D’Angelo Russell first turned heads with the Los Angeles Lakers, but was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2018, where he was an All-Star in 2019.  The Guard was then dealt to Golden State where he was part of the package to bring Kevin Durant.  As good as Russell was, he was part of another deal shortly after, where he was deal to his current squad, Minnesota, who sent Andrew Wiggins the other way.

Russell, meshed well in Minnesota, and helped them make the playoffs and kept his PPG average strong with a near 20 metirc.  A solid scorer, Russell was not an elite player, and the tinkering Timberwolves traded him back to his original team, the Lakers, during the 2022-23 Season.  WIth the T-Wolves, Russell averaged 18.5 Points per Game over approximately three years of service.

Highly regarded going into both the University of Georgia and the NBA as the #1 Pick in 2020, Anthony Edwards had an excellent rookie season, earning All-Rookie accolades, and averaging 19.3 Points per Game.  This was the scoring touch they expected from Edwards as a rookie, but there were plenty of mistakes, as displayed by his advanced metrics, namely his sub-15.0 PER. 

This was common for rookies, and Edwards progressed nicely in his sophomore campaign, breaking the 20 PPG threshold, and minimizing miscues.  Edwards took it to the next level inhis third year, where he crept within a hair of 25 Points per Game and made his first All-Star Game.  In that off-season, he was the best player for the United States in the FIBA World Basketball Championship, but that was this a launhing pad.

Last year, Edwards was again an All-Star and added a SEcond Team All-Sta. . An MVP contender, Edwards broke the 25 PPG threshold and led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals.

If Edwards continues on this trajectory, he should be in the top three on this list quickly. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Charlotte Hornets

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Charlotte made the playoffs and have a nice nucleus of players that could make them a contender.  Last year’s results saw two new entries and one large jump on this young franchise, but nothing affecting the top tier.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Kemba Walker

2. Gerald Wallace

3. Larry Johnson

4. Mugsy Bogues

5. Dell Curry

You can find the entire list here.

Terry Rozier had a significant jump, moving from #40 to #23.

The highest of the three new entrants is Miles Bridges, who suffered an incident in the off-season that might prevent him from continuing hs career.  He debuts at #24.

Another high-profile debut is Point Guard, LaMelo Ball, who was the 2021 Rookie of the Year, and an All-Star last season.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that Bronson Arroyo has been selected to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

Chosen via the Modern Era route, Arroyo had two runs with Cincinnati (2006-13 & 2017), where he posted a record of 108-100 with 1,157 Strikeouts.  Arriving in Cincinnati from a trade from Boston, the Pitcher was an All-Star in his first season with the Reds (2006), and was the National League leader in Innings Pitched (240.7), and a five-time club leader in that category.  He was also the 2010 Gold Glove recipient.

Arroyo will be joined by a Veteran’s Committee candidate at a later date, and that group will be inducted on July 15.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Bronson Arroyo for earning this prestigious honor.