Post by Rog on Sept 4, 2018 19:43:03 GMT
The 124th nominee for the NBN Hall of Fame, Jaylen Brown, was a magnificant scorer who had major flaws that seemingly held him back at times. Was he good enough at what he did well to overcome those flaws? Lets take a look.
Career Stats
34.4 MPG, 21.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 2.7 TOPG on 45.2% from the field, 74.4% from the line, and 41.1% from three
Best Season
Bullets(2031) - 29.1 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 4.7 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 3.3 TOPG on 45.9% from the field, 72.5% from the line, and 38.6% from three
Career Highs
Points: 54
Rebounds: 23
Assists: 14
Steals: 8
Blocks: 7
Achievements
Championships: 1
Player of the Game: 129
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 386
Triple Doubles: 11
Career Leaderboard Rankings
Points - 50th
Rebounds for Non Big - 16th
Awards
2018 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2022 - All-Star Game Participant
2023 - All-League Third Team
2027 - All-League Second Team
2027 - All-Defensive Second Team
2029 - All-Star Game Participant
2029 - All-League First Team
2031 - All-Star Game Participant
2031 - All-League First Team
2032 - All-Star Game Participant
Arguments For Induction
- Brown won a title, with the Hornets in his breakout season. He also was named to four All-Star games, one All-Defensive Second Team, and four All-League Teams, one third team, one second team, and two first teams. He had enough awards to merit a heavy consideration into the Hall.
- You absolutely have to start any case about Jaylen Brown with his ability to score. He scored 21.6 points for his career, but started off incredibly slow and had a down season compared to his peak in his last year. In his peak he was consistently good for 24+ points per game, even reaching above 29 a couple times. The best indication is considering how slow he started, he still ended up top 50 in points for his career.
- Not only was he a great volume scorer, he did it with great efficiency too. Shot shot only 45.2% from the field and 41.1% from three, but those numbers were closer to 46.5% from the field and 42% from three for the majority of his fantastic peak. And even though he wasn't the most automatic free throw shooter, 75% from the line for his career is really nothing to sneeze at.
- Almost as good, if not better really than his scoring was his ability to grab rebounds from the small forward spot. He averaged 7.8 per game for his career, which is already an above average number for a small forward. But look at his peak and he had nine season over 8.6 per game, and he had three over 9 a game including one season where he averaged 11.8 per contest. Absolutely incredible numbers not just from a per game standpoint, but he finished 16th in league history in terms of rebounds for a non big in his career. Pretty solid.
- Brown was a jack of all trades kind of small forward, the kind that you really should be building around. Not only was his amazing scoring the ball and on the boards, but he averaged 4 assists per game, helping set up his teams shooters game in and game out. once again, he averaged over 4.5 a game in six times in his career, proving how valuable he was in this aspect. He also averaged over 2 stocks per game, coming close to 3 a game in many seasons in his career. He could score, rebound, pass, and defend as good as anyone and for that he should be inducted without question.
Arguments Against Induction
- More than anything his case comes crushing down due to a lack of awards in his career. He has more than the other 2 written so far, but still comes up short with just four All-Stars and four All-Leagues to fall onto.
- Also, since when do Hall of Famers in this league average over 3 turnovers a game? Sure he only averaged 2.7 per game for his career, but if we're going to talk about his scoring and rebounding being better in his peak, he also actually averaged more turnovers in his best years, over 3 and actually had a season at 4 a game. Great players, but Hall of Famers don't give the ball to the other team 3 times a game.
- His All-Defensive team was one with a lot of stocks in the season, but overall he doesn't have many defensive awards given out and there was a lot of talk in his prime about his on ball defense being not as great as his rating might indicate. So now all he really has is his scoring and his rebounding.
- Look, Brown was a guy you could build a roster around and win a lot of games. He was a talented player. And he had some nearly elite seasons, and if he had more of those he was a Hall of Famer. But the reality of the situation is he was a guy who at his best was a consistent 24 point, 8 rebound, 4 assist, 3 turnover guy who shot 45% from the field, 74% from the line, and 42% from three. Are those Hall of Fame numbers? Guess that is where you'll have to decide.
Vote carefully, and remember to throw out arguments regardless of which side you're on. This should be a discussion that eventually gets the league to the proper decision on him. Your vote can also be retracted after it's been cast if you feel like switching to the other side based on the arguments that have been made. To be inducted, a player needs 70% and to be considered in a later class they need 50%. Vote carefully.
***BONUS - Don't forget that everyone who votes gets $25 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $25***
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