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Shaquille O’Neal has moved to number 5 on the all time scoring list for the NBA with 27, 411 points.

Kareem leads everyone with 38,387
Karl Malone is next with 36,928
Michael is next with 32,292
Wilt is fourth with 31,419

Shaq moves up the scoring ladder

He is number 8 on the NBA/ABA list. Only us old timers would even consider that.

What does Shaq have to say about all this?

“It was good, but I’m still kind of disappointed in myself,” O’Neal said. “Mathematically, I’ve missed three years worth of games and I missed 5,000 free throws. If I was there, I’d probably be No. 2 or No. 3 right now.”

Then he added, “It shows I’ve been consistent at what I’ve been doing and the next guy is my illegitimate father — Wilt Chamberlain — so just like in Star Wars, hopefully I can catch up to my father.”

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Ray Allen shooting over Rodney Stuckey and Antonio McDyess has had his struggles in the playoffs

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Ray Allen for Hall of Fame

Had a friendly discussion with my best friend RonB about the possibility of Ray Allen making the Hall of Fame. My choice is that he is a lock. RonB feels he has to win something. Winning was not done a whole lot in those years with Milwaukee and Seattle.

So for comparison sakes here are the stats.

Reggie Miller will be used as a comparison.

Reggie played for 18 seasons
averaged 18.2 points
scored 25,279 regular season points.
(please note Reggie’s last 3 seasons were subpar at 12.3, 10.0, and 14.8)

Ray Allen has played 13 years (-5 to Reggie)
averaged 21.1 points (+2.9 to Reggie)
scored 18,227 regular season points (-7,052 to Reggie in 5 less years)

Ray scored 1,273 points this past year (down for him). 1,273 X 5 years = 6,365. Putting him very close to Reggie Miller.

Let’s compare that to the player known as the next Reggie Miller, Rip Hamilton.

Rip Hamilton has played 9 years (-9 to Reggie)
averaged 17.9 points (-.3 to Reggie)
scored 12,059 regular season points (-13,220)

Rip scored 1,244 points this past year (down for him). 1,244 X 9 = 11,196. Putting him a few thousand from Reggie Miller.

Reggie Miller is 13th on the NBA All Time scoring list with his 25K points. For comparison purposes Kobe Bryant is 24th with 21,619, AI is 20th with 22.9K, and Shaq is 11th with 26K+. They are still active players on the list.

Ray Allen will move into the top 30 in the next two years with his current pace.
(NBA special note: Kevin Garnett will be in the top 30 early next year!)

The Top 30 NBA scoring list reads like a who’s who of the Hall of Fame.

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