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Alternate Title: Everyone Loves Hakeem Olajuwon
Which I think was picked up as a pilot this season by CBS.

With fantasy basketball right around the corner (and with Yahoo saying that fantasy basketball begins NOW), the time feels right for an update on our fantasy hall of fame vote. To recap, we’ve worked our way through 7 seasons (2002-2008) over the summer and here is where the vote currently stands.
The HOFers
Hakeem Olajuwon (95%)
Karl Malone (92%)
Michael Jordan (85%)
Gary Payton (83%)
Reggie Miller (81%)
John Stockton (78%)
Scottie Pippen (76%)
Patrick Ewing (72%)
Chris Webber (71%)
David Robinson (71%)
If the vote ended today (which it doesn’t) and the cut-off was 2/3 of the vote (which is slightly more lenient than the real Hall of Fame, but this is the Internet and all), then 10 players would be inducted into our fantasy hall of fame. Leading the list is Hakeem Olajuwon with 95% of the vote (37 out of 39 votes). No one deserves to be in this HOF more than the Dream, oh right, except for Michael Jordan, who has 7 of the top 20 fantasy seasons of all time. Shame on the 15% of you who didn’t vote for him.
But Olajuwon really was one of the best – if not best – player on this list not named Michael Jordan. He averaged – AVERAGED – a 22 and 11 with 3 blocks a game over his career. Interestingly, David Robinson averaged a 21 and 10.6 with 3 blocks a game over his career, but has gotten 24% less of the vote than Olajuwon. I guess that puts Kelly Dwyer’s post about David Robinson into perspective.
And here are the players who received at least one vote but probably won’t make the cut:
Mitch Richmond (44%)
Latrell Sprewell (38%)
Tim Hardaway (35%)
Mookie Blaylock (33%)
Anfernee Hardaway (28%)
Shawn Kemp (25%)
Glen Rice (24%)
Vlade Divac (24%)
Nick Van Exel (18%)
Robert Horry (15%)
Derrick Coleman (14%)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (13%)
Allan Houston (11%)
Glenn Robinson (11%)
Keith Van Horn (11%)
Jalen Rose (10%)
Toni Kukoc (9%)
Terrell Brandon (8%)
Terry Porter (8%)
Horace Grant (8%)
Tom Gugliotta (8%)
Clifford Robinson (8%)
None of these guys (8%)
Mark Jackson (6%)
Jamal Mashburn (6%)
Doug Christie (6%)
Dan Majerle (5%)
Danny Manning (5%)
Rod Strickland (5%)
Jim Jackson (5%)
Charles Oakley (4%)
Damon Stoudamire (4%)
Christian Laettner (3%)
Kendall Gill (3%)
Shawn Bradley (3%)
Kenny Anderson (3%)
Anthony Mason (2%)
Kevin Willis (2%)
You could make a reasonable case for any of the guys on the list down to probably… Robert Horry. Horry has the name recognition and maybe even belongs in the actual HOF (if you believe in that postseason crap) but has nowhere near the fantasy career to be a HOF guy. Personally, I’m especially fond of Mitch Richmond, who was pure shooting gold for most of his career.
But hey, the vote ain’t over yet. Nels and I have been busy working on a little project you might have heard of called the Four Fingers Draft Guide, but I plan to run through a few more fantasy HOF votes before the NBA regular season begins. We have to make it to at least the year 2000. No HOF is complete without Charles Barkley.
Until then, the vote for past years remains open. Mitch Richmond for President!
2008 Vote
2007 Vote
2006 Vote
2005 Vote
2004 Vote
2003 Vote
2002 Vote
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