2018 Hall Of Fame Inductees (Nash, Hill, Kidd, Allen, Cheeks)

[Neutrinos]

For those of you too young to remember, Grant Hill was an absolute stud with Detroit, and at his best was probably the best player of the 5

Grant Hill Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
Steve Nash Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
Jason Kidd Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
Ray Allen Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
Maurice Cheeks Stats | Basketball-Reference.com

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[tony d]

Congrats to all 5. 5 very solid inductees there for sure.

 

[Voight]

Congrats to Nash - one of the nicest and most loyal players to ever play. A lot of people don't realize the current Warriors are style after his 7 seconds or less offended in Phoenix. He got his ring last year, but he was one of those guys you wanted to see win so bad.

J Kidd was a beast in his prime but since he played on the Nets, never really got much recognition. he carried a hodge lodge group of players to consecutive finals while being a two-way force.

All you gotta know about Hill -

But Hill was hampered by ankle injuries ever since his arrival in Orlando, playing in only four games in his first season with the Magic, 14 games in his second and 29 in his third. He was forced to sit out his entire fourth year with Orlando (2003–04).

In March 2003, Hill underwent a major surgical procedure in which doctors re-fractured his ankle and realigned it with his leg bone. Five days after the surgery was performed, Hill developed a 104.5 °F (40.3 °C) fever and convulsions, and was rushed to a hospital. Doctors removed the splint around his ankle and discovered that Hill had contracted a potentially fatal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. He was hospitalized for a week and had to take intravenous antibiotics for six months.

Went on to play another decade after almost dying and having his ankle realigned.

 

[Terry Yake]

hill would have been one of the all time greats had his career not been completely derailed due to injury

 

[Hadoop]

Grant Hill was my favourite basketball player growing up. How great it is to finally see him headed to the Hall.

 

[Ivan13]

He was LeBron before LeBron.

 

[Neutrinos]

He was LeBron before LeBron.

I disagree. LeBron is on another level

But Hill vs Erving would be an interesting debate

 

[Ivan13]

The hype around him was insane, and the way he played the game was eerily similar to how LeBron plays, from running the breakout, to attacking the rim etc. He was an unreal player before he got destroyed by injuries.