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Originally Posted by Pioneer10
Was Worthy a HOF player, like I said it's debatable.
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Personally, I don't think it's too debateable. His PERs aren't exceptional, he doesn't get upgraded any for defense and he was entirely one-dimensional (unexceptional rebounder or passer), yet not even his biggest supporters would suggest he was a fantastic, or all-time great, scorer.
And it's highly arguable as to whether his PERs were helped or hurt by playing on the Showtime Lakers. He may have been second- or third-option for while, but in an offense that played at tremendous pace and produced lots of opportunities for everyone, by design.
Do you really believe that without the aura of the Showtime Lakers (say he had played out his career on the 1980s Kings) he would have been seriously considered for the Hall of Fame?