Post by Rog on Apr 5, 2017 3:58:49 GMT
The 71st nominee of the NBN Hall of Fame, Raymond Felton, was a truly good but arguably never great point guard. He couldn't compete with the likes of Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Steph Curry, and others to grab awards. They are still his enemies here as to get into the Hall of Fame, he has to compete in some way with the legends of the game. Is he good enough? Lets take a look.
Career Stat
36.7 MPG, 21.2 PPG, 8.3 APG, 4.7 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG and 2.8 TOPG on 46.4% from the field, 88.8% from the line, and 40.1% from three
Best Season
Kings 2011 - 24.1 PPG, 10.1 APG, 4.9 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG and 3 TOPG on 48.6% from the field, 90.1% from the line, and 40.9% from three
Career Highs
Points: 54
Rebounds: 14
Assists: 20
Steals: 7
Blocks: 3
Accolades
2005 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2005 - All-Rookie Team
2006 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2006 - Rookie Game MVP
2011 - All-Star Game Participant
2015 - All-Star Game Participant
Arguments For Induction
- Felton was named to two All-Star games and also won Rookie Game MVP as a sophomore.
- Felton was a pretty good scorer, reaching for greatness in fleeting times. He averaged over 21 points for his career, while shooting pretty solidly while doing good volume as well. He averaged over 20 points a game for 9 straight seasons, and 11 of his 15 seasons. He also scored 24 or more points a game 5 times in his career. Not quite elite, but damn good.
- While not being Chris Paul, Felton was a good passer that somewhat gets forgotten. He averaged 8.3 assists for his career, dragged down somewhat by his first two and last two seasons. Six seasons of his career he was better than 9 assists a game, five of those seasons were over 9.5, which is good for a top 10 most years.
- Felton was also a near elite defender. His career 1.6 steals and in his prime doing 1.8 a game weren't exactly barn burning numbers, but he showed up on one best defenders list and always carried an 'A' defensive rating, despite not generating steals. I'd say he was a damn good on ball defender.
- Not quite great either, but Felton was a good rebounder. He averaged nearly 5 a game for his career, a solid mark for a point guard. Also had 21 triple doubles in his career.
Arguments Against Induction
- Hard to not start here, I just hate I have to say it for almost every single fucking nominee because only three players yearly can be awarded All-League and four can be an All-Star, but NOT ENOUGH AWARDS.
- Not a great scorer. Sure he was good, but never great. Even his 27 points a game isn't all that great at all. Over his career he posted a 55.5% true shooting percentage, 53.4% is average in real life, and we're quite a bit inflated here, especially percentages for guards.
- Hard to use his defense as a plus or argument to get him inducted when he averaged under 2 steals a game and was never named to an All-Defensive team.
- Turnover prone. His 2.8 career number is a lot, but was over 3 for much of his prime. Just not a good look.
- Overall, I've never felt less enthused about a nominees chances when he averaged 20 points a game, played point guard, and has the efficiency numbers that Felton has. The league was just too loaded with point guards, still is, for Felton to be considered a Hall of Famer despite his longevity and consistency. If Felton gets in, its a travesty to Tony Parker, and will open the floodgates for more point guards than should be in in the future.
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.
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