The Deep 3 Podcast - Will These NBA Stars Make The Hall Of Fame? | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: November 11, 2025

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if you think they will make the Hall of Fame. First off, Donovan Mitchell. Yes, I think so. Now, though, he is in lack of a championship, he has no All-Star, or he has no NBA. He has no Like anything really To crown himself

In NBA hits a few other than in the finals appearance Moments Has he made the conference finals? No he hasn't Ooh So talent wise clearly He's a Hall of Fame trajectory type of guy at this age

I do I'm kind of scared that maybe If he doesn't make some kind of Big run that he might be one of those players You look back on and be like Remember D Mitch? He was crazy I'm kind of worried people might forget about him

And right now that's exactly where He's at I just think it's so it's so hard especially when you don't have like at least one playoff run that you can point to of getting to the conference finals or getting to the finals and then even the major accolades in terms of stacking up all like all NBA first and second teams and MVPs and stuff like that it's really really hard and especially right now in this season as we're looking for evan mowgli to take the leap and be the number one guy are we going to get to a point where hey i'm no longer the best player on my own team, even whenever we're making those runs. It's going to, the case is going to be really weird for Donovan Mitchell. I'm going to say no right now. Six-time All-Star right now, two-time All-N-BA. And I think one of those is first team all-N-BA.

Very good player. That's not a Hall of Fame player. Yeah, I think he might. It's tough also because a lot of players get into Hall of Fame and everyone's like, the basketball Hall of Fame is so easy. Usually they have international play or they have college. He doesn't have that. So I don't know.

He still has plenty of time. He's not old yet. So I think he's on the path. he has to do something a little more significant or just have really good longevity longevity gets him into the Hall of Fame so if he becomes a 10-time All-Star maybe one or two more all-MBAs

is really high on the point score for the Cavs and becomes a Cavs legend he could make it but if he retired today it would be a no yeah I think he did going back to what you said about the playoffs stuff he did have not a run but he jogged in place

he had fantastic moments he has had plenty of playoff moments yeah yeah exactly I think it was in the bubble against the Denver Nugges when he was going band for ban with Jamal Murray happened such a long time ago, but it is still moments that he's had. And the

cast can make the finals this year. They make the finals, and he goes crazy like he always usually does in the playoffs as a score. Stamp it. He can stamp it. He's real close to stamping it, but right now it's, you can argue and be against it. He's in my Hall of Fame. Yeah, I think he'll get there, but it's real close. I'm saying no right now. Jalen Brunson. Hell nah. Damn.

I don't know. I think right now pro basketball, pro Hall of Fame Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame for what? Well, okay, so again, it's the Basketball Hall of Fame and we were talking about some people have collegiate some people have have have international play he has national championships that that you can point to if you have maybe five more years of this level of production that's a lot of years for a small guard i understand like that's that's what it's going to take

i'm not saying that he's close to it right now at all but it's going to take at least another five more years another long playoff run and maybe if we if we can get to a if the nix get to the finals stamped okay if not then you're going to need at least another even The Knicks make the finals for sure stamped the moment making a conference finals Then making a finals Being one of the best development stories of all time One of the best second round picks of all time

That's gonna be a good like fairy tale To get him into the Hall of Fame That's gonna be a good like piece of lore You're known for this thing The New York tax is carrying just a little bit too The New York tax will carry for sure Longevity won't be a thing here Because he got started a little bit late

But the New York tax and carry him to the Hall of Fame The New York tax and again The National Championships That tax would boost him up as well Very true Next up. Jaylen Brown, is the finals MVP going to be a Hall of Famer? That is, this is going to be controversial.

A finals MVP is something. It's definitely on the line, multiple time all-star. He's never been a part of the first team all-N-B-A. I'm assuming he's had a couple third teams on his record book as well, but I don't know if he can be a hall of-office. He has one-all-N-B-A team, 2023. Sorry, man. Four-time All-Star, one-time champion, finals MVP.

Four-time All-Star. See, and like, finals MVP, it's very, very, it's very, very honorable, very noble. However, there's some finals MVP's that are not going to make the actual Hall of Fame. Yeah, the actual Hall of Fame. He might just be the best of that class. Yeah.

This is a debate to me. Like, I don't think, he's not a Hall of Famer. At this point, barring big jumps and barring more jewelry, if this team goes on another run, Jason Sanding comes back, they win a bunch of championships. And, like, he's just a definitive, important piece to a great team that defines lines of 2020s, then sure. But as of now, I don't think he's a Hall of Famer. Yeah, and no signs of points

of that for all happening. You have to have long runs it down nights, bro. Yeah. He's a Hall of Famer at the bank, though. Sure. All bad get her Hall of Famer for sure. Al Horford. Yeah. I think Al Horford is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Yeah. First ballot. I think Al Horford has longevity. He's played in the league

over 20 years. He has an NBA championship. He has back-to-back college championship. he's going to be a first battle Hall of Fame He checks all the accomplishment boxes You can want Yeah He's been the best player

On a playoff team He's had a time as the man Had a time as a sidekick Had a time as a fifth option Like he's really succeeded At every level I'm just so happy This argument you guys are making

Right now Because I agree You know any bad blood In your mind As a Hawks fan Nah Not hold any grudges No we were fucking terrible

He should have left Bro for being He made the right choice For himself We have to respect People are gonna be so mad And like Horford what do you mean

Hall of Famer. Look at his numbers. Never have it. It's over 20 a game or whatever, but none of that matters. And Jaylon Brown can't make it. Nope. Yeah. How about that? How about no? Rajan Rondo, multi-time champion for two organizations, the two most popular organizations in the sport. Nope. This is, this is the epitomey of, you got your jersey, but you're not a Hall of Famer. Who's time? I don't even know who's returning his jersey. The Celtics should retire his jersey. Okay. I think if any team was going to retire her jersey, it would be be the Celtics and I think that I think that they could

I don't even know if that happens with the way he left or how their situation is just like abruptly ended I don't think so I can't remember did he leave that badly I know when he got traded he left the next few teams badly but I can't remember how the Celtics thing ended I can't remember exactly how animus it was I don't remember it being like graceful though

yeah I don't know but he's right in the line their accomplishments are there multiple rings an important part of those rings especially the first one he's in the hall of very good Okay The Hall of very good Okay Let's start making

That distinction For some of these guys Yeah We'll make our own Hall of Fame For the guys Just below Yeah

Carl Anthony Towns No He said hold on Why did you ask this Yeah I don't think he has a chance Al Unless like again

On with the Bruns and thing Like he Helps carry them To the NBA finals And they like Have somewhat of a dominant We were saying If Brunson makes the finals, he could be all the

Famer. Yeah, but Brunson won a championship in college. Kat's going to have a lot of, Katz can be pretty high on the all-time points for his center, I bet. That's fine, but like, I don't know. They do have to, okay, for Brunson, they just have to

make the finals. The Knicks have to win the championship. Yeah. For Kat to start being in those conversations. And Kat got to go crazy to winning the championship. He might have a good amount of all-stars, good longevity, really high in the points scored. Maybe some deep success with the Knicks.

We're always going to know what the conversation was from Cat was playing. The voters aren't going to forget how detrimental some certain parts of his game were. Exactly. I'm going to say no right now.

Yeah. Dwight Howard's under the Hall of Fame. I don't know if Carlson Town is going to be the whole thing. God, no. But Dwight's probably going to make it eventually, right? It's 100% going to make.

Yeah, yeah, okay. I'm talking about the person, the greatest people have on certain style of play stuff that they're like. No, actually, that's a bad example. Dwight is a lot more personality based than Kat.

So poor example, pretend I didn't say that. Not to give him any Dwight Howard allegations. Demontes is a bonus. Hell not. No, no consideration whatsoever. There's no reason why Subona should be in the Hall of Fame.

Yeah, there's nothing that you can point to towards telling me that he deserves to be a Hall of Famer. There's no, like, long, illustrious career. He didn't win in college. He didn't, like, go past. Are we forgetting he lit the beam over 50 times that when you? He lit the beam for sure, but you couldn't get passed by the first round. You only have one playoff. The beam was lit 50 times regardless.

Shout to Sacramento. Who else lit the beam 50 times for the Kings? Steph Curry. I'm saying no And this should be a no break Kevin Love Right on that line Hall of very good I think

This one's kind of tough The championship with the Cavs I think it's a pretty impressive thing It's impressive but he wasn't like Momentous Like they could have won that Without him I think I don't know

He handicapped this team Plenty of times in the playoffs I don't know about all that I mean that's what playing Willopron does show You know what I'm saying I mean, he was, he was getting 30-30s. Is Chris Bosch, Hall of Famer?

Yes. Okay. And he's right below that in terms of what he did as a one option. Yeah. And won a few less chips of LeBron than Chris Bosch did. Or one less. Yeah. Again, Hall of very good.

I don't, I don't know if you, if you would make it. If Kevin Love did end up making it, he would probably have to wait several years. Like, he's not first ballot. Yeah. I wouldn't be mad at Kevin Love making it all, but I'd also understand it if he doesn't. Yeah. Trey Young. why is he on the

obviously the guy this young it's not about right now no is he on that trajectory no what could he do to be a hall of fame win two championships and return to shooting consistently good he can be in the hollow very good I don't think there's a shot that he makes the hall of fame listen we will never forget what he did in college was fucking crazy

I don't you're saying then he could be in the collegiate hall of fame and we will never forget 2021 but he's not a hall of this opportunity might have passed him by because the opportunity was last year if he would have gotten traded to the spurs instead of Deer and Fox and could have been a guy that maybe wins championships

with victory Roman Yama that type of role for him I think you could find a way to get a Hall of Fame case one day if he gets the perfect opportunity to have team success for a long time next to a player better than him

this could be that type of guy that sneaks his way in with team success but I don't know I don't see the opportunity coming elsewhere and who knows like maybe that opportunity

eventually will be there maybe not with the team that he's curling on currently on right now but as of now because of all these alternate realities that we're talking about

But he's not a Hall of Famer. Yeah, with the Hawks, he's not going to be a Hall of Famer. Yeah. Get him to the right fit to be a good second option. Maybe we can get something going. But trust, we are hanging that 11 up in this, in the stadium for sure. It could have been different, but, you know, they traded for Dejate Merck. Tough.

Tyree's Halliburton. Do we think he'll get back on, after the injury, is he going to be on Hall of Fame trajectory after the crazy breakout he had last year? I think so. I think you already have the fact, you already have Halliburton leading a team to the finals. You already have him stamped as having one of them. the clutches playoff runs of all time. If you can,

if he can come back and be Tyrese and have another eight years of being Tyreys Halliburn, making all-stars, making three all-N-B-A's. Yeah, he could be a Hall of Fame. Two-time All-N-Ba right now,

one-time finals appearance. Yeah, I think as long as he continues going by what you said, like being a consistent all-star, putting up 19, 20 points a game, leading an insanely tough Indiana Pacers team. I think it would be a hall of him.

It really comes down to how he recovers from the injury. Yeah. I think if last year, injury never happened and he came into this year with that same level of play yeah we could assume for the next seven years he'll be an all-star player and this would be the type of guy that we say like all the he plays the right way impacts winning more than the stats he'll have that legend on his shoulders with an Achilles tears tbd

yeah yeah yeah go to us alexander he's in the hall of fame right now okay if he retired if he retired today would you already be a hall of famer yes he's an MVP of the league he's the finals MVP he's a champion he's uh multiple time all NBA player like he's average 30 multiple season, yes, he's the Hall of Famer. Okay, I put him in here not for pace, just if he retired today and the career was over after one championship. I understand, imagine if TMAX career had championships. Damn.

Yeah, he could tear both Achilles at the same time, and we're putting him in Hall of Fame. God damn. Yeah. We can't just say he retired, now he has to catastrophically end his career. Doing parkhors. Yeah. He falls up a cliff into a volcano backwards, then he's a Hall of Fame.

Zion Williamson. Hall of Fame, not basketball, but something else. Hall of Fame or disappointments. Damn. Easily, yes. Hall of flops. Mm-hmm. Fall of fame.

You proud of that? That's good. That's good. I like it. I want to know if you felt the same way. Is there any path? Does I'm getting on track? Hell.

Hell no. Zero chance, right. He stopped making it. They won't let him in the building. Yeah. They would literally. decided to just end it. They get security on him?

Yeah. Yeah, call the bouncing. We have a problem. Call it bounce it. You're not getting in. You're not listening to these speeches, bro. They are eliminating the Hall of Fame. You can't even look at the bus.

No. LeBron James. I don't know, maybe. What's he missing? He plays his cards, right? You know, like, I don't know what is going to take. He is the leading score of all time. He has, like, one of four championships.

Inflation. He has like four MVPs or three of them. Mickey Mouse. He doesn't have a DPOI. Exactly. Weak as fuck. Exactly. I think like when you look at, when you look at the fact that he has four

MVP's, some people like, and especially if you ask LeBron, he might say that he should have more. Now you actually underachieving. I can't get with that. Not in my hall of fame. Yeah, I'm not putting a disappointment in the Hall of Fame. So sorry. Bum.

Yeah. And that's the last one. That is our Hall of Pain Debates for the day.