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Would you vote for Rondo for the Basketball Hall of Fame?

Would you vote for Rajon Rondo for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame?


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https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rondora01.html

Overall, his career stats are pretty average. He has a 15.8 career PER, and his 61.5 WS puts him well outside of bounds there. His overall shooting wasn't good, he missed a lot of games (he started out strong but he's only averaged 59 games/season for his career), and he turned the ball over a lot. Sometime he seemed like a team leader, and at other times like a disruption. He had half a dozen or so really good, well-decorated seasons though, and some unique and notable accomplishments:

* 1 x Assists leader (2015-2016)
* 3 x Assists Per Game Leader (2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2015-2016)
* 1 x Steals Leader (2009-2010)
* 1 x Steals Per Game Leader (2009-2010)

* 3 x Playoffs Assists Leader (2008, 2009, 2012)
* 1 x Playoffs Assists Per Game Leader (2012)
* 2 x Playoffs Steals Leader (2008, 2010)

* All-Rookie Second Team (2006-2007)
* All-NBA Third Team (2011-2012)
* 2 x All-Defensive First Team (2009-2010, 2010-2011)
* 2 x All-Defensive Second Team (2008-2009, 2011-2012)
* 4 x All-Star (2010-2013)
* Holds numerous Celtics and Pelicans team records
* 2 x Championships (2008 Boston, 2020 LA Lakers)
* First player to win a Championship with both the Celtics and the Lakers

His main stake is of course his passing. In career assists, he's currently 14th (7,542). It's possible that he can pass Rod Strickland (7,987) but I doubt that he can pass Andre Miller (8,524).

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ast_career.html

In five or six seasons, probably still years before Rondo's eligible for the Hall, it's likely that he'll fall behind Harden (6,177, 32 years old) and Lowry (6,359, 35). Curry (5,326, 33) will probably pass him too, and Wall (5,557, 31), Lillard (4,736, 31), and Holiday (5,225, 31) could all possibly pass him as well (I doubt all three will but it could happen).

After possibly Harden, Lowry, Curry, Wall, Lillard, and/or Holiday, though, it's going to be a while before we see another player get to 7,000 career assists (Jokic?), so it's doubtful that Rondo's going to fall out of the top 20 in career assists for at the very least a decade, and possibly much longer.

In career playoffs assists, Rondo's currently 6th, with 1,136.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ast_career_p.html

Chris Paul is 7th with 1,073, Westbrook is 21st at 847, Harden is 27th at 819, Curry is 34th at 704. It's likely that all will have passed Rondo by the time he's eligible for the Hall.

As far as awesome highlights go, there's a lot:










All things considered, would you vote for Rondo for Hall of Fame?
 
No. It’s the Hall of Fame not the Hall of the Pretty Good.

I don’t think John Calipari or Bill Self should be in either. At least not while they’re still coaching and haven’t finished up yet.
 
A career scoring average under 10.0 ppg isn't likely to make the HOF. Dennis Rodman and Ben Wallace are the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head.
 
No. It’s the Hall of Fame not the Hall of the Pretty Good.

I don’t think John Calipari or Bill Self should be in either. At least not while they’re still coaching and haven’t finished up yet.

Top 20 all time in assists and top 10 all time in playoff assists is not "pretty good."
 
I heard he banged his math teacher when he was a sophomore in high school and she got arrested but bob hasn't confirmed yet.
 
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