Question for the masses, as I am biased af and cannot answer objectively as a Celtics fan: Is Joel Embiid a Hall of Famer?
Never played anywhere close to 82 games, and only 65+ 2x. Even in the 20-21 Covid season he only played 51/72. Ignoring his 1st 2 seasons w/ no games played and this current season, he's only played in 62% of the regular season for his career. If you need to play in ~80% of games today to get an award, how do you justify the HOF for someone who played so little? (I'm aware it's not an NBA award)
Never so much as played in the Conf Finals, much less an NBA Finals. As far as I can tell, the only 2 players in the HOF that didn't play in a Conf Finals are Bernard King and Drazen Petrovic.
Conversely, he does have an MVP trophy, was All NBA 1x, and the Basketball HOF is much more like the Hall of Pretty Good.