Shaquille O'Neal Seemingly Agrees With Andre Iguodala That There Should Be Tiers In The Hall Of Fame

• Andre Iguodala said there should be tiers within the Hall Of Fame for different legendary players

• Shaquille O'Neal shared Andre Iguodala's take on social media, seemingly agreeing with him

• Andre Iguodala pointed out that a lot of Hall Of Famers aren't on the same level as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James

Andre Iguodala is a highly intelligent basketball-mind. So when he was asked about whether he is a Hall Of Famer as a former All-Star and Finals MVP, Iguodala suggested a change to the system itself. 

“I think there should be tiers of the Hall Of Fame," Iguodala told JJ Redick on The Old Man And The Three podcast. "I’m not a Hall Of Famer if you ask me. Those guys had no flaws and I think I was good. 

"But like Kobe and LeBron… Come on man, I can’t do that and a lot of us can’t do that. They should be in their different world. And [Michael Jordan] should be in his different world, that’s how good MJ was."

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What Andre Iguodala is suggesting does make some sense. Even among Hall Of Famers, some achieved a different status than others and that could be incorporated into the way the honor is handed out. 

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Shaquille O'Neal Shared Andre Iguodala's Words On His Own Instagram

Shaquille O'Neal is always at the forefront of basketball discussion on social media, and it's no surprise that the big man got himself involved in this as well. Shaquille O'Neal shared Iguodala's words on his Instagram story. 

Shaquille O'Neal is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame for all he achieved with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat. And he must certainly feel like some of his peers aren't on the same level as him despite being Hall Of Famers. 

Shaquille O'Neal is a 4-time NBA champion, 3-time Finals MVP, an MVP award-winner, and 15-time NBA All-Star. On the face of it, his resume is better by miles than the likes of Vlade Divac or Ben Wallace, both of whom are in the Hall Of Fame too. 

It would not be surprising to find out that some of the biggest NBA legends feel this way. Michael Jordan is the ultimate competitor and likely thinks he is in a different league than most of his Hall Of Fame contemporaries. And if he does, he wouldn't be wrong about it either. 

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Why Having Tiers In The Hall Of Fame Makes Sense

There is a bit of a problem with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame, and that's got to do with the criteria to get in. A perfect example of this is former Knick Bill Bradley. 

Bill Bradley won two championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973, was selected as an All-Star once, and averaged just 12.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in the NBA. Yet he is in the Hall Of Fame. 

This makes many other NBA players who aren't bonafide superstars think they should be in there too. Lou Williams argued that he and Jamal Crawford should be in the Hall Of Fame. 

More recently, Andre Drummond got ruthlessly trolled by fans for suggesting that he is a Hall Of Famer. And it can't be denied that these players have achieved a lot and played excellent basketball either. 

They deserve to be in if some others are. And perhaps that's why Iguodala's idea of tiers might work very well. 

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