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.