Pre-2020-21 Rank #47, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #40, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #37, Pre-2023-24 Rank: 38.

Peak Period: From 2015-16 to 2021-22

Khris Middleton has been to three All-Star Games, but he was the second option on a Milwaukee Bucks team that won the NBA Championship in 2021.  Not only did he get a ring that year, he also won an Olympic Gold Medal for the United States.  Saying that, he is well over 30, Middleton's only path to the Hall is to win a lot more Titles, and number two could come this year with Milwaukee.  It will have to for any serious shot.

Pre-2020-21 Rank: #45, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #45, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #46, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #47.

Peak Period: From 2009-10 to 2016-17. Lopez’s peak Period is eight years, as he only played five Games in 2011-12.

If there was a Hall of "Pretty Good," Brook Lopez might be the poster child.  That is the career that he has had thus far, and while he is worthy of being on the fringes of this list, we know he is unlikely to get in.  He is, however, an NBA Champion, and a second Title in 2025 could create a whisper.   

Pre-2020-21 Rank: #28, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #29, Pre-2022-23 Rank #24, Pre-2023-24 Rank: #21.

*Positional Notes: DeRozan has played more at Forward in the last few years, but his peak was a Shooting Guard, so we are listing him at SG, though this could change next year.

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

When DeMar DeRozan was traded from Toronto to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard, many Raptors fans were upset, but Kawhi brought Jurassic Park a Title, and DeRozan’s past accomplishments in Toronto seemed so much smaller.  Fast-forward to his three seasons in Chicago, DeRozan re-established himself as a prime scoring threat and added two more All-Stars (he has six overall), which is the best scoring three-year period of his career.

DeRozan is now with Sacramento, a team on the rise. If the Kings make the Finals with DeRozan playing a large part in that success, would it be enough to put him over?

Zak DeOssie was a three-time All-Ivy League player at Brown, where the New York Giants drafted the Linebacker in 2007.