Gang.....we here at Notinhalloffame would like to gather some opinion from you all. Now granted, this is what we do on a regular basis, but we want to get our 2012 list up faster than we have in the past. As such, there are some interesting names who are now eligible for the Rock Hall and we want to hear from you what rank you are thinking before we make our final selections.
The following artists are now eligible:
Boogie Down Productions
D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
EPMD
George Michael
Gloria Estefan (sans Miami Sound Machine)
The Goo Goo dolls
Jane's Addiction
The KLF
The La's
MC Hammer
N.W.A.
The Pixies
The Proclaimers
Public Enemy
Richard Marx
Sinead O'Connor
The Sugarcubes
Terence Trent D'Arby
The Tragically Hip
Gang, right off the bat Public Enemy, The Pixies and Jane's Addiction will recieve a high rank, and many others deserve a ranking as well. This isn't a complete list (we don't see Tiffany, Rick Astley and Debbie Gibson making the cut), but these are the artists we are considering.
Give us your thoughts....we want to hear them!
It won't be long before we unveil our first Basketball list, of which we are most looking forward to. With that said, we are thinking of the sudden retirement of Brandon Roy, who only five years ago was the NBA Rookie of the Year.
Roy was the star of the Portland Trail Blazers and was a three time All Star. The Shooting Guard also made a Second Team ALL NBA Squad and was the centerpiece of the Blazers team. Roy would twice average over twenty points a season, but his final year (only his fifth) would see him miss many games. He retired due to a degenerative knee condition and what was meant to be a solid career has been abruptly cut short.
We then ask this.... We know that Brandon Roy does not have the numbers to make the Hall of Fame, nor are we certain that he would have ever made more than a bubble candidate. Are we wrong with that assumption, and if we are not, does he deserve a future rank on our annual basketball list?