he was smart. it was about championships. that's what he was about. i'd take championships over: playing really hard in the regular season, then getting beat in the first round every year. he belongs, if its about winning championships it robert. he was so critical in all of those championships, that ALL OF THOSE TEAMS could have LOST the finals without him. Look at the Rockets Horry vs Magic/Spurs/Suns - key rebounds, game winning shots, steals, blocks - everything He did the same with the Lakers, it should have been the Kings vs or Portland vs.. but Horry's key plays and shots No way the Spurs beat Detroit if Horry didn't go crazy in Detroit. Walton was right, they need a special place for him in the hall. they need a place for Sam too. Cause turning the Clippers around is equal to winning like 4 championships or walking on water or splitting the red sea.
I think you got some points there, personally i feel like he never played with his hearth. i remember in one interview with rob horry, he said that he knows his teamates wont blame him even he misses, so he is not afraid to take them. To me I think most players hesitated to take those shoots because they are afraid of losing the game but Not "teamates' blame", appearantly Big Shot Bob never thought about winning or losing. He simply doesnt care. He is cold as ice because he has an empty hearth, he has never really loved one team or one city, he just put himself with the right team at right time. should he be in the hall? i dont know
Sean Elliott was key to the Spurs getting their title in 1999 and was a clutch player himself. It would have changed history of course, but who knows, the Rockets may very well have still won a title in 1994, 1995, and/or 1996. They would have been in the mix as long as Hakeem was at the top of his game with a supporting cast of Thorpe, Elliott, Maxwell, Smith, Cassell, Herrara, Brown, etc. (though I would guess the Drexler trade never would have happened in 05, because Elliott was a pure 3 with a good scoring punch beyond just a spot up shooter whereas Horry was a 3/4 at the time). They player really thankfull for the vioded trade was Robery Horry. His Rocket years launched his reputation as a great coattail rider around a dominant big. He might have zero rings and labeled a dissappointing underachiver instead of 7 ring wearing Cheap (I mean "Big") Shot Rob if not for those events.
Horry was an essential contributor to other superstar led teams. But actual induction into the hall of fame would be blasphemy to the hall. Horry contrbuted to each championship (most notably the last one by inciting key Suns to leave the bench). But he was also just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Olajuwon, Drexler, O'neal, Bryant, and Duncan. Those are HOFamers. It is one thing to argue that some special recognition of his clutch shooting and winning should be made at the Hall, but to suggest that he actually should be inducted is without any merit whatsoever.
Due to the fact that he never posted up good numbers during the regular seasons, he will likely never get inducted in to the Hall of Fame. If I was in his shoes, I could care less. Afterall, he has seven championship rings, which is what I would never trade for a Hall of Fame induction. I really think that there are a lot of Hall of Famers out there who wish they were in his shoes. I'm only refering to those who never got even one championship ring in their entire NBA career.
here's a stat for you. Robert Horry has never missed a second round of the playoffs in 15 years. think about that stat.
they are there to clean the halls of the heroes and make sure the statues of the real heroes are shiny.
Sean Elliot didn't do too bad for himself. He doesn't have as many rings as Horry though. I remember this trade. I didn't like it when it happened, and I'm glad Sean Elliot failed his physical. When I see Robert Horry, I want to ask him how his career would have been if he played in Detroit. He probably wouldn't be the player he is today. If I recall, that Detroit team was still fairly decent. They just got Grant Hill I think. Isiah just retired a few years earlier. What pisses me off about Robert Horry is that I wish he played with more fire during the regular season.
Well, the playoffs is when the stakes are higher. The one thing that he would often do in the playoffs (play with more fire and passion) is make you forget about what he is doing during the regular season. There are a lot of players in the league who are completely the opposite--good regular season players, but can never shine when the stakes are higher. When the Rockets won their second NBA Championship in 1995, people forgot about how mediocre their regular season was. On the flip side, when the Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the first round to the Chicago Bulls in 1989, people forgot about how great their regular season (57 wins) was. However, in addition for the Cavaliers, it will be remembered as a wasted away 57-win season.
I'm a robert horry fan as well (though not so much after the cheap shot he took against nash in the playoffs), but no chance he gets into the hall. He just hasen't done enough in other areas of the game to be worthy of the hall.
