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Thursday, April 25, 2002
THE battJ
Johnson, 13 others nominat
for induction in Hall of Han
In 1979,
Michigan State
championship
State and Bird
their duels. They
three more times
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP)
— A few years later than he
wanted. Magic Johnson is in
position to join friend and rival
Larry Bird in the Basketball
Hall of Fame.
Johnson, unable to persuade
the hall to waive its five-year
retirement requirement so he
could enter alongside Bird in
1998, was nominated for induc
tion Wednesday in his first year
of eligibility.
Johnson, who led the Los
Angeles Lakers to five NBA
championships, was nominated
along with 13 other players and
coaches and the Harlem
Globetrotters.
“He’s an obvious choice to
me or anybody else that fol
lows the game,” said Lakers
general manager Mitch
Kupchak. “It’s a formality,
another jewel in his career.”
There are so few doubts
about the outcome of the
Honors Committee vote that, in
a break with tradition, the Hall
of Fame is announcing its
inductees in June in Los
Angeles, where Johnson spent
his entire 13-year pro career.
In his rookie season with the
Lakers, Johnson seized control of
Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals
against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Starting at center for the
injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
and playing all five positions
during the game, Johnson had
42 points, 15 rebounds and
seven assists, leading the Lakers
to the first of five titles during
the decade.
At 21, Johnson became the
first rookie to be selected
Finals MVP.
The Lakers also won titles
in 1982, ’85, ’87 and ’88, and
Johnson was the league MVP
in 1987, ’89 and ’90. He was
MVP of the All-Star game in
1990 and ’92.
“Magic's contributions to the
game make him one of the most
deserving ever for this excep
tional acknowledgment,” said
Larry Bird.
Redemption
Continued from page 1B
the winner of the Texas-Nebraska match at 3
p.m. Saturday. The finals will be held Sunday
at I p.m.
The tournament will also affect the Aggies’
goal to play at home when the first rounds of
the NCAA tournament start in mid-May.
The Aggies are currently No. 17 in the
country, and the top 16'teams in the nation are
set to be the likely hosts of first- and second-
round action in the NCAA Tournament.
“I think the outcome of this tournament
will really affect our seeding heading into the
NCAA tournament,” Cass said. “If we don’t
get anything done this weekend, it might hurt
our argument to be in the top 16, so it is very
important for us to have some solid outings
this weekend.”
The linals of the NCAA Tournament will
be held for. the first time at the Varsity Tennis
Center beginning May 18.
“Being able to host the first two rounds of
the tournament would be a big advantage for
us," Cook said. “This tournament will have
a huge impact on the NCAA field, so we’re
going make whatever changes we can to
have a shot at playing at home for the entire
NCAA tournament.”
Johnson led
to the NCAA
over Indiana
in the first of
squared off
in the NBA
Finals during the 1980s in a
rivalry that ignited fan interest
and transformed pro basketball.
Johnson left the NBA after
the 1990-91 season following a
stunning announcement that he
had HIV. He returned to help the
United States win Olympic gold
in 1992 and returned to the NBA
in the 1994-95 season, surpass
ing the 10,(KX) assist plateau.
Johnson hoped to enter the
He's an obvious
choice to me or
anybody else that
follows the game.
It's a formality,
another jewel in
his career.
— Mitch Kupchak
Lakers' general manager
Hall of Fame with Bird, who
was inducted in 1998. He even
asked the Hall to waive its rule
requiring players be retired five
years before induction.
“When he was young he was
not a great shooter, his gift was
passing and creating a type of
up-and-down game that was fun
to watch,” Kupchak said. “But
he kept working on it — he was
always working on his game —
and became an excellent shooter.
Toward the end there was noth
ing that he couldn't do.”
The other players nominated
are Portland coach and fonner
76ers guard Maurice Cheeks;
scoring star Adrian Dantley;
defensive ace Bobby Jones;
seven-time All-Star Chet
Walker, who played with the
Chicago Bulls and
James Worthy of the lie-
of the game’s greatestfasi-
finishers.
Nominees need 18 ;
votes from the
Committee for induction
The coaches nominal;;
Larry Brown, who v;
NCAA championship
Kansas and last seasoi
Philadelphia to the
Finals; Lefty Driesell.
fourth-winningest coad
NCAA Division I histom
782 victories in a 4.
coaching career; Lute Oh
who led Arizona to the ■
NCAA championship:!
Eddie Sutton. no»;
Oklahoma State.
Bill Shamian. inducteih’
player in 1976, isnowpnpi
as a coach. He guide;
Lakers to the 1972 NBAo
and also won champions!:
the ABL with the 0
Pipers (1962) and the ABA
the Utah Stars (1971).
Phoenix Suns CEO
Colangelo; college and
sional coach Tex Winter,
wheelchair basketball
Junius Kellogg werenoira
as contributors, as were
Globetrotters.
Earl Lloyd, the first
player in the NBA, was e
nated by the
Committee, along with
coach Forrest Anderson.. 7
contributor Grady Lewis
Cath> Rush, whose® peopl(
national championships ; c j a ]]y
Immaculata College in Those
A&M s
were
Worn;:
1970s brought national at
tion and scholarship mow;
women’s college basket!
North Carolina State ci
Kay Yow; and Harley Red
Wayland Baptist
posed by the
Committee. Players
Meneghin and Drazen Fett
and coach Pedro Ferrari
were nominated b\
International Committee.
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second time the Aggies have hosted theev#
“It was a little bit of a surprise to hos'-
year,” said A&M head coach Bobby Kien
“It works out good for us because w
ten tired of traveling. It’s nice to be a
home and not have to travel right n0 • .
Fans who have traveled by the tennis J
may have noticed the temporary ^ .
accommodate the additional expecte pe
“This is going to be an exciting wede^
Terburgh said. “I couldn’t b f ie ^ h h l y ee J
preparing for that many people w
stands they set up." nlX)[ ii:
The Aggie seniors hope to have a PP,
nity to host a NCAA regiona ,
Station but are aware that if the y d ! 0
12 tournament would be a great y
their college career at home. •
“We are hoping that , th ‘ S 4 his toup^
match here,” Kleinecke said. T uSi aiil
seniors has given us a strong nuc t ^
we want to send them out with good ^
but hopefully we will get to host
regional here as well. Frida ya[
The Aggies’ first match w,, , Nebras t:
p.m. against the winner of u . at 3pjii
followed by the semifinals on A&ManT
and a possible showdown betwee
Sunday for the championship at F-
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