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Hall of Fame Basketball Players
Alphabetical List
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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Allen, Ray Archibald, Nate Arizin, Paul
B
Barkley, Charles Barlow, Tom Barry, Rick Baylor, Elgin Beaty, Zelmo Beckman, John Bellamy, Walt Belov, Sergei Bing, Dave Bird, Larry Blazejowski, Carol Borgmann, Bennie Bosh, Chris Boswell, Wyatt “Sonny” Bradley, Bill Braun, Carl Brennan, Joe Brown, Roger Bryant, Kobe
C
Cash, Swin Catchings, Tamika Cervi, Al Chamberlain, Wilt Cheeks, Maurice Clayton, Zack Clifton, Nat “Sweetwater” Cooper, Charles “Tarzan” Cooper, Chuck Cooper-Dyke, Cynthia Cosic, Kresimir Cousy, Bob Cowens, Dave Crawford, Joan Cunningham, Billy Curry, Denise
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Dalipagic, Drazen Dampier, Louie Dandridge, Bob Daniels, Mel Dantley, Adrian Davies, Bob DeBernardi, Forrest DeBusschere, Dave Dehnert, Henry “Dutch” Divac, Vlade Donovan, Anne Drexler, Clyde Dumars, Joe Duncan, Tim
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Edwards, Teresa Endacott, Paul English, Alex Erving, Julius Ewing, Patrick
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Foster, Bud Frazier, Walt Friedman, Marty Fulks, Joe
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Gale, Lauren “Laddie” Galis, Nick “Nikos” Gallatin, Harry Garnett, Kevin Gates, William “Pop” Gervin, George Gilmore, Artis Ginobili, Manu Gola, Tom Goodrich, Gail Greer, Hal Griffith, Yolanda Gruenig, Robert Guerin, Richie
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Hagan, Cliff Hanson, Victor Hardaway, Tim Harris-Stewart, Lusia Havlicek, John Hawkins, Connie Hayes, Elvin Haynes, Marques Haywood, Spencer Heinsohn, Tom Hill, Grant Holman, Nat Houbregs, Bob Howell, Bailey Hudson, Lou Hyatt, Chuck
I
Isaacs, John Issel, Dan Iverson, Allen
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Jackson, Inman Jackson, Lauren Jeannette, Buddy Jenkins, Clarence “Fats” Johnson, Dennis Johnson, Magic Johnson, Gus Johnson, William “Skinny” Johnston, Neil Jones, Bobby Jones, K. C. Jones, Sam Jordan, Michael
K
Kidd, Jason King, Bernard Korac, Radivoj Krause, Ed Kukoc, Tony Kurland, Bob
L
Lanier, Bob Lapchick, Joe Leslie, Lisa Lieberman, Nancy Lovellette, Clyde Lucas, Jerry Luisetti, Hank
M
Macauley, Ed Malone, Karl Malone, Moses Maravich, Pete Marcari, Hortencia Marciulionis, Sarunas Martin, Slater McAdoo, Bob McClain, Katrina McCracken, Branch McCracken, Jack McDermott, Bobby McGinnis, George McGrady, Tracy McGuire, Dick McHale, Kevin Meneghin, Dino Meyers, Ann Mikan, George Mikkelsen, Vern Miller, Cheryl Miller, Reggie Ming, Yao Moncrief, Sidney Monroe, Earl Moore, Pearl Mourning, Alonzo Mullin, Chris Murphy, Calvin Murphy, Charles “Stretch” Mutombo, Dikembe
N
Nash, Steve
O
Olajuwon, Hakeem O’Neal, Shaquille
P
Page, Harlan “Pat” Parish, Robert Payton, Gary Pereira, Maciel “Ubiratan” Petrovic, Drazen Pettit, Bob Phillip, Andy Pierce, Paul Pippen, Scottie Pollard, Jim Posey, Cumberland Pullins, Albert “Runt”
Q
R
Radja, Dino Ramsey, Frank Reed, Willis Richmond, Mitch Risen, Arnie Robertson, Oscar Robinson, David Rodgers, Guy Rodman, Dennis Roosma, John Russell, John “Honey” Russell, Bill
S
Sabonis, Arvydas Sampson, Ralph Schayes, Dolph Schmidt, Ernest Schmidt, Oscar Schommer, John Scott, Charlie Sedran, Barney Semjonova, Uljana Shank-Grentz, Theresa Sharman, Bill Sikma, Jack Smith, Katie Staley, Dawn Steinmetz, Christian Stockton, John Stokes, Maurice Swoopes, Sheryl
T
Tatum, Reece “Goose” Thomas, Isiah Thompson, David Thompson, John “Cat” Thompson, Tina Thurmond, Nate Twyman, Jack
U
Unseld, Wes
V
Vandivier, Robert “Fuzzy”
W
Wachter, Ed Walker, Chet Wallace, Ben Walton, Bill Wanzer, Bobby Washington, Ora Weatherspoon, Teresa Webber, Chris West, Jerry Westphal, Paul Whalen, Lindsay White, Jo Jo White, Nera Wilkens, Lenny Wilkes, Jamaal Wilkins, Dominique Woodard, Lynette Wooden, John Worthy, James
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Y
Yardley, George
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Basketball Hall of Fame - Everything you need to know about the class of 2022
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has enshrined a new class of legends in Springfield, Massachusetts. The finalists for enshrinement were announced at February's NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, and the full class was announced on April 2 in New Orleans as part of the NCAA men's basketball Final Four weekend.
This year's group of enshrinees includes two first-time finalists: four-time NBA champion Manu Ginobili and three-time WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen. They join a group 11 others who have also earned basketball's ultimate honor.
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Class of 2022: North American Committee selections
Hugh Evans
Elected as referee; Presented by Reggie Miller (Hall of Fame Class of 2012), George Gervin ('96)
28 seasons as NBA referee (1973-2001)
Two seasons as NBA assistant supervisor of officials (2001-03)
Refereed more than 1,900 regular-season games, 35 Finals games and four All-Star Games.
Manu Ginobili
Elected as player; Presented by Tim Duncan ('20)
13. 3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.8 APG in 16 seasons with San Antonio Spurs
Two-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection
Won four championships with San Antonio Spurs
Won Olympic gold medal in 2004 with Argentina
Goldsberry: The five legacies of Manu Ginobili
Tim Hardaway
Elected as player; Presented by Isiah Thomas ('00), Mitch Richmond ('14), Chris Mullin ('11), Yolanda Griffith ('21), Nate Archibald ('91)
17.7 PPG, 8.2 APG, 3.3 RPG in 13 seasons with Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers
Five-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection
Won Olympic gold medal in 2000 with Team USA
Spears: Tim Hardaway is bringing his legendary crossover into the Hall of Fame
Andrews: Long before Steph, Klay and Dray, Run TMC captivated Warriors fans
Bob Huggins
Elected as coach; Presented by Jerry West ('80), Rod Thorn ('18)
More than 900 wins in 45 seasons as head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State and West Virginia
Reached Final Four in 1992 and 2010
George Karl
Elected as coach; Presented by Roy Williams ('07), Gary Payton ('13), Bobby Jones ('19)
1,175-824 in 27 seasons as coach with Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings
Reached playoffs 22 times with five different franchises
2013 NBA Coach of the Year
Other finalists not elected: Michael Cooper, Marques Johnson
Class of 2022: Women's Committee selections
Swin Cash
Elected as player; Presented by Tamika Catchings ('20), Teresa Weatherspoon ('19), Tina Thompson ('18), Isiah Thomas ('00), Geno Auriemma ('06)
10. 7 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 2.4 APG in 15 WNBA seasons with Detroit Shock, Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky and New York Liberty
Four-time All-Star and two-time All-Star MVP
Won WNBA championships with Detroit (2003, 2006) and Seattle (2010)
Two-time NCAA champion with Connecticut
Inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2021)
Lopez: Swin Cash is still adding to her Hall of Fame resume
Marianne Stanley
Elected as coach; Presented by Cathy Rush ('08), Lisa Leslie ('15), Nancy Lieberman ('96)
416-222 in 22 seasons as college coach at Old Dominion, Penn, USC, Stanford and Cal
Won 1985 NCAA championship
Four seasons as WNBA head coach with Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever
2002 WNBA Coach of the Year
Inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2002)
Lindsay Whalen
Elected as player; Presented by Dawn Staley ('13), Charles Barkley ('06)
11. 5 PPG, 4.9 APG, 3.8 RPG in 15 seasons with Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx
Five-time All-Star and three-time All-WNBA first-team selection
Won three WNBA championships with Minnesota (2011, 2013, 2015)
Voepel: Lindsay Whalen was a Minnesota legend long before her Hall call
Other finalists not elected: Leta Andrews
Direct Elect Committee selections
Lou Hudson
Selected as player by Veterans Committee; Presented by Spencer Haywood ('15), Jamaal Wilkes ('12)
20.2 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.7 APG in 13 seasons with St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers
Six-time NBA All-Star
No. 23 retired by Hawks
Larry Costello
Elected as contributor by Contributor Committee; Presented by Billy Cunningham ('86), Wayne Embry ('99), Bob Dandridge ('21)
12.2 PPG, 4.6 APG and 3.8 RPG in 12 seasons with Philadelphia Warriors and Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers
Six-time NBA All-Star as player
430-300 in 10 seasons as coach of Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls
Won NBA title as player (with 76ers) and coach (with Bucks)
Del Harris
Elected as contributor by Contributor Committee; Presented by Nancy Lieberman ('96), John Calipari ('15), Sidney Moncrief ('19)
556-457 in 14 seasons as coach of Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers
Led Rockets to NBA Finals in 1981
Has coached at multiple levels for more than 50 years
Theresa Shank Grentz
Elected as player by Women's Veterans Committee; Presented by Cathy Rush ('08), Charles Barkley ('06), Vivian Stringer ('09)
Three-time AIAW All-American at Immaculata University
Led Immaculata University to three consecutive national titles
Scored record 104 points in 1973 AIAW tournament
Radivoj Korac
Elected as player by International Committee; Presented by Spencer Haywood ('15)
23. 6 PPG in 1968 Olympics; led Yugoslavia to silver medal
Led Yugoslavia to silver medals at 1963 and 1967 FIBA World Cups
Holds EuroLeague's single-game scoring record with 99 points vs. Alviks in 1964-65 season
Award winners
Curt Gowdy Media Award: Walt Frazier (electronic media), M.A. Voepel (print media), Dick Ebersol (transformative media)
John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award: Reggie Minton
Recent Hall of Fame classes
2021: Val Ackerman, Rick Adelman, Chris Bosh, Bob Dandridge, Lowell Fitzsimmons, Howard Garfinkel, Yolanda Griffith, Lauren Jackson, Clarence Jenkins, Toni Kukoc, Pearl Moore, Paul Pierce, Bill Russell, Ben Wallace, Chris Webber, Jay Wright
2020: Patrick Baumann, Kobe Bryant, Tamika Catchings, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens, Eddie Sutton, Rudy Tomjanovich
2019: Al Attles, Carl Braun, Charles "Chuck" Cooper, Vlade Divac, Bill Fitch, Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Tennessee A&I teams from 1957 to 1959, Wayland Baptist University teams of 1982-84, Teresa Weatherspoon, Paul Westphal
2018: Ray Allen, Maurice Cheeks, Charles "Lefty" Driesell, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Tina Thompson, Dino Radja, Charlie Scott, Ora Mae Washington, Rod Thorn, Rick Welts, Katie Smith
2017: Robert Hughes, Tracy McGrady, Bill Self, Rebecca Lobo, Muffet McGraw, Mannie Jackson, Tom Jernstedt, Jerry Krause, Zack Clayton, Nick Galis, George McGinnis
2016: Zelmo Beaty, Darell Garretson, Allen Iverson, Tom Izzo, John McClendon, Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal, Cumberland Posey, Jerry Reinsdorf, Sheryl Swoopes
Basketball Hall of Fame (called Basketball Hall of Fame in Quebec and New Brunswick) answers to the Anglo-Saxon tradition of Hall of Fame in the field of basketball. We could talk about the Pantheon in basketball America and the world. It honors the greatest players, teams, coaches, referees, leaders and personalities of the sport. It is located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded at 1959 year.
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2 Access to Hall of Fame
3 teams Hall of Fame
4 List of Members or Hall of Fame
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6 See also
6.1 Related articles
6.2 External link
Geographical position
It is located at Basketball Hall of Fame named after the inventor of basketball, James Naismith. It is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the discipline was invented.
Access to the Hall of Fame
Entrance to the old Hall of Fame building in downtown Springfield.
To be eligible, a player must have retired from competition for at least three years (from 2018 until then, a career must have been completed for at least 5 years). Coaches, judges and other participants are also eligible under various conditions.
Teams
Hall of Fame
Nine full teams were inducted into Hall of Fame: First team (first basketball team in 1891), Original Celtics, Buffalo Germans, New York Renaissance, Harlem Globetrotters, University of Texas Western Miners 1965-1966, national team United States at the 1960 Rome Olympics Dream Team (US national team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics), All American Red Heads and Immaculata Mighty Macs 19 Women's College Team71-1974.
List of Members or
Hall of Fame
John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman were appointed as both player and coach (Woden in 1961 and 1973, Sharman in 1976 and 2004 and Wilkens in 1989 and 2004).
Inducted in 2016, Cumberland Posey is also a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Three times Hall inducted new players, not including a player: in 1965, 1968 and 2007.
In the very Americanized Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017, excluding players, there were only six players who did not play in the NBA: Sergey Belov at 1992, Kresimir Cosic in 1996, Dino Meneghin in 2003, Drazen Dalipagic in 2004, Oscar Schmidt in 2013. and Nikos Galis in 2017.
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Uniform of all American Redheads.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (player)
Lidia Alekseeva (coach)
All American Red Heads (team)
Fogh Allen (coach)
Ray Allen (player)
W. Harold Anderson (coach)
Nathaniel Archibald (player)
Paul Arizin (player)
Al Attles (Co-author)
Red Auerbach (coach)
Geno Auriemma (coach)
B
Charles Barkley (player)
Don Barksdale (member)
Thomas Barlow (ru) (player)
Leon Barmore ( out ) (coach)
Justin M. (Sam) Barry (en) (coach)
Richard F. Barry (player)
Patrick Baumann (manager)
Dick Bavetta (referee)
Elgin Baylor (player)
Zelmo Beaty (player)
John Beckman (ru) (player)
Clear Bee (en) (member)
Walter Bellamy (player)
Sergey Belov (player)
Senda Berenson Abbott (member)
Danny Biason (en) (member)
David Bing (player)
Larry Bird (player)
Carol Blazejowski (player)
Ernest Blood (ru) (coach)
Jim Boheim (coach)
Benny Borgmann (player)
Bill Bradley (player)
Karl Brown (player)
Joseph Brennan ( out ) (player)
Hubie Brown (coach)
Larry Brown (coach)
Roger Brown (player)
Walter Brown (co-author)
Kobe Bryant (player)
Buffalo Germans (team)
John Bunn (in) (member)
Jerry Bass (member)
Vs
Jim Calhoun (coach)
John Calipari (coach)
Howard Cann (coach)
Henry Clifford Carlson (coach)
Lou Carnesecca (coach)
Bernard Carnevale (coach)
Pete Carril (coach)
Everett Case (coach)
Tamika Catchings (player)
Original Celtics (team)
Al Cervi (player)
Wilt Chamberlain (player)
John Cheney (coach)
Maurice Cheeks (player).
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (participant)
Jerry Colangelo (member)
Jody Conrad (coach)
Charles Cooper (player)
Chuck Cooper (player)
Cynthia Cooper (player)
Kresimir Cosic (player)
Robert J. Cousy (player)
Dave Cowens (player)
Joan Crawford (player)
Denzil (Denny) E. Crum (coach)
Billy Cunningham (player)
Denise Curry (player)
D
Drazen Dalipagic (player)
Chuck Daly (coach)
Louis Dampier (player)
Mel Daniels (player)
Adrian Dantley (player)
William Davidson (member)
Bob Davis (player)
Everett Dean (coach)
Forrest DeBernardi (player)
Dave DeBoucher (player)
Henry Denert (player)
Antonio Diaz-Miguel (coach)
Edgar Diddle (coach)
Vlade Divac (player)
Ann Donovan (player)
Bob Douglas (co-author)
Bruce Drake (coach)
Clyde Drexler (player)
Charles Driesell (coach)
Alva Duer (co-author)
Joe Dumars (player)
Tim Duncan (player)
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Teresa Edwards (player)
Wayne Embry (co-author)
Paul Endacott (player)
Alex English (player)
James Enright (referee)
Team USA at the 1960 Olympics (team)
Team USA at the 1992 Olympics (team)
Julius Erving (player)
Patrick Ewing (player)
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Cliff Fagan (co-author)
Pedro Ferrandis (coach)
First Team (Team)
Harry Fisher (co-author)
Bill Fitch (coach)
Laurence Fleischer (participant)
Harold Foster (player)
Walter Frazier (player)
Marty Friedman (player)
Joe Fulks (player)
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Clarence Gaines (coach)
Lauren Gale (player)
Nikos Galis (player)
Harry J. Gallatin (player)
Sandro Gamba (coach)
(Jack) Gardner (coach)
Kevin Garnett (player)
Darell Garretson (referee)
William "Pop" Gates (player)
David Gavitt (Contributor)
Lindsey Gaze (coach)
George Gervin (player)
Emory Gill (coach)
Artis Gilmour (player)
Tom Gola (player)
Alexander Gomelsky (coach)
Gale Goodrich (player)
Edward Gottlieb (co-author)
Rus Granik (co-author)
Harold Greer (player)
Robert Grünig (player)
Richie Guerin (player)
Dr. Luther Gulik (Contributor)
Sue Gunther (coach)
H
Cliff Hagan (player)
Spencer Haywood (player)
Alex Hannum (coach)
Victor Hanson (player)
Harlem Globetrotters (team)
Lucia Harris (player)
Les Harrison (member)
Marv Harshman (coach)
Don Haskins (coach)
Sylvia Hatchell (coach)
John Havlicek (player)
Connie Hawkins (player)
Alvin Hayes (player)
Marques Haynes (player)
Chick Hearn (member)
Tom Heinsohn (player in 1986, coach in 2015)
George Hepbron (referee)
Edwin Henderson (co-author)
Ferenc Hepp (co-author)
Edgar Hickey (coach)
Edward Hickox (Contributor)
Grant Hill (player).
Tony Hinkle (Contributor)
Howard Hobson (coach)
Nat Holman (player)
Red Holtzman (coach)
Robert Hubregs (player)
Bailey Howell (player)
George Hoyt (referee)
Bob Hurley Sr. (coach)
Charles Hyatt (player)
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Henry Iba (coach)
Mighty Macs of Immaculata (1971-1974) (team)
Edward Irish (co-author)
John Isaacs (player)
Dan Issel (player)
Allen Iverson (player)
Tom Izzo (coach)
J
Phil Jackson (coach)
Buddy Jeanette (player)
Skinny Johnson (player)
Dennis Johnson (player)
Ervin "Magic" Johnson (player)
Gus Johnson (player)
Neil Johnston (player)
Bobby Jones (player)
KC Jones (player)
Renato William Jones (co-author)
Samuel "Sam" Jones (player)
Alvin Julian (coach)
Michael Jordan (player)
K
Frank Keaney (coach)
Walter Kennedy (member)
Matthew Kennedy (referee)
George Keoghan (coach)
Jason Kidd (player)
Bernard King (player)
Bob Knight (coach)
Phil Knight (co-author)
Edward Krause (player)
Jerry Krause (member)
Mike Krzyzewski (coach)
John Kundla (coach)
Robert Kurland (player)
L
Ward Lambert (coach)
Bob Lanier (player)
Joe Lapchik (player)
Lloyd Leith (referee)
Meadowlark Lemon (Member)
Bobby "Slick" Leonard (coach)
Lisa Leslie (player)
Guy Lewis (coach)
Nancy Lieberman (player)
Emil Liston (co-author)
Harry Litvak (coach)
Earl Lloyd (member)
Rebecca Lobo (player)
Kenneth Loeffler (coach)
Arthur Lonborg (coach)
Clyde Lovellette (player)
Jerry Lucas (player)
Angelo Luisetti (player)
M
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (player)
Ed Macauley (player)
Herb Magee (coach)
Karl Malone (player)
Moses Malone (player)
Peter P. Maravich said Pistol Pete (player)
Hortensia de Fatima Marcari (player)
Sarunas Marciulionis (player)
Slater Martin (player)
Robert McAdoo (player)
Katrina McClain (player)
Branch McCracken (player)
Jack McCracken (player)
Arad Makkutchan (coach)
Robert McDermott (player)
George McGinnis (player)
Tracey McGrady (player)
Alfred McGuire (coach)
Frank McGuire (coach)
Dick McGuire (player)
Kevin McHale (player)
John McLendon (coach)
Walter Manvell (coach)
Dino Meneghin (player)
Raymond Meyer (coach)
Ann Meyers (player)
Red Michalik (referee)
George Mikan (player)
Vern Mikkelsen (player)
Cheryl Miller (player)
Ralph Miller (coach)
Reggie Miller (player)
Yao Ming (player)
William Mocray (Contributor)
Sidney Moncrief (player)
Earl Monroe (player)
Billy Moore (coach)
Ralph Morgan (member)
Frank Morgenweck (participant)
Alonzo Mourning (player)
Kim Malki (coach)
Chris Mullin (player)
Calvin Murphy (player)
Charles Murphy (player)
Dikembe Mutombo (player)
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Dr. James Naismith (co-author)
Steve Nash (player)
Don Nelson (coach)
Pete Newell (co-author)
Charles "CM" Newton (co-author)
Hank Nichols (referee)
Aleksandar Nikolic (coach)
John Nucatola (referee)
O
John O'Brien (member)
Lawrence O'Brien (participant)
Hakim Olajuwon (player)
Harold Olsen (participant)
Lute Olson (coach)
Shaquille O'Neal (player)
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Harlan Page (player)
Robert Parish (player)
Gary Payton (player)
Drazen Petrovic (player)
Bob Pettit (player)
Andy Phillip (player)
Scottie Pippen (player)
Rick Pitino (coach)
Maurice Podoloff (co-author)
Jim Pollard (player)
Henry Porter (participant)
Cumberland Posey (player)
Q
Ernest Quigley (referee)
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Dino Raca (player).
John "Jack" T. Ramsay (coach)
Frank Ramsey (player)
George Raveling (member)
Willis Reed Jr (player)
William Reid (co-author)
Jerry Reinsdorf (leader)
New York Renaissance (team)
Nolan Richardson (coach)
Mitch Richmond (player)
Pat Riley (coach)
Elmer Ripley (member)
Arnie Riesen (player)
Oscar Robertson (player)
David Robinson (player)
Guy Rogers (player)
Dennis Rodman (player)
John Roosma (player)
Cesare Rubini (coach)
Marvin "Mendy" Rudolf (referee)
Adolf Rupp (coach)
Cathy Rush (coach)
John Russell (player)
Bill Russell (player and coach)
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Arvydas Sabonis (player)
Leonard Sacks (en) (coach)
Lynn St. John (in) (member)
Ralph Sampson (player)
Tom "Sutch" Sanders (co-author)
Abraham "Abe" Saperstein (Contributor)
Arthur Schabinger (in) (participant)
Adolf Schayes (player)
Ernest Schmidt ( out ) (player)
Oscar Schmidt (player)
John Schommer ( out ) (player)
Charlie Scott (player)
Barney Cedran ( out ) (player)
Uliana Semyonova (player)
Bill Self ( out ) (coach)
Bill Sharman (twice named player and then coach)
Everett Shelton (out) (coach)
Dallas Shirley (ru) (referee)
Jack Sikma (player)
Jerry Sloan (coach)
Dean Smith (coach)
Cathy Smith (player)
Amos Alonso Stagg (participant)
Don Staley (player)
Borislav Stankovich (co-author)
Christian Steinmetz (en) (player)
Ed Steitz (Contributor)
David Stern (co-author)
Barbara Stevens (en) (coach)
John Stockton (player)
Maurice Stokes (player)
C. Vivian Stringer (coach)
Earl Strom ( out ) (referee)
Pat Head Summit (coach)
Eddie Sutton (en) (coach)
Cheryl Swoops (player)
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Jerry Tarkanian (coach)
Rhys "Goose" Tatum (player)
Chuck Taylor (Co-author)
Fred Taylor (coach)
Bertha Teague (member)
Tennessee State Tigers (1957-1959) (team)
Texas Western Miners (1965-1966) (team)
Isaiah Thomas (player)
David Thompson (player)
John Thompson (coach)
John "Cat" Thompson (player)
Tina Thompson (player).
Rod Thorne (co-author).
Nate Thurmond (player)
David Toby (referee)
Oswald Tower (co-author)
Arthur Trester (Contributor)
Jack Twyman (player)
Rudy Tomjanovich (coach)
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Wes Unseld (player)
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Tara VanDerveer (coach)
Robert Vandivier (player)
Dick Vitale (co-author)
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Edward Wachter (player)
Margaret Wade (coach)
Chet Walker (player)
David Walsh (judge)
Bill Walton (player)
Bobby Wanzer (player)
Ora May Washington (player).
Stanley Watts (coach)
Wayland Baptist University (1948-1982) (women's team)
Teresa Weatherspoon (player)
WR Clifford Wells (participant)
Rick Welts (Contributor).
Jerry West (player)
Paul Westphal (player)
Joe Joe White (player)
Nera White (player)
Sue Wicks (player)
Louis Wilke (co-author)
Jamaal Wilks (player)
Lenny Wilkens (twice named player and then coach)
Dominic Wilkins (player)
Gary Williams (coach)
Roy Williams (coach)
Tex Winter (coach)
Lynette Woodard (player)
Morgan Wootten (coach)
John Wooden (twice awarded as a player and later as a coach)
Phil Woolpert (coach)
James Worthy (player)
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George Yardley (player)
Kei Yow (coach)
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Fred Zollner (member)
Notes and links
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Tour of the Basketball Hall of Fame. There is a lot of history and interactivity here, and you can also play basketball. Do not forget that if you liked the post, then you can express your emotions in the form of a plus sign or a comment.
The city of Springfield, Massachusetts is nicknamed "City of the First" because of the many innovations that first appeared here: the first gun factory in the United States, the first American dictionary, the first lathe in the United States, the internal combustion engine car, the first sleeping car for passenger trains and much more.
Basketball was invented in 1891 in Springfield by James Naismith, a college instructor in the Christian Youth Organization. In 1959 the Basketball Hall of Fame was created and in 1968 it was opened to the public. That's where I headed.
The Basketball Museum and Hall of Fame building is a large, circular building that resembles a basketball. In front of the entrance there is a monument to James Naismith - the doctor is sitting on a bench, three children are around him, and Naismith is holding a basketball in his hands.
Walking into the lobby, I find many stands with artifacts of various basketball stars - Michael Jordan, Steve Nash, John Stockton. As you approach each of the booths, a video plays on the screen in which each player talks about their passion for the game. On the floor of the hall there are prints of basketball shoes - everyone has the opportunity to compare their shoe size with the size of, for example, Kobe Bryant.
The museum, which costs $20 for adults (due to the pandemic, the price is reduced - on normal days the ticket costs $28), consists of three floors. A tour of it starts from the third floor, which is dedicated to the anthropometric data of basketball players: arm span, players' height. Cardboard figures of basketball players in real height are installed in the room. This is how I would look next to Shaquille O'Neal.
There is also a stand with the size of the players' palms, but at the moment they are asked not to touch it. Because of the virus, of course.
By the way, using anthropometry, the museum also asks to keep a social distance - just stay at arm's length.
The 2nd floor of the museum is dedicated to the history of basketball. There is a story about how, wanting to find a way to keep students busy during gymnastics lessons, James Naismith offered them a game in which they had to throw a ball into a fruit basket. This is how basketball was born.
Visitors will also learn about how basketball has evolved over time. In 1950, the Minneapolis Lakers played the Fort Wayne Pistons. The Pistons, wanting to keep the main star of the rivals George Mikan, who stood out for his height - 208 cm, simply passed the ball to each other throughout the game, practically did not give it to the Minneapolis players. They won with a score of 19:18, which is the fewest points in the history of the NBA, scored by teams in one match. After that, the league introduced a rule according to which each team has 24 seconds to attack.
Other milestones in the history of the game were the emergence of professional leagues and the eventual creation of the National Basketball Association in 1949. And in March 1939, Evanston, Illinois hosted the first college basketball final. The University of Oregon defeated the Ohio State University team. This event attracted the attention of fans from all over the country. The tournament became an annual event and is now known as the March Madness.
Of course, part of the exposition is devoted to the place of black players in the history of basketball. As in other sports in the US, black players played separately from whites. But, unlike, for example, baseball, in basketball, teams made up of black basketball players could face teams from professional leagues.
The most famous of these teams were the Harlem Globetrotters. Founded in the late 1920s, the club played exclusively away and was not a member of any professional league. The team was distinguished by the fact that during the matches they combined elements of sports and show - the use of dribbling, non-standard tricks and tricks.
In 1948 and 1949, the Globetrotters played against the then strongest NBA team, the Minneapolis Lakers. The victory in both games led to the fact that the leadership of the Association decided that black basketball players could play in the league. So at 19In 1950, the first three black players appeared in the NBA: Chuck Kupper, Nat Clifton and Earl Lloyd. The first two were representatives of Harlem.
In 1966, another watershed story occurred when a Texas Western college team became the first college team to win a championship by producing an all-black starting five in the final game. In 2006, the movie Playing by Someone Else's Rules was released, based on these events, and in 2007 the Texas Western team was included in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
This year the museum opened a new exhibition dedicated to basketball fans. Perhaps one of the most prominent fans on display is James Goldstein, a businessman who first played basketball in the 1960s and fell in love with the game and now attends at least 100 games a season. James stands out not only for his passion for basketball, but also for his appearance - one of his outfits can be seen in the museum.
Another superfan is Nav Bhatia, a Canadian businessman of Indian origin. He's been a fan of the Toronto Raptors since the team's inception at 19.95 and for all these years he has not missed a single home game of his favorite team. He is also known for buying tickets for basketball games and giving them away to local children.
Also in the museum you can learn stories about the emergence of the players' union, women's basketball, the place of Jews in basketball.
Of course, the museum is full of various artifacts: uniforms, sneakers, balls. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird even stay together in the museum: their T-shirts and Converse are on display next door.
Shaquille O'Neal sneaker - I think it will fit both of my feet.
The memory of Michael Jordan is imprinted not only on the form with number 23, but also on a part of the floor from the arena of the Utah Jazz. It was from this spot that Jordan scored the series-clinching shot against the Utah Jazz in 1998, allowing Chicago to become an NBA champion for the 6th time in 8 years.
The next room of the museum is actually the Hall of Fame. Unlike the boxing or baseball gyms, the basketball gym has more interactivity. The Hall of Fame is not only a room with plaques on the wall with the names of its members, but also touch screens where you can see information about each representative entered into the Hall: his activities, role in the history of basketball, photos and video clips.
Players, coaches, judges, teams, journalists, people who have contributed to the development of basketball can be elected to the Hall of Fame. In order for a player to have the opportunity to be included in it, three years must have passed since the end of his career, coaches and referees can become members of the Hall even during their career, but for this they must have worked in basketball for at least 25 years.
I study the list of Hall of Fame representatives, I find Russian names. In 1992, Sergei Belov was inducted into the Hall, becoming the first non-American player to receive this honor. Also included in the Hall are Alexander Gomelsky, Uliana Semenova (two-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, ten-time European champion as part of the USSR national team) and Lidia Alekseeva (22 years coached the USSR women's team and won 2 times at the Olympic Games, 5 times at the World Championships, 12 times at the European Championships).
Due to the coronavirus, the induction ceremony for new inductees into the Hall of Fame has been postponed this year. The Class of 2020 is bright - Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan have been selected into the Hall of Fame.
As you exit the Hall of Fame room, everyone is greeted by Larry Bird saying, “Now you know our History. Now is the time to play this Great Game."
Yes, there is a basketball court in the museum! Everyone can play basketball, dunk (there are several backboards lowered for convenience) or throw the ball into rings from different eras (of course, the most popular is a wooden basket).
3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.8 APG in 16 seasons with San Antonio Spurs
7 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 2.4 APG in 15 WNBA seasons with Detroit Shock, Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky and New York Liberty
5 PPG, 4.9 APG, 3.8 RPG in 15 seasons with Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx
6 PPG in 1968 Olympics; led Yugoslavia to silver medal
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Coaches, judges and other participants are also eligible under various conditions. 
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As you approach each of the booths, a video plays on the screen in which each player talks about their passion for the game. On the floor of the hall there are prints of basketball shoes - everyone has the opportunity to compare their shoe size with the size of, for example, Kobe Bryant. 
And in March 1939, Evanston, Illinois hosted the first college basketball final. The University of Oregon defeated the Ohio State University team. This event attracted the attention of fans from all over the country. The tournament became an annual event and is now known as the March Madness. 
James stands out not only for his passion for basketball, but also for his appearance - one of his outfits can be seen in the museum. 
It was from this spot that Jordan scored the series-clinching shot against the Utah Jazz in 1998, allowing Chicago to become an NBA champion for the 6th time in 8 years. 
