Who diserves HOF/retired laker#? Norm Nixon, Byron Scott, Vlade Divac or Eddie Jones

[kennethgriffin]

all boarderline hall of famers..

all big time lakers for a while...

Jamaal Wilkes just got into the hall of fame in 2012 and will have his number 52 retired by the lakers in the upcoming season.

who will be next?

one of these guys... or Shaq in another 4 years

[caliman]

If those guys are borderline HOF'ers then the Hall has really low standards. It should be reserved for the greats, not the pretty goods.

Next Laker HOF'er will be Shaq.

[fatboy11]

Definitely Byron Scott.

[kennethgriffin]

If those guys are borderline HOF'ers then the Hall has really low standards. It should be reserved for the greats, not the pretty goods.

Next Laker HOF'er will be Shaq.

you act like they did nothing... people on here talk about gasol being a hall of famer... his career isnt much better than nixon or scott

byron was the leading scorer on a few championship teams

nixon averaged nearly 20ppg most of his career

divac was the best player on LA for a while

eddie jones overall career is pretty good... all nba and all defensive teams, multiple allstar games

[fatboy11]

nixon averaged nearly 20ppg most of his career

Norm Nixon never averaged 20 PPG. Not one time. Not even close, really.

[caliman]

you act like they did nothing... people on here talk about gasol being a hall of famer... his career isnt much better than nixon or scott

byron was the leading scorer on a few championship teams

nixon averaged nearly 20ppg most of his career

divac was the best player on LA for a while

eddie jones overall career is pretty good... all nba and all defensive teams, multiple allstar games

I didn't say they did nothing. But did they do anything HOF worthy? Hell no!!!! It's debatable whether they did anything Staples Center Wall worthy.

[get these NETS]

norm is the best choice

he was the leader on the lakers before Magic emerged

in fact they only got rid of norm when they realized the Magic could/should be playing point...he wasn't technically a point guard in the beginning


byron scott?.nah......never saw a double team the entire time he played for lakers

vlade?..nah...lakers went nowhere with him in the middle


jones...nah...exciting player but not a winning player

[kurt_rambis]

norm nixon was the best player of those four, and probably had the best career. he was the starting point guard on two of those 80s laker championship teams (even though magic averaged more assists)

byron was good, but seemed like more a product of the system. the number of wide open jumpers he got because magic or kareem were being double-teamed was ridiculous. pretty one-dimensional player, and his disappearing act in the 91 finals to this day pisses me off

[kennethgriffin]

Norm Nixon never averaged 20 PPG. Not one time. Not even close, really.

well if close to 20 is right below at 19 then yes he didnt

but he had a string of 17ppg+ seasons

and on a team where you have to share with magic/kareem and a few other possible hall of famers... thats pretty good

and he was a point guard averaging nearly 10apg for most of those years

one year he was over 10apg

playing with magic at pg in 81 nixon still managed 9 apg

[kennethgriffin]

I didn't say they did nothing. But did they do anything HOF worthy? Hell no!!!! It's debatable whether they did anything Staples Center Wall worthy.

well to get your laker jersey retired you have to make the hall of fame

wilkes had to wait till 2012 to get his jersey retired because of it

[fatboy11]

well if close to 20 is right below at 19 then yes he didnt

but he had a string of 17ppg+ seasons

He never averaged over 17.6 PPG in any one NBA season. His career scoring average is 15.7 PPG. If he "averaged nearly 20 PPG for his whole career", his career scoring average would be close to 20 PPG.

I'm not taking anything away from him, he was a great player, but you were wrong to say that. 17 PPG is not "nearly 20 PPG". 3 PPG doesn't sound like a whole lot but that actually is a lot of points to raise your average by 3 PPG. The guy was never near a 20 PPG scorer.

[MisterAmazing]

divac was the best player on LA for a while

[b0bab0i]

Eddie Jones.

[kennethgriffin]

He never averaged over 17.6 PPG in any one NBA season. His career scoring average is 15.7 PPG. If he "averaged nearly 20 PPG for his whole career", his career scoring average would be close to 20 PPG.

I'm not taking anything away from him, he was a great player, but you were wrong to say that. 17 PPG is not "nearly 20 PPG". 3 PPG doesn't sound like a whole lot but that actually is a lot of points to raise your average by 3 PPG. The guy was never near a 20 PPG scorer.

didnt i just get done saying "well if you say close to 20 is only 19 then yes he wasnt close."

but 17 is like 1-2 shots away from being 20


if someone put up 97 points in a game... you would say " well he basically got 100 points

you wouldnt say "no ... you would need 99 points to say that.. it was closer to a 95 point game IMO."

lol seriously... who cares if he wasnt close to 20ppg

he was a pg averaging 17points and 8-9 apg at the same time while winning championships

[QuebecBaller]

The NBA need to retired not Divac's #, but Divac's Beard