The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other. The backbone of what we do is list-related, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists.
At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the third ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:
The new 21 to 30:
21. Glen Rice
22. Paul Silas
23. Johnny Kerr
24. Larry Kenon
25. Rasheed Wallace
26. Rudy LaRusso
27. Peja Stojakovic
28. Tyson Chandler
29. Willie Naulls
30. Larry Johnson
Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.
Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.
Days after we completed our amendments of those to consider for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we finished those our revisions on the Notinhalloffame.com Basketball List.
The first thing that we obviously do with the Basketball List is remove those who were inducted. This took out:
Dirk Nowitzki
Dwyane Wade
Pau Gasol
Tony Parker
We then added those who are worthy who are now eligible for the first time in 2024.
Nowitzki, Wade, Gasol and Parker were ranked 1,2,3 and 5 respectively, which means that we will be seeing a significant change in our top ten.
With those remaining, we factored votes and comments that came from all of you, to alter ranks.
The entire list (115 in total) can be found here, but we always present our top ten!
As is often the case, the #1 spot belongs to a first-year eligible player, and it is no exception now, as Vince Carter is on our mountaintop. While there are obvious flaws in his candidacy, namely his leadership in the first half of his career, this is a man who cemented basketball in Canada, made the Raptors, and was an eight-time All-Star. The man synonymous with spectacular dunks, also is an Olympic Gold Medalist with Team U.S.A.. Carter might not be the best #1 we have ever had, but he is by far and away the best new entrant.
A former #1, and member of the 25th Anniversary Team, Max Zaslofsky, moves up two spots to #2. Zaslofsky was one of the best players in the late 1940s.
At #3, is Larry Foust, who like Zaslofsky would need to enter via a Direct-Elect Veterans Committee. Rising from #8, Foust has his highest ranking yet, and he brings to the table eight All-Star selections from the 1950s.
Chauncey Billups returns to the top five, climbing two to #4. The former NBA Champion (and Finals MVP) with the Detroit Pistons went to five All-Stars and won World Championship Gold with the United States.
At #5 is Shawn Kemp, who has encountered some legal issues lately, moved up from #7. Kemp was a six-time All-Star, five of which were with the Seattle SuperSonics, and he was also a three-time Second Team All-NBA player. Like Billups, he won World Championship Gold while representing the U.S..
Three-time All-Star and four-time All-Defensive player, Buck Williams, moves from #9 to #6.
Previous Finalist, Kevin Johnson, shot up from #11 to #7. Johnson was a four-time Second Team All-NBA Selection.
Gus Williams had a nice gain from #13 to #8. Williams won an NBA Title with Seattle and was twice an All-Star.
Former Point Guard, Mark Price, enters the top ten at #9, three spots form his previous rank at #12. He was a four-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA Selection.
Rounding up the top ten is Marques Johnson, who also rose on the list, with his jump coming from #14. Johnson was a five-time All-Star, and a College Player of the Year at UCLA, where he won a National Championship.
Aside from Carter, there are only two new entrants on the list, which are:
Joakim Noah, a former Defensive Player of the Year and NCAA Champion with Florida, who debuts at #37.
The underrated and long-serving Tyson Chandler, makes his first appearance at #40.
You know what we want you to do!
Cast your votes, offer your opinions, and as always, we thank you for your support!
As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com continue to add and modify our sections, and as such, we are pleased to announce additions to our Basketball Futures.
Specifically, the Basketball Futures look at those who will be eligible in the upcoming years for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, and it allows us to gauge your votes and comments about the players so we can better rank them once eligible.
Added to the 2024 Basketball Futures are:
Corey Brewer: Brewer won two NCAA Titles with Florida and on the pro level, he was an NBA Champion with Dallas in 2011.
DeMarre Carroll: Carroll was the January 2005 Co-Player of the Month, and spent his best seasons with Atlanta.
J.R. Smith: Smith was the 2012-13 Sixth Man of the Year and he would win a title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
Kyle Korver: Korver was a star at Creighton, and would later earn a trip to the All-Star Game as an Atlanta Hawk in 2015.
Ryan Anderson: Anderson was named the Most Improved Player of the Year in 2011-12.
Tyson Chandler: Chandler won the 2012/13 Defensive Player of the Year and was an Olympic Gold Medalist for the United States in 2012.
They join Jamal Crawford and Joakim Noah.
The entire 2024 Basketball Futures can all be found here.
Marc Gasol: Gasol won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year and late in his career an NBA Title with the Toronto Raptors. The longtime Memphis Grizzlies star won two FIBA World Cups with Spain.
He joins J.J Redick.
The entire 2025 Basketball Futures can all be found here.
Look for us to continue to add to these in the future.
As always, we look forward to your feedback, and thank you for your support!
We honestly think that Tyson Chandler is among one of the most underrated players in the history of basketball, and is that not a strange thing to say out a former second overall pick who played twenty years. So why would we say that?
Chandler began his pro career with the Bulls, and the hype around him and Eddy Curry was bloated. They could not bring Chicago back to the promised land, and the five years he spent with Michael Jordan's former team was arguably a bust.
Traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2006 and to the Charlotte Bobcats in 2010, it was his lone year in Dallas (2010-11) where he put it all together. Chandler was outstanding in this environment, and his defensive skills were finally perfected. Dallas won the NBA Championship, shocking the LeBron James-led Miami Heat, and he entered free agency as a star.
Chandler signed with the Knicks after, and he was one of the best defensive players in the league. The Californian won the 2011-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and while he was known mainly for that side of the ball, he led the NBA in Field Goal Percentage that year (.679), and from 2010-11 to 2014-15, he led the league four of five times in Offensive Rating. Chandler also played for Phoenix, the Lakers, and Houston and was a Gold Medalist for the United States in both the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.
Chandler likely won't get into the Hall, but his numbers are much closer than you think.
Tyson Chandler was the Second Overall Pick in 2001 by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers traded Chandler immediately to Chicago for Elton Brand, and there was hope that the Bulls would be able to build their team around the Center.