2039 Hall of Fame Nominee - Zion Williamson

[Donny - Bucks]

Zion Williamson's 15 year prime was among some of the best basketball we've ever seen out of any power forward, even though he played on many different teams over that time. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1462
MPG: 32.8
PPG: 21.7
RPG: 10.6
APG: 2.2
SPG: 1.4
BPG: 1.5
TOPG: 2.4
FG%: .459
FT%: .683
3P%: .313

Best Season (2024 76ers)
Games: 79
MPG: 36.5
PPG: 29.2
RPG: 11.8 
APG: 2.9
SPG: 1.8 
BPG: 1.5 
TOPG: 3.4
FG%: .492
FT%: .672
3P%: .374

Career Highs
Points: 56
Rebounds: 25
Assists: 11
Steals: 8
Blocks: 7

Achievements
Championships: 2
Player of the Game: 264
Player of the Week: 4
Player of the Month: 1
Double Doubles: 840
Triple Doubles: 1

Career Leaderboard Rankings
- #1 in Free Throws Made (7,312)
- #2 in Games Played (1,462)
- #5 in Rebounds (15,491)

Awards
2019 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2019 - All-Star Game Participant
2019 - Rookie of the Year
2019 - All-Rookie Team
2020 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2020 - All-League Third Team
2021 - Playoff MVP
2022 - All-Star Game Participant
2023 - All-Star Game Participant
2023 - All-League Second Team
2023 - Playoff MVP
2024 - All-Star Game Participant
2024 - All-League First Team
2025 - All-Star Game Participant
2025 - All-League Second Team
2026 - All-Star Game Participant
2026 - All-League Second Team
2027 - All-Star Game Participant
2028 - All-Star Game Participant
2028 - All-League First Team
2032 - All-Star Game Participant



Arguments For Induction
- Zion's one of the GOATs of the early part of NBN 2.0, dominating with the Spurs, Sixers, Bucks, Bobcats, and even into the 2030's with the Bobcats and Suns, and his influence on the league will forever be remembered due to him being one of the best mentors ever, hands down. Dude put up 12 years in a row of 23.5 PPG and he was a 10.6+ RPG guy for all but one of those years, with multiple years of 28/12 along the way. Some of the most unreal numbers.

- 9x All-Star, 6x All-Leaguer, 2x Playoff MVP, and just an all-around productive guy with deeper longevity than just about anybody. Playing from 2019 all the way to 2038, he was one of the last of the creation draft guys and he put up ridiculous numbers with everyone he played for.

- He was a sneaky producer even outside of the scoring and rebounding. Zion put up 3+ stocks for the majority of his career and even developed into a guy who could put up positive APG:TOPG ratios every year. The dude did it all and his ability didn't really fall off until he was deep into his career.

Arguments Against Induction
- Zion's offensive ability was pretty much always inside the arc and that's about it, with some really mediocre outside shooting years that led him to have a .313 career 3P%.

- He played a few years too long to where his ability was pretty brutal near the end of his career. 2035... the guy shot .382 from the field over consistent minutes in 79 games. That's not pretty. Zion ended up in free agency and couldn't even get signed, thus ending his career... tough!

- Only TWO All-League First Teams and not a whole lot of recognition in the Player of the Week and Player of the Month categories. Frankly, only 264 Player of the Games is a little bit surprising given the fact that he was such a dominant player for a long period of time.

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 $100 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $100***

[ucfinfan86]

Obviously yes and I’m going Spurs since he won both titles with them

[vanimmer]

easy one
Voted Spurs aswell

[John1974]

Easy yes.

[cop5414]

Sure his ships are with the spurs but the majority of his other All-Leagues come with other teams.

[Donny - Bucks]

I think Zion's best years production-wise came with the Sixers so I'm going to just vote yes - multiple but I think it makes plenty of sense for him to go in with the Spurs, so either way is cool with me

[A. Silver]

Yes, one of the best players from the creation draft. Maybe the best.

[The Slough]

Easy Yes, going with my first titles with him, has to be the Spurs.

[carlos]

Voted yes, this one seems pretty obvious

[yourkers15]

Easy yes. Main reason the Spurs were so dominant in the early years and was a force anywhere he went. Should only be an option as a spur but I digress.

[pjclippers]

Easy Yes - one of the best players in the league during the restart

[frosty]

Voted yes. He wad alright

[mcmuslim]

Zion single handedly got his first ring, not a lot of superstars can say they are a championship team by themselves

[mcmuslim]

Also greatest mentor of all time

[Michael]

Doing bro real dirty with that picture lmao

This is an easy yes and went with Spurs. 2 championship rings + playoff MVP with all those accolades AND top 5 in career leaderboard for some important figures. If FBB wasn't so biased towards PGs, I'd say he probably shoulda won a regular season MVP also. All in all, one of the greatest to do it at the PF position. Not to mention the dude kept resigning at an old age and just stuck around giving out mentor camps at minimum wage, basically giving back to the community.