Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm  |  81 responses

Is Robert Horry a Hall of Famer?

Big Shot Rob certainly seems to think so: “Does he think he’ll go to the Hall of Fame? ‘To be honest with you I don’t think so. I think I should be because I’ve done a lot of great things in basketball. A lot of people look at the scoring aspect of basketball, they don’t look at the other things like defense, winning; I think I’m one of the most winningest players in this game. I’m a specialist in that I go out and make a team better; I was a specialist in playing D, I was a specialist in getting the job done and being a great teammate. You look at all of the guys I’ve played with and you go down in the 4th quarter and ask who do you want in the 4th quarter, they want me.’ Who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame more: Dennis Rodman or Robert Horry? ‘I’ll take me.’”

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  • http://www.twitter.com/TheDiesel Anton

    Rodman > Horry

  • cletus

    When I think of the years from 1996-2007, the first names that pop up in my mind are all-nba’ers like Allen, Billups, Bryant, Carter, Duncan, Ginobili, Howard, James, O’Neal, Garnett, Iverson, Kidd, McGrady, Nash, Nowitzki, C.Paul, Pierce, Wade, D.Williams, Yao, etc….people who actually bothered to show up and play EVERY night….both regular season and playoffs.

  • baba

    I don’t think Houston, LA and San Antonio could have won those titles without Horry! San Antonio could have won another one if he played Horry more. He wasn’t just a clutch shooter or a role player, he is a great player PERIOD and he deserves to be in HOF!!!

  • vic21

    HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLL NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    Why are you people mentioning Mitch Richmond in the conversation? Richmond wasn’t a role player. He was part of Run TMC for God’s sake. Mitch was sadly stranded on an awful Kings team for most of is career. He has nothing to do with any of this.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    I read Rodman’s awful book “Rebound” when I was a teenager (I think). He kept mentioning how “anyone can score” but that he took it as a challenge to do other stuff. Yeah, well, Dennis, apparently, not EVERYONE can score. I’d still put him in the HOF, though.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    As for Horry, my buddy the Ant seems to think he’s a HOFer. I disagree. I don’t think you should get in if you average 0.3 ppg 0.4 rpg and 0.9 apg for your career. Or something. Horry brings into focus other, more philosophical questions, like: “Do dogs get to go to heaven?” Horry is that lovable Labrador that wants to get into People Heaven. Sadly, he can’t, no matter how many little boys he’s saved from the well or b*tches in heat he’s impregnated. Sigh.

  • scorp99cam

    @cletus; I guess stats are all that matters. When I take my kid to the HOF I guarantee I will not be telling them about Tracy McGrady, I will tell them about the incredible moments Horry gave to the league. To me that’s what the HOF is for, not just those guys who accumulated stats on bad teams. Vince Carter is only in because of his dunks, because that is all I will tell my kid about.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    scorp:
    Vince and TMac shouldn’t be in either, in my opinion. I mean, listen, I’ve defended McGrady on numerous occasions, but the guy just hasn’t had a HOF career. HOF TALENT, maybe, but you shouldn’t get in if you haven’t won ANYTHING. Not a SINGLE playoff series. I’m sorry. And as for Vince? Meh.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    @ Tariq: T-Mac has elevated his game EVERY playoffs series he’s been in. To say that not winning was his fault is absurd. Not to mention the fact that he’s top 5 ALL TIME in career playoff points per game. Also, your dog example made no sense whatsoever.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Okay first of all: Bernard King, John Starks, Dennis Rodman, Mark Jackson, and many others all deserve HOF inductions before Horry is even CONSIDERED.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    I’d actually take a full-time presence like Charles Oakley or Anthony Mason in their primes over a 1 stop show-up from Robert Horry. I’m kind of changing my mind now…

  • cletus

    Scorp—–google Michael Cooper from the Lakers and explain to me why Horry would be inducted before him. Furthermore, he also has 2 WNBA coaching championships(may or may not matter). I also forgot about Mitch Richmond and Carmelo Anthony on my previous post.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    Teddy the Bear: It was a joke. I was saying that Horry is like a dog that wants to go to people heaven. He’s a role player who wants to go to the HOF. It ain’t happening.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    re:TMAC: I love the guy. And I’ve defended him. I never said that not winning was his fault. But, to me, it is equally absurd to enshrine a guy who has never won a playoff series. Never won a ring? Fine, here’s your bust. But a series? Come on now. At least give me a SERIES.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    Teddy: Don’t tell me that TMAC is Top 5 all-time in Career Playoff PPG. Please. You know how many playoff games Tracy McGrady has EVER played in? EVER? 38. In his ENTIRE career.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ Tariq Al Haydar

    So I wouldn’t attach too much value to that stat.

  • AZ

    lol @ horry. might as well put in derrick fisher and brent barry too

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    @ Tariq: Alright, but you’re wrong about one thing: T-Mac was on the Rockets this year when they beat the Blazers! HA! =P

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    I still don’t like that dog joke, though. Don’t discriminate against the pooches!

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Anyways, how in the world can Bernard King NOT be in the HOF by now? That dude was insane. I repeat: Him, John Starks, Mark Jackson, Dennis Rodman, and even Michael Cooper deserve to be in the Hall of Fame ahead of Horry.

  • scorp99cam

    I don’t understand how because someone deserving like Bernard King or Michael Cooper is not in the hall of fame we should eliminate Horry. Slam already had an article aout how the HOF was a joke for not including these players but also for having a million foreign coaches that no one cares about. If you think the HOF is about stats, then I disagree it is about stories and legends. Bernard king has way too many stories about him to not be in the HOF, Coopers defense is legendary, Horry’s clutch shots are just as legendary to me. Equating Fisher and Brent Barry to Horry is ridiculous.

  • cletus

    Horry is eliminated because as a body of work, his NBA career is simply not HOF worthy. In this day and time, an inductee has to have been an all-star, been on ALL-NBA or all-defensive teams, have scoring, rebounding, assist, or blocked shot numbers. An NBA player has to have shown that he was able to have put up numbers(not just rings or playoff/Finals 3-pointers) over a period of time. Had Horry chosen to show up at all during the regular season, he would no doubt be a 1st ballot inductee. As I stated before, there are less than 300 members of the HOF. It was a shame that it took years for both Dantley and D.Wilkins to be inducted. Do a wikipedia search on Dennis Johnson–he is another player whose NBA career is far more HOF-worthy than Horry’s……..

  • canadiandestroyer

    Rodman showed up and played every quarter not just the 4th and he played Defense not ride other peoples jocks

  • al

    Let’s try this.
    Forgetting Rodman, who will be a HOFer soon.

    Name 3 players that deserve it more than Rob. For me he has done enough to be in, but maybe some others deserve it even more

  • cletus

    al Posted: Jun.15 at 10:41 am
    Let’s try this.
    Forgetting Rodman, who will be a HOFer soon. Name 3 players that deserve it more than Rob. For me he has done enough to be in, but maybe some others deserve it even more
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    There are FAR MORE than 3…….Other than the other people previously listed in this blog, I would even vote Bill Laimbeer before Horry.

  • cletus

    Now when the HOF committee watches this, I would like to know why they would induct Horry over this person………

    http://www.nba.com/video/playerTypes/static/index.html?staticVideo=/video/legacy/nbacom/history/king_bernard_23straight_playoffs

  • K

    He is Hall of Fame! No doubt!

  • mwaller

    Yes!

  • http://facebook.com Asad

    WOW, DENNIS RODMAN the best REB during the 1990′s stretch? your comparing robert horry who skipped from team to team hand picking only to play with good teams that were already in championship contention….let stop there

  • http://facebook.com Asad

    lets focus on getting reggie miller THE GREATEST 3pts shooter of all time in the hall of fame vs a guy who made a few… WHOS CLUTCH NOW REGGIE MILLER OR HORRY….not to mention reggies better then him at almost everything else and still hasn’t gotten in lol

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