It's the 4th Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2021 Inductees

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back at it again, let's get adulatory baby

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Role Player Hollafame Class of 2021 Inductee: Andre Miller (16 points, 4 votes, 2 1st place votes)
Roles: quintessential point god, ironman
Notable stats: 1st Team All-Rookie, 2001-02 Assists champ, 11th all-time in career assists, 42nd all-time in career steals, played 632 straight games
Why they never reached stardom: Despite averaging double figures in scoring for each of his first 12 seasons, he was never an elite scorer (career-high 17 PPG in 2007-08) which is usually what does it. Playing for 9 different teams couldn’t have helped, either.

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Role Player Hollafame Class of 2021 Inductee: Mike Bibby (10 points, 3 votes)
Roles: first generation of 3-point specialist shoot-first PGs
Notable stats: 1st Team All-Rookie, 50th all-time in career assists, 38th all-time in 3-pointers made
Why they never reached stardom: Honestly, because he played in Vancouver and Sacramento during his prime years. Averaged 21/3/5 on .432/.386/.849 in 2005-06 and didn’t make the All-Star team (Nash and Parker were the West PG’s).

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Role Player Hollafame Class of 2021 Inductee: Byron Scott (6 points, 2 votes)
Roles: buckets and clamps, 3-point specialist before there was such a thing
Notable stats: 1st Team All-Rookie, 3-time NBA champ, 90th all-time career steals
Why they never reached stardom: Best years spent playing in the shadow of Kareem, Magic, and Worthy. In 1988 he led the Lakers in scoring and still didn’t make the All-Star team behind Kareem’s geriatric ass.

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Role Player Hollafame Class of 2021 Inductee: Jalen Rose (5 points, 2 votes)
Roles: buckets
Notable stats: 2nd Team All-Rookie, 1999-00 MIP
Why they never reached stardom: relatively short prime (6 seasons above 15 PPG), best seasons on bad teams (22.1 PPG on 02-03 Bulls, a 30-win team) or competing against a bunch of other wings in the east for attention (Grant Hill, Glenn Robinson, Allan Houston, Eddie Jones, etc.)

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Role Player Hollafame Class of 2021 Inductee: Tayshaun Prince (5 points, 2 votes)
Roles: at the forefront of the 3&D role player movement, winner
Notable stats: 4-time All-defense, NBA champ, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, murdered Reggie Miller on live television
Why they never reached stardom: an essential but not prolific member of the Pistons who had better scorers (B*llups, Hamilton) and better defenders (Wallace).

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previous inductees:

It's the 3rd Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2020 Inductees

It's the 2nd Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2019 Inductees

It's the 1st Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2018 Inductees

beautiful. great group!

this was mike bibby's best playoff series: https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200404290SAC.html

torched the overstuffed antoine/antwan mavs team. bibby is also probably the best vancouver grizzly of all time, which is not saying much

great work mb!

idk which picture mkes me laugh more, sad bibby thinking baout things or byron scott's dan flashes-ass shirt

sad swole bibby

swole bibby looks like he was weirdly constructed from parts of different human beings

frankenbibby

ACTUALLY frankenbibby is the name of the dr who worked on bibby

frankenbibby's monstar

I didn’t vote because I’m a bad person, but these are some good inductees. I remember Bibby being the guy taking big shots for the Kings in 2002. 10% of the players being drafted tonight being named Jalen has got to be part of Rose’s legacy at this point. Obviously there have always been ~wingspan~ guys, but Tayshaun was one of the first I remember being talked about that way.

very nice group, all deserving hollas. Really loved tayshaun and bibbs as laker antagonists of the era (kings were robbed)

a little surprised my #1 didn’t make it! Next year!

oh shit clay your ballot went in2 spam

wow excuse me while I rage at the darkness

july 28, 2021, the day clay's vote wasnt counted, call him stevie disenfranchise

i will just say that clay if your #1 stays your #1 next year there is a tremendous chance they will be inducted next year wink

stop the steal

no, steals are good, look at this year's class

good stuff

I thought long and hard about voting for Derek Fisher this time, I have to admit. Didn't want to get banned though.

lolllll

imo the Kings and Bibby were robbed of a Finals appearance in this series by the dang refs/league/a global conspiracy/etc.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2002-nba-western-conference-finals-lakers-vs-kings.html

I thought long and hard about voting for Derek Fisher this time, I have to admit. Didn't want to get banned though.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:49 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

dont you do it! ..... ever!