Post by Rog on Jan 24, 2017 1:00:23 GMT
The 64th nominee of the NBN Hall of Fame is one of two perceived locks in this class. He was a wrecking ball of a force in the paint on both ends of the court. Was he good enough to be enshrined with the elite of the elite or was he just short of being good enough? Better question though, is he one of or the best big in league history. Lets take a look.
Career Stats
35.8 MPG, 25.6 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.4 BPG, 1.5 SPG, 2.1 TOPG, on 46.5% from the field, 79.1% from the line, and 32.9% from three
Best Season
Bulls(2007) - 31.0 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.5 BPG, 1.7 SPG, 2.3 TOPG on 50.3% from the field, 80.2% from the line, 35.2% from three
Career Highs
Points: 57
Rebounds: 25
Assists: 9
Steals: 9
Blocks: 9
Achievements
Championships: 1
Player of the Game: 362
Player of the Week: 13
Player of the Month: 3
Double Doubles: 858
Triple Doubles: 0
Awards
2003 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2004 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2004 - All-League Third Team
2005 - All-League Third Team
2006 - All-Star Game Participant
2006 - All-League Second Team
2007 - All-Star Game Participant
2007 - All-League Third Team
2008 - All-Star Game Participant
2008 - All-League Second Team
2008 - All-Defensive Second Team
2009 - All-Star Game Participant
2009 - All-League Second Team
2009 - All-Defensive Second Team
2010 - All-Star Game Participant
2011 - All-Star Game Participant
2011 - All-League First Team
2012 - All-Star Game Participant
2012 - All-League First Team
2013 - All-Star Game Participant
2013 - All-League First Team
2013 - All-Defensive Second Team
2014 - All-Star Game Participant
2014 - All-League Second Team
2015 - All-League Third Team
2016 - All-Star Game Participant
2016 - All-League Third Team
Arguments For Induction
- Amar'e goes down as one of the more decorated players in league history. Stoudemire played in ten All-Star games, was named to three All-Defensive Second Teams, as well as five All-League third teams, four All-League second teams, and thee All-League first teams. For only four season of sixteen he wasn't named as a top 3 player in the league. He also won a title.
- Amar'e Stoudemire might have been the single greatest scoring post player in history of the league, seriously. His career average of 25.6 PPG is second behind Dirk, and ahead of Tim Duncan. That includes his rookie and final season, without those two seasons he was probably a 27.5 PPG. Absolutely insanely good scorer, not too many guys can even compare. He finished his career, 5th All-Time in scoring.
- He did the volume he did, which was crazy good, while shooting a crazy high efficient rate. There were points of his career, as an inside oriented scoring big, that he shot 50% from the field. He was also a threat from three, making 25 or so a year in his best years. He was seriously the perfect scoring machine for a league like this. He also was a great free throw shooter, both at getting there and then at making them, he finished 2nd All-Time in free throws made.
- He was just as good of a rebounder as he was a scorer, averaging 11.6 a game for his career, averaging more than 12 for a lot of his career. Due to his volume numbers as well as he long he played, Amar'e finished 3rd in rebounds.
- While note quite a defensive monster, Amar'e was a good and sometimes great defender, making three defensive teams, as well as averaging 4 stocks a game, closer to 5 at times. He had A- or A defensive rating for his career. He was a balanced player capable of doing just about everything, and this was just another edample.
- Overall, its an absolutely unrealistic task to make a case against him, hes a Hall of Famer period. With a title, the scoring, rebounding, defense, awards, everything adds up to one of the greatest bigs ever. To top it all off, he wasn't turnover prone, he wasn't turnover prone and even finished with an assist to turnover ratio that was better than 1, which is impressive for a volume scoring big. Amar'e was a guy that absolutely you feared playing in the playoffs. The only true question you have to ask about Amar'e is whether he was as good, or was he better than guys like Webber, Dirk, and Duncan, or was he just a step below?
Arguments Against Induction
- There really isn't much to say here, so I'll make it somewhat short and sweet. His defensive rating indicates he wasn't an all-around defensive guy with high post defense. He also only won one title despite his titles. Also played for four teams, seemingly indicating he wasn't an all around special guy, otherwise he would have been a more rare commodity to have around the league. Its impossible to argue anything other than he was a Hall of Famer, but it is an argument to make how high on the list of All-Time bigs list.
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***
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