VCoug wrote:Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there.

Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.

I would imagine that his social work would get him recognized. He's no Ali in that respect but he's been a presence in the medical research community and I think he does a lot of other stuff too.

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:Mourning? I don't know about that. He was certainly a very good, all-star caliber player but Hall of Fame? I don't agree with that. No, he shouldn't be there.

Then again, virtually every decent coach in NCAA history is in so it probably doesn't really matter.

I would imagine that his social work would get him recognized. He's no Ali in that respect but he's been a presence in the medical research community and I think he does a lot of other stuff too.

Sure, that's nice and I commend him for his work but that has nothing to do with the basketball Hall of Fame. I judge players by how they performed on the court and while he was a nice player there's no way he's hall of fame worthy. Probably the same with Mitch Richmond but I never really watched him play.

Mitch was a step below Clyde, but I thought he was just as good a shooter as Reggie Miller and a better all around player. Mitchvjust didn't have as many big game moments as Reggie. If you judge Zo on his years in Charlotte and the first go-around in Miami, the he is a HOFer. Zo didn't have the prettiest game, but he was effective. He compares favorably to Dwight Howard. I never saw Spencer Haywood play, but a lot of people share Nalod's opinion on the subject matter. I don't know enough to have an opinion one way or the other.