Adrian Dantley

Why he should be inducted:

2-time scoring champion (1981, 84)
6-time All-Star
2-time college All-American (1981, 84)

Stats:

 Season  Ag Tm  Lg     G   MP   FG  FGA  3P  3PA   FT  FTA  ORB  DRB  TRB  AST STL BLK  TO  PF  PTS
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
 1976-77 20 BUF NBA   77 36.6  7.1 13.6           6.2  7.6  3.3  4.4  7.6  1.9 1.2 0.2     2.8 20.3
 1977-78 21 IND NBA   23 41.2  8.7 17.5           9.0 11.4  4.1  5.3  9.4  2.8 2.1 0.7 2.9 3.3 26.5
            LAL NBA   56 35.4  6.7 12.9           6.0  7.4  3.1  4.2  7.2  3.4 1.3 0.1 2.9 2.8 19.4
            TOT NBA   79 37.1  7.3 14.3           6.8  8.6  3.4  4.5  7.8  3.2 1.5 0.3 2.9 2.9 21.5
 1978-79 22 LAL NBA   60 29.6  6.2 12.2           4.9  5.7  2.2  3.5  5.7  2.3 1.1 0.2 2.6 2.7 17.3
 1979-80 23 UTA NBA   68 39.3 10.7 18.6 0.0  0.0  6.5  7.7  2.7  4.9  7.6  2.8 1.4 0.2 3.4 3.1 28.0
 1980-81 24 UTA NBA   80 42.7 11.4 20.3 0.0  0.1  7.9  9.8  2.4  4.0  6.4  4.0 1.4 0.2 3.5 3.1 30.7
 1981-82 25 UTA NBA   81 39.8 11.2 19.6 0.0  0.0  8.0 10.1  2.9  3.5  6.3  4.0 1.2 0.2 3.7 3.1 30.3
 1982-83 26 UTA NBA   22 40.3 10.6 18.3 0.0  0.0  9.5 11.3  2.6  3.7  6.4  4.8 0.9 0.0 3.7 2.8 30.7
 1983-84 27 UTA NBA   79 37.8 10.2 18.2 0.0  0.1 10.3 12.0  2.3  3.4  5.7  3.9 0.8 0.1 3.3 2.5 30.6
 1984-85 28 UTA NBA   55 35.8  9.3 17.5 0.0  0.0  8.0  9.9  2.7  3.2  5.9  3.4 1.0 0.1 3.1 2.4 26.6
 1985-86 29 UTA NBA   76 36.1 10.8 19.1 0.0  0.1  8.3 10.5  2.3  2.9  5.2  3.5 0.8 0.1 3.0 2.7 29.8
 1986-87 30 DET NBA   81 33.8  7.4 13.9 0.0  0.1  6.7  8.2  1.3  2.8  4.1  2.0 0.8 0.1 2.2 2.4 21.5
 1987-88 31 DET NBA   69 31.1  6.4 12.5 0.0  0.0  7.1  8.3  1.2  2.1  3.3  2.5 0.6 0.1 2.0 2.1 20.0
 1988-89 32 DET NBA   42 31.9  6.1 11.8 0.0  0.0  6.1  7.3  1.3  2.6  3.9  2.2 0.5 0.1 1.9 2.4 18.4
            DAL NBA   31 34.9  6.8 14.8 0.0  0.0  6.6  8.5  2.1  2.9  4.9  2.5 0.6 0.2 2.6 2.8 20.3
            TOT NBA   73 33.2  6.4 13.1 0.0  0.0  6.3  7.8  1.6  2.7  4.3  2.3 0.6 0.2 2.2 2.5 19.2
 1989-90 33 DAL NBA   45 28.9  5.1 10.8 0.0  0.0  4.4  5.6  1.7  2.1  3.8  1.8 0.4 0.2 1.7 2.2 14.7
 1990-91 34 MIL NBA   10 12.6  1.9  5.0 0.1  0.3  1.8  2.6  0.8  0.5  1.3  0.9 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.8  5.7
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
 15 Seasons          955 35.8  8.6 15.8 0.0  0.1  7.2  8.7  2.3  3.4  5.7  3.0 1.0 0.2 2.9 2.7 24.3
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+

Stats from http://www.basketball-reference.com/

College

                   +-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
                   |                               Total                               |  Shooting  |     Per Game     |
                   +-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
 Season  College   |  G   MP   FG  FGA  3P 3PA   FT  FTA  TRB  AST STL BLK  TO  PF  PTS| FG% 3P% FT%| MP  TRB  AST  PTS|
+------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
 1973-74 notredame | 28  795  189  339          133  161  255   40                  511|  56      83| 28  9.1  1.4 18.3|
 1974-75 notredame | 29 1091  315  581          253  314  296   47                  883|  54      81| 38 10.2  1.6 30.4|
 1975-76 notredame | 29 1056  300  510          229  294  292   49                  829|  59      78| 36 10.1  1.7 28.6|
+------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
 3 Seasons         | 86 2942  804 1430          615  769  843  136                 2223|  56      80| 34  9.8  1.6 25.8|
+------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+

Stats from Jazzy J's College Basketball Stats
 

Comment:

Many players are in the hall of fame based on stats.  Dantley has the stats.  He had a reputation as having a bad attitude, and that may hurt him.  No one can deny that he may be the greatest 6'5" post player to ever play the game.


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