I always felt like Horry quit on us the last few years here; basically showing up when he wanted to, not putting up the effort on a nightly basis. He was really off and on, and didn't seem to care much about that fact. I love him for what he did for us; but I, for some reason, remember his last few seasons here a lot less favorably than most. That said; no, he is not a Hall of Famer.
Nice player, nice enough guy. Quintessential role player on the right team. Knows the entry pass and the spot up three. HoF? Sure...with a ticket.
He is a good player, but have to say that her really never shows up untill the playoffs I dont think he has a second gear he just plays halfass durring most of the regular seasons. HOF????? HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOOOO!!!! GOOD PLAYER????? YES ALLSTAR????? NOOOO!!!
Needed to add he is one of the best low post entry passers that i have seen.... Wish we could have him for that only so he could feed Yao.
Horry was a smart defender. And he was a clutch FT and 3point shooter. But whatever you do, "Don't dribble the ball, Horry! Nooooo!" Is he a HOFer? No way. Check this out... Dennis Johnson (HOF Monitor: 136 (Likely HOFer > 135) of the Celtics just barley made the list...just kinda interesting to look at those that barley made it in terms of the HOFer Monitor. http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JOHNSDE01 What about Hakeem? HOF Monitor: 340 (Likely HOFer > 135). Yep! 340!
As much as I respect Horry's clutch playoff performances that span his entire career, this is the freakin' hall of fame we're talking about. Horry might want to work on making his first all-star game appearance first. If the number of championship rings is the sole determining factor in judging a player's worthiness of entering the hall, then we better dial up Steve Kerr too.
The HOF should merge Horry and Kerr into one single entity and induct them/it simply for the championship streak they/it has been keeping alive for so long.
What about Reggie Miller, people? I think he is even more clutch than Horry, and contributed more to his team. In fact he is one of the all-time greats for clutch shots.
He was clutch more than most people in this league. Only problem being he never led his team to the championship. Miller will make the hall just by his own play. Horry and Kerr however will have a tough time to make it because they weren't superstars, they were the role players that helped win championships. Based on the fact they have so many rings they might just squeeze in.
Yep, Horry and Kerr will slide right in along with John Salley and Jack freakin Haley. Now there is an induction class for the ages. I can see my family vacation to Springfield MA now. "Okay son, we've seen the jerseys of Bill Russel, the picture of Wilt's 100 point sign, and next we'll see the real reason we came, Jack Haley's towel that he waved from deep on the bench during Game 2. No disrespect to Horry. I truly love him as a player and wish him all the best during the rest of his career but the Hall of Fame is a sacred, hollowed place with vaccancy for only the true immortals of the game. As time passes, it becomes increasingly more difficult to qualify for the Hall. Lets be honest. There are a few players from the Celtics dynasty that would not be in the Hall if they played today. They are there because they were great role players with plenty of Rings for them and their children, but they were the trailblazers of the professional sport with few predecessors to be inducted ahead of them. Today, simply winning rings doesn't qualify you for the Hall by any stretch. An example of this is Rafael Palmairo. It used to be that 500 HRs was an instant invite to Cooperstown. When Rafael hit 500, an instant debate was spawned about how he was or was not Hall material. It just shows that as time passes and more and more greats expand and push the game, it is harder and harder to be considered a great. Again, no disrespect to Horry, but if you seriously consider him to be in this immortal state of basketball because he has 5 rings, I have serious questions regarding your sanity.
That's what i'm saying, why are people still arguing about his HOF status? Look at his playoffs performance.. All up and all CLUTCH! He's a franchise player and a holder of NBA all time record... In my opinion he's a HOFer no question. I was kind of shocked to see there are even debates.
One of the main reasons that HOFers are HOFers is that they elevated their teammates games. They were in positions of leadership. Some are secondary players. But most are not. If we were to let every "clutch" shooter in the HOF, we'd have hundreds of guys that got those shots because they rode the coattails of other *greats*. If that happened, we'd basically be weakening the value of the HOF. And that shouldn't be done.
Miller isn't every clutch player. He is one of the clutchest of all time. Who else has scored 8pts in last 11secs to pull off a win for his team from 7pts down?
