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Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announces Candidates for the Class of 2025

December 23, 2024

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame just announced the candidates for the Class of 2025, these includes Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Dwight Howard, Doc Rivers and more.

You can find the complete list of eligible candidates from the official statement of Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

A quick look at the list, here are notable names;

  • Carmelo Anthony – Top 10 in the NBA All Time Scoring Leader, 10× NBA All-Star, NBA scoring champion, NBA All-Rookie First Team, NBA 75th Anniversary Team, Olympic bronze medal and 3x Olympic Gold medal
  • Sue Bird – 4× WNBA champion, 13× WNBA All-Star, 5× All-WNBA First Team, 5× EuroLeague champion and 5x Olympic Gold medal
  • Maya Moore – 4× WNBA champion, WNBA Finals MVP, WNBA MVP, 6× WNBA All-Star, 5× All-WNBA First Team, WNBA steals leader, WNBA scoring leader, WNBA Rookie of the Year and 2x Olympic Gold medal
  • Dwight Howard – NBA champion, 8× NBA All-Star, 5× All-NBA First Team, 3× NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team, NBA All-Defensive Second Team, NBA All-Rookie First Team, 5× NBA rebounding leader and 2× NBA blocks leader.
  • Doc Rivers – NBA champion, NBA Cup champion, NBA Coach of the Year and 4× NBA All-Star Game head coach
  • Lisa Bluder – 5× Big Ten tournament champion, 2× Big Ten regular season champion, 4× MVC tournament champion, 3× MVC regular season champion and 3× Big Ten Coach of the Year.
  • Marc Gasol – NBA champion, 3× NBA All-Star, All-NBA First Team, NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Liga ACB champion and FIBA EuroCup winner.

Finalists will be selected on Feb. 14 in San Francisco at NBA All-Star weekend, and the enshrinement class will be revealed on April 5 in San Antonio at the men’s NCAA Final Four.

Breaking: Doc Rivers stepped down as coach of the LA Clippers

September 29, 2020

Doc Rivers will step down as coach of the LA Clippers, after the team’s second round exit against the Denver Nuggets.

The team announced that the split is a “mutual decision” between Chairman Steve Ballmer and Doc Rivers. “Doc has been a terrific coach for the Clippers, an incredible ambassador, and a pillar of strength during tumultuous times,” Ballmer said. “He won a heck of a lot of games and laid a foundation for this franchise.”

Considered as on of the most successful coach in the NBA, at 58, he is the most successful head coach in Clippers history, compiling a record of 356-208 over seven seasons. It’s unclear what’s next for Doc Rivers but is been reported that he received calls for 76ers and Pelicans for a Head Coach position. Doc Rivers have two years left on his contract.

You can the full text of LA Clippers announcement here.