Rober Horry, Hall of Fame consideration?

[Ready]

I think if the Spur's win the final, robert hurry should be considered for the Hall of fame. He has had so many big 3 point games during the biggest playoff games when playing for the Rockets, then Lakers, and now the Spurs.

 

[tfinch2]

it should be a lock already

 

[suicidalpigeon]

theres a thread for this.

 

[hdeck]

he will have almost as many titles as jordan if they win this year.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
it should be a lock already

lock on 5/26/2002!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: hdeck
he will have almost as many titles as jordan if they win this year.

almost? 6=6 last time i checked...

 

[squeeg22]

He is not a HOFer. Hall of Fame members get rewarded for their entire CAREER, not the post season. Yes, he is incredible in the clutch, but the entire body of work should be considered.

 

[venk]

Originally posted by: Ready
robert hurry should be considered for the Hall of fame.

There's no rush.

 

[jds2006]

Robert Horry is old

 

[Parrotheader]

since this thread's taking off now I'll just copy/paste from the playoffs thread:

I love Horry (Roll Tide!) but he won't get a whiff of the HOF. He just doesn't have the raw numbers. We all know he has the intangibles though. However, I hope he gets MVP for this finals if San Antonio can put it away when they got back home.

I honestly don't think (outside of Jordan and Bird) that there's any shooter I'd ever want to have the ball more with a game in the NBA playoffs on the line. The guy defines clutch.

 

[Miramonti]

For a 30 year old with 6 rings, if he keeps it up and gets a couple more, he will get consideration at some point, but definitely not a 5 year guy.

 

[vi edit]

HOF, no way. But he's a hell of a good luck trinket to have on your team.

 

[tfinch2]

He's not 30...he's 34 or 35

 

[amol]

best 6th man

 

[squeeg22]

Seriously, if you want to put everyone with a bunch of rings (3+) and average regular season numbers into the hall of fame, I bet I could find plenty of role players with the early Celtics teams or 90's Bulls players (Paxson) that would qualify.

 

[kindest]

he only shows up to play during the playoffs... if anything he should be banned from playing at all.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: kindest
he only shows up to play during the playoffs... if anything he should be banned from playing at all.

i'd rather have it this way than the other way around

 

[Parrotheader]

One of the things I like most about him (other than epitomizing what clutch play is) is that he's one of the classiest guys in the league. You rarely see him lose his cool, you rarely see him snap at a ref, he almost always helps guys up off the floor and apologizes for hard fouls. True class.

 

[squeeg22]

I agree. Class act all the way. And that dunk he had tonight was unbelievable.

 

[darkswordsman17]

He's a great player for sure, however I think that a lot of people will look at the teams he's been on and say, yeah, its a lot easier to get open shots when you have some of these other great players on your team.

He seems to play on a lot of "stacked" teams. I'm not saying this makes him any less of a player, and to be honest, who doesn't want to be on the teams that win? I think it will hurt him getting into the HoF though.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

HOF is reserved for players who are good in the regular season as well as the playoffs. Horry is more of a playoff specialist I'd say and is not worthy of HOF status. He will be remembered as one of the best clutch players though.

 

[CrazyDe1]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
One of the things I like most about him (other than epitomizing what clutch play is) is that he's one of the classiest guys in the league. You rarely see him lose his cool, you rarely see him snap at a ref, he almost always helps guys up off the floor and apologizes for hard fouls. True class.

Except he went something like 3-28 from 3 point land in the 2003 playoffs

He was tried to punch Jeff Honacek, he also pushed a camera man...

One of the classiest guys huh

 

[BRObedoza]

if big shot rob gets in then andrew toney should get some consideration

 

[dbk]

I'd say he's in..made the playoffs every season and has 6 rings...Yes, the Lakers had Kobe and Shaq but some of those championships would not have come if Horry had not hit the key shots. Same goes for the Spurs this year, if they win it.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
One of the things I like most about him (other than epitomizing what clutch play is) is that he's one of the classiest guys in the league. You rarely see him lose his cool, you rarely see him snap at a ref, he almost always helps guys up off the floor and apologizes for hard fouls. True class.

Except he went something like 3-28 from 3 point land in the 2003 playoffs

He was tried to punch Jeff Honacek, he also pushed a camera man...

One of the classiest guys huh

Nobody's saying he's a perfect shooter. Everybody's going to miss and go through tough spells. NOBODY hits them all.

I remember the Hornacek incident too. Definitely a low point for him, but he wasn't the only guy on the court that night who lost control. Both teams were banging VERY hard that game and Shaq and Malone were about to go at it too right when that happened. And from what little I just read about the camera incident (hadn't heard of that one before) it sounds a little overblown more due to the fact that it was caught on camera going into the half and glossed over how he had just been tripped by the guy running the wires. Definitely nothing to be proud of though.

You can probably nitpick just about any player's career and find some ugly points (and we're just talking about a couple here over a 15 year career.) I still think the guy has conducted himself better than most players in the league over the course of his career.