Michael Jordan Elected To FIBA Hall Of Fame

[Euroleague]

2015 FIBA Hall of Fame inductees announced:

Michael Jordan - legendary USA national team player, member of '92 Olympics Dream Team, NCAA champion, considered by many to be one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest NBA player.

Sarunas Marciulionis - famous player of Soviet Union and Lithuanian national teams, NBA player, re-founded Lithuanian national team, founder of Lithuanian national league, and founder of North European league (today's Baltic league).

Vladimir Tkachenko - legendary center of the Soviet Union national team, one of the greatest players of the Soviet Union national league.

Antoine Rigaudeau - famous French national team player, one of the best players ever of the French national league, NBA player, considered by many to be the 2nd greatest French player ever.

Ruperto Herrera Tabio - famous Cuban national team player and one of the best players ever of the Cuban national league.

Anne Donovan - legendary women's player and coach of USA national team, NCAA champion.

Jan Stirling - legendary women's Australian national team player and coach.

Robert Blanchard - long-time French ref.

Noah Klieger - Israeli who made a great contribution to the sport.

[aj1987]

2015 FIBA Hall of Fame inductees announced:

Michael Jordan - legendary USA national team player, member of '92 Olympics Dream Team, NCAA champion, considered by many to be one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time.

Sarunas Marciulionis - famous player of Soviet Union and Lithuanian national teams, NBA player, founder of Lithuanian basketball federation, and Lithuanian national league.

Vladimir Tkachenko - legendary center of the Soviet Union national team, one of the greatest players of the Soviet Union national league.

Antoine Rigaudeau - famous French national team player, one of the best players ever of the French national league, NBA player, considered by many to be the 2nd greatest French player ever.

Ruperto Herrera Tabio - famous Cuban national team player and one of the best players ever of the Cuban national league.

Anne Donovan - legendary women's player and coach of USA national team, NCAA champion.

Jan Stirling - legendary women's Australian national team player and coach.

Robert Blanchard - long-time French ref.

Noah Klieger - Israeli who made a great contribution to the sport.

:applause: :applause:

Fixed your post, BTW.

[Dr Hawk]

2015 FIBA Hall of Fame inductees announced:

Michael Jordan - legendary USA national team player, member of '92 Olympics Dream Team, NCAA champion, considered by many to be one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest NBA player.



Hm.........is this guy saying what I think he is saying? :banghead: :hammerhead:

[aj1987]

Hm.........is this guy saying what I think he is saying? :banghead: :hammerhead:
Yep and I edited that when I quoted him.

[Euroleague]

Hm.........is this guy saying what I think he is saying? :banghead: :hammerhead:

Personally, I have Kareem as the greatest NBA player. So yeah, it's debatable.

[Dr Hawk]

Personally, I have Kareem as the greatest NBA player. So yeah, it's debatable.

Oh god.

I won't ask him what I want to ask, I'm afraid of the answer

[Dr Hawk]

Yep and I edited that when I quoted him.


:applause: :applause: :applause: thank god

[aj1987]

I will. :oldlol:


Personally, I have Kareem as the greatest NBA player. So yeah, it's debatable.
Who's the GOAT basketball player, EL?

[Dr Hawk]

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/159/334/9266932.jpg

[CarlosBoozer]

I'll fight you OP

[sportjames23]

Well, shit. Took long enough.

[kennethgriffin]

Hm.........is this guy saying what I think he is saying? :banghead: :hammerhead:


maybe euroleague considers 11 time champion 5 time mvp ( rightful 6-7 time finals mvp ) bill russell as part of the discussion

or 6 time season mvp, 6 time champion, all time scoring leader, 19 time allstar, 10 time all nba 1st team, 3 time NCAA champion kareem abdul jabbar as part of the discussion

[Rooster]

Well, shit. Took long enough.

Yup , it's way overdue.:applause:

Also FIBA should recognize and induct Kenny Smith

He Kennedyd them Soviets back in 86 as a college boy and led the USA to world championship.:bowdown:

[Dr Hawk]

maybe euroleague considers 11 time champion 5 time mvp ( rightful 6-7 time finals mvp ) bill russell as part of the discussion

or 6 time season mvp, 6 time champion, all time scoring leader, 19 time allstar, 10 time all nba 1st team, 3 time NCAA champion kareem abdul jabbar as part of the discussion

That's fine. Key word in that sentence is "NBA" though.

[97 bulls]

Why isnt Toni Kukoc in the FIBA Hall of Fame?????

[Euroleague]

Why isnt Toni Kukoc in the FIBA Hall of Fame?????

Because it has a really high standard, unlike the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He will probably get in there at some point. But the standard is extremely high. It's 180 degree opposite of Basketball Hall of Fame.

That's why all that "Manu is a hall of fame from his overseas career" talk is such epic bullshit from people that only know NBA.

His "overseas career" is less by far than whole bunches of guys that are not even in the nominee list yet for FIBA Hall of Fame.

They actually take it seriously on what you did as a player, and don't just base it on hype and bullshit like the other hall of fame does.

Example, Oscar Schmidt is the all time leading scorer in FIBA in world basketball history and he had to wait a long ass time to get in there.

Panagiotis Giannakis is the second leading scorer all time in FIBA in world basketball history, top all time of Greek national team, and he still isn't even in there yet.

Antonello Riva - all time top scorer of Italian national league, all time top scorer of Italian national team, and he's not even in there.

Alberto Herreros - all time top scorer of Spanish national league, and he's not in there.

These players have all been retired for years.

Can you imagine the basketball hall of fame not putting all time leading scorers in? That's the difference in how tough it is to get in there.

[97 bulls]

Because it has a really high standard, unlike the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He will probably get in there at some point. But the standard is extremely high. It's 180 degree opposite of Basketball Hall of Fame.

That's why all that "Manu is a hall of fame from his overseas career" talk is such epic bullshit from people that only know NBA.

His "overseas career" is less by far than whole bunches of guys that are not even in the nominee list yet for FIBA Hall of Fame.

They actually take it seriously on what you did as a player, and don't just base it on hype and bullshit like the other hall of fame does.

Example, Oscar Schmidt is the all time leading scorer in FIBA in world basketball history and he had to wait a long ass time to get in there.

Panagiotis Giannakis is the second leading scorer all time in FIBA in world basketball history, top all time of Greek national team, and he still isn't even in there yet.

Antonello Riva - all time top scorer of Italian national league, all time top scorer of Italian national team, and he's not even in there.

Alberto Herreros - all time top scorer of Spanish national league, and he's not in there.

These players have all been retired for years.

Can you imagine the basketball hall of fame not putting all time leading scorers in? That's the difference in how tough it is to get in there.
Good to know.

[ShawkFactory]

maybe euroleague considers 11 time champion 5 time mvp ( rightful 6-7 time finals mvp ) bill russell as part of the discussion

or 6 time season mvp, 6 time champion, all time scoring leader, 19 time allstar, 10 time all nba 1st team, 3 time NCAA champion kareem abdul jabbar as part of the discussion
Point
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Your head

[MP.Trey]

Spanoulis or Jordan?