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Basketball Hall of Fame - Black Urum - Apr 7, 2008
Latest nominees for the Basketball Hall of Fame:
Patrick Ewing
Hakeem Olajuwon
Pat Riley
- NHutch - Apr 7, 2008
Dennis Johnson, I hope gets in...
If so another Celtic in the hall...
- Black Urum - Apr 9, 2008
By The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO - Coach Pat Riley, players Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, plus four others have been elected to basketball's Hall of Fame.
Also among the class of 2008 to be inducted in September are player Adrian Dantley, coach Cathy Rush, NBA team owner Bill Davidson and broadcaster Dick Vitale.
"It's unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable," said Riley, the Miami Heat coach who won four NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, and who then grabbed another two years ago with Miami. He also has one championship as an assistant and another as a player.
Olajuwon, from Nigeria, was a six-time NBA All-Star and the league's MVP in 1994. He was twice named defensive player of the year, and still holds the NBA record for blocked shots at 3,830.
Ewing was the 1986 NBA rookie of the year and an 11-time All-Star in a 17-year pro career.
- NHutch - Apr 9, 2008
Nice class overall, i guess DJ just has to wait another few years...
