2046 Hall of Fame Nominee - Dennis Johnson

[Donny - Bucks]

DJ came into the league young and retired young after an illustrious career as one of the league's all-time best on the defensive end of the game, while also being an elite scorer for large parts of his career. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1230
MPG: 37.7
PPG: 23.9
RPG: 6.0 
APG: 7.6
SPG: 2.6
BPG: 0.6
TOPG: 3.2
FG%: .470
FT%: .907
3P%: .422

Best Season (2033 Nuggets)
Games: 82
MPG: 38.9
PPG: 31.5
RPG: 6.1
APG: 7.5
SPG: 2.9
BPG: 0.6
TOPG: 2.9
FG%: .476
FT%: .937
3P%: .431

Career Highs
Points: 60
Rebounds: 15
Assists: 19
Steals: 10
Blocks: 5

Achievements
Championships: 1
Player of the Game: 323
Player of the Week: 12
Player of the Month: 3
Double Doubles: 379
Triple Doubles: 34

Awards
2030 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2030 - Rookie of the Year
2030 - All-Rookie Team
2031 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2031 - Rookie Game MVP
2031 - All-Defensive Second Team
2033 - Most Valuable Player
2033 - All-League First Team
2033 - All-Defensive Team
2034 - All-League Second Team
2034 - All-Defensive Team
2035 - All-League Second Team
2035 - All-Defensive Team
2036 - All-League Third Team
2036 - All-Defensive Team
2037 - All-Star Game Participant
2037 - All-Defensive Team
2038 - All-Defensive Team
2039 - All-Defensive Team
2040 - All-League Third Team
2040 - All-Defensive Second Team
2042 - All-Defensive Second Team
2043 - All-Star Game Participant
2044 - All-Defensive Team



Arguments For Induction
- Realistically, making the All-D team 11 times at PG, which is a crazy competitive defensive position... pretty wild. Dennis was a high-end scorer but I think it's pretty fair to say his defensive ability as a guaranteed 3 stock player from pretty much start to finish is incredibly impressive.

- He checks all the boxes in terms of individual and team success. Former MVP, All-Leaguer, NBN Champion, a bunch of All-D teams. At that point, it's pretty hard to argue against it, especially because I'm not sure a former MVP has ever missed the HOF in their attempt to get in.

- I think he benefitted a lot from playing for capable GMs for a large portion of his career, with his two longest tenured teams being the Nuggets with the consistently good Vanimmer and the Sonics with the consistently good HF. He had quite a few extremely impressive years as the #1 for good GMs, can't complain about that.

Arguments Against Induction
- He wasn't much of a APG/TOPG ratio kinda guy, with 7.6:3.2 being pretty dang pedestrian for a guy who played the PG for the vast majority (pretty much all) of his career. Great scorer and defender, mediocre passer for the most part.

- The back half of his career was a little bit less efficient from downtown, with 6 seasons of 41% or less from three. This would show in a slight drop to his FG% but nothing overly serious as it looked like he clearly was just slashing/hitting more mid-ranges but nonetheless.

- He kinda sorta peaked a little bit at the end of his tenure with Seattle. As soon as he got to Orlando, he never saw the volume he had been able to see previously and wouldn't see that volume again until going back to Seattle, which didn't go great all things considered. He was highly productive for a good 10 years and then ranging from fine to good for the remainder.

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***

[The Slough]

Easy Yes, he was a nasty scorer and although I would prefer to see a better Assist-to-Turnover ratio, everything else he did on the defensive end and scoring out weighed this weakness.

[Donny - Bucks]

clear yes, no question here

[cheddar]

Yes, TO's were a bit high but he has the rest of the accolades to make up for it.

[yourkers15]

Def yes. An mvp, multiple first teams and was a defensive beast. Feel his best work was with the Nuggets. After the Nuggets he was good but wasn't as great and think he should go in as a Nugget for those reasons.

[cop5414]

Kind of want to put him in as a Nugget but his title came with the short dominant the Sonics had.

[vanimmer]

He is a Nugget
i raised him. He is mine.

[HF]

He won a title with the Sonics he’s a sonic 🤷🏻‍♂️

[HF]

I will go to court for this custody battle

[John1974]

Yes

[HF]

At the very least he should easily be two teams. He has 5 seasons with us which should be enough

[pjclippers]

Nice mix of All-Star games, all-league teams and all-defense teams so a clear yes for me

[josephballin11]

Coat of arms for me. Established himself and won a ton of accolades with nuggets. Was an elite player and lead a team to a championship with the Sonics

[Retired]

Sonics

[verysilentone]

I went with Nuggets due to the large portion of his accolades coming in Denver. I really did think about it with the title coming in Seattle.