Ranked: The worst players in the NBA Hall of Fame

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is a sanctuary of the greatest basketball players in NBA history, celebrating their achievements and impact on the game. However, how some players have made it to the Hall is unknown.

Grant Hill was the first of his kind of forward when he came into the league. With Detroit, Hill was the most skilled forward in the NBA, and he had the tangibles of a guard, making him unguardable. After six incredible years, Hill's career was shattered by an ankle injury in 2000, and he played as a role player for the remainder of his career. He made it past the first round of the playoffs once.

Sarunas Marciulionis invented the famous 'Euro Step' and became the first player from the Soviet Union to play in the NBA. He played eight seasons in the NBA, averaging 12.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists. He was average at best.

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Bill Bradley was the NCAA Player of the Year and delayed his entry into the NBA to study at Oxford University. However, when he entered the NBA, Bradley was just a good role player. He helped the New York Knicks to two NBA titles and averaged 12.4 points in ten seasons.

Sabonis was a highly skilled center, but he delayed his entry into the NBA nine years after joining Portland in 1995 after they drafted him in 1986. Ravaged by injuries, Sabonis was a good role player, but was he good enough to enter the Hall of Fame?

At 5ft9, Calvin Murphy is the shortest player to reach the Hall of Fame. He averaged 18 points in 13 seasons, but didn't make one All-Star or All-NBA team and didn't win an NBA title.

Louie Dampier made his career in college and the ABA, playing for Kentucky and the Kentucky Colonels for nine seasons. He played three seasons in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs, averaging 6.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists.

Drazen Petrovic's life was tragically cut short in 1993, shortly after his fourth season in the NBA, after dying in a car crash in Germany. He averaged 15.4 points in 290 NBA games, but it's challenging to make a case for him in the Hall of Fame because of his bit-part role in his first two seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, starting no games in his first three seasons.

Playing in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the NBA, Bob Davies averaged 4.9 assists as a point guard in seven seasons for the Rochester Royals. He wasn't even the best point guard during his era, but he did help the Royals win a championship in 1951.

Al Cervi spent four seasons in the NBA for the Syracuse Nationals (1949-53), averaging 7.9 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. Cervi never won a title or made an All-Star appearance, but he did make an All-NBA team in 1950. Does that justify a Hall of Fame career?

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Tracy McGrady was an incredible scorer in his 16-year NBA career, averaging nearly 20 points per game. However, he was a beneficiary of the post-Jordan era, when the defense became non-existent. Despite winning two scoring titles, he played past the first round of the playoffs only once in his career.

Vlade Divac was 21 when he was brought into the Los Angeles Lakers to replace Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he became better known for his flopping and being in the Kobe Bryant trade in 1996. He made one All-Star appearance in a 16-year career.

Guerin put up big numbers on some terrible teams in the NBA, averaging 17.3 points in 13 seasons. Despite being a beloved player of the New York Knicks, Guerin made the playoffs once in seven seasons and never won an NBA title.

Mitch Richmond had his prime in the 1990s, playing most of his career in Sacramento. In an era full of legends, does anyone speak of Mitch Richmond? The guard averaged 21 points in 13 seasons, but only played in 23 playoff games. His induction in 2014 underlined the issues with the Hall of Fame and its process of picking players.

Frank Ramsey played nine seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics between 1954 and 1964, averaging 13.4 points and 5.5 rebounds. He never made an All-Star or All-NBA team, but he won seven titles with the Celtics, which is the only reason he got inducted.

Ralph Sampson was billed as the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain at 7ft2, but with an injury-stricken nine seasons in the NBA, Sampson didn't win one NBA title and averaged 15.4 points and 8.8 rebounds in an era where centers were paramount to success in the league. It seems he was inducted into the Hall based on what he should have been and not what he did.

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