2038 NBN Hall of Fame Nominee - Cassius Stanley

[Donny - Bucks]

Cassius Stanley may have been one of the most under-the-radar stars in the modern day NBN. This may have been due to him playing with mostly mediocre teams, but Stanley was always a bright spot on these otherwise bleak teams. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1,555
MPG: 33.0
PPG: 19.3
RPG: 5.4
APG: 3.8
SPG: 1.8
BPG: 0.2
TOPG: 3.1
FG%: .454
FT%: .839
3P%: .414

Best Season (2029 Hawks)
Games: 77
MPG: 38.2
PPG: 27.5
RPG: 6.5
APG: 4.6
SPG: 2.0
BPG: 0.3
TOPG: 4.2
FG%: .465
FT%: .871
3P%:  .432

Career Highs:
Points: 49
Rebounds: 20
Assists: 11
Steals: 9
Blocks: 2

Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 67
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 136
Triple Doubles: 3

Career Leaderboard Rankings
Points: 31
Steals: 20
Field Goals: 32

Awards
2019 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2019 - Rookie Game MVP
2019 - All-Rookie Team
2020 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2021 - All-Defensive Second Team
2023 - All-Defensive Team
2024 - All-Defensive Team
2025 - Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2025 - All-Defensive Team



Arguments For Induction
- One of the best all-around SGs of his time, he was a dominant defender throughout his prime and one of the better scorers over his career, landing himself on both the points and field goals leaderboards.

- Longevity. 20 season career, very consistent scorer. Had he retired two years earlier, chances are he'd be around 22-23 points-per-game, 6-ish rebounds per game, along with more assists, steals, blocks per game. 

- I find it hard to deny Stanley's ability, due to his leaderboard rankings. It's pretty hard for a shooting guard to land on any rankings outside of points, field goals, and steals, so his career was absolutely fantastic altogether when considering where he is.

Arguments Against Induction
- No ring's going to hurt his cause. Not sure if this is the be-all-end-all for people, but Stanley was primarily stuck on bad teams for most of his career.

- Awards are a bit light outside of his defensive dominance. Would've expected him to land on at least a few All-League teams throughout his career.

- .454/.839/.414 isn't a super great slash line for a guy who scored at such a ridiculous rate over a large chunk of his career. Add on the fact that he had a nutty amount of turnovers and it might hurt the cause a little bit. 

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***

[ucfinfan86]

I voted no. He was a good player but with no titles and no Allstar game appearance it’s hard to consider him a HOFer

[A. Silver]

No, I think the teams he was on might have been mediocre because of him, not in spite of it.

[verysilentone]

I also voted no. It was crazy how often he turned the ball over. Look at 2021/2022 Lakers, he was the 3rd or 4th option and averaged more or as many turnovers as DRose and Derozan. Even as a 3rd option, he coughed it up a ton

[braz]

No way. Good player and borderline star but not HOF

[The Slough]

Classic guy with great ratings and just never lived up to what it should have been. Wasn't bad, just not a HOF player.

Key issues why NO:

3.1 tpg for his career
45.4% from the field
4 out of last 9 seasons he was coming off the bench hurting percentages
Not many awards and no titles

Key issues that he was great:

41.4% 3pt career is excellent, why his FG% should be near 50% I would think for this as a career.
5.4rpg career would be over 6rpg without the sub roles.
19.3 ppg career, but I think he really is near a full 1ppg more, putting him in that 20+ range which is a minimum for a SG to me.


I tried to make it close best I could just looking at stats, but clearly a No.

[pjclippers]

Was good but not great and stats were likely inflated by playing on mediocre teams so a no from me dawg

[naterade]

Damn I was going to say exactly what PJ did.. 

Too many turnovers, not enough sauce to get into the HOF. Simple as that.

[vanimmer]

no

[Rog]

No, surprised he got a writeup here too. SG that averages 3.1 turnovers without 27+ PPG? Yeah, no.

[frosty]

No he was a tank commander. I wasn't here for the early part of his career but my whole time here he wasn't good enough to be a starter.

[lynchcats]

No titles, no All-Stars, no chance in hell of being a Hall of Famer. Thank you, next.

[yourkers15]

Good player but not great and had a huge turnover problem that didnt allow him to be the type of scorer he would of been capable of.

[carmelo115]

Decent two way player, but had flaws that held him back for sure.

[bigthunder]

Nope - just like Bassey, he was good but not great enough for HOF status.