Post by Rog on Sept 18, 2017 11:24:11 GMT
The 91st nominee for the NBN Hall of Fame, DeMar DeRozan, was one of those guys who came into the league with a bunch of hype, lived up to it early, and seemingly fell by the wayside later on. Was he good enough when he was good to be considered a Hall of Fame? Or was he enough of a disappointment to deny him here? Lets take a look.
Career Stats
34.9 MPG, 23.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 1.7 TOPG on 45.7% from the field, 84.6% from the line, and 40% from three
Best Season
Supersonics(2017) - 29.5 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 1.9 TOPG on 46.8% from the field, 87.5% from the line, and 41.5% from three
Career Highs
Points: 55
Rebounds: 15
Assists: 12
Steals: 7
Blocks: 3
Achievements
Championships: 1
Player of the Game: 72
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 65
Triple Doubles: 0
Awards
2012 - Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
2016 - All-Star Game Participant
2017 - All-Star Game Participant
2024 - All-Star Game Participant
Arguments For Induction
- DeRzoan was named to three All-Star games in his career and during All-Star Weekend in 2012, his sophomore season, he won the dunk contest. He truly was an athletic freak in his time here in NBN.
- DeRozan had a somewhat short career, but during his 10 year prime, there wasn't many better in the league and putting the ball in the basket. Like I said, he averaged 23 points per game in his career, but that is massively dragged down by his first three seasons in which he served as a backup and didn't average 10 points per game. Once he was given the start though, he never averaged under 20 points per game, and never during his 10 year prime did he averaged under 24 points per contest. Take out those first three years, and over 11 seasons you could count on DeRozan to give yo 25.5 points per game, with ease. That is consistent, elite scoring. He did only finish 36th in scoring, due to his short career.
- While not quite Patty Mills or Tyreke Evans level of efficiency shooting the ball, DeRozan was damn good overall with the ball. He shot 45.7% from the field, and when his volume rose he never really took a hit in field goal percentage, always hovering around 46% and sometimes being somewhat more efficient. He also was fantastic from the line, shooting 84.6% from the line. He got there 5 times a game on average and made over 4 on average per game, pretty incredible. He only shot about 4.5 threes per game for his career, but he did shoot the ball pretty well there, with a 40% clip. While never much of a passer, he still did manage a clean Assist to turnover ratio, averaging 3 assists and only 1.7 turnovers per game. Overall, having the ball in his hands was typically a good thing for your team.
- While never having any awards in this department, DeRozan goes down with a reputation as a good to great defender. Never really the steals guy, he still did average 1.4 for his career and consistently over 1.5 during his prime. He also carried a terrific 'A' rating in defense for the vast majority of his career, proving how versatile and talented he was on that side of the ball.
- Overall, its a quick but easy case to make, he was a crazy good, efficient scorer with no clear holes in his game. He wasn't a great rebounder, but 5.3 per game at the shooting guard position is nothing that is going to hurt you. He at least has some awards to show for his career and while in San Antonio, he even was part of a title run. He has all the trappings of a Hall of Famer, his only true weakeness was the fact that he didn't play 16+ seasons to rack up the stats for the All-Time leaderboards.
Arguments Against Induction
- And you know, the fact that he only has three total actual awards to his name, and we typically look for far more than that. Not to mention those three are All-Star appearances, not All-League teams. He was never a top 3 player at his position according to FBB, that is an issue.
- Not even just the season long awards either, he only won player of the game 72 times in his 1063 game career. Never won player of the week and never won player of the month. Sure he was a good player, but these lack of awards show that he was more of that, not a great player which we typically ask a player to be to be a Hall of Famer.
- Seriously, other than scoring what did he have? Below average passer for a shooting guard, average efficiency, average to below average rebounding, below average steals, no defensive awards to hang his hat on to call himself a good defender. There isn't anything else here. And he finished 36th in scoring, fucking 36th. If you can only say you were an elite scorer, and he was for several years, don't you think you need to finish higher than 36th to be a Hall of Famer on that alone? I do. And hes not a Hall of Famer, its a really weak stretch case to make.
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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