The Net Hall of Fame Poll
Dateline: 08/06/97
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WNBA Update
The recent success of the Cleveland Rockers can primarily
be attributed to their offense. Over the past couple weeks,
they have become the best shooting team in the league
and cut down on turnovers....
The WNBA attendance increased again to almost 8900
per game, though there is no mention of the TV ratings
in anything the league sends me....
The WNBA regular season ends 8/24.
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This week I am posting the
Net Basketball Hall of Fame ballot,
put together and handled by Nate Smith from that basketball powerhouse,
MIT. It is explicitly his poll and we will play
by his rules. Among these are:
Do not vote for a player just because they are in the
Springfield
Hall of Fame.
All reasonable NBA & ABA players are placed into 5 basic
categories:
- SuperEchelon (S): any ballot with more than 18 SE names are
invalidated. this is the select few, the
cream of the HOF!
- Solid HOF (H): this player is definitely HOF material
- Marginal HOF (M): this player is just barely HOF or will be
- Not HOF (x): this player is not ever going to be HOF
- No vote: this player has not been playing long enough yet
OR you do not recognize the name of this player
College careers are not considered. Sure, Caltech's Ed Zanelli
was known to light up MIT for lots of points -- and
that is a very honorable deed -- it doesn't earn him a spot
next to George Yardley.
Broadcast careers are not considered. Do not vote for
Bill Walton just because you think he excels alongside Marv
Albert. Actually, please do not vote at all if you
think Walton is a good broadcaster.
Coaching record is not considered. Don't vote for Pat
Riley unless you think it was his 7 ppg and 15 minutes per game
for the '72 Lakers that brought them their 69-13 win-loss record.
Take your time. This poll runs as long as Nate finds it amusing,
which Nate called "forever".
This means that you shouldn't vote for Allen Iverson just because
he was Rookie of the Year. This means that you shouldn't vote for
Frank Ramsey unless you know who he was.
Don't cheat! Nate keeps track of who sends in the ballots.
The way he does this is by keeping track of your email address
and, even though I provide a simple form to fill out, you will have
to email it to him in a different form, as
directed on the ballot.
Take me to the vote!
Check back occasionally and I will post the results here.