Pre-2019-20 Rank: #37, Pre-2020-21 Rank: #38, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #39, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #40, Pre-2023-24 Rank #41.

Peak Period: From 2015-16 to 2021-22.

Drummond has peaked, but despite being a four-time Rebounding Champion and two-time All-Star, Drummond has never been considered an upper-echelon player, and if his Elite Period is genuinely over, his Hall of Fame path relies on titles and stat-padding.  He has a lot better chance to do that in Philadelphia than he did in Chicago.

Pre-2019-20 Rank: #36, Pre-2020-21 Rank #33, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #19, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #16, Pre-2023-24 Season Rank #18.

*Peak Period: 2017-18 to 2023-24.

Rudy Gobert’s Hall of Fame case needed last season’s success badly.

The Center was traded from Utah to Minnesota for a ransom of First-Round Picks, and his first season with the Timberwolves was not successful. This changed last season when he added his sixth First Team All-Defensive Selection and fourth Defensive Player of the Year Award, and when you log that many defensive accolades, the Hall will take notice.

More importantly, Minnesota reached the Western Conference Final last year.  If the team, now unquestionably led by Anthony Edwards, wins it all with a strong showing by Gobert, it won’t matter what they gave up to get Gobert.  That should make him the second Frenchman behind Tony Parker to enter the Hall, that is, unless a specific player named Victor Wembanyama overtakes him and Gobert stalls.

Viva la France!

Pre-2019-20 Rank: #29, Pre-2020-21 Rank: #30, Pre-2021-22 Season Rank: #30, Pre-2022-23 Season Rank: #31, Pre-2023-24 Rank: #31.

Peak Period:  From 2012-13 to 2018-19.

The Peak Period of Jordan's career is long over; nevertheless, his advanced stats are much better than his lone All-Star Game Selection reflects.  Still, Jordan will need a lot of help for Springfield enshrinement, and it would have to come in the form of multiple titles, which was bolstered by winning his first title in 2022.  

There won’t be a lot more opportunities for Jordan going forward.

Pre-2019-20 Ran: #28. Pre-2020-21 Rank: #35, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #36, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #36, Pre-2023-24 Rank: #31.

Peak Period: From 2012-13 to 2018-19

The narrative on John Wall has taken a pounding over the last few years.  Wall lost the entire 2019-20 Season due to a torn ACL, and he was surprisingly traded to the Houston Rockets, where he was decent, but he sat out the year after.  He joined the Clippers in 2022-23, but all he did was cement that he is a shell of what was once the most exciting Point Guard in the NBA.  He has not played since, and may never again.