2038 NBN Hall of Fame Nominee - Charles Bassey

[Donny - Bucks]

Charles Bassey was bar none one of the best defensive bigs we've seen in a long, long time in the NBN. While he was never much of a scorer, his defensive ability was incredible, no other way to put it. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1,295
MPG: 30.5
PPG: 9.4
RPG: 11.0
APG: 1.7
SPG: 0.8
BPG: 2.7
TOPG: 1.8
FG%: .400
FT%: .760
3P%: .239

Best Season (2032 Trailblazers)
Games: 82
MPG: 34.5
PPG: 14.7
RPG: 12.6
APG: 2.2
SPG: 0.7
BPG: 3.1
TOPG: 2.5
FG%: .383
FT%: .787
3P%: .235

Career Highs
Points: 30
Rebounds: 27
Assists: 9
Steals: 7
Blocks: 12

Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 38
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 483
Triple Doubles: 2

Career Leaderboard Rankings
Rebounds - 24
Blocks - 13
Double Doubles - 97
Triple Doubles - 41
Free Throws - 77


Awards
2022 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2022 - Rookie of the Year
2022 - All-Rookie Team
2023 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2029 - All-Defensive Second Team



Arguments For Induction
- Bassey was an absolute BEAST defensively. 13th all-time in blocks, 24th all-time in rebounds, consistently being near the top of the leaderboards every season he was a part of.

- With a rookie of the year, 483 double doubles, an All-Defensive team appearance, Olympic Gold Medalist... pretty solid achievement line there.

- Longevity and consistency is something Bassey embodied as a big man. Even when his minutes total dropped off a little bit, his play was always consistent and you knew exactly what you had in Bassey for the entirety of his career. I think it's hard to put someone in based off of consistency, but if there was one player who would get in because of it, he's the one.

Arguments Against Induction
- The guy struggled to score, probably a mixture of a lot of things that lead him to being an extremely mediocre scorer.

- No championship might do him in here. We don't really value big men who can't score as highly, and there's a lot of bigs who put up similar statistics.

- Lack of awards? No All-League team, never made an All-Defensive first. Gonna hurt bad.

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[naterade]

I’m going to have to say no on Bassey and it makes me sad because he was really solid and did what I wanted him to do with my roster makeup at the time. I think given that his accolades weren’t phenomenal and his numbers weren’t eye popping, I feel like he just doesn’t have enough juice to propel himself up to the legendary tier of defensive minded big men in NBN history. Very good starting big but not HOF worthy.

[lynchcats]

It's a big-time no here. Zero All-Stars, and if defense was his specialty, the fact that he had just ONE All-Defense award, and it was a 2nd team, doesn't put him even close to the discussion for the Hall of Fame. Surprised he got a write-up as well.

[JCog72]

No for Bassey, I drafted him hoping he could be a 13-15ppg/12-14rpg/5stocks kinda guy and he just never really developed on the offensive end and was never an elite rebounder (even though he’s top 25 all time). He had a nice career, but idt he’s HOF worthy

[yourkers15]

Always liked what he brought but he just didnt do enough in his career to get into the hall.

[ucfinfan86]

No, if you’re going to get in as a defensive specialist you definitely need more accolades

[carmelo115]

lol no

[A. Silver]

No, he had a nice two year peak and if he continued that for 10 years or so then he'd be a good candidate, but he didn't do enough to get serious consideration.

[verysilentone]

I've got to go with no as well. Just not enough there

[frosty]

No not close

[vanimmer]

nope

[pjclippers]

No he was a solid defender and a decent shot blocker but didn't score nearly enough to be considered HoF worthy

[bigthunder]

No - not even close, probably shouldn't even have been nominated.

[don1955]

nope

[Rog]

Nah