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Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Shareef Abdur-Rahim

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Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Hall of Fame
Posted on: June 24th, 2009

The Vitals

Years Played: 12
Career Stat Line (pts/reb/ast/stl/blk/fg%/ft%) : 18.1 / 7.5 / 2.5 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 47% / 81%
Career Value Over Fantasy Replacement Player (VOFRP): 60.3
Career VOFRP (Game Adjusted): 58.1
Highest Fantasy Rank in a Season: 11th (1998-99).
Highest Fantasy Rank in a Season (on the All-Time list): 533

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(my comments below in case you want to vote first)

The Bias

Abdur-Rahim has to be the poster child for good players who are stuck on bad teams. After being drafted by the Grizzles in 1996, he moved on to the Hawks in 2001, followed by the Blazers and finally the Kings (where he made the playoffs for the first time in his career… in 2006).

With post moves and a solid jumper, Abdur-Rahim came fully loaded with very good all-around offensive game. HoopsHype called him a “fake master” – but he could also do a little of this back in the day. In addition, Abdur-Rahim was money in the bank when it came to percentages, he finished his career shooting 47% from the floor and 81% from the line. It was too bad his defense was never quite up to the same standards.

Like our first HOF nominee, Chris Webber, Abdur-Rahim’s knees told him it was time to quit playing the game. Somewhat unlike Webber (in my opinion anyway), his career doesn’t scream HOF. He was very good for a long time, but even in his best year in 1998-99, he was not a top-10 fantasy player. His best season puts him at 533 on the all-time list, which is about 450 spots below Chris Webber’s peak. His game adjusted VOFRP is a very good 58.1, but it came from a sustained 10 year stretch of being a solid 2nd-4th round pick rather than any kind of fantasy dominance.

shareef abdur rahim rookie

With Webber’s fantasy hall of fame induction looking unlikely, Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s chances of making the fantasy HOF seem about as good as his chances of making the real thing.

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  • I like what you're doing here....it might be tough to find ways to talk about Fantasy in the offseason, but this is an interesting one.

    I would like to see Classes, like real HOF voting, so we can vote between 4 or 5 players for each year... some context would make it easier to decide what players belonged. Also, providing stats for their Peak season, or peak points of their career would be helpful...Shareef is a great example of this, because his career numbers were bogged down by several subpar years at the end of his career. I know you have to consider this in the overall equation, but as we all know, injuries are a bitch.
  • Thanks for the suggestions John. I actually had the same idea as you last night - having 1 vote for each hall of fame class. So moving forward, I think that's how we'll do it. Also good point about peak stats or peak value. I'll try to find a way to get something like that in there without spitting out too many numbers.
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