Basketball is back! We thought it would be a great time to share some amazing photographs from The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame located in the birthplace of basketball, Springfield, Massachusetts. Before there were multi-million dollar contracts and lockouts, there were short shorts, peach baskets, and some great nostalgic memories as you will see in these photos. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
To learn more about the Basketball Hall of Fame, go to http:www.hoophall.com/history/
Tonight Dennis Rodman and Chris Mullin will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Induction is set for 7 PM tonight in Springfield, Massachusetts. Also being inducted alongside Rodman and Mullin are Artis Gilmore, Arvydas Sabonis, Tex Winter, Tara VanderVeer, Teresa Edwards, Tom "Satch Sanders, Herb Magee and Reece "Goose" Tatum.
Back on December 1 we showed you some of the first round candidates for the 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction. Today the Hall announced the list of finalists. Here you go:
Alvin Attles
Maurice Cheeks
DIck Motta
Chris Mullin
Dennis Rodman
Ralph Sampson
Jamaal Wilkes
Tex Winter
So who got dropped from the original list?
Reggie Miller
Spencer Haywood
Bernard King
Maurice Lucas
Don Nelson
Surprised by any of these drops?