[情報] NBA官網公告Jordan進名人堂 - 籃球

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標題: [情報] NBA官網公告Jordan進名人堂
時間: Tue Apr 7 00:26:42 2009

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/06/halloffame.ap.ap/index.html

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Jordan, Robinson, Stockton, Sloan elected to Hall of Fame

Posted Apr 6 2009 11:54AM

DETROIT (AP) -- It was only a matter of time, and now Michael Jordan is in
the Hall of Fame.
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Jordan was elected to the class of 2009 Monday with David Robinson, John
Stockton, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Rutgers women's coach C. Vivian
Stringer.

The announcement was made in Detroit, site of the men's Final Four. Induction
is Sept. 10-12 in Springfield, Mass., home of the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame.

2009 Hall of Fame Inductees
The Basketball Hall of Fame announced its inductees today, with Michael
Jordan, David Robinson, John Stockton and coach Jerry Sloan leading the
way/garnering NBA honors. View photos and video from each inductee.
Official Release
Read the official release about the five members inducted into the Hall of
Fame. Read Story

John Stockton
The former Jazz point guard is the league's all-time leader in assists and
steals. Bio | Photos | Video
Michael Jordan
Considered the NBA's all-time greatest player, Jordan's feats are singular.
Bio | Photos | Video
David Robinson
The Spurs' star center was an all-around force and won the MVP in 1995. Bio |
Photos | Video
Jerry Sloan
The Jazz coach is among the all-time winningest coaches in league history.
Bio | Photos | Video

Jordan's Hall of Fame selection was a slam dunk after he retired as perhaps
the greatest player in history.

His soaring dunks, Nike commercials and "Air Jordan" nickname helped stamp
him as one the most recognizable athletes around the world. He finished a
15-year career with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards with 32,292
points -- the third-highest total in league history, behind Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. His final career average of 30.12 goes down as
the best, just ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.07.

The five-time NBA MVP won six championships with the Bulls and another in
college with North Carolina. The Tar Heels play Michigan State in the
national championship game Monday night.

Tar Heels coach Roy Williams was an assistant with Carolina on that 1982
national championship team and was at Monday's induction.

Jordan retired twice during his career. He first came back to the Bulls in
1994 and won three more championships before retiring again in 1998. He then
had an ill-fated two-year stint with the Washington Wizards before calling it
quits for good in 2003.

Jordan won two of his titles in the 1990s against Sloan, Stockton and the
Utah Jazz. Stockton spent his entire career with the Jazz and finished with
19,711 points, 15,806 assists and 3,265 steals. He also holds NBA records for
most assists in a season (1,164 in 1990-91) and highest assist average in a
season (14.5 in 1989-90).

Utah took Stockton in the first round of the 1984 draft, using the No. 16
pick on a relatively unknown player from Gonzaga who became one of the top
point guards.

Robinson, who earned the nickname "The Admiral" from his college career at
Navy, joined Stockton and Jordan as members of the NBA's 50th anniversary
team.

He had a stellar 14-year career with the San Antonio Spurs that included two
NBA championships, an MVP season, a rookie of the year award, 10 All-Star
selections, a scoring title and two Olympic gold medals.

Sloan is the longest tenured head coach in major league sports with a single
franchise. A two-time All-Star during his playing days with the Bulls, Sloan
is the only NBA coach to win more than 1,000 games with a single team. He has
the Jazz in seventh place in the Western Conference standings going into
Monday night's games.

Stringer has led three separate teams to the Final Four in her 38-year career
and has an 825-280 mark spanning four decades. She trails only Pat Summitt
and Jody Conradt on the victories list. Stringer guided Rutgers to its fifth
straight regional semifinals trip this season.

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