Basketball HOF finalists 2009

[Steviekick]

MJ, Stock, the Admiral, Nellie, Sloan and the rest make one hell of a HOF Class.

 

from yahoo.com

PHOENIX (AP)—Michael Jordan, John Stockton and David Robinson are among 16 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

 

NBA coaches Don Nelson and Jerry Sloan and Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer also made the cut on Friday from a field of 164 nominees, as did former NBA stars Dennis Johnson, Chris Mullin and Bernard King and two-time WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper.

 

“I’ll step out on a limb and speak for all of them and say thank you,” said Robinson, the former San Antonio stalwart and lone finalist who attended the announcement during NBA All-Star Game festivities. “We understand the honor that goes along with being nominated. We know everyone doesn’t get in.”

 

The election announcement will be on April 6 at the NCAA Final Four in Detroit, with enshrinement in September at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

[alfdogg]

Courtesy of Yahoo sports. The inductees will be announced April 6.

 

Players

Michael Jordan

John Stockton

David Robinson

Dennis Johnson

Chris Mullin

Bernard King

Richie Guerin

Pereira “Ubiratan” Maciel (Brazil)

Cynthia Cooper (WNBA)

 

Coaches

Don Nelson

Jerry Sloan

C. Vivian Stringer (women's college)

Bob Hurley Sr. (HS)

Vladmir Kondrashin (coach of 1972 gold-medal "winning" Soviet Union)

 

Contributors

Al Attles

Johnny "Red" Kerr

 

EDIT: Merged Steviekick's post with mine, as his article didn't include all the inductees.

[AboveAverage484]

This is whether or not I think they will get elected, not if me, personally, would vote them in.

 

Jordan-yes (duh)

Stockton-yes

Robinson-yes

D.J.-no

Mullin-no

King-yes

Guerin-no

 

Nelson-yes

Sloan-yes

 

Al Attles and Red Kerr-yes

 

No clue about the rest.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

How many can be inducted to the HOF?

 

Of the top of my head, MJ, Chris Mullin, John Stockton, David Robinson, and Jerry Sloan will make it.

[Youth N Asia]

How the hell is Bernard King not in already?

 

And Cynthia Cooper...seriously? No one will ever care about the WNBA