Monday, October 16 Plenty of room for five honorees
	By Eric Karabell ESPN.com Just like any other Hall of Fame, there are certain names missing that catch your eye. Then there are other players who you might not have realized how good they were. Since there are a lot of factors that go into a Hall of Fame career -- scoring, defense, winning -- here are five individuals who should be in when you consider all the facts. Case study: Reggie Miller There are a number of scorers in NBA history that have not been elected to the Hall of Fame, but Reggie Miller is a little bit different. No, Miller has not been on a championship-winning team. No, his statistics aren't gaudy. But like baseball with a saves category that only came into vogue in the last decade or so, Miller's specialty of 3-pointers is a major part of today's NBA, and nobody has been better for a longer period of time or set higher standards. Miller is a few years away from retirement, but will he get support for the Hall of Fame (and join sister Cheryl there) when he's been out of the game for five years? The numbers say yes and no, since we're in some uncharted territory. Miller's career scoring average is an ordinary 19.5, and he doesn't rebound or pass much at all. He's never won a title. However, on the pro side, the high-profile Miller was one of the first players to excel at the three-point shot, and he holds the NBA record for most attempted (4,629) and most made (1,867). He has led the league in threes made twice and his name has become almost synonymous with the shot. Also, Miller has led the league in free throw shooting twice and his career mark of .881 is one of the league's highest marks. He's played in five All-Star games and has had some memorable moments in the playoffs. There's really nobody in the Hall like Miller. There are players who dominated an era like Larry Bird and Julius Erving. There are big men who put up big numbers like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Lanier and Dave Cowens. There are a few prolific scorers, which Miller is not, like George Gervin, Alex English and Earl Monroe. Does Miller belong? Ask yourself this: If you're a coach and you're down three points in the closing seconds, who, in the last decade, would you want taking that final shot? Maybe that's how a Hall of Famer is made. -- Eric Karabell 1. Artis Gilmore A dominant figure in college, the ABA and NBA who had few peers when it came to rebounding, blocking shots and scoring. Gilmore, a mountain of a man at 7-2, averaged 24.3 points and 22.7 rebounds in two years at Jacksonville, setting a number of Div. 1 marks in the process. In five years with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA, averaged 22.3 points and 17.1 rebounds while shooting .558, won an MVP award and one league title, and was regarded as one of the top players in league history. With the Bulls, Spurs and briefly the Celtics over 12 years, he averaged 17.1 points and 10.1 rebounds, played in five All-Star games and his .599 field goal percentage is the best ever. 2. Adrian Dantley If Alex English is in the Hall, then Dantley should be. Dantley finished his 14-plus year career with seven teams with a scoring average of 24.3 points per game, and few players were better at getting to the free line. After averaging nearly 30 points a game in two seasons at Notre Dame, Dantley was the NBA rookie of the year with the Buffalo Braves. A six-time All-Star, Dantley led the league in free throws made five times, and shot .540 from the field for his career. He also won a gold medal, led the league in scoring twice and won the Comeback Player of the Year award once. 3. Bobby Jones Scoring isn't everything. Jones made his mark in the ABA and NBA with some of the best defense a forward has ever played. After starring at North Carolina, Jones played two years with the Denver Nuggets in the ABA and averaged 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds, and was recognized on the league's all-defensive team both seasons. He shot .605 from the floor his rookie year, a mark never topped in league history. In 10 seasons in the NBA (two with Denver, eight with Philadelphia), Jones averaged 11.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and shot .550 from the field, went to four All-Star games and won a league championship. He was named to the league's All-Defensive team his first eight years in the NBA, and also won a sixth-man award. 4. Bernard King Many will argue he didn't play long enough or stay healthy enough to warrant consideration, but when he was on, there may not have been any better scorer. King averaged 32.9 points a game in 1984-85, a league-high, and finished his on-and-off 16-year career averaging 22.5 points. After getting 25.8 points and 13.2 rebounds over three years at Tennesee, King played with five NBA teams, making his mark in New York and New Jersey. Missed all of two full seasons with knee injuries and most of three others, and won the Comeback Player of the Year Award once. 5. Bill Fitch/Dick Motta Sure, these guys lost a lot of games coaching in the NBA, but they also won a lot. As ESPN's Dr. Jack Ramsay, himself a member of the Hall, points out, there are very few coaches from the recent generation in the Hall (Lenny Wilkens, Chuck Daly), and Fitch and Motta are currently ranked No. 4 and 5 in total coaching victories behind only Wilkens, Pat Riley and Red Auerbach. The fourth and fifth scorers in NBA history are certainly in the Hall. Fitch won an NBA title with the Celtics in 1981 and over 25 seasons won 999 games with the Cavaliers, Celtics, Rockets, Nets and Clippers. He took teams to the playoffs 13 times and finished with a 55-54 record in the postseason. He even took the Clippers to the playoffs. Fitch lost 1,157 games, for a .463 winning percentage, and was recognized as coach of the year after the 1976 and 1980 seasons. Motta won an NBA title in 1978 with the Bullets and in 25 seasons he had a record of 991-1,087. He went to the playoffs 14 times with the Bulls, Bullets, Mavericks (twice), Kings and Nuggets, and was the NBA Coach of the Year in 1971. Other players eligible: James Worthy (should make it this season), Moses Malone (first year of eligibility is coming up), Mel Daniels (ABA league MVP twice, dominant scorer and rebounder). Not eligible but retired: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, Robert Parish, Joe Dumars, Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins. Playing but certain to go: Karl Malone, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen. Eric Karabell is the NBA editor at ESPN.com		ALSO SEE Baseball: Five who belong in Hall Football: Five who belong in the Hall Hockey: Five who belong in the Hall Basketball Hall of Fame: Open to all In-depth: The Hall of Fame debate