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(Webber was also in the top 10 in rebounds per game five times.) Webber actually scored more total points over their respective careers than Hill despite Hill getting the longevity edge in seasons and minutes played. Hill was top 10 in scoring twice in his career Webber hit that four times. He doesn’t rank in any of the all-time counting stats per-game lists because he was a low-stats defense-and-gap-filling role player for the second half of his 18-year career.

Like Webber, Hill had five top-10 MVP finishes with one inside the top five. Like Webber, Hill made five All-NBA teams and won Rookie of the Year. (Remember when Grant Hill got the Yao Ming All-Star treatment? What a world.) Hill made seven All-Star teams, though one of those was by fan vote in a season in which he played just four games. Then there’s Hill, who really had two NBA careers: a high-ceiling sprint early on, followed by a long fade as a role player. At their respective 5-year peaks, Webber was better as measured by stats, All-NBA honors, and MVP voting. So the shake-out is that Allen played longer, won a ring, and had more All-Star appearances. Allen is up there in only minutes per game (No. In fact, Webber is currently top-100 all-time in five counting stats categories: minutes (No. Webber won a rebound title in 1999 and sits No. Webber is a top-50 scorer all-time (20.7 per game), while Allen is closer to No. 9 in 2004-05.Īllen will win out in many counting stats because of longevity, but Webber was more prolific on a per-game basis. Webber finished in the top 10 in MVP voting five teams and in the top five once. This carries over into other awards: Webber won Rookie of the Year, while Allen didn’t rank (and in fact was on second team All-Rookie). (He played nine games in 2007-08, but his career was already over.)
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Webber was voted as one of the best six forwards in the league five times in 14 full seasons. Think about it: Allen was considered one of the best six guards in the league only twice in 18 years. But in a more exclusive measure of excellence relative to peers, Allen had just two All-NBA honors in his long career.

Allen had 10 All-Star appearances to Webber’s five, which is a major difference. He also has championships, though he wasn’t the best or (arguably) even second-best player on the teams that won it. Of course he’d get into the Hall easily.īut the cases for Allen and Hill are interesting in comparison to that of Webber.Īllen played much longer (1,300 games to Webber’s 831) and has a signature claim - being the greatest three-point shooter of his era - to carry his case. Nash is a two-time MVP who led the defining team of an entire decade. But the end result is the same: Webber remains on the outside looking in. Webber didn’t make the first cut to become a finalist until last season he did again this year. In his first year of eligibility, no one even nominated him for consideration! That proved to be an inauspicious start. Webber’s relationship with the Hall of Fame has been sad and weird. Webber will be watching three NBA stars who retired well after him - Steve Nash, Grant Hill, and Ray Allen - get in instead. Chris Webber did not make the cut for the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame again in 2018, just as he didn’t in any of the previous six years.
