J.A. Adande makes an asburd case for Robert Horry making the Hall of Fame.
Just know this: The NBA hasn’t seen a winner like Horry in three decades. John Havlicek retired in 1978, the last member of the Boston Celtics‘ 1960s dynasty to check out, and one of only six players in NBA history with a championship ring collection larger than Horry’s seven. Of those six players — Bill Russell (11 rings), Sam Jones (10), Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Tom Sanders and Havlicek (eight each) — Sanders is the only one not in the Hall of Fame. But the fact that K.C. Jones is makes the case for Horry.
Jones averaged 7.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his nine-year career. Horry has averaged 7.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in 16 seasons. Jones proved there’s a place in the Hall for underwhelming statistics if they came on winning teams.
Prior to reading this article, I had no clue that K.C. Jones had such poor career averages. While I love ex-Celtics, those numbers do not warrant admission into the Hall. There’s no denying Horry has hit some big shots over the course of his career. But exactly how many are we truly talking about? 3, 4 or 5? Give the job to some ESPN intern and you probably realize the legend of Big Shot Rob is much bigger than reality. Not to mention, there’s no way Horry gets into the Hall before Dennis Johnson.
hey reds see you guys in the NBA Finals or that’s if the Celtics even make it lol
that was quite a no call on fisher there at the end…. looks like things are shapin into a throwback FINALS!
The Lakers did their best to give that game away.
Horry is no Hall of Famer. You don’t get into the HOF based on few clutch jumpers. KC Jones was a lock-down defender and key cog to 8 championship teams.
Horry coasted through regular season after regular season… only to appear in the playoffs and capitalize on being left alone as people collapsed on more potent offensive players. Yes, he drained the big shots… congrats on hitting jumpers. How about doing more than just stand there and take jumpers. He never created his own shot… he never facilitated the offense… he never shut down the other team’s star.
The mere mention of Horry and the Hall of Fame makes me want to puke.
so reds wheres you posting about spurs coming back to beat the lakers in the series it’s OVER FOR THE SPURS AND THEIR DYNASTY TALK FOR THEM ARE OVER FOREVER PERIOD! :)
I agree Reds, Horry and Hall of Fame should never be mentioned in the same breath but thats J.A. Adande for you…. I’ve read a couple of his articles and was really left there thinking wow this guy is a moron… this just follows the trend.
LAKERS ARE THE BEST
I get it Ajay… I didn’t write anything about a Spurs comeback because I don’t think there will be one. They might force a game 6… maybe… but I don’t expect the Lakers to lose 3 straight.
Bones got totally screwed, it was a foul. Notice Kobe in the post game interview adamantly denying physical contact? He seemed so convincing, it was almost as if he had been coached on that phrase before somwhere …………………..
ZING!!
Did he admit to a consentual foul with Derek Fisher?
LMAO – God let it be the C’s and the Lakers, two weeks of abusing Kobe like a hotel maid.