Carter walked the long river and finally knocked on the door of the Hall of Fame. But on the Chinese Internet, doubts are endless, and they have long drowned out the hoarse "VC, you deserve it" of Carter fans.
was questioned as early as expected, because a few years ago, Carter's old cousin Maddie was already choked by fans when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, saying that his honor was thin and his team led the team poorly, which lowered the threshold for the Hall of Fame.
Now Carter has to face the same harsh criticism, and if Carmelo Anthony is selected in the future, it is likely that he will not be exempt from this.
As everyone knows, none of these three have champions and no excellent honors, so in the eyes of angry fans who only have championship or performance theories, Maddie and Carter, two difficult brothers, how can He De enter the highest hall of basketball?
What is the threshold for the NBA Hall of Fame? In their view, only by being strict and strict can we ensure authority and credibility.
What do you look at in competitive sports if you don't look at results? Athletes are supposed to speak with results.
Jordan, Bird, Magic, who have all the honors in the basketball world, needless to say, they danced at the top of the pyramid and entered the Hall of Fame;
Needless to say, Malone, Barkley, Stockton, Iverson, and Nash, who have all the honors except for the championship, have fully proved to the world how good they are, and they are worthy of being in the Hall of Fame.
Compared to the players listed above, Maddie and Carter's honors are indeed almost meaningless. The absence of a championship is a flaw for both of them.
Maddie has not won any awards other than a seven-time All-Star, the Most Improved Player Award, the scoring title, two first-team, three-time second-team, and two-third-team team.
Carter has one second-team, one three-team, and eight All-Star appearances on his honor list, and it is worth mentioning that he ranks 21st in scoring history.
Of course, we know that it is not easy to get these honors, and they have a high standard, but referring to the standards of the NBA Hall of Fame in the past, they are indeed embarrassed to be in the "high or low" batch.
Poor Maddie will always be the one who bears the brunt.
As long as they have an MVP blessing, even if they are All-Star MVPs, or retreat to the second best by adding an assist king, a steal king, or even a little bit of success in one defense and two defenses, those who are dissatisfied with this will not dare to shout so unscrupulously.
In other words, the accolades they have won't be convincing enough, believe it or not, Billups, who was selected with Carter, has been an All-Star five times and hasn't made a single defense, but sorry, he has a championship ring and an FMVP trophy.
What's even more outrageous is that there are some role players who hug their thighs and win the championship, which immediately increases the weight of entering the Hall of Fame, such as 76ers star Cheeks and so on.
The world is so cruel that to shut up the doubters, a ring is enough.
To be fair, Maddy Carter is by no means the best of the stars who have entered the Hall of Fame in history, but they are by no means the worst, and it is indeed a no-brainer for them to say that they have lowered the bar to the Hall of Fame.
There are also many people of the same type as them, such as Chris Webber, Inglish, Bernard King, Chris Mullin, Reggie Miller, who may not have won Maddie in terms of honors (awards) alone, but when they entered the Hall of Fame, why were they free from the saliva of fans?
As everyone knows, there are not a few fans of the past and the present, and the most important thing is because several of the above listed fans have gone further than Maddie in the playoffs -
Chris Webber reached the Western Conference finals in 2002, and it is widely believed that the Kings lost to the Lakers that year because of the black whistle, so Webber would have had a chance to enter the Finals and fight for the championship.
Reggie Miller is a regular in the East Finals, and has also played in the Finals, and more importantly, his image of playing against Jordan in the 90s is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, full of drama and story.
Golden left-hand Chris Mullin had a miserable playoff record during the Warriors' time, and it was thanks to going to the Pacers in the late stage to match Miller that he made his playoff resume look better.
Inglish was the pure scorer of the Nuggets that year, won the scoring title once, but played in the Western Conference finals, and was the minister of the humerus.
Bernard King is great, but he has only made it to the second round of the playoffs once in his career.
Maddie lost on the playoff record, and as we all know, the team with him as the boss didn't make it to the second round of the playoffs.
Therefore, the lack of honor and poor playoff record and the entry into the Hall of Fame will definitely not be bought by fans. According to this logic, Carter's situation is naturally no better than Maddie's.
I have to admit that Carter's dunk is highly ornamental, and it is the only one in NBA history, but it cannot constitute a necessary condition for being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Although the Hall of Fame standard has been slightly loosened in recent years, the general direction is still there, otherwise it is too outrageous, after all, the slam dunk contest is a purely entertaining performance, and it doesn't matter if you dunk well in actual combat, it is two points.
So, to get back to the roots, is there a hard and fast entry criterion for the Hall of Fame?
In fact, it is a very mysterious line, which can neither be quantified nor scaled, and everyone understands that any selection mechanism mixed with personal will will certainly not be objective and fair, and this is true for all evaluation rankings, such as 75
There is a lot of controversy
At the beginning of the establishment of the Hall of Fame, it was stipulated that all people who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of basketball, regardless of gender, age, nationality, color, race, are eligible to enter the Hall of Fame, but after the player retires, the coach must coach for at least 25 years before being eligible for nomination.
Once a nomination has been made, at least five members of the Hall of Fame's seven-member preliminary panel agree to proceed to the review process, which covers all performances of the player or coach on and off the court, in addition to a written opinion from the seven-member preliminary panel.
There are 24 members in the review stage, they will discuss the preliminary list regularly or irregularly, at least 18 people pass, the nominees can be selected, of course, the losers can apply for the next year's competition, the conditions are not superior enough, and there are many people who have been running for many years.
Therefore, the selection of Maddie and Carter is also the mature result of the committee's prudent resolution. However, it is difficult for fans to know the complex process and the reference basis for the selection.
In the sixties and seventies, only one NBA or ABA player was selected for almost every class, and even those who did not meet the conditions were eliminated rather than settled, resulting in a very small number of inductees.
For example, in 1963, only three people were selected, and in 1966 and 1969, there were even only two, setting a record for the lowest number of selections in history.
And most importantly, the requirements for the selected NBA players are also extremely high, that is, they must be championship winners, from George McCann in 1959 to Willis Reed, Frank Ramsey, Slater Martin, and Halgreer in 1982;
All 25 NBA stars in the past 24 years have had at least one ring, including the best of the best of all—Bob Cousy 6, Frank Ramsey 7 times, and Bill Russell 11.
But in 1983, a white player named Jack Twyman was mixed into the selected NBA players, he was empty-handed, honoring Liao Liao, and by today's standards, the trolls would definitely rush to him, scold him as a sieve, and give him the hat of "lowering the threshold of the Hall of Fame".
Wait, don't be in a hurry to scold first, the Hall of Fame is harsh, but it's not a little humane, it stands to reason that Jack Twyman is definitely not eligible for selection, because he has not won anything in his career except for 6 All-Star 2 times, but he is a good person;
NBA player Morris Stokes was paralyzed by a concussion, and Jack Twyman showed great love and selflessly asked for help.
So being inducted into the Hall of Fame is the best reward for his angelic good deeds.
But by 1985, the two NBA players selected did not have championship rings, one was Al Chervi, who was a veteran of the Syracuse Nation in the early NBA, and was full of honor during the NBL period, which can be said to be the uncrowned king of the early NBA;
The other is Nate Thurmond, the 1963 center who turned out to be a defensive blue-collar player, winning two first-and-three second-defense defenses, but he gave the "Richfield Miracle" and played in the Finals, but he was out of the tournament in both cases.
Seeing this, everyone should be able to see a clue, although Thurmond's honors and achievements are reasonable, but you must know that from the early must be a champion member to the eighties suddenly became a Thurmond-style selection, this standard gap is still relatively large.
Fortunately, Thurmond did not catch up with the Internet age, otherwise he would not have escaped the soul torture.
In 1992, it was even more outrageous, and the two selected NBA players, Bob Neal and Coney Hollins, did not mention the championship ring, losing both in honor and playoff results, and even compared to Maddie Carter;
It is not unjust to say that the two of them have lowered the threshold of the Hall of Fame, but these are quickly drowned in the pile of old papers of history, and no one cares about it, let alone care.
But since then, it's been a fact that Hall of Fame standards have loosened, and there has been a strange tendency to favor defensive players who don't have enough accolades.
For example, although Cheeks mentioned above has the blessing of the championship, he has 4 first defenses and 1 second defense;
His teammate Bobby Jones has eight one-stops and one two-stop, as well as Moncliffe, who doesn't have a championship, but has two DPOYs and four first-defenses, not to mention Ben Wallace in the late game.
In general, to enter the Hall of Fame, even if you don't have a championship in hand, you must have enough weight, valuable, enough to be shocking, and a decisive plus.
Maddie and Carter are excellent, but relatively speaking, they are not top enough, not extreme enough, and there are too many places for people to criticize (that is, to find thorns and find faults), so they can enter the Hall of Fame, whether it is in terms of honor or record, both of them have room for discussion.
The benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, but from the perspective of influence, or out of emotional considerations, they have indeed and effectively influenced generation after generation.
In fact, the Hall of Fame has never been a monolith, and although it has its own limitations, it is not a good thing to put a little more humanistic in the course of history.
So, why not be selected by Carter?