2045 Hall of Fame Nominee - George "Iceman" Gervin

[Donny - Bucks]

One of the elite SGs for quite a while, George Gervin hung it up at 34 after a terrific career from start to finish. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1174
MPG: 38.3
PPG: 26.3
RPG: 7.6
APG: 3.7
SPG: 1.7
BPG: 0.5
TOPG: 2.1
FG%: .470
FT%: .873
3P%: .435

Best Season (2036 Rockets)
Games: 82
MPG: 39.5
PPG: 31.5
RPG: 8.5
APG: 4.7
SPG: 2.0
BPG: 0.7
TOPG: 2.2
FG%: .483
FT%: .896
3P%: .459

Career Highs
Points: 53
Rebounds: 17
Assists: 12
Steals: 7
Blocks: 5

Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 190
Player of the Week: 7
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 315
Triple Doubles: 3

Awards
2030 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2030 - All-Rookie Second Team
2031 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2034 - All-League Third Team
2035 - All-Star Game Participant
2035 - All-League Second Team
2036 - All-Star Game Participant
2036 - All-Star Game MVP
2036 - All-League First Team
2037 - All-Star Game Participant
2037 - All-League Second Team
2038 - 3-Point Shootout Champion
2038 - All-Defensive Second Team
2039 - All-League Third Team
2040 - All-Star Game Participant
2040 - All-League Second Team
2041 - Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2041 - All-Star Game Participant
2041 - All-League Third Team
2042 - All-Star Game Participant
2042 - All-League First Team
2043 - All-Star Game Participant



Arguments For Induction
- Gervin's scoring ability was nearly unmatched from time to time across the league at the shooting guard position. From his second year in the league, he was an elite offensive player and never really slowed down, even putting up nearly 26 PPG in his final year. He definitely bounced around the league a bit after leaving Milwaukee, but his production was always consistently great.

- On top of his offensive ability, you were guaranteed a high-end rebounding performance every night along with a really unique skillset that got developed to where he could pass super efficiently without turning the ball over and be a consistent 2.5 stocks per game without much of an issue for a large chunk of his career.

- 8x All-League at the strongest position in the league, especially over his career when he played against essentially all the greats? Pretty impressive if you ask me.

Arguments Against Induction
- No ring, unfortunately. He made quite a few deep runs with the Bucks early on in his career and then made the Conference Finals a few times after he left, but he wasn't able to ring chase at the end of his career with an early retirement on top of a few mediocre teams.

- Bouncing around probably didn't help his career out much. He played with 7 different teams including 9 years with 6 teams after 6 with Milwaukee and never really found his footing outside a brief stint in San Antonio. Probably not ideal for his overall success.

- I think you can definitely rationalize his early retirement playing a part in things. He was still a talented enough player to where he could've given it 2-3 more years without much of an issue as he was still scoring at a pretty high level, but at 34, he left a little bit left to be desired.

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***

[Donny - Bucks]

Clear and easy yes. The only obvious yes of the class, so that might even bump up his case a little more even if he didn't need it.

[John1974]

Yep

[cop5414]

No mention of his 2030's All-Decade 2nd Team smh. 2nd to only Arturo Guerrero. An obvious yes.

[vanimmer]

Easy yes, Bucks

[mattfaria12]

Yes.  Great scorer.  Had a very good career here

[A. Silver]

Definitely yes, he was great for many teams.

[ucfinfan86]

Yessir

[josephballin11]

Easy yes. Crazy how dominate he was and never won a championship

[carlos]

Definitely yes. I went with multiple teams because I felt that he had his best seasons outside of Milwaukee. Those early years were great, but he shared the spotlight with Calvin Murphy and hadn't hit his peak yet. He dominated offensively alongside other HOF PGs later in his career.

[Donny - Bucks]

Oct 17, 2022 3:46:05 GMT carlos said:

Definitely yes. I went with multiple teams because I felt that he had his best seasons outside of Milwaukee. Those early years were great, but he shared the spotlight with Calvin Murphy and hadn't hit his peak yet. He dominated offensively alongside other HOF PGs later in his career.

Fair answer with where he’s going in

[SpikeLee14]

Easy yes

One of the best scoring guards we’ve had and won many many awards. Sadly never won a title but that doesn’t hinder what a great player he was

[yourkers15]

Easy yes. Man did work where ever he went which is why I chose multiple.

[pjclippers]

Fairly easy yes - put multiple teams because most of his better years were later in his career when he was off the Bucks

[frosty]

Yep easily