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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Basketball Hall of Fame

I mentioned in a prior Rick Pitino post that he'd been selected for the basketball Hall of Fame.   Over the weekend the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame held its enshrinement ceremony, where Mr. Pitino and Richard Guerin were both inducted. 

 I'd never heard of Mr. Guerin, so here's his bio from the Naismith website:
RICHARD GUERIN [Player] -- Guerin is widely known as one of best all-around players ever in the NBA, scoring over 14,676 points during his 13-year stint. The six-time NBA All-Star was a member of the New York Knicks from 1956-1963 and was the first Knick to score 2,000 points in a single season (1961-62). He averaged 20.1 points per game with the team and recorded 4,278 rebounds and 4,211 assists in his career. He finished as a player/coach for the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, compiling an NBA coaching record of 327-291 with the Hawks organization and was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1968. Rewriting the basketball record books as a collegiate player at Iona College, Guerin scored 1,375 points, including a career average of 19.6 points per game and graduated the leading scorer in Iona basketball history. The New York Knicks drafted him in the second round in 1956.
  Likewise, here's Pitino's:
RICK PITINO [Coach] -- Pitino is the only coach in men’s history to lead three different schools to NCAA Final Four appearances as he did with Providence College, University of Kentucky and University of Louisville. He led Kentucky to the 1996 National Championship and then reached the title game again with the Wildcats the following year. He has won over 600 games in his collegiate career, reached the Final Four seven different times (1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2011 and 2013), led his teams to 21 postseason appearances and won nine conference tournament championships. He earned Coach of the Year honors from different sources three different years. Pitino also held two stints as an NBA head coach with the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, leading the Knicks to two playoff appearances.

The Hall of Fame also posted the speeches on youtube today (after the jump)


 (Rick Pitino's is a bit long. I'll admit I didn't watch the whole thing)
http://youtu.be/QTMUKbuSePE 

http://youtu.be/6jMb7sh5tXY
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3 comments:

  1. axeSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    The best all around player ever in the NBA and I hadn't heard of him. Hmm

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    1. Erik the RedSeptember 10, 2013 at 9:27 AM

      Yeah...I'd like to challenge the definition of 'widely known'.

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    2. PaulSeptember 11, 2013 at 7:14 AM

      Well, if you were a Knicks fan in the 60s...

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