Forward, O.G. Anunoby makes his first appearance at #23.
Center, Chris Boucher enters at #24.
Former Raptor Guard, Delon Wright, is #30.
Another former Raptor, Jakob Poeltl, is ranked #40.
Marc Gasol, who also is no longer with Toronto, is #44.
Danny Green, another one-year Raptor on the 2019 Championship winning team, is at #47.
We definitely won’t wait four years on this one again!
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
The day after the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inducted the Class of 2020, the Class of 2021 has been announced.
Let’s get right to it:
The members of the Class of 2021 are:
Val Ackerman: After her playing career ended, Ackerman worked in the legal field and would later be a special assistant to NBA Commissioner, David Stern. She would become the first President of the WNBA (serving eight years) and became an appointee to the Board of Directors of USA Basketball.
Rick Adelman: Adelman was a former WCC Player of the Year, but he enters the Hall as a Coach, having helmed Portland (1989-94), Golden State (1995-97), Sacramento (1999-06), Houston (2007-11) and Minnesota (2011-14) with an overall record of 1,042-749.
Chris Bosh: Bosh enters Springfield on his second year of eligibility, and though he played more games with Toronto, it was his time in Miami with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade where he is best known. With the Heat, Bosh won two NBA Championships, and is an overall 11-time All-Star. Bosh also has an Olympic Gold Medal with Team U.S.A. in 2008.
Bob Dandridge: Dandridge is a two-time NBA Champion, one with Milwaukee (1971), and one with Washington (1978), and is a four-time NBA All-Star. Both the Bucks and his collegiate alumni, Norfolk State, retired his number.
Cotton Fitzsimmons: Fitzsimmons was an NBA Head Coach for Phoenix (1970-72, 1988-92 & 1996-97), Atlanta (1972-76), Buffalo (1977-78), Kansas City (1978-84) and San Antonio (1984-86) and was a two-time NBA Coach of the Year (1979 & 1989). He had a lifetime coaching record of 832-775.
Clarence “Fats” Jenkins’: Jenkins enters as this year’s Early African -American Pioneer inductee, and he most notably played for the New York Rens from 1925 to 1939. He also played in the Negro Leagues of baseball for twenty years.
Howard Garfinkel: Garfinkel, was the co-founder and director of Five-Star Basketball Camps and creator of Basketball Illustrated, the first high school scouting report. He was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
Yolanda Griffith: Griffith was an eight-time WNBA All-Star, two-time All-WNBA First Team Selection and was twice the Rebounding leader. She also took the Sacramento Monarchs to a WNBA Championship in 2005, and while representing the United States, she won two Gold Olympic Gold Medals (2000 & 2004).
Lauren Jackson: One of the top female players ever, Australia’s Lauren Jackson was a seven-time WNBA All-Star, three-time WNBA MVP, and she led the Seattle Storm twice to an WNBA Championship. She was also a seven-time All-WNBA First Team Selection and was also a former Defensive Player of the Year. Internationally, Jackson led Australia to Gold in the 2008 World Championship, and captured three straight Silvers (2000, 2004 & 2008) at the Olympics.
Toni Kukoc: From Croatia, Kukoc is this year’s International Inductee. Kukoc famously was part of the Bulls’ second three-peat (1996-98), and was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1996. In Europe, Kukoc was a five-time Euroscar Player of the Year, four-time Mister Europa Player of the Year, and he led Benetton Treviso to three consecutive EuroLeague Championships (1989-91). Representing Yugoslavia, he won Gold in 1990 World Cup, and Silver in the 1992 Olympics representing Croatia.
Pearl Moore: With 4,061 Points at Francis Marion College, Moore is the all-time leader in Points in Women’s College Basketball. She would later play professionaly in the Women’s Basketball League, and in 2011, she was chosen for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Paul Pierce: The arguable headliner of this class, Pierce enters on his first year of eligibility. An All-American at Kansas, Pierce was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1998, where he was their best player, but needed help to bring them back to greatness. He got that when they signed Hall of Famers, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, and Pierce was the 2008 Finals MVP. Pierce was a ten-time All-Star, a four-time All-NBA honoree (one Second Team and three Third Team), and his number 34 was retired by both the Boston Celtics and University of Kansas.
Bill Russell: Russell enters the Hall again, this time as a Head Coach. His coaching career began while still playing for the Celtics, and he not only became the first African-American Head Coach in the NBA, he was the first to win the NBA Championship (1968). Russell won a second Title as a player/coach in 1969, and he would later coach Seattle (1973-77) and Sacramento (1987-88). He has an overall coaching record of 341-290
Ben Wallace: Wallace is one of the best defensive players in the last 30 years, and he was a four-time Defensive Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005 & 2006. Also, a five-time All-NBA Selection (three Second Team, and two Third Team), Wallace led the Pistons to the Championship in 2004, making him the first player of that championship squad to earn a spot in Springfield. Wallace also was a two-time Rebounding leader, one-time Blocks leader, and he also logged time for the Washington, Orlando, Chicago and Cleveland. The Pistons retired his number 3 in 2016.
Chris Webber: Webber was the leader of one of the most influential college teams in recent memory, “The Fab Five” of the University of Michigan. He would be most known for his failed time-out call in the NCAA Finals, but there was no doubt that he was the star of the NCAA. Professionally, Webber was a five-time All-Star, and three-time Second Team All-NBA Selection. Webber also was the 1994 Rookie of the Year, and he led the NBA in Rebounds in 1998-99, and his number 4. Was retired by the Sacramento Kings.
Jay Wright: Wright, who is the current Head Coach at Villanova, brought the Wildcats to three Final Fours, winning two National Championships (2016 & 2018), and he is also a two-time Naismith College Coach of the Year. He currently has a coaching record of 606-271.
We will begin work on revising our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball List. Look for that next month.
We here would like to congratulate the sixteen new members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced 14 Finalists for the Class of 2021, ten men and four women.
The North American Committee Finalists are:
Rick Adelman (Coach): Portland 1989-94, Golden State 1995-97, Sacramento 1999-06, Houston 2007-11 & Minnesota 2011-14. A seven-year pro, Adelman went into coaching, first obtaining a Head Coaching role in the NBA with the Trail Blazers in 1989. Adelman led Portland to two Western Conference Championships (1990 & 1992). Last coaching in 2014, Adelman had a career record of 1,042-749, and is currently ninth all-time in wins.
Chris Bosh (Player):Toronto 2003-10 & Miami 2010-17. Bosh went to eleven consecutive All-Star Games (2006-16) and helped the Heat win two NBA Titles (2012 & 2013), and won Olympic Gold for the United States in 2008. The former ACC Rookie of the Year has already had his number (1) retired by the Heat. He was eligible last year, but was not nominated. Ranked #2 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Michael Cooper (Player): Los Angeles Lakers (1978-90). The Shooting Guard for the “Showtime” Lakers, Cooper aided L.A. win five NBA Championships. A defensive wizard, Cooper won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1987, and was five times part of the All-Defensive First Team roster. Ranked #33 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Tim Hardaway (Player): Golden State (1989-96), Miami (1996-01), Dallas (2001-02), Denver (2002) & Indiana (2003). Hardaway was a five-time All-Star and a First Team All-NBA Selection in 1997. Also, a three-time Second Team Selection, Hardaway was a member of the 2000 Olympic Gold winning team for the United States. Ranked #8 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Marques Johnson (Player): Milwaukee (1977-84), Los Angeles Clippers (1984-87) & Golden State (1989). Johnson went to five All-Star Games and in 1979 was a First Team All-Star. An NCAA Champion and former College Player of the Year at UCLA, Johnson’s number was retired by both the Bruins and the Milwaukee Bucks. Ranked #25 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Paul Pierce (Player): Boston (1998-13), Brooklyn (2013-14), Washington (2014-15) & Los Angeles Clippers (2015-17). A First Team All-American at Kansas, Pierce played 19 seasons, the first fifteen with the Celtics. Pierce led Boston to the NBA Championship in 2008, where he was named the Finals MVP. Pierce’s number is retired by the Celtics and Jayhawks, and he is currently 19thall-time in Points. Ranked #1 on Notinhalloffame.com
Bill Russell (Coach): Boston (1966-69), Seattle (1973-77) & Sacramento (1987-88). Russell is already inducted as a player (1975), and in 1966, he became the Celtics Player/Coach, becoming the first African-American Coach in the NBA. Russell took the Celtics to his last two of eleven titles in that capacity, and had an overall record of 341-290.
Ben Wallace (Player): Washington (1996-99), Orlando (1999-00), Detroit (2000-06), Chicago (2006-08), Cleveland (2008-09) & Detroit (2009-12). Wallace brought the Pistons to an NBA Championship in 2004, and he was a four-time Defensive Player of the Year. A two-time Rebounding Leader and one-time Blocking Leader, Wallace was also a four-time All-Star. His number was retired by Detroit. Ranked #4on Notinhalloffame.com.
Chris Webber (Player): Golden State (1993-94), Washington (1994-98), Sacramento (1998-05), Philadelphia (2006-07), Detroit (2007) & Golden State (2008). Webber was the leader of Michigan’s “Fab Five”, and was a Consensus All-American. Named the NBA Rookie of the Year, Webber was a five-time All-Star, and was a First Team All-NBA Selection in 2001. Ranked #3 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Jay Wright (Coach): Hofstra 1994-01 & Villanova (2001-). Wright, who is still the Head Coach at Villanova, has taken the Wildcats to two NCAA Championships and three Final Fours. He was named by the Associated Press Coach of the Decade (2010s).
The Women’s Committee Finalists are:
Leta Andrews (Coach): Tolar HS (1962-65), Gustine HS (1965-70), Comanche (1970-76), Granbury HS (1976-80), Calallen HS (1980-82) & Granbury (1992-14). Andrews has an overall coaching record of 1,416-355, and has won more than any other coach in high school basketball. Andrews is already in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Yolanda Griffith (Player): Chicago (1998), Sacramento (1999-07), Seattle (2008) & Indiana (2009). Griffith won the WNBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1999, and was an eight-time All-Star. She also won the WNBA Title in 2005 with the Monarchs where she was also the Finals MVP.
Lauren Jackson (Player): Seattle (2001-12). Jackson was a three-time WNBA MVP and seven-time WNBA All-Star, and she also led the league in scoring three times. Jackson also led Australia to three Olympic Silver Medals, one Olympic Bronze, and a World Championship Gold Medal in 2006.
Marianne Stanley (Coach): Old Dominion (1977-87), Penn (1987-89), USC (1989-93), Stanford (1995-96), California (1996-2000), Washington WNBA (2002-03), Indiana WNBA (2020-). Stanley took her teams to three Final Fours and brought Old Dominion to a NCAA Championship in 1985.
The Class of 2021 will be announced at this year’s Final Four.
Please note that at present, we only rank male players. This could change in the future.
The Class of 2021 ceremony is currently slated for September of this year.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame related lists are at the forefront of what we do. Hell, it is in the name of our site; Notinhalloffame.com!
The problem (or actually our perpetual joy) is that we have to continuously revise lists, most of them annually. With the ones in reference to the main Halls of Fame, we try to tackle the revisions immediately. With that in mind, we are pleased to have our new Notinhalloffame.com Basketball list of those to consider for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Before we get into it, please note that this list only covers the male candidates. We may look at doing a separate list for coaches, international, and women, but for now we will remain with this core list.
As always, the first thing we do is remove those who were chosen for the incoming class. This involved the removal of our top three, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, all of which were in their first year of eligibility. We should note that while Rudy Tomjanavich was also chosen for Springfield, he did so as a Coach, and in the Basketball Hall, you can enter multiple times as a Coach and as a Player.
The second thing we do is input the new entries who are now eligible and are worthy of being ranked.
The third is look at your comments and votes and alter accordingly.
The complete list can be found here, but below are the former players who now comprise our new top ten.
Paul Pierce debuts at #1, and is our highest ranked new entry. Pierce was a ten-time All-Star, and was chosen for four All-NBA Teams (one Second Team and three Third Team). Pierce was a teammate of this year’s inductee, Kevin Garnett, in Boston, and he was the Finals MVP in their Championship win in 2008.
Chris Bosh moved from #4 to #2. Bosh was openly upset when he was not included in this list of Finalists for the 2020 Hall of Fame Class, but we suspect this was to hold him back for a class with Pierce. The former Raptor and Heat player, was an 11-time All-Star and won two NBA Championships with Miami.
Chris Webber climbs back to #3 from #5. Webber was the leader of the Michigan’s “Fab Five”, and was the NBA Rookie of the Year. C-Webb was a five-time All-Star, and was once a First Team All-NBA Selection, as well as a three-time Second Team All-NBA Selection. Webber was at one time ranked number one on this list.
Ben Wallace moves up two spots to #4. Wallace was a part of the Detroit Pistons 2004 NBA Championship, and he was a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. The four-time All-Star was a three-time Second Team All-NBA and a two-time Third Team All-NBA Selection.
Shawn Kemp rose three to #5. The former Seattle SuperSonic went to six All-Star Games, and was chosen for three-time Second Team squads.
Max Zaslofsky also went up three spots from #9 to #6. Zaslofsky was a four-time First Team All-NBA player in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mark Aguirre climbed to #7 from #10. The former Naismith College Player of the Year, won two NBA Championships as a Detroit Piston, and he was also a three-time All-Star.
Tim Hardaway returns to the top ten, moving up to #8. The former five-time All-Star was a star at Golden State, and he was also a First Team All-NBA player in 1997.
Lou Hudson shot up from #16 to #9. Hudson was a six-time All-Star.
Bob Dandridge closes the top ten, and he rose from #13. He was a four-time All-Star, and he won two NBA Titles, one with Milwaukee and one with Washington.
There are two new entries.
Deron Williams enters at #57 and Metta World Peace (the former Ron Artest) makes his list debut at #83.
At present, the list goes to 115. In the future, the intent is to bring it to 150, where it will be capped at that number.
You know what we want you to do!
Take a look at the new list, and cast your votes and offer your opinions.
As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.
When the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced their Finalists, Chris Bosh was left off of it. This is his first year of eligibility after being forced to retire due to issues with blood clots in 2014. He had this to say on his Instagram:
"I'm going to be honest with you. I'm a competitor, man. I've been competing my whole life. A lot of people don't really know that about me, but I'm a fierce competitor. Losing bothers me. Coming up short bothers me. It always has, you know, since the moment I started playing basketball and it kind of bleeds over into everything that I do. So I'll just get ahead of it, and so you hear this from me: I'm disappointed."
Only five men (down from ten) were named as Finalists this year, with three of those being former players (Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett). The conspiracy theory in us feels like Bosh (and other previous finalists like Chris Webber and Ben Wallace) were put on the shelf for now to clear the path for Bryant, Duncan and Garnett. With all due respect to Bosh, he is the clear number four behind those three. The delay of Bosh also gives the Hall a headliner for the 2021 Class, and let’s be honest, they need to sell tickets to.
As always, we will be watching.
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done we intend to look at how each team honor their past players and executive. As such it is news to us that the Miami Heat have announced that they are retiring the number 1 of Chris Bosh on March 26 when they host the Orlando Magic.
Bosh joined the Miami Heat after the 2009-10 season where he joined Dwayne Wade and fellow Free Agent, LeBron James to make a superteam. Bosh was named an All Star and helped the Heat reach the NBA Finals where they would go down to defeat against the Dallas Mavericks. He would however help the Heat reach the Finals the next season and this time they would win by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat would win again in 2013 with a win over the San Antonio Spurs though they would lose to San Antonio the following year in the Finals.
James would rejoin Cleveland, but Bosh remained at an All Star level and he was named one in all six of his seasons with Miami. He played for them last in the 2015-16 where his year was shortened when he suffered blood clot issues where and he would never play again.
Overall as a member of the Miami Heat, Bosh played 384 Regular Season Games with an 18.0 Points per Game Average. Bosh becomes the fourth person to have his number retired following Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Chris Bosh for earning this honor.