Not in my book, but all HOF's seem to have lowered standards these days, so there easily might be others in there with a far worse career. He never seemed to win matchups with other great centers when going against them. Hakeem had his number. After the first couple of years, Shaq did too.
No. When it comes to Halls Of Fame, I am completely on the side of baseball; err on the side of omission. It should be for the very, very best. Alonzo was good, for a while great. He was never among the best to ever play, and that should be the standard.
you can hate or dislike Pippen all you want. Pippen will be a hall of famer. Why? becasue almost every sports critics, writers, NBA coaches, managers, NBA players, and millions of fans including some Rockets fans, like him. Period. All you can hear is how great a teammate he is, or how versatile he's been throughout his career. BTW, I doubt Mourning will be a hallof famer. As much as i like him, he's not taken Heats to NBA finals. He's not even taken Heats to Playoffs consistently.
Pippin is basically the best role player in NBA history. He, in his prime, was always able to fill any role his team needed (playmaking, rebounding, defending perimeter players, shooting, etc.) He made his team offense work. The reason he didn't fit in in Houston was that all of the old men were breaking down & the offense was becoming stagnate & he was best as a motion/option type player. He was still able to contribute, he was just overpaid (& yes he was a b**** about it) He was generally a great team player (his offense joined at the hip to the team offense) & only faltered b/c of the occasional star fit. If I recall, Pippin ran the very good Knicks hard in the playoffs the year Jordan was gone. 2 or 3rd round? Don't remember. He carried a team that replaced Jordan with Ron Harper deep into the playoffs & gave the eventual Eastern Conf Champs a run for their money, not bad. Still I hate the guy but that doesn't blind my respect for him. Conversly, I loved Zo but he isn't a HOF'er.
I hate Pip, but he's a HOFer based on the sheer numbers he put up in his career. For the same reason, Zo is not hall-of-fame caliber. If you put Alonzo Mourning in the Hall, you better put all the guys whose careers were cut short due to injury there, guys like Ralph Sampson and Grant Hill.
