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superdave
Webber is a good comparison because he had some injury issues too, but had a very high peak as a player. He averaged 55 games per season over his career.
1st team all-NBA once, 2nd team 3X, 3rd team once. Five all-star appearances. Just missed averaging 20/10 for his career, which is big. His peak was in 2001 when he averaged 27/11 and pushed Shaq in the Western Finals...and lost.
Basketball Reference only gives Webber a 14.6% chance of making the Hall. I guess longevity really helps Hill, who played 200 more games the Webber.
Without looking further into it, it seems odd that Richmond is in and Webber is not and doesn't have a great shot. That guy had a fantastic peak. When he was getting all-NBA honours, power forward was a super stacked position. Richmond was also very good and probably one of the top 5 shooting guards in the league for awhile, but that was a much weaker position, after Jordan.
I hope and expect Grant to be a Hall of Famer. I believe it's a basketball Hall of Fame, and not just NBA, so Grant 's amazing college career should also help. It might also help that he was considered a great teammate throughout his career and as Jason said, he seems to be one of the really good guys.
“Those two kids, they’re champions,” Krzyzewski said of his senior leaders. “They’re trying to teach the other kids how to become that, and it’s a long road to become that.”