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Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Class of 2008

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Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Hall of Fame
Posted on: June 30th, 2009

Thanks to some good advice, we are switching up the format of the fantasy HOF vote to more closely match that of the real HOF. For comparison purposes, it makes more sense to vote on a single class all at once (and makes my life easier as well). No worries though, the two individual votes that I’ve already posted will remain up and running, so if you still feel like voting for Webber or Abdur-Rahim, you can do so on their respective pages.

Vote yay or nay on Chris Webber
Vote yay or nay on Shareef Abdur-Rahim

Now, presenting the remainder of the class of 2008 (and what a sad, sad class it is).* It’ll get better, trust me, but if you feel like any of these guys listed below deserve to be inducted into the Fantasy Hall of Fame, get your vote on. You can always vote for none of the above if you feel like none of these guys are HOF worthy.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

The Vitals

If you are curious, I’ve included a short rundown of each player with their career and peak stats, as well as their career and peak fantasy-related value.

Derek Anderson
Seasons: 11
Career Stats: 12 pts, 3.2 rebs, 3.4 ast, 1.1 stl, 0.1 blks
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 15.3 pts, 4.0 rebs, 3.9 ast, 1.4 stl, 0.2 blks, 1.2 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 24.8 VOFRP (average of 2.3 per season)
Peak Fantasy Value: 5.1 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Rank (Season): 44 (1999), 52 (2000), 55 (2002)

I actually liked owning Derek Anderson back in the day when he was on the Blazers. He did a little bit of everything and was sneakily decent in my opinion, which of course doesn’t add up to anything close to the HOF.

Penny Hardaway
Seasons: 14
Career Stats: 15.2 pts, 4.5 rebs, 5.0 ast, 1.6 stl, 0.4 blks, 0.7 threes
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 19.5 pts, 4.7 rebs, 7.0 ast, 2.0 stl, 0.5 blks, 0.9 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 55.5 VOFRP (average of 3.4 per season)
Peak Fantasy Value: 8.4 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Rank (Season): 5 (1995), 12 (1994), 19 (1996)

At his peak, Hardaway was a very good fantasy player (although he is not quite as spectacular as Little Penny would have me remember). He was consistently a 2nd round fantasy pick until he was forced to have microfracture surgery on his left knee at the age of 30. That basically was the end of his effectiveness both as an actual player and a fantasy player.

Robert Horry
Seasons: 16
Career Stats: 7.0 pts, 4.8 rebs, 2.1 ast, 1.0 stl, 0.9 blks, 0.7 threes
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 9.4 pts, 5.0 rebs, 2.8 ast, 1.4 stl, 1.0 blks, 0.9 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 32.7 VOFRP (average of 2.0 per season)
Peak Fantasy Value: 4.9 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Ranks: 31 (1994), 47 (1995), 59 (1997)

+1 for a 16 year career. Minus infinity for being a top 100 fantasy player in exactly 5 of those seasons.

Damon Stoudamire
Seasons: 13
Career Stats: 13.4 pts, 3.5 rebs, 6.1 ast, 1.1 stl, 0.1 blks, 1.4 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 44.4 VOFRP (average of 3.4 per season)
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 18.9 pts, 4.1 reb, 8.7 ast, 1.5 stl, 0.2 blk, 1.8 threes
Peak Fantasy Value: 6.5 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Ranks: 25 (1995), 32 (1997), 33 (1996)

It’s easy to forget this now, but Stoudamire busted out immediately after becoming the first ever draft pick by the Raptors, winning the rookie of the year award in 1996. His peak three seasons were his first three in the league, where he averaged that 18.9 point 8.7 assist line above. It looked like Stoudamire was in for a perennial all-star caliber career, but then he got traded to those famous Jail Blazers, ended up going to rehab for a few marijuana incidents, got benched for almost an entire season, then got kicked to the curb by the Blazers and slowly petered out of the league over the last few years.

Eric Snow
Seasons: 13
Career Stats: 6.8 pts, 2.5 reb, 5.0 ast, 1.2 stl, 0.1 blk, 0.1 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 13.0 VOFRP (average of 1.0 per season)
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 10 pts, 3.4 reb, 6.9 ast, 1.8 stl, 0.1 blk, 0.1 threes
Peak Fantasy Value: 4.3 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Ranks: 51 (2002), 80 (1998), 86 (1999)

Remember that year Eric Snow decided to score 13 points a game for some strange reason? That has to be one of the flukier fantasy years in recent memory.

Jason Williams
Seasons: 10
Career Stats: 11.4 pts, 2.4 reb, 6.3 ast, 1.3 stl, 0.1 blk, 1.7 threes
Career Fantasy Value: 32.2 VOFRP (average of 3.2 per season)
Peak Stats (Best 3 years): 12.5 pts, 2.6 reb, 7.7 ast, 1.4 stl, 0.1 blk, 1.8 threes
Peak Fantasy Value: 4.5 VOFRP per season
Peak Fantasy Ranks: 54 (2002), 56 (2003), 58 (2001)

One of the interesting things about this HOF vote is being able to take a close look at the stats for guys whose actual performance diverts wildly from the image in your head. For some reason, I remember Williams as the white chocolate assist-machine with a strong fantasy game. In reality, he was a decent but never great number 1 fantasy PG for maybe 3 out of his 10 seasons and was constantly hurt and missing games with injuries.

*If you’ve felt we’ve missed someone, leave a comment or send an email letting us know. Sam Cassell will be in the class of 2009, since he was finally waived after being traded to the Kings this past season. Antoine Walker could have been counted in this class since he didn’t play in 08-09, but he has yet to “officially” called it a career.

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  • EJ
    Back in Penny's heydey, I don't know what the rest of you were doing for fantasy sports, but I was playing in some SIM leagues on Prodigy. Internet was slow and I am pretty sure that espn and the other web sites were still charging $20 per team for fantasy basketball to keep track of the stats. So I was in maybe 1 roto league per year where we kept track of the stats ourselves and scored our own games and then I played in some leagues that were run on a simulator (REPLAY by Thomas Mink or CACTUS) that is similar to drafting teams on NBA Live and simming the games, but you could set your players' minutes and select the number of teams you wanted in the league and stuff like that.

    In that format Penny was an absolute beast! 21-4-7 with 2 steals, could play 3 positions (giving you more flexibility), drew a lot of fouls (fouling out your opponents' players), and shot great percentages for a guard. I was always trying to target him in drafts late first round. Is he Hall of Fame material in the traditional 8 or 9 cat sense, no. But the way I played fantasy hoops back then he might be. At any rate, I didn't vote for him and voted for Horry. You could grab that guy off of waivers anytime you wanted and get a solid boost in threes, steals, and blocks. He is also my all-time favorite player so I had to vote for him, sorry!!
  • I believe I started playing fantasy around 2000 or 2001 online, right around the time when sites started to offer it for free. I'm a lowdown notorious cheapskate and I doubt I would have paid for anything, especially since I was in college at the time.

    So, I came into the game a little late and missed the Penny Hardaway fantasy experience, but I can get how he might have transcended the stats. There really wasn't a player like him in the league at the time, he was a multi-cat stat filler and was a point guard (which every Chris Paul owner can testify is a huge asset). I didn't vote for him either simply because of the injuries and longevity issues, but one of my goals in life is to get someone to make a miniature doll of me. I think that's a sign you've made it.
  • Ouch this is a thin class.

    Damon Stoudamire did lead my team to a victory one year......... but he still isn't going to get a vote for it.
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