Post by Rog on Sept 17, 2017 3:06:17 GMT
The 89th nominee of the NBN Hall of Fame was a flawed player, but one that did a lot of things well to mask those flaws. Was he good enough in the areas he was great at to overcome them here, when the public opinion is all that matters, or were those flaws just too much? Lets take a look.
Career Stats
34.4 MPG, 19.7 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.3 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 2.9 TOPG on 46.1% from the field, 80.2% from the line, and 35.4% from three
Best Season
Pacers(2023) - 26.9 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG, 3.1 TOPG on 46.6% from the field, 80.8% from the line, and 40.8% from three
Career Highs
Points: 52
Rebounds: 17
Assists: 12
Steals: 8
Blocks: 3
Achievements
Championships: 0
Player of the Game: 56
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 159
Triple Doubles: 1
Awards
2010 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2010 - All-Rookie Second Team
2019 - All-Defensive Team
2022 - All-Defensive Team
Arguments For Induction
- Not a hugely awarded player in his career, however Tyreke Evans was named to two All-Defensive teams, showing he was a really good defender.
- While he wasn't the greatest scorer, I'd probably be making a mistake if I didn't start out with the fact that despite his issues from three, he was a really good, effective scoring player at the 2/3 in his career. He averaged near or over 20 points per game his final 9 seasons of his career. He did it all too while shooting a very respectable 46% or better in all but one year. He even had his best offensive year in his second to last season.
- One of the reasons he was such a good, effective scorer too was his ability from midrange, but also the fact that he was so effective in getting to the line, and once there he hit 80% of those shots. He was near or over 5 free throw attempts a game(making 4) for the majority of his career. The ability to force fouls on his defender really was a bonus.
- Tyreke Evans was a big shooting guard, and it showed in his ability to be a very, very good rebounder for a shooting guard for his entire career. He averaged 6.5 per game, and even got over 7 in a couple seasons. Huge numbers for a guy at the position, that is such a big bonus.
- The biggest plus he added to the team, but not really the biggest argument for his induction(it is, but he lacks the awards for it), was his defense. He averaged 2.1 steals a game for his career, and was especially effective at this later in his career. He also did get his only awards for being a defender, getting two All-Defensive First teams.
- Overall, Tyreke did a ton right and while not elite at any one thing, he was absolutely good at everything you can imagine on the court except shooting threes. He even averaged 3+ assists for the vast majority of his career. He was a guy you could slot in at shooting guard and know you'd get above league average production in EVERY way from him. He had turnover problems, sure, but those were more than made up for with his above average rebounding and good steals. Hes a Hall of Famer by virtue of being good at everything, and bad at nothing. Even his three point shot never held him back from being a good scorer, so its tough to take that away from him.
Arguments Against Induction
- Obviously, his lack of awards are a huge issue and should basically disqualify him from being a Hall of Fame. No All-Stars and no All-League, ouch.
- Seriously, his offensive issues are too hard to ignore, right? Shot 35% from three, meaning if you have a good defensive team, you were able to win one aspect of the game just by virtue of guarding him enough. Thats an absolute albatross, something that you can't overcome and it showed with the fact that his teams won zero titles.
- His turnovers also were an issue. Hard to put his ability to distribute the ball and have 3 assists as a positive when he averaged nearly that in turnovers. Completely negates that fact. Seriously could be argued he was a negative offensively given his turnovers and lack of a three point shot.
- The biggest thing here, and more than anything else, his completely lack of a top end talent or statistic makes him an impossible yes vote. Sure he was good at a lot f things, but he was not elite at ANYTHING. You can't put that type of guy into the Hall of Fame, and this is the last bullet point and it looks like I talked a lot about his positives and not a lot about his negatives, but he really did do a lot well. The issue is, none of that reads as elite. And that is a complete negative and can't be shown more than just that, he wasn't elite. And hes not a Hall of Famer because of it.
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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