Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

[Della9250]

It's way behind the other two for me, but here are your 12 finalists for 2013:

Gary Payton
Tim Hardaway
Mitch Richmond
Guy Lewis
Rick Pitino
Jerry Tarkanian
Maurice Cheeks
Spencer Haywood
Bernard King
Sylvia Hatchell
Dawn Staley
Tom Heinsohn (as a coach)

I hate that they always have coaches who are active. It makes no sense. So for that reason I hope Pitino and Hatchell don't get in.

 

[MTM]

Re: Pro Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

Not to nitpick, but isn't it just the basketball Hall of Fame, not pro?

They are all very good players, but none jump off the page as all-time greats.

I'd love to see Tark get in.

 

[93Devil]

Re: Pro Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

What's the argument against King? Not enough great seasons?

 

[Small Town Guy]

Re: Pro Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

Russ Granik made it as a direct-elect. Russ Granik. Russ Granik. You know, the dude who introduced second-round picks at the NBA draft.

 

[Drip]

Re: Pro Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

One man's list.
Gary Payton
Guy Lewis
Rick Pitino
Jerry Tarkanian
Dawn Staley
Tom Heinsohn (as a coach)

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Re: Pro Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for 2013

Payton, to me, seems like a no-brainer...

Richmond was one of the most underrated players in recent memory.

I don't think Hardaway was at that level.

I'm curious what other women's players from the last 15-20 years are in there... Staley would have to be considered among the best during that time...

Among the coaches, I would think Pitino, Tark and Hatchell will all get in eventually.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Bernard King gets in on the Gale Sayers Corollary.

 

[wilt100]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

 

[CD Boogie]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

 

[93Devil]

King, when healthy, was one of the most unstoppable offensive players I have ever seen.

I doubt I could name 10 players who could fill it up better than King. From 1980-1985 when you see how much he was scoring, his shooting percentages and the fact he was only 6-7... He was just plain great.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

Knicks were only a couple games under .500 at the time of his injury. One could argue if he doesn't get hurt, Ewing never gets to New York.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

Knicks were only a couple games under .500 at the time of his injury. One could argue if he doesn't get hurt, Ewing never gets to New York.

He could have gone to Golden State where be belonged and I could have watched decent basketball growing up...

Not that I'm complaining about Chris Mullin.

 

[Mark2010]

Not to nitpick, but isn't it just the basketball Hall of Fame, not pro?

They are all very good players, but none jump off the page as all-time greats.

I'd love to see Tark get in.

Agreed. That is the Hall of Very Good.

 

[CD Boogie]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

Knicks were only a couple games under .500 at the time of his injury. One could argue if he doesn't get hurt, Ewing never gets to New York.

We all know Stern with his frozen envelope had it rigged so Ewing was going to New York....

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

Knicks were only a couple games under .500 at the time of his injury. One could argue if he doesn't get hurt, Ewing never gets to New York.

We all know Stern with his frozen envelope had it rigged so Ewing was going to New York....

I think he was saying that if King doesn't get hurt, the Knicks make the playoffs...

 

[CD Boogie]

It's a complete disgrace that Bernard King has not made the Hall of Fame yet. There are several players who were not his equal that are already in. The organization has no transparency.

King definitely suffers from his up and down, injury-plagued career. As a longtime Knicks fans, his 84-85 season still stands above the rest. The guy was an absolute low-post beast and it's a damn shame that him and Ewing didn't remain together after King went down with the injury.

Knicks were only a couple games under .500 at the time of his injury. One could argue if he doesn't get hurt, Ewing never gets to New York.

We all know Stern with his frozen envelope had it rigged so Ewing was going to New York....

I think he was saying that if King doesn't get hurt, the Knicks make the playoffs...

*Lightbulb*

 

[printit]

Guy Lewis? Really?

 

[Drip]

Guy Lewis? Really?

Really. Lewis led the University of Houston Cougars division I basketball program to 27 straight winning seasons and 14 seasons with 20 or more wins, including 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament. His Houston teams advanced to the Final Four on five occasions (1967, 1968, 1982–84) and twice advanced to the NCAA Championship Game (1983, 1984). Among the outstanding players who Lewis coached are Elvin Hayes, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Otis Birdsong, Dwight Jones, Don Chaney and "Sweet" Lou Dunbar. Lewis's UH teams twice played a role in events that helped to popularize college basketball as a spectator sport. In 1968, his underdog, Elvin Hayes-led Cougars upset the undefeated and top-ranked UCLA Bruins in front of more than 50,000 fans at Houston’s Astrodome. This was the first nationally televised college basketball game, and subsequently became known as the “Game of the Century”. It marked a watershed in the emerging popularity of college basketball. In the early 1980s, Lewis's Phi Slama Jama teams at UH gained notoriety for their fast-breaking, "above the rim" style of play as well as their overall success. At the height of Phi Slama Jama's notoriety, they suffered a dramatic, last-second loss in the 1983 NCAA Final that became an iconic moment in the history of the sport. Lewis's insistence that his teams play an acrobatic, up-tempo brand of basketball that emphasized dunking brought this style of play to the fore and helped popularize it amongst younger players.
The Cougars also lost in the 1984 NCAA Final, to the Georgetown Hoyas led by Patrick Ewing. Lewis retired from coaching in 1986 at number 20 in all-time NCAA Division I victories, his 592-279 record giving him a .680 career winning percentage.

 

[CD Boogie]

Guy Lewis? Really?

Really. Lewis led the University of Houston Cougars division I basketball program to 27 straight winning seasons and 14 seasons with 20 or more wins, including 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament. His Houston teams advanced to the Final Four on five occasions (1967, 1968, 1982–84) and twice advanced to the NCAA Championship Game (1983, 1984). Among the outstanding players who Lewis coached are Elvin Hayes, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Otis Birdsong, Dwight Jones, Don Chaney and "Sweet" Lou Dunbar. Lewis's UH teams twice played a role in events that helped to popularize college basketball as a spectator sport. In 1968, his underdog, Elvin Hayes-led Cougars upset the undefeated and top-ranked UCLA Bruins in front of more than 50,000 fans at Houston’s Astrodome. This was the first nationally televised college basketball game, and subsequently became known as the “Game of the Century”. It marked a watershed in the emerging popularity of college basketball. In the early 1980s, Lewis's Phi Slama Jama teams at UH gained notoriety for their fast-breaking, "above the rim" style of play as well as their overall success. At the height of Phi Slama Jama's notoriety, they suffered a dramatic, last-second loss in the 1983 NCAA Final that became an iconic moment in the history of the sport. Lewis's insistence that his teams play an acrobatic, up-tempo brand of basketball that emphasized dunking brought this style of play to the fore and helped popularize it amongst younger players.
The Cougars also lost in the 1984 NCAA Final, to the Georgetown Hoyas led by Patrick Ewing. Lewis retired from coaching in 1986 at number 20 in all-time NCAA Division I victories, his 592-279 record giving him a .680 career winning percentage.

Thanks, Dripipedia

 

[Joe Williams]

I think it's dumb that basketball HOF feels a need to induct some folks multiple times. Heinsohn already is in the HOF. Uh, yeah, as a player. So they need to put him in again as a coach? A few years after this, they can have him go in as a broadcaster. And keep taking up spots in balloting/on finalists list that might go to someone else.