Paul Pierce , who has been selected for 10 NBA All-Stars, is about to enter the Hall of Fame.
Springfield, Massachusetts -Today, at a private event held in the newly renovated Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, ESPN announced the 16 winners of the 2021 session. The class of 2021 graduates will hold a ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 11.
This year’s class includes nine winners from North America and the Women’s Committee: the ninth award-winning coach in NBA history Rick Adelman , two-time NBA champion and 11 NBA All-Star player Chris Bosh , NBA Finals MVP and 10 NBA All-Stars. Star Paul Pierce , the first black NBA coach Bill Russell ,Four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and NBA champion Ben Wallace , five-time NBA All-Star and Rookie of the Year Webber , two-time NCAA national champion Villanova coach Jay Wright , seven-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Olympic gold medalist Yolanda Griffith S , seven WNBA All-Stars, three WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson .
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"This is the first time in our history that we will set up two classes in a calendar year," said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Say. "We are very happy to welcome the 2021 graduates to Springfield, the birthplace of basketball, where we can celebrate them and recognize their extraordinary achievements and contributions to the game."
The event will be held in the Golden Temple on Friday, September 10th, and there will be an enshrined announcement celebration and awards evening . The 2021 and returning Hall of Fame members will then travel to Springfield, Massachusetts to participate in the annual celebrations held on September 11 at the newly renovated Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Vantone Reciprocity Center.Senior sponsors of Enshrinement 2021 include Nike , Baron Champion Ring, Golden God and Panini.
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North American Commission:
· Rick Adelman [coaches] -Adelman has coached in the NBA for more than 30 years, with a head coach record of 1042-749 (.582). In 16 of his 23 seasons at the helm, he entered the playoffs. He led the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals (1990 and 1992) twice. Adelman ranks ninth in the number of NBA career victories, including two 60-win seasons and 11 50-win seasons. He scored 200 victories in 288 games alone, which was a record at the time. Adelman is the head coach of the three-time NBA All-Star Game (1991, 2001, 2003). He has coached many Hall of Fame players, including Clyde Drexler, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo, Chris Mullin and Drazen Petrovich.
Chris · Bosh [Player]-Bosh is an 11-time NBA All-Star selection (2006-2016),He won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat (2012, 2013). In 13 NBA seasons, he averaged 19.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Selected by the Toronto Raptors, in 2004 he became a member of the NBA's best rookie team. As a college athlete of Georgia Institute of Technology , Bosh won the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2003. As a high school leader in 2002, Bosh was named the Texas basketball player and McDonald's best player in the United States. At the same time, he led Lincoln High School to win state and national championships with a 40-0 record. On the international stage, Bosh won the Olympic gold medal in 2008.
PAUL PIERCE [Player]-Pierce is the 10th NBA All-Star (2002-06, 2008-2012 Boston Celtics) and team . In 2008, he was named the most valuable player in the NBA Finals. After 19 seasons in the NBA, Pierce ranked 9th in history in free throws and three-pointers, and he ranked 19th in total points with 26,397 points. Selected by the Celtics, Pierce was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1999. As a member of the Kansas Jayhawks, he was unanimously named the first team in the United States in 1998. At Inglewood High School, Pierce was named the California Basketball Player and was named McDonald's National Player of the Year in 1995. His No. 34 jersey has been retired by the Boston Celtics and Kansas Jayhawks.
BILL RUSSELL [COACH]-After the legendary Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach retired in 1966,Bill Russell became the NBA's first black head coach. In his second season as a player and coach, Russell led the Boston Celtics to the 1968 NBA championship, becoming the first black head coach to win the NBA championship. In the next season, Russell will once again lead the Boston team to the NBA Finals and Championship. This is his 11th and final ring. During the Celtics, Seattle Supersonics and Sacramento Kings, his NBA coaching record was 341-290 (.540), and the playoff record was 34-27 (.557). As a player and coach, Russell was named Sports Illustrated athlete of the year in 1968. In 1975, Russell was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
Ben Wallace-Wallace is the four-time NBA defensive player this year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and four NBA All-Stars (2003-06) ) And the NBA champion and the Detroit Pistons (2004). He was selected five times (2002-2006) and the All-NBA Second Team (2003, 2004, 2006) five times, and averaged rebounds (2002, 2003) and blocks per game ( 2002) leads the NBA. As a college athlete at Virginia Union University, Wallace won the CIAA Championship and MVP Championship in 1995, and became the first team in the US second-level league in 1996.
Chris Webber [Player]-Webber was selected for five NBA All-Stars (1997, 2000-2003) and 1994 NBA Rookie of the Year.He was selected to the NBA All-NBA Second Team and the 2001 All-NBA First Team in 2001 and three times (1999, 2002, 2003). He led the NBA in rebounds per game in the 1998-1999 season and has averaged more than 20 points per game for nine consecutive seasons (1994-2003). As a member of the "Fab Five", Weber led University of Michigan to the semi-finals twice (1992 and 1993), and was selected to the All-American First Team in 1993. As a high school genius at the Detroit Country Day School, he was named McDonald's Most Valuable Player in the United States in 1991, Michigan basketball and Naismith Reserve Player of the Year.
JAY WRIGHT [coach] – Wright is the best span 12 span in 2006 and the best span of the year of 2016 in the 13th National Span12 Coach of the Year (2006, 2009, 2014-16, 2019) and the first coach in NCAA history led the team to 30 wins in four consecutive seasons. He led Villanova to two NCAA national championships (2016, 2018) and eight major Eastern Conference championships (2006, 2014-17, 2019-2021). In general, Wright led Villanova to three semi-finals, four elite eight games and five sweet sixteen rounds. His overall coaching record is 612-274 (.691).Wright was named the recipient of the John R. Wood Legendary Coach Award in 2018.
It’s your turn. Congratulations to Rick Adelman for being elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Rick served as the head coach of the Warriors from 1995 to 1997. PIC.TWITTER.COM/0AXC1VPHIB -
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Golden State Warriors (@warriors), May 16, 2021 No words can express my gratitude to everyone who has traveled with me on this journey Affection. Basketball has always been one of the greatest gifts assigned to me in this life. This honor is my legacy. Thank you +Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout my career. — Chris Bosh , May 16, 2021
Women’s Committee:
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Lauren Jackson [Player]-Jackson was selected as a WNBA All-Star seven times (2001-2003, 2005-2007, 2009) and three WNBA MVP (2001-2003, 2005-2007, 2009) ). She led the Seattle Storm to the WNBA championship in 2004 and 2010, and won the MVP honor of the WNBA Finals in 2010. In 2007, Jackson was named the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and led the league in rebounds and points per game. Jackson was selected to the WNBA's ten-year team in 2006, and in 2016 he was selected as one of the top 20 players in the league's 20-year history. As a superstar of WNBL, Jackson has been selected for five All-Stars (1999-2004), four MVPs (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) and four finals MVPs (2002, 2003, 2006, 2010). In the Australian national team, she was a three-time Olympic silver medalist (2000, 2004, 2008).
contributor committee directly elected:
– VAL ACKERMAN [spanstrong] is widely regarded as a pioneer of VAL ACKERMAN _strongman .And he has made important contributions to men's and women's basketball at the university, professional and international levels. From 1996 to 2005, when the league was founded, she served as the president of the WNBA, and from 2005 to 2008, she served as the first female president of the US basketball team. Since 2013, Ackerman has led the BIG EAST conference as a commissioner, initiated a number of initiatives, including BIG EAST services, digital networks, student-athlete welfare forums, and won two NCAA basketball national championships. Ackerman is the recipient of the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), the Edward Steitz Award (2013) and the Women’s Sports Foundation Billy Jane Gold Award (2016), and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Grantee (2011).
Cotton Fitzsimmons [Contributor] – Fitzsimmons posthumously awarded the two-time NBA best of the year Coach (1979 and 1989), and was one of 15 coaches with 800 or more victories. He has coached five NBA teams, the most famous of which is the Phoenix Suns, with 50 wins in four consecutive seasons. He led the team to 12 NBA playoffs, including 3 Western Conference finals. Fitzsimmons' Hall of Fame players include Charles Barkley, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Walter Bellamy, Pete Malawi Odd, Jojo White and Artis Gilmore. Before entering the NBA, he was named the eight best coaches of the year, leading Kansas State University into the Sweet Sixteen (1970).He also led Moberly Junior College to two junior college national championships (1966, 1967). Fitzsimmons is a worshipper of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (1981) and the National Junior College Hall of Fame (1985).
Howard Garfinkel [Contributor] – Gark Finkel was posthumously awarded as the co-founder and long-term director of the five-star basketball training camp. This training The camp revolutionized scouting, recruitment and coaching development. Hall of Fame members who have served as five-star training camp consultants include Hubie Brown, John Calipari, Bobby Knight, and George Raveling. Several five-star alumni will continue to be elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame, including Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Isiah Thomas, Dominic Wilkins , Grant Hill and Tim Duncan . The five-star training platform style has become the standard for basketball training camps, and countless participants continue to play in the NBA. Before the five-star, Garfunkel started high school basketball pictorial 1965, the first high school scout report. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Early African-American Pioneer Committee direct elections:
Jenkins in the 1920s and _strong players in the 1930s and _strong13.When these two sports were segregated, Jenkins was a professional athlete in baseball and basketball and was posthumously awarded. He is a New Yorker who played for the St. Christopher Club youth team, and then in 1917, 1918 and 1919 played for the first team to be named the "World Champion of Basketball of Color". Jenkins then continued to play for the promoter of the New York team, Loendi Big Five, the Big Five of the Commonwealth, and eventually the famous New York Renaissance, where he served as captain. Despite his two transfers to three different teams, his team has won the World Championships of Colored Basketball for eight consecutive years. Jenkins is only 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He is admired for his ability to maintain his composure and coach the team, while always striving for excellence.
International Committee of the elections:
TONI KUKOC [players] - Kukoc is three NBA titles (1996-98) and NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1996). He played in the NBA from 1993 to 2006, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1994. He is the five-time European Player of the Year (1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998) and three-time European Union MVP (1990, 1991, 1993). In Yugoslavia, he won the gold medal in the 1990 FIBA World Championships and the silver medal in the 1988 Olympic Games.He also won the silver medal at the Croatia (1992) Olympics. He was named FIBA World Championship MVP (1990) and was selected as the FIBA 50 Greatest Players (1991).
It's time! I like to play with TK. He is very important to our second three-game winning team. He definitely belongs, and I look forward to him joining us this fall. Words cannot express my gratitude to everyone who has been with me on this journey. Basketball has always been one of the greatest gifts assigned to me in this life. This honor is my legacy. Thank you +Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout my career.
- Scottie Pippen ) May 16, 2021
Veterans Council direct selection:
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Women’s Veterans Committee Direct Election:
PEARL MOORE [Player]——As the best player in Francis Marion IAW from 1975 to 1979, four times at the Francis Marion College Moore scored 4,061 points, making her the all-time leader in women's college basketball scoring. In all 127 college games she participated in, she averaged 30 points per game and scored in double figures. In 1979, Moore was named the American Women's Athletic Foundation's College Player of the Year, South Carolina AIAW's Player of the Year and South Carolina Amateur Athlete of the Year. As a professional player, she played in WBL for two seasons and was selected as an All-Star in 1981. Moore is an enshrined in the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (2000).
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