Great class! Stoked to see both Perkins and McMillan make it - mid-90s Sonics were the best. They also had Detlef Schrempf and Hersey Hawkins, who would both be prime candidates for this hollafame if they hadn't made All-Star teams. (And balloted candidates Kendall Gill and Michael Cage though both were gone by the 96 finals team.)
I voted for the top 3, with my other 2 votes going to Mike Bibby and Jalen Rose. I have never voted for Horry but he undeniably belongs in this group.
Kurt Thomas' time will come.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
this was a v west coast friendly class (particularly pnw)
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
horry image is cracking me up
― Spottie, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 2:05 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
it is my goal every year to find the least posed regular life picture i can find for each hooper. sometimes u get lucky.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
you're welcome!!
― Clay, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
j/k the only two pnw guys i voted for were sabonis and mcmillan
― Clay, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
i think j rich is probably one of the most underrated players of all time (homer bias aside, of course)
― Spottie, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
I definitely did not remember that JRich played for the Bobcats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHA/2008.html
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
his stint on the suns was great
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
When I was researching my ballot, one guy who really surprised me was Johnny Moore. I wasn't really familiar with him but he was a very good player on those George Gervin Spurs teams.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
his peak was kinda short, but that man racked up assists. then he got injured and then the late 80s spurs were baddddd.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 23 July 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 2:26 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
a lot of the guys who were on the bubble the last 2 years (horry, perkins, sabonis) finally got in, so anything can happen next year!
interesting 2021 candidates: tayshaun prince, matt bonner, kevin martin
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 23 July 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
his peak was kinda short, but that man racked up assists.
Also a great steals guy and a very solid shooter from the interior, with very good rebounding for a PG. Some really good games in the postseason too.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
his jersey is retired in SA for a reason!
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link