Reggie Miller passed over for the HOF

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This is why the players should have say not just sportswriters.

[greenpride32]

Reggie has a big name for his big playoff games against the Knicks and being the former all time 3 point king.  But outside of that he's just a very good player, but not great. 

There is a very popular website called Basketball Reference which has historical stats on anything you can think of.  They have a HOF probability rating which is their own custom formula based on various stats.  A rating of 1.0 means you're a slam dunk HOF'er.

Reggie has a rating of .0553; not even close.  Some of the more recent players around him are Alvin Robertson, Lattrel Sprewell, Rip Hamilton, Lamar Odom; all decent players who have made a few all star games but not consiered best of the best class.

Now in comparison to the C's future 4 HOF'ers

Shaq: 1.0
KG: 0.9987
Pierce: 0.9768
Ray: 0.9501

Most, if not all, eligible players above 0.75 are in the HOF.  So according to that site which uses statistics, not opinions, Reggie is not even close to being HOF worthy.  I think many of us who grew up wathcing him thought he had a great chance because for a stretch he was one of the bigger names in the game.  But then if you think of his peers during his generation, he does not stack up (MJ, Stock, Malone, Dream, Barkley, Admiral, Ewing, Pip, Shaq).
 

[soap07]

This is why the players should have say not just sportswriters.

If I'm not mistaken, sportswriters don't have a say either.

[Moranis]

The NBA needs its own HOF.

good point

I probably should have clarified.  The NBA needs its own HOF, but Reggie wouldn't be in that one either.

[Roy H.]

Reggie has a big name for his big playoff games against the Knicks and being the former all time 3 point king.  But outside of that he's just a very good player, but not great. 

There is a very popular website called Basketball Reference which has historical stats on anything you can think of.  They have a HOF probability rating which is their own custom formula based on various stats.  A rating of 1.0 means you're a slam dunk HOF'er.

Reggie has a rating of .0553; not even close.  Some of the more recent players around him are Alvin Robertson, Lattrel Sprewell, Rip Hamilton, Lamar Odom; all decent players who have made a few all star games but not consiered best of the best class.

Now in comparison to the C's future 4 HOF'ers

Shaq: 1.0
KG: 0.9987
Pierce: 0.9768
Ray: 0.9501

Most, if not all, eligible players above 0.75 are in the HOF.  So according to that site which uses statistics, not opinions, Reggie is not even close to being HOF worthy.  I think many of us who grew up wathcing him thought he had a great chance because for a stretch he was one of the bigger names in the game.  But then if you think of his peers during his generation, he does not stack up (MJ, Stock, Malone, Dream, Barkley, Admiral, Ewing, Pip, Shaq).
 

Guys that also don't come close to the .75 threshold, but who have made the cut:

Wes Unseld
Dennis Johnson
Gail Goodrich
Joe Dumars
K.C. Jones
Jack Twyman
Joe Fulks
David Thompson
Earl Monroe
Connie Hawkins
Tom Gola
Bill Walton
Dan Issel
Calvin Murphy

The BR stats calculator isn't infallible.