Post by Rog on Jan 24, 2017 2:33:40 GMT
The 65th and final NBN nominee of the 2018 class, Josh Childress, is a Hall of Famer, I'm not even going to beat around the bush here, hes going to get voted in. The question is how great is his case, and how much of a case does he have as a potential greatest player in league history? I think the opinions on that will vary, and that is the question I'm most looking to to answer here. Lets take a look.
Career Stats
37.9 MPG, 27.5 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 2.4 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 1.1 TOPG on 46.6% from the field, 81.9% from the line, and 40.7% from three
Best Season
Nets(2007) - 32.5 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 4.4 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 1.3 TOPG on 47.7% from the field, 80.1% from the line, and 41.8% from three
Career Highs
Points: 56
Rebounds: 17
Assists: 11
Steals: 10
Blocks: 4
Achievements
Championships: 5
Player of the Game: 314
Player of the Week: 12
Player of the Month: 2
Double Doubles: 292
Triple Doubles: 3
Awards
2003 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2003 - All-Rookie Second Team
2004 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2005 - All-Star Game Participant
2005 - All-League First Team
2005 - All-Defensive Second Team
2006 - All-League Second Team
2007 - All-Star Game Participant
2008 - All-Star Game Participant
2008 - Most Valuable Player
2008 - All-League First Team
2008 - All-Defensive Team
2008 - Playoff MVP
2009 - All-Star Game Participant
2009 - All-Star Game MVP
2010 - All-League Third Team
2010 - All-Defensive Team
2011 - All-Star Game Participant
2011 - All-League First Team
2011 - All-Defensive Second Team
2012 - All-Star Game Participant
2012 - Playoff MVP
2013 - All-League Second Team
2013 - All-Defensive Second Team
2014 - All-Star Game Participant
2014 - All-League Second Team
2014 - All-Defensive Second Team
2015 - 3-Point Shootout Champion
2015 - All-Star Game Participant
2015 - All-League First Team
2015 - All-Defensive Second Team
2016 - All-Star Game Participant
2017 - All-Star Game Participant
2017 - All-League Second Team
2017 - All-Defensive Team
Arguments For Induction
- Josh Childress was one of the most decorated player in history, maybe second behind Chris Webber. Childress played in 10 All-Star Games, won an MVP. He also made five All-Defensive second teams and three All-Defensive first teams. He was also named to one All-League third team, four All-League second teams, and four All-Star Third teams. He won five titles, winning two Playoff MVPs in the process as well. Just to prove he could win a skills challenge, he won a three point contest as well. Legend.
- More than anything, Childress was a straight up winner, winning five titles as arguably the best player in every single one of them. In a six year stretch with the Nets, Celtics, and Grizzlies, Childress won five titles and went to six total finals. Seriously, put this guy on your team and you could instantly bring credibility to yourself as a contender.
- Childress was a great scorer, finishing 4th in points for his career. He averaged 27.5 a game in his career, including his first two years where he was under 20 a game. In his prime he had six seasons over 30 points a game, almost every season was over 29 a game. In his career he was a 29.5 PPG guy in his prime. He did it all, again with absolutely insane efficiency. He shot 46.6/81.9/40.7 for his career, but even in his prime when he was scoring near and over 30 points a game, his efficiency was actually better hovering around 47.5/83/41.5. He was a fantastic scorer only matched by a certain few in league history, *cough* Durant *cough*.
- For a shooting guard, Childress was an absolute dominant rebounder, averaging 7.4 a game for his career. He was consistently over 7.5 for his career, a really damn good number for a guard. In fact, he finished his career as the best rebounder for a guard in league history, 4th among non bigs(PGs, SGs, SFs). Add "best rebounder for a shooting guard ever" to his list.
- On top of being a dominant rebounder and scorer, Childress could do everything and was a great defender. He averaged 2.4 steals a game, even averaged half a block a game as well. He racked up some defensive awards as well. He also carried an A rating for the majority of his career, proving he wasn't just a statistics guy.
- Good to great passer, averaging 3.9 assists, being a 4.3 a game guy in his prime, all while only turn it over only 1.1 a game, being under 1 during seasons. That is insane given the volume he scored and the huge amount of time he held the ball between rebounds, scoring, setting other guys up, and just being "the guy" for his team.
- Overall, there is no case to make against him but all this adds up to him being one of the greatest players ever. He probably at the moment, is the greatest guard ever nominated for a Hall of Fame career, and potentially the best nominee for HOF ever, but he has to compete against Duncan and Webber for GOAT.
Arguments Against Induction
- He lost a finals series?
- Didn't make an All-Star game every year of his career like Webber did... amateur work.
- Uh, you hate Yourkers? I'm drawing a blank here. Guy was fucking perfect.
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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