Post by Rog on Apr 8, 2017 3:18:58 GMT
The 75th nominee of the NBN Hall of Fame, Chris Bosh, was one of the better scoring bigs in the history of the league. There is little doubt statistically that Bosh is a Hall of Famer, but were those just hollow stats as he never won anything? Is he a Hall of Famer? Lets take a look.
Career Stats
34.7 MPG, 23.3 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.8 BPG, 0.9 SPG, 1.6 TOPG on 43.1% from the field, 81.6% from the line, and 39.7% from three
Best Season
Suns(2011) - 32.7 PPG, 13.2 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.5 BPG, 1.1 SPG, 2.0 TOPG on 43.8% from the field, 79.9% from the line, and 35.6% from three
Career Highs
Points: 58
Rebounds: 26
Assists: 10
Steals: 7
Blocks: 9
Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 269
Player of the Week: 8
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 903
Triple Doubles: 1
Accolades
2005 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2005 - All-Rookie Team
2006 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2008 - All-Star Game Participant
2011 - All-Star Game Participant
2011 - All-League Second Team
2012 - All-Star Game Participant
2012 - All-League Second Team
2013 - All-Star Game Participant
2013 - All-League Second Team
2014 - All-Star Game Participant
2015 - All-Star Game Participant
2015 - All-League Second Team
Arguments For Induction
- During his career Bosh played in six All-Star games and was named to four All-League Second Teams.
- First and foremost Bosh was one of the best scoring bigs in league history. He averaged 23.3 points a game but that was dragged down pretty hard by his last four seasons. Take those away and he was at least a 25 points a game scorer. He averaged over 25 a game six straight seasons in the middle of this career. He finished his career 10th all time in points. He was also a rounded scorer, able to hit from three and was a punishing force in the paint drawing fouls and efficient at the line. He shot 81.6% from the line and was one of the best players in league history at drawing fouls, hitting the 3rd most free throws all time. And lastly on scoring, while taking only between around 1 and a half threes a game in his career, he did him them at a pretty nice clip for a big at 40%.
- The second biggest thing for Bosh, still on the elite scale, he was a fantastic rebounder. He averaged 12.3 a game for his career, but again those last four seasons really bring that number down hard. Five seasons in a row he averaged over 13 rebounds a game and was pretty consistently above 12.5 in his prime. He finished 4th in rebounds and was also a double double machine, finishing 2nd All-Time in double doubles.
- While never a top of the line, best in the league type defender, Bosh was still exceptionally adequate at it. He was never, and will never, be remembered as a shot blocker, but he did his best to effect shots at the rim. Averaging nearly 2 blocks a game isn't nothing, so at least he added something to his teams in that area. Plus he carried an A+ rating defensively for quite a while, proving his under the hood was pretty solid even if he didn't block a lot of shots. Hard to argue that he didn't add to his team with his defense.
- Overall, Bosh is without a doubt a statistical Hall of Famer. And even without the team success, Bosh did his part to get the Suns to where they needed to go. They didn't, but that is on the coach and the GM more than it is ever on Chris Bosh. He was a top 5-7 scoring big of all time, a top 5-7 rebounding big of all time, a good defender, and played for a long, long time. Hard to argue that he wasn't a Hall of Famer when his awards, stats, and longevity show that, yes in fact he was.
Arguments Against Induction
- Still not quite the slam dunk in terms of awards you'd want in a player up for nomination, was he?
- There isn't really an argument against Bosh from a statistical spot. But two slight flaws you could punch in his case would be for one his lack of stocks which are pretty damn important for a big to drum up, and it makes it a bit easier to argue that Bosh was not in fact a good defender. And second, He didn't add anything offensively other than his scoring. Despite the fact that he averaged 1.6 turnovers a game, his assist/turnover ratio is not very good because he just didn't pass the ball very well. He only averaged 2.1 assists a game. Again, two small pieces, but enough to start to poke holes in his game that at least start to shine a light of doubt in.
- The big smoking gun however is the team stuff, that yeah this is a team game but a Hall of Famer should be able to push, pull, and carry a team at least to be somewhat competitive, but the Suns were never more than a playoff contender in Bosh's time in the league. If I'm not mistaken, the Suns never won more than 42 games in the time that Bosh was in Phoenix. It further proves the point that building your team around scoring bigs is a mistake because they can't lift a team up in the same way that an elite point guard can in FBB. Also, less than 300 player of the games, only 8 player of the weeks, and 0 player of the months? I mean he wasn't even that dominant for the Suns, just put up great stats that didn't mean much. Is that a Hall of Famer? Guess thats for the league to decide.
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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