The selection of Michael Cooper, a good player but never an All-Star, is a prime example of how Ringz culture has dominated discussion.
Here’s the thing about Halls of Fame: They are self-defining institutions. As legendary baseball historian Bill James noted many years ago, there is no standard for the Hall of Fame other than precedent: Eyeballing every other person who did and didn’t make the Hall of Fame and adjusting your sliders accordingly. Advertisement This isn’t quite the same thing, however, as saying there are no objective “good” and ‘bad” votes for the Hall of Fame.
Marques Johnson, for instance, was either the best or second-best player on a series of awesome teams that made consecutive conference finals, made five All-Star Games and three All-NBA teams. Although he’s been a finalist multiple times, he has yet to be selected. More glaringly, I mean … can we talk about Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson? Start with the fact that the 1990 Suns smashed a Magic-Worthy Lakers team in five games in the second round with Johnson and Chambers leading the way.
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