Nash, Hill, Kidd among 2018 HoF finalists

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Nash, Hill, Kidd among 2018 HoF finalists

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This is already mentioned in other threads, but I thought it deserved its own thread.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2247 ... -induction

The 2018 finalists for the Naismith Hall of Fame have been announced. They are:

Ray Allen
Maurice Cheeks
Charles "Lefty" Driesell
Hugh Evans
Grant Hill
Jason Kidd
Kim Mulkey
Steve Nash
Katie Smith
Tina Thompson
Rudy Tomjanovich
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Chris Webber

Some great former Phoenix Suns on that list. Nash is a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, no doubt.

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So.. he's not an inductee, he's just a finalist, right?
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Of the male players on that list, Nash is clearly the most deserving. (That's not including Lefty and Rudy, who, if they get in, will get in because of their coaching accomplishments.)

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carey wrote:So.. he's not an inductee, he's just a finalist, right?
My bad; you are right. I will alter thread title.

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Cap wrote:Of the male players on that list, Nash is clearly the most deserving. (That's not including Lefty and Rudy, who, if they get in, will get in because of their coaching accomplishments.)
Nash or Webber.

Webber was a great college player whose team made a significant cultural impact in and outside of basketball. And he was a very good player at age 20 with Golden State who became a great one in Sacramento.

Both are a notch or two below the elite players, and you could argue that Hill would have been better than both of them if he'd stayed healthy, but both should go in this year.
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A couple of names from last year's finalists who are deserving, yet weren't finalists this year - Sidney Moncrief and Kevin Johnson.
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Nash and Allen for me

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if it had to be one, it would have to be the 2 time MVP

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The Bobster wrote:
Cap wrote:Of the male players on that list, Nash is clearly the most deserving. (That's not including Lefty and Rudy, who, if they get in, will get in because of their coaching accomplishments.)
Nash or Webber.

Webber was a great college player whose team made a significant cultural impact in and outside of basketball. And he was a very good player at age 20 with Golden State who became a great one in Sacramento.

Both are a notch or two below the elite players, and you could argue that Hill would have been better than both of them if he'd stayed healthy, but both should go in this year.
Does it matter that most of Webber's wins at Michigan were officially vacated due to him accepting money and losing his amateur status?

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Cap wrote:
The Bobster wrote:
Cap wrote:Of the male players on that list, Nash is clearly the most deserving. (That's not including Lefty and Rudy, who, if they get in, will get in because of their coaching accomplishments.)
Nash or Webber.

Webber was a great college player whose team made a significant cultural impact in and outside of basketball. And he was a very good player at age 20 with Golden State who became a great one in Sacramento.

Both are a notch or two below the elite players, and you could argue that Hill would have been better than both of them if he'd stayed healthy, but both should go in this year.
Does it matter that most of Webber's wins at Michigan were officially vacated due to him accepting money and losing his amateur status?
Not really. (See Sam Gilbert & UCLA)
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