Why he should be inducted:
NBA:
4-time NBA All-Star
Dallas Mavericks all-time leader in points (16,643), field goals, and starts
NCAA:
Two-time All-American
3-time Big 8 defensive player of the year
3-time first team All-Big 8 first team
Named to the 1980 Olympic team
1980 Big 8 player of the year
Named to the All-decade (1980) Big 8 team
Named to the ESPN All-Big XII Silver Anniversary team
Stats:
Regular Season
Season Ag Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 1981-82 22 DAL NBA 82 24.1 5.4 10.4 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.4 1.2 1.9 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.5 13.3 1982-83 23 DAL NBA 75 31.3 6.8 13.9 0.0 0.2 4.0 5.1 1.4 2.5 3.9 2.5 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.5 17.7 1983-84 24 DAL NBA 81 37.3 8.9 16.3 0.0 0.1 4.6 5.7 1.5 3.1 4.6 3.6 0.7 0.5 2.1 1.6 22.4 1984-85 25 DAL NBA 81 35.0 7.7 15.2 0.1 0.2 4.2 5.1 1.3 2.4 3.7 3.6 0.8 0.2 2.0 1.2 19.7 1985-86 26 DAL NBA 82 34.0 8.3 16.1 0.0 0.4 4.9 5.9 1.1 2.5 3.5 3.3 1.0 0.3 2.3 1.7 21.5 1986-87 27 DAL NBA 80 34.5 7.8 15.8 0.1 0.2 5.2 5.9 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.3 0.8 0.3 2.2 1.8 21.0 1987-88 28 DAL NBA 71 36.3 7.0 14.8 0.0 0.1 4.7 5.3 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.7 0.9 0.3 2.0 1.6 18.7 1988-89 29 DAL NBA 78 37.8 7.6 16.0 0.4 1.1 4.1 4.7 0.9 2.6 3.5 3.7 0.8 0.3 2.1 1.8 19.7 1989-90 30 DAL NBA 80 36.7 7.8 15.7 0.2 0.5 3.6 4.3 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.6 1.0 0.3 2.2 1.6 19.4 1990-91 31 DAL NBA 80 37.1 7.9 16.5 0.5 1.4 3.5 4.1 0.8 2.4 3.2 3.8 0.9 0.2 2.0 1.9 19.9 1991-92 32 DAL NBA 75 33.7 7.1 15.5 0.9 2.3 3.2 3.5 1.0 2.1 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.3 2.0 1.8 18.3 1992-93 33 NYK NBA 60 23.9 4.0 9.0 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.6 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.2 9.7 1993-94 34 NYK NBA 55 17.6 2.9 6.7 0.5 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.8 7.3 +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 13 Seasons 980 32.7 7.0 14.3 0.2 0.7 3.7 4.4 1.1 2.3 3.3 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.9 1.7 18.0 +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Post Season
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+ | Total | Shooting | Per Game | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+ Year Ag Tm Lg | G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS| FG% 3P% FT%| MP TRB AST PTS| +---------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+ 1984 24 DAL NBA| 10 397 93 175 0 0 53 63 41 40 6 4 24 15 239| 53 84| 40 4.1 4.0 23.9| 1985 25 DAL NBA| 4 169 47 92 1 2 36 38 26 19 2 2 14 8 131| 51 50 95| 42 6.5 4.8 32.8| 1986 26 DAL NBA| 10 371 83 167 0 1 42 53 35 32 8 1 20 26 208| 50 0 79| 37 3.5 3.2 20.8| 1987 27 DAL NBA| 4 153 36 73 0 1 22 24 14 17 2 0 8 7 94| 49 0 92| 38 3.5 4.3 23.5| 1988 28 DAL NBA| 17 672 126 261 0 3 55 62 55 77 15 3 25 28 307| 48 0 89| 40 3.2 4.5 18.1| 1990 30 DAL NBA| 3 127 24 54 2 5 10 10 9 13 6 2 13 7 60| 44 40 100| 42 3.0 4.3 20.0| 1993 33 NYK NBA| 15 214 22 64 4 15 15 18 17 16 3 2 21 22 63| 34 27 83| 14 1.1 1.1 4.2| 1994 34 NYK NBA| 6 34 3 11 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 6 8| 27 50 | 6 0.5 0.5 1.3| +---------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+ 8 Seasons | 69 2137 434 897 9 31 233 268 200 217 42 14 126 119 1110| 48 29 87| 31 2.9 3.1 16.1| +---------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
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| +------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+ 1977-78 kansasst | 29 967 127 269 61 93 187 45 315| 47 66| 33 6.4 1.6 10.9| 1978-79 kansasst | 28 1056 200 392 83 113 110 79 483| 51 73| 38 3.9 2.8 17.3| 1979-80 kansasst | 31 1103 226 419 100 145 145 97 552| 54 69| 36 4.7 3.1 17.8| 1980-81 kansasst | 33 1239 202 380 90 115 165 102 494| 53 78| 38 5.0 3.1 15.0| +------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+ 4 Seasons |121 4365 755 1460 334 466 607 323 1844| 52 72| 36 5.0 2.7 15.2| +------------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
Stats from Jazzy J's College Basketball Stats Comment:
Blackman was considered by many to be the 2nd greatest shooting guard of the 1980s, behind Michael Jordan. He excelled in college like few others and would make any all-time Big 8/Big XII team. He excelled on both ends of the courts. There are lesser players in the hall. Blackman needs to be in.