On the Brink: Predicting the fates of 16 borderline NBA Hall of Famers
By Cal Durrett
Full list of borderline Basketball Hall of Fame candidates:
16) Shawn Marion—Not a Hall of Famer
15) Rasheed Wallace—Not a Hall of Famer
14) Kyle Lowry—Hall of Famer
13) Derrick Rose—Not a Hall of Famer
12) LaMarcus Aldridge—Hall of Famer
11) Amare Stoudemire—Hall of Famer
10) Blake Griffin—Hall of Famer
9) DeMar DeRozan—Hall of Famer
8) Dwight Howard—Hall of Famer
7) Rudy Gobert—Hall of Famer
6) Jrue Holiday—Not a Hall of Famer
5) Kevin Love—Not a Hall of Famer
4) Robert Horry—Not a Hall of Famer
3) Antawn Jameson—Not a Hall of Famer
2) Al Horford—Not a Hall of Famer
1) Joe Johnson—Hall of Famer
All in all, out of the 16 borderline basketball Hall of Fame candidates, eight are deserving of making it in and eight should fall short. There are a lot of players who deserve to be in discussion for the Hall of Fame but half of them just don't have enough of a resume.
That being said, the Hall of Fame voters may be more lenient, and some of the players who come up short here may end up making it, which is a case and point for why there needs to be an overhaul.