Basketball Hall of Fame Class 2019

So does Spud Webb, but he’s not getting any Springfield love

 

It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Great or Hall of Elite [/blue-font?]

 

If that’s Spudd Webb in the HOF, you’re fired

 

Yeah, he can get into the hall when he buys a (reduced price 12 and under)ticket.

 

Finalists have been announced:

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Thirteen Finalists for Class of 2019 Election


North American Committee Finalists:
players Marques Johnson, Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Ben Wallace, Chris Webber and Paul Westphal; coaches Bill Fitch and Eddie Sutton; and referee Hugh Evans.

Women’s Committee Finalists:
player Theresa Weatherspoon; and coaches Leta Andrews and Barbara Stevens.

 

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Marc Stein and Ralph Lawler Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2019 Curt Gowdy Media Award

 

I have no idea why the Hall hates Kim Mulkey

Hey guys, Jim Phelan's like 100. Put the guy in please

 

Congratulations to the two gentlemen.

I wonder if Stein getting in before Wojnarowski is a reaction by the selection committee to Stein evidently being forced out of ESPN by Wojnarowski?

 

Is Webber the only male player to get in?

My memory of Sikma must be inflated.

 

Paul Westphal, jeezus. When I was a sophomore in high school, he was a senior at Aviation High (no longer there). They came to our gym and kicked the crap out of us. I watched and didn't think he was all that great. Then I saw the stats and he had 24 points and 12 assists. So smooth and skillful you almost overlooked him. At USC, he led the Trojans to a 24-2 record. Both losses to UCLA. They were probably the second-best team in the country, but only one from the conference could go to the NCAA Tournament.

 

The day after the Celtics-Suns triple IT game in the '76 Finals, Every playground in Cambridge, Mass. had kids trying to duplicate Westphal's spin move from the night before.

 

I think Moncrief also gets in with Webber. Any of the others could because the field is so weak.
That committee put in six last year so if form holds, I'd assume the class is Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, Ben Wallace, Chris Webber, Eddie Sutton and Hugh Evans.