http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/07/2014-...Morning and Richmond make it in.
Can't still figure out why Spencer Haywood is snubbed again! His lawsuit against the NBA still a sore spot? Would it offend Stern (who's going in)?
Richmond was great, but Haywood NCAA brief career, ABA MVP, and for a few years allstar before drugs took over him.
IN 1968 many black american basketball players, including Jabbar boycotted the Mexico City olymnpics. The 1968 team had its hero and it was spencer haywood.
Im on this every year and just feel bad for the dude. He cleaned up his life and I think he deserves to be in not just on his NBA cred, but for what he did at every level and had the balls to go up against the NBA and test the hardship rule. He was the trailblazer that allowed underclassmen to be drafted.
Nice that Sweetwater Clifton was recognized and elected!
Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there.
Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.
VCoug wrote:Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there. Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.
I would imagine that his social work would get him recognized. He's no Ali in that respect but he's been a presence in the medical research community and I think he does a lot of other stuff too.
NardDogNation wrote:VCoug wrote:Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there. Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.
I would imagine that his social work would get him recognized. He's no Ali in that respect but he's been a presence in the medical research community and I think he does a lot of other stuff too.
Sure, that's nice and I commend him for his work but that has nothing to do with the basketball Hall of Fame. I judge players by how they performed on the court and while he was a nice player there's no way he's hall of fame worthy. Probably the same with Mitch Richmond but I never really watched him play.
VCoug wrote:NardDogNation wrote:VCoug wrote:Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there. Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.
I would imagine that his social work would get him recognized. He's no Ali in that respect but he's been a presence in the medical research community and I think he does a lot of other stuff too.
Sure, that's nice and I commend him for his work but that has nothing to do with the basketball Hall of Fame. I judge players by how they performed on the court and while he was a nice player there's no way he's hall of fame worthy. Probably the same with Mitch Richmond but I never really watched him play.
Mitch was a step below Clyde, but I thought he was just as good a shooter as Reggie Miller and a better all around player. Mitchvjust didn't have as many big game moments as Reggie. If you judge Zo on his years in Charlotte and the first go-around in Miami, the he is a HOFer. Zo didn't have the prettiest game, but he was effective. He compares favorably to Dwight Howard. I never saw Spencer Haywood play, but a lot of people share Nalod's opinion on the subject matter. I don't know enough to have an opinion one way or the other.
