<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Marc Stein came through today with a great look at just how little the Basketball Hall of Fame thinks of the NBA, and its coaches. I would do a great disservice to the piece by re-hashing bits of it, so all I can ask is that you go read it. Reader Matt read it, he is a reader after all, and had this to say: I've grown up less than an hour away from the BHoF and have been going for the last 15 years or so. Back when I was a kid I remember going to the old building and seeing all the NBA jerseys and footage. All my memories were of NBA centric exhibits and themes. I went sometime within the last year with my brother with the intention of reading through the entire museum at a leisurely pace to take in all the history. I was amazed to find that once was 80-90% NBA related material had become less than 50%. Walking around the perimeter where the plaques of retired players are it becomes obvious that sometime in the 80s a shift occurred and non-NBA people were heavily favored. College, foreign and woman become disproportionately represented while obvious NBA stars are left out. Furthermore the exhibits are now all centered around college, woman, media and foreign basketball. It was amazing how little the NBA was represented. It was extremely disappointing and a huge shift from my childhood memories. Who officially runs the BHoF and why the fundamental shift in focus in the 80s on? I'm left to guess that some triptych of Joey Meyer, Dick Vitale, David Rivers are holding court; but beyond that I haven't the foggiest. I do know that, for someone surrounded by stacks of basketball DVDs, I think it's odd that I have little more than a passing interest in visiting the Basketball Hall of Fame.</div></p> http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-28-2...rustration.html</p> </p>
I agree with this article, the NBA needs it's own HOF point blank. Dominique not being first ballot is something that noone should ever get over.
