How the fuck did Tracy McGrady make the Hall of Fame?

[Enfuego]

I don't think he even got to the 2nd round of the playoffs? :think2:

 

[Michelangelo]

way overrated his whole career

reminds me of Carmello

 

[PatsFan1283]

At his peak he was a top 10 player for probably 6-7 years. And had a lot of good years besides that.

They let a lot of guys in who have longevity but were never really top 10 players, I don't mind valuing peak more. It is supposed to be a museum, if you look back in 20 years and Vince Carter and Mitch Richmond are in but Grant Hill and Tmac aren't, that seems backwards.

As far as team success, a lot of team success is based on circumstance. He went to Orlando and then G Hill immediately died and he was stuck for 4 years. If he played his last 4 good years with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen like Paul Pierce did, he would probably be remembered a lot differently.

Chris Webber also considered overrated by a lot of people, really if you look at his career, he was an elite player for a shorter period of time than TMac. Basically only for 3-4 years in Sacto before the knee injury. But that was a relevant team and he was 1 of the best players in the league at the time. Should be in (and it factors in his college career as well but that is a different discussion)

 

[HacheMan]

Like fellow Orlando Magic player Penny Hardaway, he was one of top players in league early on before injuries.

All professional leagues are ridiculous as to who they bite inti their respective Hall Of Fames.

Should be slim pickins but they want to put everyone in...

 

[PatsFan1283]

I think if you are 1 of the seminal players in the league during your era then you should probably be in, even if your longevity isn't there. If you are an NBA fan and think of the post-MJ/Dream Team guys era, you think Kobe, AI, Shaq, Duncan, KG, Dirk, TMac, VC, Allen, Pierce, J Kidd, few others. He's in that group.

Guys like that should be in IMO.

 

[festeringZit]

 

[seldomseen]

He was better than top for a few years.

 

[Greenbacks]

Regular Season Averages
SEASON	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
'97-'98	TOR	64	17	18.4	2.8-6.2	.450	0.2-0.6	.341	1.2-1.7	.712	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	1.0	7.0
'98-'99	TOR	49	2	22.6	3.4-7.9	.436	0.2-0.7	.229	2.3-3.2	.726	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.3	1.1	1.9	1.6	9.3
'99-'00	TOR	79	34	31.2	5.8-12.9	.451	0.2-0.8	.277	3.5-5.0	.707	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.9	1.1	2.5	2.0	15.4
'00-'01	ORL	77	77	40.1	10.2-22.4	.457	0.8-2.2	.355	5.6-7.6	.733	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.1	2.6	26.8
'01-'02	ORL	76	76	38.3	9.4-20.9	.451	1.4-3.7	.364	5.5-7.3	.748	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.0	1.6	1.8	2.5	25.6
'02-'03	ORL	75	74	39.4	11.1-24.2	.457	2.3-6.0	.386	7.7-9.7	.793	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	0.8	1.7	2.1	2.6	32.1
'03-'04	ORL	67	67	39.9	9.7-23.4	.417	2.6-7.7	.339	5.9-7.5	.796	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	0.6	1.4	1.9	2.7	28.0
'04-'05	HOU	78	78	40.8	9.2-21.3	.431	1.8-5.6	.326	5.5-7.1	.774	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	0.7	1.7	2.1	2.6	25.7
'05-'06	HOU	47	47	37.1	8.7-21.5	.406	1.6-5.0	.312	5.4-7.2	.747	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	0.9	1.3	1.9	2.6	24.4
'06-'07	HOU	71	71	35.8	9.0-20.8	.431	1.8-5.4	.331	4.9-6.9	.707	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	0.5	1.3	1.9	3.0	24.6
'07-'08	HOU	66	62	37.0	8.3-19.8	.419	1.3-4.5	.292	3.7-5.4	.684	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.4	21.6
'08-'09	HOU	35	35	33.7	5.4-13.9	.388	1.3-3.3	.376	3.6-4.5	.801	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.0	15.6
'09-'10	HOU	6	0	7.7	1.2-3.2	.368	0.2-0.3	.500	0.7-1.0	.667	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	3.2
'09-'10	NY	24	24	26.1	3.5-9.0	.389	0.6-2.6	.242	1.8-2.4	.754	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.9	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.8	9.4
'10-'11	DET	72	39	23.4	3.2-7.1	.442	0.4-1.2	.341	1.3-1.8	.698	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	8.0
'11-'12	ATL	52	0	16.1	1.9-4.4	.437	0.3-0.6	.455	1.1-1.6	.675	0.4	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.3
Career	938	703	32.7	7.2-16.4	.435	1.2-3.4	.338	4.1-5.5	.746	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.4	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.2	19.6

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</tbody>

 

[Greenbacks]

Postseason Averages
SEASON	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
'99-'00	TOR	3	3	37.0	5.7-14.7	.386	0.7-2.3	.286	4.7-5.3	.875	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	16.7
'00-'01	ORL	4	4	44.5	12.8-30.8	.415	0.5-2.5	.200	7.8-9.5	.816	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.3	1.8	2.8	2.0	33.8
'01-'02	ORL	4	4	44.5	10.5-22.8	.462	1.3-4.0	.313	8.5-11.5	.739	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	1.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	30.8
'02-'03	ORL	7	7	44.0	10.6-23.6	.448	2.3-6.7	.340	8.3-10.7	.773	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	0.9	2.0	2.3	3.7	31.7
'04-'05	HOU	7	7	43.0	11.1-24.4	.456	2.4-6.6	.370	6.0-7.3	.824	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.4	1.6	2.9	3.7	30.7
'06-'07	HOU	7	7	40.0	9.0-22.9	.394	1.3-5.1	.250	6.0-8.1	.737	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.9	0.7	1.7	3.0	25.3
'07-'08	HOU	6	6	41.2	10.3-24.3	.425	0.8-4.0	.208	5.5-8.8	.623	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	0.8	1.5	1.3	3.0	27.0
'11-'12	ATL	6	0	15.0	1.7-4.3	.385	0.0-0.7	.000	0.8-1.0	.833	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.7	4.2
'12-'13	SA	6	0	5.2	0.0-1.2	.000	0.0-0.5	.000	0.0-0.0	.000	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0
Career	50	38	34.5	7.9-18.7	.426	1.1-3.9	.290	5.2-6.8	.757	1.3	4.5	5.7	5.0	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.7	22.2

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</tbody>

 

[CHOPTALK]

In basketball it's a Basketball HOF not NBA HOF.
There are players in the basketball HOF who barely even played in the NBA.



Christian Laettner is in the basketball HOF and he sucked im the NBA.
Jay Williams also in the basketball HOF. Barely even played in the NBA

 

[festeringZit]

There are worse players than McGrady in the Hall of Fame:

Mich Ritchmond?
Chris Mullin?
Ralph Sampson?
Adrian Dantley?
KC Jones?
Arvydas Sabonis?

 

[bigwang]

McGrady was robbed of many more dominant seasons due to knees. He was elite for a large portion of his career.

 

[Greenbacks]

1959	Chuck Hyatt	G	National championship (Pittsburgh, 1928, 1930); College All-America (1929, 1930); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1930)	[SUP][2][/SUP]
1959	Hank Luisetti	F	3 Pacific Coast Conference championships (Stanford, 1936–38); National championship (Stanford, 1937); Helm's Foundation Player of the Year (1937–38); 2-time All-America (1937–38)	[SUP][3][/SUP]
1959	George Mikan	C	All-America (DePaul, 1944–45); All-NBA First-Team (1950–54); 4-time NBA All-Star (1951–54); NBL/NBA Championships (Chicago Gears, 1947; Minneapolis Lakers, 1948–50, 1952–54)	[SUP][4][/SUP]
1959	John Schommer	G	Big Ten Championships (Chicago, 1907–09); All-America (1907–09); Mythical U.S. championship (Chicago, 1908); officiated Big Ten games (1911–40)	[SUP][5][/SUP]
1960	Vic Hanson	G	Helms Foundation Championship (Syracuse, 1926); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1927); Grantland Rice's All-Time, All-America Team (1952); played with ABL's Cleveland Rosenblums (1927–30)	[SUP][6][/SUP]
1960	Ed Macauley	C-F	All-America (Saint Louis, 1948–49); Associated Press College Player of the Year (1949); MVP, NIT championship team (1949); All-NBA First-Team (1951–53)	[SUP][7][/SUP]
1960	Branch McCracken	F	Led Indiana in scoring (1928–30); All-Big Ten First Team (1928–30); set the Big Ten record for points (147) as a senior (1930); Helms Foundation All-America (1930); Coach of the Year (1940, 1953)	[SUP][8][/SUP]
1960	Charles Murphy	C	Big Ten co-championships (Purdue, 1928–29); Helms Foundation All-America (1929–30); set Big Ten scoring record of 143 points (1929); Big Ten Championship (1930)	[SUP][9][/SUP]
1960	John Wooden	G	Helms Foundation All-America (Purdue, 1930–32); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1932); National championship (Purdue, 1932); All-NBL First Team (1938)	[SUP][10][/SUP]
1961	Bennie Borgmann	G	#1 scorer in the 1920s; earned fifteen scoring titles with various leagues (1922–35); led the Patterson Legionnaires and Kingston Colonials to league titles (1923); played in nearly 3,000 basketball games	[SUP][11][/SUP]
1961	Forrest DeBernardi	C	AAU championships (Kansas City Athletic Club, 1921, Hillyard Shine Alls, 1926–27, Cook Paint Company, 1928–29); 7-time AAU All-America	[SUP][12][/SUP]
1961	Bob Kurland	C	All-America (1944–46); NCAA Championships (Oklahoma A&M, 1945–46); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1946); first 2-time Olympic Gold Medal winner (1948, 1952)	[SUP][13][/SUP]
1961	Andy Phillip	G-F	Consensus two-time All-America (1943, 1947); National College Player of the Year (Illinois, 1943); 5 championship finals (1947, 1955–58); 5-time BAA/NBA All-Star (1951–55)	[SUP][14][/SUP]
1961	John Roosma	G	3-time All-American selection at Army; 3-time All-Eastern selection at Army; led the Cadets to a 73–13 record and 33 consecutive wins; led Passaic High School to New Jersey State championships (1919–21)	[SUP][15][/SUP]
1961	Chris Steinmetz	G	Led Wisconsin National Championship Game (1905); Western championship (1905); charter member of Helms Foundation Hall of Fame; enshrined in Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame	[SUP][16][/SUP]
1961	Ed Wachter	C	Played 8 different leagues and with independent teams (1899–1924); Member Troy championship team in Hudson River (1910–11) and New York State Leagues (1912–13, 1915); credited by many with inventing the bounce pass; chosen All-America basketball center by leading basketball authorities of the era	[SUP][17][/SUP]
1962	Jack McCracken	F	Second place in National High School Tournament in Chicago (Classen High School, 1929); 8-time AAU All-America (1932, 1935, 1937–39, 1940, 1942, 1945); 3 AAU national titles (1937, 1939, 1942)	[SUP][18][/SUP]
1962	Pat Page	G	1 National AAU title (University of Chicago, 1907); 3 National championships (1908, 1909, 1910); Helms Foundation All-America (1908–10); Helms Foundation National Player of the Year (1910)	[SUP][19][/SUP]
1962	Barney Sedran	G	Shortest player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame; 1 Hudson Valley League championship (Newburgh, 1912); Pennsylvania League championship and 35 straight wins with Carbondale (1917); 1 New York State League championship (Albany, 1921)	[SUP][20][/SUP]
1962	John Thompson	F	All-America (Montana State, 1928–30); All-Rocky Mountain Conference (1928–30); led Montana State to Helms National Championship with 35–2 record (1929); Helms Foundation National Player of the Year (1930)	[SUP][21][/SUP]
1963	Robert Gruenig	C	AAU All-America First-Team (1937–40, 1942–46, 1948); AAU championship (Denver Safeway, 1937; Denver Nuggets, 1939; Denver American Legion, 1942)	[SUP][22][/SUP]
1964	Bud Foster	F	All-America (1930); Big Ten Conference titles (1935, 1941, 1947); NCAA Championship (Wisconsin, 1941)	[SUP][23][/SUP]
1964	Nat Holman	G	Eastern League championships (1921–22); player-coach of the Original Celtics (1926–29); American Basketball League titles (Original Celtics, 1927–28); NCAA and NIT championships as coach of City College of New York (CCNY) (1950)	[SUP][24][/SUP]
1964	John Russell	G	ABL championship as a player-coach (Cleveland Rosenblums, 1926); Eastern League championship (Trenton Moose, 1933); ABL championship (New York Jewels, 1939); played in the Interstate, New York State, Pennsylvania State, Metropolitan, and American Basketball Leagues	[SUP][25][/SUP]
1966	Joe Lapchick	C	Interstate League championship (Holyoke Reds, 1922); ABL championships (Original Celtics, 1927–28); American Basketball League titles (Cleveland Rosenblums, 1929–30); NIT championships as coach (St. John's, 1943–44, 1959, 1965)	[SUP][26][/SUP]
1969	Dutch Dehnert	F	Famed member of the Original Celtics of New York in the 1920s, also a successful pro coach.	[SUP][27][/SUP]
1970	Bob Davies	G-F	'The Harrisburg Houdini ', star ballhandling guard of the late 1940s and early 1950s. NBA All-Star for the Rochester Royals multiple times.	[SUP][28][/SUP]
1971	Bob Cousy	G	Major NBA star in the 1950s, ballhandling and passing wiz. Leader of the fast-breaking Boston Celtics, NBA champions multiple times. Later also a coach.	[SUP][29][/SUP]
1971	Bob Pettit	F	Star NBA big man of the late 1950s and early 1960s, NBA Most Valuable Player, led 1958 Hawks to NBA title. The first NBA player to net 20,000 career points.	[SUP][30][/SUP]
1972	Paul Endacott	F	Helms Athletic Foundation Championship with Kansas, 1923 Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year, 1923 All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team, 1922, 1923 All-Missouri Valley Conference Second-Team, 1921	[SUP][31][/SUP]
1972	Marty Friedman	G	Hudson River Valley League championship with Newburgh Tenths, 1911–12 World Championship with Utica Utes, 1914 Pennsylvania Inter-County championship with Carbondale, 1915 New York State League championship with Albany Senators, 1919	[SUP][32][/SUP]
1973	John Beckman	G	"Iron Man" and "Babe Ruth" of basketball in the 1920s. Member of the Original Celtics. Won Interstate League championships with Patterson, Bridgeport Blue Ribbons and Nanticoke Nans	[SUP][33][/SUP]
1973	Dolph Schayes	F-C	1950s NBA star for the Syracuse Nationals, led them to 1955 NBA title.	[SUP][34][/SUP]
1974	Ernest Schmidt	F	Central Conference leading scorer, 1931, 1932, 1933 All-America by College Humor Magazine,1932 AAU star with Reno Creameries and the Denver Piggly Wiggly team Second-Team AAU All-America, 1932	[SUP][35][/SUP]
1975	Joe Brennan	G	Metropolitan Basketball League championship with Brooklyn, 1922, 1924, 1925 National League championship with Brooklyn Visitations, 1927 Led Metropolitan Basketball League in scoring, 1922, 1927 Played in Eastern, New York State, Pennsylvania State, Interstate, Metropolitan, and American Basketball Leagues	[SUP][36][/SUP]
1975	Bill Russell	C	11× NBA Champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969) 12× NBA All-Star(1958–1969) 5× NBA MVP (1958, '61, '62, '63, '65) 3× All-NBA First Team Selection (1959, 1963, 1965) 8× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968) 1× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1969) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980) NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1971) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007)	[SUP][37][/SUP]
1975	Robert Vandivier	G	State championships with Franklin High School, 1920–22 All-State at Franklin High School, 1920, 1921, 1922 Captain of The Wonder Five, Indiana's legendary high school team All Mid-West at Franklin College, 1926	[SUP][38][/SUP]
1976	Tom Gola	G-F	major college basketball star at LaSalle in the 1950s, then star 6' 6 guard -forward for the Philadelphia Warriors in late 1950s, early 1960s.	[SUP][39][/SUP]
1976	Ed Krause	C	Helms Foundation All-America at Notre Dame, 1932 Consensus Collegiate All-America, 1932, 1933, 1934 All-Western Conference, 1932, 1933, 1934 One of the first college players in history to average over ten points a game in a season, 1932–33	[SUP][40][/SUP]
1976	Bill Sharman	G	Star 6' 2 shooter / scorer, played in California pro leagues, then for Boston Celtics in the 1950s. Later a successful coach, led Cleveland Pipers ( ABL ), and 1972 Los Angeles Lakers ( NBA ) to pro championships.	[SUP][41][/SUP]
1977	Elgin Baylor	F	Gravity-defying star for the Minneapolis-Los Angeles Lakers in the 1960s. Singlehandedly carried the U. of Seattle to NCAA title game in 1958. Overcame racism in the playgrounds of Washington, D.C.	[SUP][42][/SUP]
1977	Lauren Gale	F	All Pacific Coast Conference First-Team, 1938, 1939 Led Pacific Coast Conference in scoring, 1938, 1939 Helms Athletic Foundation All-America, 1939 NCAA Championship with Oregon, 1939	[SUP][43][/SUP]
1977	William Johnson	C	First Team Big Six Conference at Kansas, 1932, 1933 Second Team Big Six Conference, 1931 College Humor All-America, 1933 Second Team AAU All-America, 1934	[SUP][44][/SUP]

<tbody>
</tbody>

 

[Greenbacks]

1978	Paul Arizin	F	Line drive shooter, scoring star at Villanova, then for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s, 'Pitchin Paul'.	[SUP][45][/SUP]
1978	Joe Fulks	F	The first Philadelphia Warriors NBA star, high scoring 6' 5 forward of the 1940s, the first major star of The Basketball Association Of America, the league that became the NBA in 1949.	[SUP][46][/SUP]
1978	Cliff Hagan	F	' Lil Abner ', remarkably tough 6' 5 forward, played college ball at Kentucky, star for the St. Louis Hawks, helped them win 1958 NBA title. Remarkable athlete, was player /coach for years, later played in the ABA in the late 1960s as well.	[SUP][47][/SUP]
1978	Jim Pollard	F	' Jumping Jim ', college star at Stanford, high leaping star forward for the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1950s, helped them win multiple championships.	[SUP][48][/SUP]
1979	Wilt Chamberlain	C	4× NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968) 2× NBA champion (1967, 1972) NBA Finals MVP (1972) 13× NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960) 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–1962, 1964, 1965–1968) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1966, 1972) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972–1973) 7× NBA scoring champion (1960–1966) 11× NBA rebounding champion (1960–1963, 1966–1969, 1971–1973)	[SUP][49][/SUP]
1980	Jerry Lucas	F-C	high school Ohio phenom, then led Ohio State to three NCAA Finals, star of 1960's USA Olympic team, all-pro big man for the Cincinnati Royals.	[SUP][50][/SUP]
1980	Oscar Robertson	PG	NBA Champion (1971) NBA Most Valuable Player (1964) 12× NBA All-Star (1961–1972) 9× All-NBA First Team (1961–1969) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1970–1971) NBA Rookie of the Year(1961) NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) Only NBA player to average a triple double in one full season (1962)	[SUP][51][/SUP]
1980	Jerry West	G	College: Holder of 12 West Virginia University basketball all-time records; 2-time NCAA All-American; 1959 NCAA Championship appearance; 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. NBA: One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); NBA Champion (1972); NBA Finals MVP (1969), the only player in history to receive the honor while playing on the losing team; 10-times selected to the All-NBA First Team (1962–'67, '70–'73); Twice voted to the All-NBA Second Team (1968, '69); 4-times voted to the NBA All-Defensive Team (1970–73); 14-time NBA All-Star (1961–'74); Selected an All-Star every year of his career; NBA All-Star MVP (1972); NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980); Appeared in the NBA Finals nine times; Played his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers; 3rd player in history to reach 25,000 points; 29.1 points per game career playoffs scoring average is second best behind Michael Jordan. Coaching: Never missed the playoffs as the coach of the Lakers; as general manager he is credited with creating the 1980s-era Lakers dynasty that won 4 NBA Championships and compiling the team that won 3 NBA Championships from 2000 to 2002; recipient of 1995 and 2004 NBA Executive of the Year Awards. Other: Olympic gold medalist (1960); The NBA league logo is modeled after West's silhouette.	[SUP][52][/SUP]
1981	Tom Barlow	C	Defeated Original Celtics and New York Rens as a member of Philadelphia SPHAS, 1926 Played in first professional game at the old Madison Square Garden Played under Hall of Fame coach Eddie Gottlieb with Philadelphia SPHAS and Warriors Known as basketball's first enforcer	[SUP][53][/SUP]
1982	Hal Greer	G	consistent star scorer for the Philadelphia 76ers, NBA all-star	[SUP][54][/SUP]
1982	Slater Martin	G	star ball handler for the title-winning Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s, then also the 1958 St. Louis Hawks.	[SUP][55][/SUP]
1982	Frank Ramsey	F-G	star forward at Kentucky then for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.The first of Red Auerbach's ' Sixth Man ' stars.	[SUP][56][/SUP]
1982	Willis Reed	C	star big man who starred at Grambling, then for the New York Knickerbockers. Led Knicks to 1970 NBA title. Later also a pro coach.	[SUP][57][/SUP]
1983	Bill Bradley	F-G	Three-time All-American at Princeton (1963–65); Olympic gold medal (1964); USBWA College Player of the Year (1965); NCAA Tournament MOP (1965); Sullivan Award as top amateur athlete in the U.S. (1965); Rhodes Scholar; European Champions Cup (now Euroleague) title with Simmenthal Milan (1966); two NBA titles (New York Knicks, 1970, 1973); first player ever to win Olympic gold medal, Euroleague title, and NBA title	[SUP][58][/SUP]
1983	Dave DeBusschere	F	' Defensive Dave ', All-American for U. Of Detroit, then a NBA star for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knickerbockers. The youngest player / coach in NBA history for Detroit, age 24. Later, also commissioner of the ABA.	[SUP][59][/SUP]
1983	Jack Twyman	F	All-America at Cincinnati (1955); six-time NBA All-Star (1957–60, 1962–63); twice Second Team All-NBA (1960, 1962); among the NBA's top 15 scorers for eight seasons. Also known for serving as guardian of former teammate Maurice Stokes from his crippling head injury in 1958 until his death in 1970.	[SUP][60][/SUP]
1984	John Havlicek	F	' Hondo ', legendary basketball athlete, ' Sixth Man ' star for the title-winning Boston Celtics, then star forward as starter. Played 17 years, scored over 25,000 NBA points.	[SUP][61][/SUP]
1984	Sam Jones	G	Star shooting guard from small college in North Carolina 10× NBA champion (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969).	[SUP][62][/SUP]
1985	Al Cervi	G-F	tough star guard for the Rochester Royals in the 1940s, then player / coach of Syracuse Nationals. Won championships with both teams.	[SUP][63][/SUP]
1985	Nate Thurmond	C-F	' Great Nate ' star center for the San Francisco Warriors in the 1960s, known for his defensive intensity. Finished career with the Cleveland Cavaliers.	[SUP][64][/SUP]
1986	Billy Cunningham	F	Star forward for the Philadelphia 76s, NBA All-Star (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972) ABA All-Star (1973) NBA Champion (1967, 1983) ABA MVP (1973)	[SUP][65][/SUP]
1986	Tom Heinsohn	F	Star big forward at Holy Cross as collegian, then for Boston Celtics late 1950s, early 1960s. Also noted as President of NBA's player union.	[SUP][66][/SUP]
1987	Rick Barry	F	NBA Champion (1975) 8× NBA All-Star (1966–1967, 1973–1978) 5× All-NBA First Team (1966–1967, 1974–1976) NBA Rookie of the Year (1966) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][67][/SUP]
1987	Walt Frazier	G	' Clyde ', legendary quick-handed star guard for the New York Knickerbockers in the 1970s.	[SUP][68][/SUP]
1987	Bob Houbregs	C-F	Helms Foundation Player of the Year, 1953 All-America, 1953 All-Pacific Coast Conference, 1951–1953 Led Washington to PCC titles, 1951–1953	[SUP][69][/SUP]
1987	Pete Maravich	G	' Pistol Pete ', Legendary scoring guard raised for early age to star in basketball. Scored 40 points per game at LSU as collegian, then starred for the Atlanta Hawks and New Orleans Jazz.	[SUP][70][/SUP]
1987	Bobby Wanzer	G	NBA championship with Rochester Royals, 1951 Led the league in free-throw percentage, 90.4 in 1952 NBA All-Star, 1952–56 NBA Most Valuable Player, 1953	[SUP][71][/SUP]
1988	Clyde Lovellette	C-F	Star big man of the 1950s, for Kansas as collegian, Phillips 66ers in the NIBL, then for four NBA teams.	[SUP][72][/SUP]
1988	Bobby McDermott	G	star scoring guard and player coach for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons during The Wars Years of the 1940s.	[SUP][73][/SUP]
1988	Wes Unseld	C-F	' Wide Wes ', star big man for the Baltimore Bullets in the late 1960s, early 1970s. Led them from last to first in his famed rookie season.	[SUP][74][/SUP]
1989	William Gates	F	Two-time World Professional Tournament championship with New York Rens (1939) and Washington Bears (1943) Played under Hall of Fame coach Bob Douglas Only player to have appeared in all ten World Professional Tournaments. First African-American player-coach in major leagues with the 1948–49 Dayton Rens of the NBL	[SUP][75][/SUP]
1989	K.C. Jones	G	NCAA championship with USF, 1955, 1956 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal, 1956 AAU All-America, 1957–58 NBA championships with Boston Celtics, 1959–66	[SUP][76][/SUP]
1989	Lenny Wilkens	G	Called ' Lefty ' as star passing /scoring guard player for St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers. Then became outstanding pro coach for two of those teams. Had two Hall Of Fame careers, one as player, one as coach.	[SUP][77][/SUP]
1990	Dave Bing	G	All-America at Syracuse University, 1966 NBA All-Star, 1968–69, 1971–76 All-NBA First-Team, 1968, 1971 NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, 1996	[SUP][78][/SUP]
1990	Elvin Hayes	F-C	' The Big E ', high leaping, scoring big man at U. Of Houston, then for San Diego-Houston Rockets. Later also starred for title-winning Washington Bullets in lengthy NBA career.	[SUP][79][/SUP]
1990	Neil Johnston	C	high scoring center at Ohio State as collegian, then for Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s. Led the Warriors to 1955 NBA title.	[SUP][80][/SUP]
1990	Earl Monroe	G	' Earl The Pearl ', playground legend from Philadelphia, then crowd pleasing / scoring star for Baltimore Bullets and New York Knickerbockers.	[SUP][81][/SUP]
1991	Nate Archibald	G	NBA Champion (1981) 6× NBA All-Star (1973, 1975–1976, 1980–1982) 3× All-NBA First Team (1973, 1975–1976 ) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1972, 1981) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][82][/SUP]
1991	Dave Cowens	C-F	high intensity big man / center for the Boston Celtics, helped lead team to two NBA titles.	[SUP][83][/SUP]
1991	Harry Gallatin	F-C	NBA All-Star, 1951–57 All-NBA First-Team, 1954 All-NBA Second-Team, 1955 NBA Coach of the Year with St. Louis, 1963	[SUP][84][/SUP]
1992	Sergei Belov	G	First international player to be inducted With the Soviet national team; 4x EuroBasket Gold: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1979 EuroBasket MVP 1969 2x FIBA World Championship Gold: 1967, 1974 FIBA World Championship MVP 1970 Summer Olympics Gold: 1972 With CSKA Moscow; 11 USSR League championships: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 2 USSR Cup championships: 1972, 1973 2 Euroleague championships 1969, 1971 FIBA's 50 Greatest Players 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame 2007 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors 2008	[SUP][85][/SUP]
1992	Lusia Harris-Stewart	C	AIAW National Championship with Delta State, 1975–77 All-America at Delta State, 1975–77 Pan American Gold Medal, 1975 Olympic Silver Medal, 1976	[SUP][86][/SUP]
1992	Connie Hawkins	F-C	' The Hawk ' playground legend, high-gliding star big man from Brooklyn. Career marred by alleged point-shaving scandal. Nonetheless starred for Harlem Globetrotters, ABL-ABA Pittsburgh Pipers, which he led to the first ABA title in 1968.	[SUP][87][/SUP]
1992	Bob Lanier	C	All-America at St. Bonaventure University, 1968, 1969, 1970 NCAA Final Four, 1970 Eight-time NBA All-Star, 1972–75, 1977–79, 1982 NBA's Walter J. Kennedy Citizenship Award, 1978	[SUP][88][/SUP]
1992	Nera White	F	Led Nashville Business College to ten national AAU championships Named Outstanding Player in national AAU tournaments ten times MVP, World Championship, 1957–58 Led U.S. to World Championship, 1957–58	[SUP][89][/SUP]
1993	Walt Bellamy	C	Gold: 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team 4x NBA-All Star (1962–1965) NBA Rookie of the Year (1962)	[SUP][90][/SUP]
1993	Julius Erving	F	NBA Champion (1983) 2× ABA Champion (1974, 1976) NBA MVP (1981) 3× ABA MVP (1974–1976) 11× NBA All-Star (1977–1987) 5× ABA All-Star (1972–1976) 5× All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980–1983) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][91][/SUP]
1993	Dan Issel	C-F	Odds-defying star big man at Kentucky, then for ABA Kentucky Colonels, then for ABA/NBA Denver Nuggets in lengthy playing career. Later also coached Denver. Netted over 25,000 pro points.	[SUP][92][/SUP]
1993	Dick McGuire	G	NIT championship at St. John's, 1944 Helms Foundation All-America at St. John's, 1944 NCAA Final Four at Dartmouth, 1944 NBA All-Star, 1951, 1952, 1954–56, 1958–59	[SUP][93][/SUP]
1993	Ann Meyers	G	Olympic Silver Medal, 1976 All-America at UCLA, 1976–78 AIAW National Championship, 1978 Broderick Cup, symbolic of nation's outstanding female player, 1978	[SUP][94][/SUP]
1993	Calvin Murphy	G	NBA All-Star (1979) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1979) 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1969–1970) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1968)	[SUP][95][/SUP]
1993	Uļjana Semjonova	C	Unbeaten in international team competition in her 18-year career; two Olympic gold medals (1976, 1980); three World Championship gold medals (1971, 1975, 1983); 11 European Women's Championships; 16 European women's club championships; 15 Soviet club championships; member of the inaugural class of inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999; inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007	[SUP][96][/SUP]
1993	Bill Walton	C-F	2× NBA Champion (1977, 1986) NBA Most Valuable Player (1978) 2× NBA All-Star (1977–1978) NBA Finals MVP (1977 ) All-NBA First Team (1977) All-NBA Second Team (1978 ) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1978) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1986) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][97][/SUP]
1994	Carol Blazejowski	G	All-America at Montclair State, 1976–78 Led Montclair State to AIAW Final Four, 1976 Converse Women's Player of the Year, 1977 Gold medal, World University team, 1979	[SUP][98][/SUP]
1994	Buddy Jeannette	G	World Professional Tournament Championship with Detroit Eagles, 1941 World Professional Tournament MVP, 1941, 1945 All-NBL First-Team, 1941, 1944–46 All-BAA Second-Team, 1942	[SUP][99][/SUP]

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[Greenbacks]

1995	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	6× NBA Champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–1988) 6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971–1972, 1974, 1976–1977, 1980) 19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985) 10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976–1977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1986) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978–1979, 1983, 1985) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974–1975, 1979–1981) 6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970–1971, 1976–1978, 1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1970) NBA All-Rookie Team (1970) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 3× NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1967–1969) 3× NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969) Naismith College Player of the Year (1969) 2× USBWA College Player of the Year (1967–1968)	[SUP][100][/SUP] Leads NBA in All-Time Scoring
1995	Anne Donovan	C	AIAW Championship with Old Dominion University, 1979 All-America, 1981–83 NCAA Final Four with Old Dominion University, 1983 Naismith Player of the Year, 1983 Olympic Gold Medal (1984, 1988)	[SUP][101][/SUP]
1995	Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	NAIA national championship at Hamline, 1949 All-America, 1949 Six-time NBA All-Star, 1951–53, 1955–57 NBA championships with Minneapolis Lakers, 1951–53, 1955	[SUP][102][/SUP]
1995	Cheryl Miller	F	NCAA Championship with Southern California, 1983, 1984 NCAA tournament MVP, 1983 Naismith Player of the Year, 1984–86 Olympic Gold Medal, 1984	[SUP][103][/SUP]
1996	Krešimir Ćosić	C	2x EuroBasket MVP: 1971, 1975 2x FIBA World Championship Gold: 1970, 1978 3x EuroBasket Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977 Summer Olympics Gold: 1980 Croatian Sportsman of the Year 1980 FIBA's 50 Greatest Players 1991 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2006 FIBA Hall of Fame 2007 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors 2008	[SUP][104][/SUP]
1996	George Gervin	G	9x NBA All-Star (1977–1985) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1980) 5x All-NBA First Team (1978–1982) 2x All-NBA Second Team (1977, 1983) 3x ABA All-Star (1974–1976) 2x All-ABA Second Team (1975–1976) ABA All-Rookie Team (1973) ABA All-Time Team 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][105][/SUP]
1996	Gail Goodrich	G	NBA Champion (1972) 5x NBA All-Star (1969, 1972–1975)	[SUP][106][/SUP]
1996	Nancy Lieberman	G	All-America at Old Dominion, 1978, 1979, 1980 Olympic Silver Medal, 1976 Pan American Gold Medal, 1975 Became first female player in history to play in a men's league with the USBL Springfield Fame, 1986	[SUP][107][/SUP]
1996	David Thompson	G-F	4× NBA All-Star (1977–1979, 1983) ABA All-Star (1976) 2× All-NBA First Team (1977, 1978) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1979) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1976) All-ABA Second Team (1976) ABA Rookie of the Year (1976) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1976) Naismith College Player of the Year (1975) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1975) ABA All-Time Team	[SUP][108][/SUP]
1996	George Yardley	F-G	' Jumping George ', high-leaping star scoring forward at Stanford as collegian, then for the Fort Wayne – Detroit Pistons in the 1950s.	[SUP][109][/SUP]
1997	Joan Crawford	C	Gold Medals in 1957 FIBA World Championship and 1959 & 1963 Pan American Games for Women's Basketball. 2x AAU Most Valuable Player. AAU Hall of Fame in 1961. Helms Hall of Fame in 1967. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.	[SUP][110][/SUP]
1997	Denise Curry	F	Gold Medals in 1979 & 1983 FIBA World Championship, 1983 Pan American Games and 1984 Olympics for Women's Basketball. UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.	[SUP][111][/SUP]
1997	Alex English	F	8× NBA All-Star (1982–1989) 3x All-NBA Second Team (1982–1983, 1986) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1988) NBA Scoring Champion (1983)	[SUP][112][/SUP]
1997	Bailey Howell	F	2× NBA Champion (1968–1969) 6× NBA All-Star (1961–1964, 1966–1967) All-NBA Second Team (1963)	[SUP][113][/SUP]
1998	Larry Bird	F	Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986) 12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) 9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team (1990) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010	[SUP][114][/SUP]
1998	Marques Haynes	G	Harlem Globetrotters' premiere ball handler	[SUP][115][/SUP]
1998	Arnie Risen	C	2× NBA Champion (1951, 1957) 4× NBA All-Star (1952–55) 9× All-BAA Second Team (1949)	[SUP][116][/SUP]
1999	Kevin McHale	F	3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 7× NBA All-Star (1984, 1986–1991) 2× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1984–1985) All-NBA First Team (1987) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1986–1988) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1983, 1990–1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1981) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][117][/SUP]
2000	Bob McAdoo	C-F	2× NBA Champion (1982, 1985) NBA Most Valuable Player (1975) 5× NBA All-Star (1974–1978) All-NBA First Team (1975) All-NBA Second Team (1974) NBA Rookie of the Year (1973) NBA All-Rookie Team (1973)	[SUP][118][/SUP]
2000	Isiah Thomas	G	2× NBA Champion (1989–1990) 12× NBA All-Star (1982–1993) NBA Finals MVP(1990) 3× All-NBA First Team (1984–1986) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1983, 1987) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1986–1988) NBA All-Rookie Team (1982) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1980) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][119][/SUP]
2001	Moses Malone	C	NBA Champion (1983) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1979, 1982–1983) 13× NBA All-Star (1975, 1978–1989) NBA Finals MVP (1983) 4× All-NBA First Team (1979, 1982–1983, 1985) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1980–1981, 1984, 1987) NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][120][/SUP]
2002	Magic Johnson	G	Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 NCAA Champion (Michigan State, 1979) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player 12× NBA All-Star[SUP][121][/SUP] (1979) 5× NBA Champion (1980,1982,1985,1987,1988) 3× NBA Finals MVP (1980, 1982, 1987) 3× NBA MVP (1987,1989,1990) 9× All-NBA First Team Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][122][/SUP]
2002	Dražen Petrović	G	FIBA World Championship Gold: 1990 EuroBasket Gold: 1989 3× Olympic Medalist ( Silver silver, SFR Yugoslavia, 1988, Croatia, 1992; Bronze bronze, SFR Yugoslavia, 1984) 2× Euroleague champion (1985, 1986) 2× European Cup Winners Cup Winner (1987, 1989) FIBA World Championship MVP (1986) EuroBasket MVP (1989) 4× Euroscar (1986, 1989, 1992, 1993) 2× Mr. Europa Award (1986, 1993) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 All-NBA Third Team (1993) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007)	[SUP][123][/SUP]
2003	Dino Meneghin	C	EuroBasket Gold: 1983 Summer Olympics Silver: 1980 7× Euroleague champion (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988) 2× European Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1967, 1980) Korać Cup Winner (1985) Euroscar (1983) 2× Mr. Europa Award (1980, 1983) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991	[SUP][124][/SUP]
2003	Robert Parish	C	4× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997) 9× NBA All-Star (1981–1987, 1990–1991) All-NBA Second Team (1982) All-NBA Third Team (1987) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][125][/SUP]
2003	James Worthy	F	3× NBA Champion (1985, 1987–1988) 9× NBA All-Star (1986–1992) NBA Finals MVP (1988) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990–1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1983) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][126][/SUP]
2004	Dražen Dalipagić	F	FIBA World Championship Gold: 1978 3× EuroBasket Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977 Summer Olympics Gold: 1980 FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1978) FIBA World Cup MVP (1978) EuroBasket MVP (1977) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991	[SUP][127][/SUP]
2004	Clyde Drexler	G	1× NBA Champion (Houston Rockets, 1995) Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 10× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1993, 1994, 1996, 1997) 1× All-NBA First Team Selection (1992) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 1991) 2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990, 1995) member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][128][/SUP]
2004	Maurice Stokes	F-C	3× NBA All-Star(1956–58) 3× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1956–58) NBA Rookie of the Year (1956)	[SUP][129][/SUP]
2004	Lynette Woodard	G	Gold Medalist in 1984 Olympics and 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women. Inducted to Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.	[SUP][130][/SUP]
2005	Hortencia de Fatima Marcari	G	First played on the Brazil national team at age 15; gold medals at the 1991 Pan American Games and 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women; silver medal at the 1996 Olympics; four wins in the South American Championships; inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007	[SUP][131][/SUP]
2006	Charles Barkley	F	Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 NBA Most Valuable Player (1993) 11× NBA All-Star (1987–1997) 5× All-NBA First Team (1988–1991, 1993) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1986–1987, 1992, 1994–1995) All-NBA Third Team (1996) NBA All-Rookie Team (1985) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1991) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010	[SUP][132][/SUP]
2006	Joe Dumars	G	2× NBA Champion (1989–1990) NBA Finals MVP (1989) 6× NBA All-Star (1990–1993, 1995, 1997) All-NBA Second Team (1993) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990–1991) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989–1990, 1992–1993) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1986) FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1994)	[SUP][133][/SUP]
2006	Dominique Wilkins	F	9× NBA All Star (1986–1994) NBA scoring champion (1986) All-NBA First Team (1986) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1987–1988, 1991, 1993) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1989, 1994) NBA All-Rookie Team (1983) Euroleague Champion (1996) FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1994)	[SUP][134][/SUP]
2008	Adrian Dantley	F	6× NBA All-Star (1980–1982, 1984–1986) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1981,1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1977) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1977)	[SUP][135][/SUP]
2008	Patrick Ewing	C	2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 11× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1997) All-NBA First Team (1990) 6× All-NBA Second Team (1988–1989, 1991–1993, 1997) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988–1989, 1992) NBA Rookie of the Year (1986) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1986) NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1984) NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1984) Naismith College Player of the Year (1985) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1985) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History	[SUP][136][/SUP]
2008	Hakeem Olajuwon	C	2× NBA Champion (1994, 1995) Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 NBA MVP (1994) 12× NBA All-Star (1985–1990, 1992–1997) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, 1995) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1993–1994) 6× All-NBA First Team Selection (1987–1989, 1993–1994, 1997) 3× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1986, 1990, 1996) 3× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1991, 1995, 1999) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1987–1988, 1990, 1993–1994) 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1985, 1991, 1996–1997) NBA All-Rookie Team (1985) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History	[SUP][137][/SUP]
2009	Michael Jordan	G	6× NBA Champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998) 5× NBA MVP (1988, 1991–92, 1996, 1998) 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002–2003) 6× NBA Finals MVP (all-time record)(1991–93, 1996–98) 10× All-NBA First Team Selection (1987–1993, 1996–1998) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1988–1993, 1996–1998) 1× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985) NBA Rookie of the Year (1985) 10× NBA Season Scoring Title (all-time record)(1987–1993, 1996–1998) 3× NBA Season Steals Leader (1988, 1990, 1993) All-time leader in points in NBA Playoffs NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1982) Naismith Award (1984) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History FIBA Hall of Fame (2015)	[SUP][138][/SUP]
2009	David Robinson	C	2× NBA Champion (1999, 2003) 1× NBA MVP (1995) 10× NBA All-Star (1990–96, 1998, 2000–01) 4× All-NBA First Team Selection (1991–92, 1995–96) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1994, 1998) 4× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990, 1993, 2000–01) 1× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1992) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1991–92, 1995–96) 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1990, 1993–94, 1998) NBA Rookie of the Year (1990) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990) FIBA World Championship gold medalist (1986) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1986) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1986) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][139][/SUP]
2009	John Stockton	G	10× NBA All-Star (1989–1997, 2000) 2× All-NBA First Team Selection 6× All-NBA Second Team Selection 3× All-NBA Third Team Selection 5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History All-time leader in assists All-time leader in steals	[SUP][140][/SUP]
2010	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	G	2× NCAA Champion (USC, 1983, 1984) Olympic gold medal (1988) 4× WNBA Champion (Houston Comets, 1997–2000) 2× WNBA MVP (1997, 1998) 3× WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2003) 3× WNBA Scoring Leader (1997–1999)	[SUP][141][/SUP]
2010	Dennis Johnson	G	5× NBA All-Star (1979–82, 1985) All-NBA First Team (1979), NBA Finals MVP (1979) 6× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1979–83, 1987) 3× NBA Champion (Seattle SuperSonics, 1979; Boston Celtics, 1984, 1986)	[SUP][142][/SUP]
2010	Gus Johnson	F	5× NBA All-Star (1965, 1968–71) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1965–66, 1970–71) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1970–71) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1964) ABA Champion (Indiana Pacers, 1973)	[SUP][143][/SUP]
2010	Karl Malone	F	14× NBA All-Star (1988–1998, 2000–2002) 2× NBA MVP (1997, 1999) 11× All-NBA First Team Selection (1989–1999) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 2000) 1× All-NBA Third Team Selection (2001) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1997–1999) 1× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1988) NBA All-Rookie Team (1986) 2× NBA All-Star MVP (1989, 1993) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010	[SUP][144][/SUP] [SUP][145][/SUP]
2010	Ubiratan Pereira Maciel	C	Known as O Rei (The King) in his homeland of Brazil; represented Brazil in four Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1964; gold medalist at 1963 FIBA World Championship and 1971 Pan American Games; 6-time gold medalist at South American Championships; FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991	[SUP][146][/SUP]
2010	Scottie Pippen	F	6× NBA Champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998) 7× NBA All-Star (1990, 1992–1997) 1× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1994) 3× All-NBA First Team Selection (1994–1996) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1992, 1997) 2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1993, 1998) 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1992–1999) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1991, 2000) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1996) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010	[SUP][147][/SUP]

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[Greenbacks]

2011	Dennis Rodman	F	5× NBA Champion (1989–1990, 1996–1998) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1990–1991) 2× NBA All-Star (1990, 1992) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1992, 1995) 7× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989–1993, 1995–1996) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1994) 7× NBA Rebounding Champion (1991–98)	[SUP][148][/SUP]
2011	Chris Mullin	F	5× NBA All-Star (1989–1993) All-NBA First Team (1992) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1989, 1991) All-NBA Third Team (1990) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 1x USBWA College Player of the Year (1985) John R. Wooden Award (1985)	[SUP][149][/SUP]
2011	Arvydas Sabonis	C	6× Euroscar (1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999) 2× Mr. Europa (1985, 1997) EuroBasket 1985 MVP 2× Liga ACB MVP (1994, 1995) 2× ACB Finals MVP (1993, 1994) Euroleague Final Four MVP (1995) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996) Euroleague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP (regular season and Top 16 phases, 2004) 3× Olympic Medalist ( Gold, USSR, 1988; Bronze, Lithuania, 1992 and 1996) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) FIBA Hall of Fame (2010)	[SUP][150][/SUP]
2011	Artis Gilmore	C	ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA MVP (1972) ABA Rookie of the Year (1972) 5× ABA All-Star (1972–76) 5× All-ABA First Team (1972–76) 5× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1972–76) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1974) ABA Playoff MVP (1975) 6× NBA All-Star (1978, 1979, 1981–83, 1986) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1978) NBA career leader in field goal percentage	[SUP][151][/SUP]
2011	Teresa Edwards	G	5× Olympic Medalist (gold, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000; bronze, 1992) Inductee, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2010) NCAA Silver Anniversary Award (2011)	[SUP][152][/SUP]
2011	Goose Tatum	F	Member of the Harlem Globetrotters inducted as a unit in 2002	[SUP][153][/SUP]
2012	Mel Daniels	C	ABA Rookie of the Year (1968) 2× ABA Most Valuable Player (1969, 1971) 3× ABA champion (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973) 7× ABA All-Star	[SUP][154][/SUP]
2012	Katrina McClain	F	2× Kodak All-America (Georgia, 1986, 1987) WBCA Player of the Year (1987) 2× Olympic gold medalist with Team USA (1988, 1996) 2× World Championship gold medalist (1986, 1990) 2× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year	[SUP][154][/SUP]
2012	Reggie Miller	G	Retired with the most three-point field goals in NBA history (2,560) 5× NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA Third Team J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2004) FIBA World Championship gold medalist (1994) Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2002)	[SUP][155][/SUP]
2012	Ralph Sampson	C	3× Naismith Award (Virginia, 1981, 1982, 1983) 2× Wooden Award (1982, 1983) 3× consensus first-team All-American (1981–1983) 4x NBA All-Star NBA All-Star Game MVP (1985)	[SUP][156][/SUP]
2012	Chet Walker	F	Consensus first-team All-America (Bradley, 1962) NBA All-Rookie Team (1963) 7× NBA All-Star NBA champion (Philadelphia 76ers, 1967)	[SUP][157][/SUP]
2012	Jamaal Wilkes	F	3× Academic All-America (UCLA, 1972, 1973, 1974) Consensus first-team All-American (1974) NBA Rookie of the Year (1975) 3× NBA All-Star 4× NBA champion (Golden State Warriors, 1975; Los Angeles Lakers, 1980, 1982, 1985)	[SUP][158][/SUP]
2013	Roger Brown	G-F	ABA Playoffs MVP (1970) 4× ABA All-Star All-ABA First Team (1971) 3× ABA champion (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973)	[SUP][159][/SUP]
2013	Bernard King	F	4× NBA All Star 2× All-NBA First Team NBA top scorer (1985) NBA All-Rookie Team	[SUP][160][/SUP]
2013	Gary Payton	G	NBA champion (Miami Heat, 2006) 9× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA First Team NBA Defensive Player of the Year 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA steals leader 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1996, 2000 FIBA Americas Championship (1999)	[SUP][160][/SUP]
2013	Richie Guerin	G	6× NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA Second Team	[SUP][160][/SUP]
2013	Dawn Staley	G	2× Naismith Award (Virginia, 1991, 1992) 6× WNBA All-Star 2× ABL All-Star 3x Olympic Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004)	[SUP][160][/SUP]
2013	Oscar Schmidt	F	All-time top scorer in FIBA basketball history All-time top scorer in the Olympic Games basketball tournaments 3× Olympic Games top scorer (1988, 1992, 1996) 1× FIBA World Cup top scorer 16× top scorer in FIBA national leagues (8 in Brazil, 7 in Italy, 1 in Spain) Gold Medalist at the Pan American Games (1987) Longest professional career for a basketball player (29 years) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players FIBA Hall of Fame	[SUP][160][/SUP]
2014	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	G	3× Olympic medalist ( Gold with the Soviet Union in 1988, Bronze with Lithuania in 1992 and 1996) EuroBasket 1995 MVP 4× Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year Pioneer of European players in the NBA Resurrected the Lithuania national team after return to independence in 1990 Founder of the LKL FIBA Hall of Fame (2015)	[SUP][161][/SUP]
2014	Alonzo Mourning	C	Summer Olympics Gold: 2000 Consensus First Team All-American (Georgetown, 1992) Consensus Second Team All-American (1990) Third-team All-American – NABC (1991) 7× NBA All-Star (1994–1997, 2000–2002) All-NBA First Team (1999) All-NBA Second Team (2000) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999–2000) 2× NBA blocks leader (1999–2000) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1993) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2002) NBA champion (Miami Heat, 2006)	[SUP][162][/SUP]
2014	Mitch Richmond	G	6× NBA All-Star NBA Rookie of the Year (1988) 3× All-NBA second team NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 2002) 2× Olympic medalist with Team USA ( Bronze in 1988, Gold in 1996)	[SUP][163][/SUP]
2014	Guy Rodgers	G	3× MVP in the Philadelphia Big 5 Consensus First Team All-American (Temple, 1958) Consensus Second Team All-American (1957) NCAA All-Tournament Team (1958) 4× NBA All-Star 2× NBA assists leader	[SUP][164][/SUP]
2015	Louie Dampier	G	ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1968) 7× ABA All-Star 4× All-ABA Second Team ABA Champion(Kentucky Colonels, 1975) AP First Team All-America, 1966 2x Consensus Second Team All-American (1966, 1967)	[SUP][165][/SUP]
2015	Spencer Haywood	F	Summer Olympics Gold: 1968 ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1970) ABA Rookie of the Year (1970) ABA MVP (1970) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1970) ABA All-Star All-ABA First Team NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 1980) 4× NBA All-Star (1972–1975) 2× All-NBA First Team 2× All-NBA Second Team	[SUP][166][/SUP]
2015	John Isaacs	G	World Professional Basketball Tournament Championships (1939, 1943) World Professional Basketball Tournament Second Team (1943) Utica Pics MVP (1947) New York City Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (1992)	[SUP][167][/SUP]
2015	Lisa Leslie	C	Naismith Award (USC, 1994) Kodak All-America (1994) 8× WNBA All-Star 3× WNBA All-Star Game MVP 4x Olympic Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) 3× WNBA MVP (2001, 2004, 2006) 2× WNBA Champions (Los Angeles Sparks, 2001, 2002) 2× WNBA Finals MVP 8× First Team All-WNBA 4x Second Team All-WNBA 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 2× All-Defensive First Team 2× All-Defensive Second Team First player to dunk in a WNBA game	[SUP][168][/SUP]
2015	Dikembe Mutombo	C	8× NBA All-Star (1992, 1995–1998, 2000–2002) All-NBA Second Team (2001) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1998, 2002) 4× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) 3× All-NBA Defensive First Team (1997–1998, 2001) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1995, 1999, 2002) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1992) 2× NBA rebounding leader 3× NBA blocks leader 2× J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2001, 2009) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1991)	[SUP][169][/SUP]
2015	Jo Jo White	G	Summer Olympics Gold: 1968 2× NBA Champion (1974, 1976) 7× NBA All Star NBA Finals MVP (1976) 2× All-NBA Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970) 2× Consensus Second Team All-American (1968, 1969) The Sporting News First Team All-America (1968, 1969)	[SUP][170][/SUP]
2016	Yao Ming	C	8x NBA All-Star 2x All-NBA Second Team 3x All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Rookie First Team (2003)	[SUP][171][/SUP]
2016	Cumberland Posey	G	Known as the "best basketball player" of the 1900s-1920s. Formed, operated, and played for the Loendi Big Five, which became the most dominant basketball team of the Black Fives Era through the mid-1920s, winning four straight Colored Basketball World Championship titles.	[SUP][171][/SUP]
2016	Sheryl Swoopes	G	First player to be signed to the WNBA. 3x WNBA MVP 4x WNBA Champion 3x Olympic Gold medalist	[SUP][171][/SUP]
2016	Zelmo Beaty	C	2x NBA All-Star NBA All-Rookie First Team (1963) 3x ABA All-Star ABA All-Time Team	[SUP][171][/SUP]
2016	Shaquille O'Neal	C	4× NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006) 3× NBA Finals MVP (2000–2002) NBA Most Valuable Player (2000) 15× NBA All-Star (1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009) 8× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000–2006) NBA Rookie of the Year (1993) NBA 50th Anniversary Team Summer Olympics Gold: 1996	[SUP][171][/SUP]
2016	Allen Iverson	G	NBA Most Valuable Player (2001) 11x NBA All-Star (2000–2010) 3x All-NBA First Team (1999, 2001, 2005) NBA Rookie of the Year (1997) 4x NBA scoring champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) 3x NBA Steals Leader (2001–2003)	[SUP][171][/SUP]

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[Greenbacks]

Coaches.

1959	Phog Allen	Two Helms Foundation championships (Kansas, 1922, 1923); Founder of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship. National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) National Coach of the Year (1950); NCAA Tournament Champion (Kansas, 1952); 26 regular season conference championships. Responsible for basketball being accepted as an Olympic sport (1936). Olympic gold medal winner (Helsinki, 1952). 746 career wins. Known as "The Father of Basketball Coaching."	[SUP][7][/SUP]	United States
1959	Clifford Carlson	Created Figure 8 offense in 1922; Helms Foundation championship (Pittsburgh; 1928, 1930)	[SUP][8][/SUP]	United States
1959	Walter Meanwell	Three Helms Foundation championships (Wisconsin, 1912, 1914, 1916); Eight Big Ten Conference championships (Wisconsin; 1912–14, 1916, 1921, 1923–24, 1929); charter member of National Basketball Coaches Association	[SUP][9][/SUP]	United States
1960	Ernest Blood	Coached Passaic High School to a high school record 159-game winning streak and seven high school state championships; five prep-school state championships (St. Benedict's)	[SUP][10][/SUP]	United States
1960	Frank Keaney	Led University of Rhode Island to four National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berths; University of Rhode Island Gymnasium dedicated in his honor in 1953; first coach to be signed by the Boston Celtics	[SUP][11][/SUP]	United States
1960	Ward Lambert	11 Big Ten Conference championships (Purdue); Helms Foundation championship (Purdue, 1932); inducted into Helms Foundation Hall of Fame; Most Outstanding Coach by Esquire (1945)	[SUP][12][/SUP]	United States
1961	George Keogan	Two Helms Foundation championships (Notre Dame; 1927, 1936)	[SUP][13][/SUP]	United States
1961	Lenny Sachs	Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championship (Illinois Athletic Club, 1917)	[SUP][14][/SUP]	United States
1964	Ken Loeffler	Basketball Association of America (BAA) Western Division championship (St. Louis, 1948); National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship (La Salle, 1952); NCAA championship (La Salle, 1954); East All-Star coach in College All-Star Game (1955)	[SUP][15][/SUP]	United States
1965	Howard Hobson	NCAA championship (Oregon, 1939); member and treasurer of National Basketball Rules Committee; member of U.S. Olympic Basketball Olympic Committee	[SUP][16][/SUP]	United States
1966	Everett Dean	Three Big Ten Conference championships (Indiana; 1926, 1928, 1936); NCAA championship (Stanford, 1942)	[SUP][17][/SUP]	United States
1968	Howard Cann	National Coach of the Year (1947); NIT championship (NYU, 1948)	[SUP][18][/SUP]	United States
1968	Slats Gill	Five Pacific Coast Conference championships (Oregon State; 1933, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1958); eight Far West Conference championships; coached 1964 NABC All-Star Game	[SUP][19][/SUP]	United States
1968	Doggie Julian	NCAA championship (Holy Cross, 1947); three Ivy League championships (Dartmouth; 1956, 1958–59)	[SUP][20][/SUP]	United States
1969	Red Auerbach	Nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (Boston Celtics; 1957, 1959–66); coached NBA All-Star Game (1957–67); NBA Coach of the Year (1965); NBA Executive of the Year (1980); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][21][/SUP]	United States
1969	Henry Iba	Two-time National Coach of the Year (Oklahoma A&M; 1945–46); 14 Missouri Valley Conference championships (Oklahoma A&M); Big Eight championship (Oklahoma State, 1965); first of only two coaches in history to win two Olympic gold medals	[SUP][22][/SUP]	United States
1969	Adolph Rupp	NIT championship (Kentucky, 1946); four NCAA championships (Kentucky; 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958); four-time National and Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year; co-coached U.S. Olympic team (London, 1948); 27 Southeastern Conference championships (Kentucky)	[SUP][23][/SUP]	United States
1970	Ben Carnevale	Southern Conference championship (North Carolina, 1945); NCAA championship (North Carolina, 1946); College Coach of the Year, 1947; five NCAA and two NIT tournament appearances (Navy)	[SUP][24][/SUP]	United States
1972	Edgar Diddle	First coach in NCAA history to coach 1,000 games at one school; three NCAA and eight NIT tournament appearances (Western Kentucky); won 32 conference titles in 3 conferences; pioneer of fast break basketball	[SUP][25][/SUP]	United States
1973	Bruce Drake	Three NCAA tournament appearances and six conference championships (Oklahoma; 1939, 1943, 1947); Chairman of NCAA Rules Committee (1951–55); co-coached U.S. Olympic team (Melbourne, 1956)	[SUP][26][/SUP]	United States
1973	Dutch Lonborg	AAU championship (Washburn, 1925); Big Ten Conference championship (Northwestern, 1931); chaired the NCAA Tournament Committee (1947–60); manager of U.S. Olympic team (Rome, 1960)	[SUP][27][/SUP]	United States
1973	John Wooden	Ten NCAA championships in 12 years (UCLA; 1964–65, 1967–73, 1975); NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year (UCLA; 1964, 1967, 1969–70, 1972–73); NCAA Division I record winning streak of 88 games; The Sporting News Sportsman of the Year (1970); Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (1973); compiled an 885–203 (.813) record during his 40-year coaching career	[SUP][28][/SUP]	United States
1976	Harry Litwack	NCAA Final Four (Temple; 1956, 1958)	[SUP][29][/SUP]	United States
1977	Frank McGuire	NCAA runner-up (St. John's, 1952); NCAA championship (North Carolina, 1957); National Coach of the Year (St. Johns, 1952; North Carolina, 1957; South Carolina, 1970); ACC Coach of the Year (North Carolina, 1957; South Carolina, 1971)	[SUP][30][/SUP]	United States
1979	Sam Barry	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships (Knox College; 1919–20); Big Ten Conference championship (Iowa, 1923); Pacific Coast Conference championships (USC; 1930, 1935, 1940); NCAA third-place finish (USC, 1940)	[SUP][31][/SUP]	United States
1979	Eddie Hickey	4 Missouri Valley Conference championships (Creighton); NIT championship (St. Louis, 1948); Cotton Bowl (1949) and Sugar Bowl (1950, 1952) championships (St. Louis); United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year (1959)	[SUP][32][/SUP]	United States
1979	Ray Meyer	NCAA Final Four (DePaul, 1943, 1979); NIT championship (DePaul, 1945); USBWA Coach of the Year (DePaul, 1978); NABC Coach of the Year (DePaul, 1979)	[SUP][33][/SUP]	United States
1980	Everett Shelton	Developed five-man weave offense; AAU national championship (Denver Safeways, 1937); NCAA championship (Wyoming, 1943)	[SUP][34][/SUP]	United States
1981	Arad McCutchan	Five NCAA College Division championships (Evansville; 1959–60, 1964–65, 1971); NCAA College Division Coach of the Year (1964–65); coached the Olympic Trials teams (1960, 1968)	[SUP][35][/SUP]	United States
1982	Everett Case	4 state championships (Frankfort High School; 1925, 1929, 1936, 1939); six Southern Conference titles (NC State; 1947–52); 4 Atlantic Coast Conference titles (NC State; 1954–56, 1959); ACC Coach of the Year (NC State; 1954–55, 1958)	[SUP][36][/SUP]	United States
1982	Clarence Gaines	12 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships; CIAA Coach of the Year (1961, 1963, 1970, 1975, 1980); NCAA College Division championship (Winston-Salem State, 1967); NCAA College Division Coach of the Year (1967)	[SUP][37][/SUP]	United States
1983	Dean Smith	NIT championship (North Carolina, 1971); NCAA championship (North Carolina; 1982, 1993); Olympic gold medal (Montreal, 1976); Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (1997)	[SUP][38][/SUP]	United States
1984	Jack Gardner	National Coach of the Year (1970); three Big Seven titles (Kansas State); five Skyline Conference titles (Utah); coached NABC East-West All-Star (1953, 1960, 1964)	[SUP][39][/SUP]	United States
1985	Harold Anderson	NIT third-place finish (Toledo, 1942); six NIT and three NCAA tournament berths (Bowling Green); first coach to take two different schools to the NIT; President of NABC (1962–63)	[SUP][40][/SUP]	United States
1985	Marv Harshman	National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship game (Pacific Lutheran, 1959); coached U.S. Pan American gold medal (1975); seven-time NAIA District I Coach of the Year; NABC Coach of the Year NCAA Division I (Washington, 1984)	[SUP][41][/SUP]	United States
1985	Margaret Wade	All-Conference (Delta State; 1930–32); Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships (Delta State; 1975–77); later a member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)	[SUP][42][/SUP]	United States
1986	Red Holzman	National Basketball League (NBL) All-Star First-Team (1946, 1948); NBA Coach of the Year (1970); three NBA championships (Rochester Royals, 1951; New York Knicks, 1970, 1973); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][43][/SUP]	United States
1986	Fred Taylor	NCAA championship (Ohio State, 1960); NCAA Final Four (1960–62, 1968); won or shared seven Big Ten Conference titles (1960–62, 1963–64, 1968, 1971); Coach of the Year by USBWA and United Press International (1961–62)	[SUP][44][/SUP]	United States
1986	Stan Watts	Two NIT championships (BYU; 1951, 1966); eight conference titles: Mountain State Athletic Conference (1950–51), Skyline Conference (1957), Western Athletic Conference (1965, 1967, 1969, 1971–72); 11 postseason tournaments (4 NITs, seven NCAAs)	[SUP][45][/SUP]	United States
1988	Ralph Miller	Associated Press National Coach of the Year (Oregon State, 1981–82); conference championships (Wichita, 1964; Iowa, 1968, 1970; Oregon State, 1980–82); Pac-10 Coach of the Year (Oregon State, 1975, 1981)	[SUP][46][/SUP]	United States
1991	Bob Knight	Four NCAA championships (Ohio State as a player, 1960 and Indiana as a coach; 1976, 1981, 1987); Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year (1973, 1975–76, 1980–81); National Coach of the Year (1975–87, 1989); Olympic gold medal (Los Angeles, 1984)	[SUP][47][/SUP]	United States
1992	Lou Carnesecca	Big East Conference Coach of the Year (St. John's, 1983, 1985–86); National Coach of the Year by USBWA (1983, 1985) and NABC (1985); NCAA Final Four (St. John's, 1985); NIT championship (St. John's, 1989)	[SUP][48][/SUP]	United States
1992	Al McGuire	NIT championship (Marquette, 1970); National Coach of the Year (1971); NABC Coach of the Year (1974); NCAA championship (1977)	[SUP][49][/SUP]	United States
1992	Jack Ramsay	NCAA Final Four (St. Joseph's College, 1965); NBA championship (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977); led Portland to playoffs 9 times in 10 seasons; retired as the NBA's second-winningest coach; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][50][/SUP]	United States
1992	Phil Woolpert	NCAA championship (San Francisco; 1955–56); Coach of the Year (1955–56); NCAA third-place finish (San Francisco, 1957); Pacific Coach of the Year (1957–58)	[SUP][51][/SUP]	United States
1994	Denny Crum	USA World University Games gold medal (1977); two NCAA Championships (Louisville; 1980, 1986); National Coach of the Year (Louisville; 1980, 1983, 1986); three NIT tournaments and the 1985 NIT Semifinals (all Louisville); 3 Missouri Valley Conference titles, 12 regular season Metro Conference titles and 11 Metro Conference championships (all Louisville)	[SUP][52][/SUP]	United States
1994	Chuck Daly	Ivy League championship (Pennsylvania; 1972–75); NBA championships (Detroit Pistons, 1989–90); three Eastern and Central Division titles (Detroit Pistons; 1988–90); Olympic gold medal (Barcelona, 1992); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][53][/SUP]	United States
1994	Cesare Rubini	Olympic silver medal (Moscow, 1980); European Championships gold medal (1983); European Championships bronze medal (1985); 10 Italian Basketball championships (1957–60, 1962–63, 1965–67, 1972)	[SUP][54][/SUP]	Italy
1995	Aleksandr Gomelsky	Eight European Championships (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981); World Championships (1967, 1982); Olympic gold medal (Seoul, 1988); three-time European Coach of the Year; one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague History (2008)	[SUP][55][/SUP]	Russia[SUP][56][/SUP]
1995	John Kundla	NBL championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1948); BAA championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1949); NBA championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1950, 1952–54); coached 4 NBA All-Star Games (1951–54); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][57][/SUP]	United States
1997	Pete Carril	13 Ivy League championships (Princeton); NIT championship (Princeton, 1975); 13 postseason tournaments (Princeton; 11 NCAA, 2 NIT); led nation in defensive points allowed (14 times)	[SUP][58][/SUP]	United States
1997	Antonio Díaz-Miguel	European Championships silver medal (1973, 1983); Spain's Coach of the Year (1981–82); Olympic silver medal (Los Angeles, 1984); Spanish Coach from 1965 to 1992	[SUP][59][/SUP]	Spain
1997	Don Haskins	NCAA championship (Texas Western, 1966); had the fourth-most wins in NCAA history (1999)	[SUP][60][/SUP]	United States
1998	Jody Conradt	National Coach of the Year (1980, 1984, 1986, 1997); NCAA championship (Texas, 1986); Southwest Conference Coach of the Year (1984–85, 1987–88, 1996); member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)	[SUP][61][/SUP]	United States
1998	Alex Hannum	AAU championship (Wichita Vickers, 1959); NBA Coach of the Year (1964); American Basketball Association (ABA) Coach of the Year (1969)	[SUP][62][/SUP]	United States
1998	Aleksandar Nikolić	European Coach of the Year (1966, 1976); European Championship (1977); World Championship (1978); one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague History (2008)	[SUP][63][/SUP]	Serbia[SUP][64][/SUP]
1998	Lenny Wilkens	NBA championship (Seattle SuperSonics, 1979); assistant coach of U.S. gold medal basketball team (Barcelona, 1992); NBA Coach of the Year (1994); Olympic gold medal (Atlanta, 1996); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][65][/SUP]	United States
1999	Billie Moore	AIAW championship (Cal State Fullerton, 1970); AIAW Final Four (1970, 1972, 1975, 1978–79); Olympic silver medal (Montreal, 1976); AIAW Championship (UCLA, 1978)	[SUP][66][/SUP]	United States
1999	John Thompson	NCAA championship (Georgetown, 1984); NCAA Final Fours (1982, 1984–85); National Coach of the Year (1984, 1985–87); Big East Coach of the Year (1980, 1987, 1992)	[SUP][67][/SUP]	United States
2000	Pat Summitt	Olympic gold medal, (Los Angeles, 1984); eight NCAA championships (Tennessee; 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–98, 2007–08); Naismith College Coach of the Year (1987, 1989, 1994, 1998); Naismith Coach of the Century (2000); member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)	[SUP][68][/SUP]	United States
2000	Morgan Wootten	Five high school national championships (DeMatha High School; 1962, 1965, 1968, 1978, 1984); USA Today National Coach of the Year (1984); Walt Disney Award (1991); Naismith Scholastic Coach of the Century (2000)	[SUP][69][/SUP]	United States
2001	John Chaney	NCAA Division II (Cheyney State, 1978); Division II National Coach of the Year (1978); USBWA National Coach of the Year (Temple, 1987–88); Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year (Temple, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2000)	[SUP][70][/SUP]	United States
2001	Mike Krzyzewski	At time of induction: Three national championships (Duke; 1991–92, 2001) Nine NCAA Final Fours (Duke; 1986, 1988–92, 1994, 1999, 2001) Since induction: Two national championships (Duke, 2010, 2015) Three NCAA Final Fours (Duke; 2004, 2010, 2015) Winningest coach in the NCAA tournament Winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's history First coach to win three Olympic gold medals in basketball (2008, 2012, 2016) FIBA World Championship, 2010, 2014	[SUP][71][/SUP]	United States
2002	Larry Brown	NCAA championship (Kansas, 1988); USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (1999); NBA Coach of the Year (2001); later won the NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons (2004)	[SUP][72][/SUP]	United States
2002	Lute Olson	NCAA championship (Arizona, 1997); National Coach of the Year (1988, 1990); gold medal coach at Jones Cup (1984) and World Championships (1986)	[SUP][73][/SUP]	United States
2002	Kay Yow	NCAA Final Four (N.C. State, 1998); Olympic gold medal (Seoul, 1988); enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2000)	[SUP][74][/SUP]	United States
2003	Leon Barmore	Naismith National Coach of the Year (Louisiana Tech, 1982); nine NCAA Final Fours (all with Louisiana Tech) and two national titles (1982 and 1988); reached 500 wins faster than any other coach in women's basketball history; enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)	[SUP][75][/SUP]	United States
2004	Bill Sharman	Only coach to win professional championships and Coach of the Year honors the same season in three different leagues (American Basketball League, Cleveland Pipers, 1962; ABA, Utah Stars, 1971; NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, 1972); coached the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA-record 33 consecutive victories (1971–72)	[SUP][76][/SUP]	United States
2005	Jim Boeheim	National championship (Syracuse, 2003); Big East Conference Coach of the Year (Syracuse, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2010); four NCAA Final Fours (Syracuse, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013,2016); USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2001); AP National Coach of the Year (2010).	[SUP][77][/SUP]	United States
2005	Jim Calhoun	National championships (Connecticut; 1999, 2004, 2011); NIT Championship (Connecticut, 1988); National Coach of the Year (1990); Big East Conference Coach of the Year (1990, 1994, 1996, 1998)	[SUP][78][/SUP]	United States
2005	Sue Gunter	Retired as the third-winningest coach in Division I women's basketball history; National Coach of the Year (LSU, 1983); enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2001)	[SUP][79][/SUP]	United States
2006	Geno Auriemma	At time of induction: Five national championships (Connecticut; 1995, 2000, 2002–04) Two unbeaten seasons (1995, 2002) NCAA Division I record winning streak of 70 games 5× National Coach of the Year (1995, 1997, 2000, 2002–03) Enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) Since induction: Six national championships (2009–10, 2013–16) Four unbeaten seasons (2009–10, 2014, 2016) Separate Division I record winning streaks of 90 and 111 games 4× National Coach of the Year (2008–09, 2011, 2016) Coached USA to Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016	[SUP][80][/SUP]	United States[SUP][81][/SUP]
2006	Sandro Gamba	Olympic silver medal (Moscow, 1980); European Championships gold medal (1983); European Championships silver medal (1991); European Championships bronze medal (1985)	[SUP][82][/SUP]	Italy
2007	Van Chancellor	At time of induction: 3× Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year (Mississippi, 1987, 1990, 1992) 4× WNBA titles (Houston Comets, 1997–2000) 3× coach of the WNBA Western Conference All-Stars (1999, 2000, 2001) Coach of the WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006) Retired from the WNBA as the league's winningest coach 2× USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2002, 2004) World Championship gold medal (2002) Olympic gold (2004) Since induction: Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year (LSU, 2008)	[SUP][83][/SUP]	United States
2007	Pedro Ferrándiz	4 European Cup championships (Real Madrid; 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974); co-founder of the World Association of Basketball Coaches (1976); Olympic Order from International Olympic Committee; FIBA Order of Merit (2000); one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague History (2008)	[SUP][84][/SUP]	Spain
2007	Phil Jackson	First coach in NBA history to lead a team to three consecutive championships in three separate stretches Chicago Bulls, 1991–93, 1996–98; Los Angeles Lakers, 2000–02 (also led Lakers to championship in 2009 and 2010); coached the Chicago Bulls to NBA-record 72-10 season (1995–96); led his teams to NBA-record 25 consecutive postseason series victories (1996–2003); winner of NBA-record 11 championships; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)	[SUP][85][/SUP]	United States
2007	Mirko Novosel	Olympics silver medal (1976), bronze medal (1984) with Yugoslavia; World Championships silver medal with Yugoslavia (1974); seven Yugo-Cups (KK Cibona; 1969, 1980–83, 1985, 1988)	[SUP][86][/SUP]	Croatia[SUP][87][/SUP]
2007	Roy Williams	Seven NCAA Final Four (Kansas, 1991, 1993, 2002–03; North Carolina, 2005, 2008–09); took less time than any other men's basketball coach to win 500 games; six-time National Coach of the Year	[SUP][88][/SUP][SUP][89][/SUP]	United States
2008	Pat Riley	NBA Coach of the Year (Los Angeles Lakers, 1990; New York Knicks, 1993; Miami Heat, 1997); five NBA championships (1982, 1985, 1987–1988 with the Lakers, 2006 with the Heat); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996); a record 11-time NBA Coach of the Month	[SUP][90][/SUP]	United States
2008	Cathy Rush	Three consecutive AIAW national titles (Immaculata, 1972–74, a team inducted as a unit in 2014); Pan American Games gold medal (1975); USBWA Pioneer Award (1994); founder of Women's Athletic Service, Inc.; enshrined in Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2000)	[SUP][91][/SUP]	United States
2009	Jerry Sloan	First NBA coach to win 1,000 games with a single franchise (Utah Jazz); Sporting News NBA Coach of the Year (2004); two NBA Finals appearances (1997–98); nine-time NBA Coach of the Month; tied for third for winningest coach in NBA history	[SUP][92][/SUP]	United States
2009	C. Vivian Stringer	National Coach of the Year (Cheyney State, 1982; Iowa, 1988, 1993); first coach to lead 3 different schools to the NCAA Final Four (Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers); led teams to 29 20-win seasons in her first 38 years; enshrined in Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2001)	[SUP][93][/SUP]	United States
2010	Bob Hurley	Three USA Today national high school championships (1989, 1996, 2008); three-time USA Today National Coach of the Year (1989, 1996, 2008); 25 New Jersey state parochial school championships; five undefeated seasons (1974, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2008)	[SUP][94][/SUP]	United States
2011	Herb Magee	Head coach at Philadelphia University (1967–present); most wins by an NCAA men's head coach in any division; NCAA College Division (now Division II) championship (1970); Division II Coach of the Year (1976); NABC Guardians of the Game award (2005); Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2008); also a renowned shooting instructor	[SUP][95][/SUP]	United States
2011	Tara VanDerveer	Head coach at Stanford University (1985–95, 1996–present); two NCAA championships (1990, 1992) and seven other Final Four appearances; Naismith National Coach of the Year (1990, 2002); Olympic gold medal (USA, 1996); Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2002)	[SUP][96][/SUP]	United States
2012	Lidia Alexeeva	Two Olympic gold medals (1976, 1980) and 10 European championships as head coach of the Soviet Union women's team; Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999); FIBA Hall of Fame (2007)	[SUP][97][/SUP]	Russia[SUP][98][/SUP]
2012	Don Nelson	Winningest coach in NBA history (1,335 wins) at time of induction; three-time NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985, 1992); 18 consecutive postseason appearances; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996); also coached USA men to World Championship gold in 1994	[SUP][99][/SUP]	United States
2013	Sylvia Hatchell	One of only three college women's basketball coaches with more than 900 wins at the time of induction; only college women's coach to win national championships at three different levels (AIAW Division II, Francis Marion, 1982; NAIA Division I, Francis Marion, 1986; NCAA Division I, North Carolina, 1994); AP Coach of the Year (2006), Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2004)	[SUP][100][/SUP]	United States
2013	Guy Lewis	Won nearly 600 games in a 30-year career at the University of Houston; responsible for the integration of the Houston program; five Final Four appearances, including the Phi Slama Jama teams (1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984); twice AP Coach of the Year (1968, 1983); architect of the 1968 "Game of the Century" against UCLA, the first nationally televised regular-season college game	[SUP][101][/SUP]	United States
2013	Rick Pitino	Only NCAA Division I men's coach to win national championships at two different schools (Kentucky, 1996; Louisville, 2013); first coach to take three different schools to the men's Final Four (Providence, Kentucky, Louisville); four-time conference Coach of the Year (Southeastern Conference three times, Conference USA once)	[SUP][102][/SUP]	United States
2013	Jerry Tarkanian	Took three different programs to the NCAA men's tournament (Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State); one national championship (1990) and three other Final Fours at UNLV (1977, 1987, 1991); four-time national Coach of the Year (1977, 1983, 1984, 1990)	[SUP][103][/SUP]	United States
2014	Bobby "Slick" Leonard	Three ABA championships (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973); winningest coach in Pacers history (529 wins), winningest coach in ABA history (387 wins), and winningest playoff coach in ABA history (69 wins)	[SUP][104][/SUP]	United States
2014	Nolan Richardson	Only coach to win NJCAA, NIT, and NCAA Division I titles (respectively Western Texas, 1980; Tulsa, 1981; and Arkansas, 1994); two other Final Fours at Arkansas; nine conference championships at Arkansas (both SWC and SEC); Naismith Coach of the Year, 1994; also coached Panama and Mexico national teams	[SUP][105][/SUP]	United States
2014	Gary Williams	Over 600 career college coaching wins (American, Boston College, Ohio State, Maryland); one national championship (2002), one other Final Four (2001), and three ACC regular-season titles (1995, 2002, 2010) at Maryland; twice ACC Coach of the Year (2002, 2010)	[SUP][106][/SUP]	United States
2015	John Calipari	The only coach to coach a men's college basketball team to 38 wins in a season. He has done it three times – in 2008 (Memphis Tigers – vacated), 2012 (Kentucky Wildcats), 2015 (Kentucky Wildcats). He has won one National Championship (2012), two runner-up finishes (2008 – vacated), (2014), and three other Final Fours (1996 – vacated), (2011), (2015). He's won one NIT championship (2002), twelve conference tournament championships (5 Atlantic-10, 4 Conference USA, 3 SEC), and twelve conference regular season championships (5 Atlantic-10, 4 Conference USA, 3 SEC). He's been named three times the Naismith Coach of the Year (1996, 2008, 2015), once the Associated Press Coach of the Year (2015), 3 NABC Coach of the Year awards (1996, 2009, 2015), as well as a multitude of other awards including conference coach of the year seven times (1 Atlantic-10, 3 Conference USA, 3 SEC).	[SUP][107][/SUP]	United States
2015	Lindsay Gaze	Coached Australian national team in four Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984) 3x NBL Coach of the Year Author, Better Basketball and Winning Basketball Enshrinee, FIBA Hall of Fame, 2010	[SUP][108][/SUP]	Australia
2015	Tom Heinsohn	NBA Coach of the Year, 1973 2 NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics (1974, 1976) Led Boston Celtics to five consecutive first-place finishes in the Atlantic Division, 1972–77 Led Boston Celtics to franchise record 68 wins, 1973	[SUP][109][/SUP]	United States
2016	Tom Izzo	Over 500 college career wins, 1 NCAA Championship (2000), 7x NCAA Final Fours, AP College Coach of the Year (1998)	[SUP][4][/SUP]	United States
2016	John McLendon	Over 400 college career wins, 3x NAIA Coach of the Year award, 3x NAIA championships with Tennessee State A&I University, 8 CIAA Championships (1941, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1952) with North Carolina College for Negroes Previously inducted in 1979 as a contributor	[SUP][4][/SUP]	United States

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[Enfuego]

In basketball it's a Basketball HOF not NBA HOF.
There are players in the basketball HOF who barely even played in the NBA.



Christian Laettner is in the basketball HOF and he sucked im the NBA.
Jay Williams also in the basketball HOF. Barely even played in the NBA

And what does your post have to do with anything? He only played in the NBA.

 

[camy]

He was a great player.

 

[HacheMan]

McGrady was robbed of many more dominant seasons due to knees. He was elite for a large portion of his career.

Yep

See post #4