2045 NBN Hall of Fame Nominee - Jayden Nicholson

[Donny - Bucks]

Jayden Nicholson is one of the strangest careers we've seen in a while. He started for a ton of seasons in a row and was pretty dominant for multiple seasons until the end of his career, where his career stats took a major hit. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1,576
MPG: 32.6
PPG: 15.7
RPG: 11.3
APG: 3.1
SPG: 1.0
BPG: 2.4
TOPG: 2.0
FG%: .440
FT%: .769
3P%: .458

Best Season (2035 Mavericks)
Games: 65
MPG: 36.8
PPG: 24.1
RPG: 13.5
APG: 3.8
SPG: 1.3
BPG: 3.3
TOPG: 2.4
FG%: .486
FT%: .788
3P%: .423

Career Highs
Points: 45
Rebounds: 29
Assists: 11
Steals: 6
Blocks: 12

Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 225
Player of the Week: 6
Player of the Month: 1
Double Doubles: 889
Triple Doubles: 11

Career Leaderboard Rankings
Games - 3 (1,578)
Rebounds - 6 (17,831)
Blocks - 17 (3,787)
FT - 19 (6,672)
TD - 11 (11)

Awards
2026 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2026 - All-Rookie Team
2027 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2028 - All-League Second Team
2029 - All-Star Game Participant
2029 - All-League First Team
2031 - All-Star Game Participant
2032 - All-Star Game Participant
2033 - All-Star Game Participant
2033 - All-League First Team
2034 - All-Star Game Participant
2034 - All-League First Team
2036 - All-Star Game Participant
2036 - All-League First Team
2036 - Defensive Player of the Year
2036 - All-Defensive Team
2037 - All-Star Game Participant
2037 - All-League First Team
2037 - All-Defensive Second Team
2040 - All-Star Game Participant



Arguments For Induction
- Nicholson turned into a dominant rebounder and shot blocker over his career, frankly one of the best we've seen in a long time. He also scored very well, posting 14.9+ points per game in 14 seasons straight.

- Nicholson posted 889 double doubles, 11 triple doubles, six All-League appearances, eight All-Star appearances, on top of multiple All-Defensive teams and a Defensive Player of the Year.

- Truthfully, I believe Nicholson's very similar case-wise to a few other Hall of Fame level bigs and I think that should help his case here. He was a defensive superstar, rebounded extremely well, both of which are extremely important to HoF voters. 

Arguments Against Induction
- Putting in a player with 15.7/11.3 career averages is tough. If he hadn't been benched the last four seasons of his career, he may have been a much easier induction.

- No Championship hurts A LOT. The Championship can generally be the difference between induction and missing, and that may be the case here.

- Not an entirely efficient scorer. 44% in his career, 77% from the line, and a mediocre 23% from 3 point. That's gonna hurt the case.

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***

[Deleted]

Defensive beast who was also ok on offence, donny wont vote yes because it doesn’t have the Pacers listed next to him

Yes from me

[Donny - Bucks]

Dec 31, 2019 6:50:12 GMT @jelly said:

Defensive beast who was also ok on offence, donny wont vote yes because it doesn’t have the Pacers listed next to him

Yes from me

I voted no on accident, he's a big yes from me. HoF needs more bigs in it and he was insane in his prime.

Don't FUCK with me smh

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2019 6:54:41 GMT Donny - Bucks said:

Dec 31, 2019 6:50:12 GMT @jelly said:

Defensive beast who was also ok on offence, donny wont vote yes because it doesn’t have the Pacers listed next to him

Yes from me

I voted no on accident, he's a big yes from me. HoF needs more bigs in it and he was insane in his prime.

Don't FUCK with me smh

Shad ap

[Donny - Bucks]

Dec 31, 2019 6:55:28 GMT @jelly said:

Dec 31, 2019 6:54:41 GMT Donny - Bucks said:

I voted no on accident, he's a big yes from me. HoF needs more bigs in it and he was insane in his prime.

Don't FUCK with me smh

Shad ap

i vote yes on more than most fuck off

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2019 6:59:47 GMT Donny - Bucks said:

Dec 31, 2019 6:55:28 GMT @jelly said:

Shad ap

i vote yes on more than most fuck off

Ok donny, dont get salty because you weren’t invited to any nye parties 

[Donny - Bucks]

Dec 31, 2019 7:11:52 GMT @jelly said:

Dec 31, 2019 6:59:47 GMT Donny - Bucks said:

i vote yes on more than most fuck off

Ok donny, dont get salty because you weren’t invited to any nye parties 

NYE is tomorrow and I’ll be getting hammered with the boys smh relax

[SpikeLee14]

Going yes. The longevity of his career stands out while he dominated awards. Great big man

[thefirstcedi]

No, good but not great.

[pjclippers]

His last few seasons hurt him but it's a yes from me dawg

[frosty]

Yes great resume

[A. Silver]

Yes, pick #3 in the best draft in NBN history - not better than pick #4 Jordan Toles but still a HOFer.

[ucfinfan86]

Yes, he was one of the best PFs in the league for along time

[lynchcats]

I'm going to make his case.

Six All-League appearances, eight All-Star appearances, and a Defensive Player of the year. He was good on both sides of the ball.

He was such an important player to Dallas that three years after we moved him in 2030 we brought him back and he led the franchise to the best run in franchise history. He's the best player by far in Dallas history.

[The Slough]

His longevity was crazy and was great for a really, really long time. If he wasn't on one of the worst franchises in history he might have won a title