Bobby Jones

Why he should be inducted:

NBA champion (1983)
Appeared in 3 NBA Finals.
6th man of the year (1983)
8-time first team all-defense (NBA) first team, 1-time (2nd team)... Made all-defensive team in every season except his last

Stats:

Season  Ag Tm  Lg     G   MP   FG  FGA  3P  3PA   FT  FTA  ORB  DRB  TRB  AST STL BLK  TO  PF  PTS
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
 1974-75 23 DNA ABA   84 32.2  6.3 10.4 0.0  0.0  2.2  3.2  2.7  5.5  8.2  3.6 2.0 1.8 2.8 3.1 14.8
 1975-76 24 DNA ABA   83 34.3  6.1 10.8 0.0  0.0  2.6  3.7  2.9  6.6  9.5  4.0 2.0 2.2 2.8 3.0 14.9
 1976-77 25 DEN NBA   82 29.5  6.1 10.7           2.9  4.0  2.1  6.1  8.3  3.2 2.3 2.0     2.9 15.1
 1977-78 26 DEN NBA   75 32.5  5.9 10.1           2.8  3.7  2.2  6.3  8.5  3.4 1.8 1.7 2.6 2.9 14.5
 1978-79 27 PHI NBA   80 28.8  4.7  8.8           2.6  3.5  2.5  4.2  6.6  2.5 1.3 1.2 2.1 3.1 12.1
 1979-80 28 PHI NBA   81 26.2  4.9  9.2 0.0  0.0  3.2  4.1  1.9  3.7  5.6  1.8 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.8 13.0
 1980-81 29 PHI NBA   81 25.3  5.0  9.3 0.0  0.0  3.5  4.3  1.8  3.6  5.4  2.8 1.2 0.9 1.8 2.8 13.5
 1981-82 30 PHI NBA   76 28.7  5.5  9.7 0.0  0.0  3.5  4.4  1.4  3.7  5.2  2.5 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.8 14.4
 1982-83 31 PHI NBA   74 23.6  3.4  6.2 0.0  0.0  2.2  2.8  1.4  3.3  4.6  1.9 1.1 1.2 1.5 2.7  9.0
 1983-84 32 PHI NBA   75 23.5  3.0  5.8 0.0  0.0  2.2  2.8  1.2  3.1  4.3  2.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.7  8.3
 1984-85 33 PHI NBA   80 20.4  2.6  4.8 0.0  0.1  2.3  2.7  1.3  2.4  3.7  1.9 1.1 0.6 1.5 2.3  7.5
 1985-86 34 PHI NBA   70 21.7  2.7  4.8 0.0  0.0  1.6  2.1  0.7  1.7  2.4  1.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 2.3  7.0
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
  2 Seasons     ABA  167 33.2  6.2 10.6 0.0  0.0  2.4  3.5  2.8  6.1  8.9  3.8 2.0 2.0 2.8 3.1 14.9
 10 Seasons     NBA  774 26.1  4.4  8.0 0.0  0.0  2.7  3.5  1.7  3.8  5.5  2.4 1.4 1.3 1.8 2.7 11.5
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
 12 Seasons          941 27.3  4.7  8.5 0.0  0.0  2.6  3.5  1.9  4.2  6.1  2.7 1.5 1.4 2.0 2.8 12.1
+------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+

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

Comment:

Jones is arguably the greatest defensive forward in history and would be on the all-time all-defensive team.  When you consider that K.C. Jones is in the hall of fame, despite a career scoring average of 7.4 ppg (9.2 was his season high) on 38.7% shooting and 4.3 apg, that shows that the hall has set a precedent (and rightfully so) for inducting defensive specialists, just as they have inducted offensive specialists, who played poor defense (Pete Maravich).  Jones was a defensive specialist with enough offensive ability to average nearly 15 ppg during his prime.  The voters need to remember that scoring stats get press but defense wins championships.

 


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