The Hall of Fame for Andre Iguodala – The Mercury News

Warriors Beat writer Danny Emerman informs his thoughts on the NBA

Andre Iguodala is the perfect candidate to retire his number. The intrinsic value that he brought the warrior in their golden years deserves to be anchored in the rafters, the effects that he grabbed the franchise in eight seasons, as he hugged the Bay region.

Everything deserves to be recognized. The Jersey retirement ceremony on Sunday in the Chase Center is intended for this.

But should Iguodala be in conversation for Springfield?

Iguodala will be one of 191 players to retire their number of at least one franchise company, an exclusive group of numbers that became extraordinary for their organizations. About 5,000 people played at least one NBA game. It is rare air.

Even less often: 129 from these 191 players are in the Hall of Fame.

Iguodala has no classic resume in Hall of Fame. He scored an average of 11.3 points per game in his career and occupies the ranking of all time on the 206.-between Carlos Boozer and Ron Harper. The Hall of Fame’s probability model from Basketball Reference, which is responsible for top victory shares, championships and all-star selection, gives him a 12.7% chance of induction (Wayne Embry, Don Nelson and Bernard King are some Player with lower opportunities).

The case for Iguodala is more holistic.

“Points have never defined his game,” said Steve Kerr, once a voter Hall of Fame. “What his game defined was how good he was in everything … Andre is not her classic Hall of Fame candidate, but if you look at the effects on winning, he will be a candidate of the Hall of Fame.”

Iguodala only has an all-star selection to his name, but that’s not a dealbreaker. Thirteen Hall of Famers were never all-stars, and four others were also honored once.

The first championship of the Warriors 10 years ago would not have been possible without Kerr’s decision to accept Iguodala on the bench and the willingness of the veteran to accept it. He returned triumphantly at the start of five in the NBA final to check LeBron James.

Iguodala won the final MVP for swinging this series. The award began in 1969, and Cedric Maxwell is the only person who wins and is not included in the Hall of Fame.

This is history in Iguodala’s favor.

Iguodala is one of 12 players with at least two all-defensive team honors, four titles and an all-star nod. This list: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Draymond Green, John Havlicek, Horace Grant and Iguodala.

Pretty good company!

In 19 seasons, Igoudala caught up 100.36 victory shares and took the 100th place in the history of the NBA/ABA. He is over Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Chris Mulllin, Tim Hardaway and James Worthy. There are dozens of Hall of Famers with lower profit shares, a metric that measures a long period of all-round effects of OVR.

If he had accepted in 2027, Iguodala would certainly not be the worst Hall of Famer.