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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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] |
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 ![]() EuroBasket MVP 1969 2x FIBA World Championship ![]() FIBA World Championship MVP 1970 Summer Olympics ![]() 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 |
![]() 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] |
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 ![]() 3x EuroBasket ![]() Summer Olympics ![]() 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
![]() 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
![]() 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
![]() EuroBasket ![]() 3× Olympic Medalist ( ![]() ![]() 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
![]() Summer Olympics ![]() 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
![]() 3× EuroBasket ![]() Summer Olympics ![]() 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 ![]() 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
![]() 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 ![]() | [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 ![]() | [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
![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() FIBA Basketball World Cup ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1996) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 | [SUP][147][/SUP] |
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 ![]() 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 ( ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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 (
![]() ![]() 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
![]() 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 ( ![]() ![]() | [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
![]() 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
![]() 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 ![]() | [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] |
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] |
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1959 | Clifford Carlson | Created Figure 8 offense in 1922; Helms Foundation championship (Pittsburgh; 1928, 1930) | [SUP][8][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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1961 | George Keogan | Two Helms Foundation championships (Notre Dame; 1927, 1936) | [SUP][13][/SUP] |
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1961 | Lenny Sachs | Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championship (Illinois Athletic Club, 1917) | [SUP][14][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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1966 | Everett Dean | Three Big Ten Conference championships (Indiana; 1926, 1928, 1936); NCAA championship (Stanford, 1942) | [SUP][17][/SUP] |
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1968 | Howard Cann | National Coach of the Year (1947); NIT championship (NYU, 1948) | [SUP][18][/SUP] |
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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] |
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1968 | Doggie Julian | NCAA championship (Holy Cross, 1947); three Ivy League championships (Dartmouth; 1956, 1958–59) | [SUP][20][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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1976 | Harry Litwack | NCAA Final Four (Temple; 1956, 1958) | [SUP][29][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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1980 | Everett Shelton | Developed five-man weave offense; AAU national championship (Denver Safeways, 1937); NCAA championship (Wyoming, 1943) | [SUP][34][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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1997 | Don Haskins | NCAA championship (Texas Western, 1966); had the fourth-most wins in NCAA history (1999) | [SUP][60][/SUP] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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2001 | Mike Krzyzewski | At time of induction:
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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2006 | Geno Auriemma | At time of induction:
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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] |
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2007 | Van Chancellor | At time of induction:
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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
McGrady was robbed of many more dominant seasons due to knees. He was elite for a large portion of his career.