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Photo by Joshua Huston/NBAE via Getty Images Lauren Jackson, one of the greatest women’s players to ever play the game, and seven-time WNBA All-Star Yolanda Griffith are both eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for the first time, the hall announced on Tuesday. Joining them is current Big East commissioner and inaugural president of the WNBA Val Ackerman. Michael Cooper, a former WNBA coach for the Los Angeles Sparks and Atlanta Dream, has also been nominated due to his credentials as an NBA player. Other women’s basketball legends, Becky Hammon and Swin Cash, retur...

Getty Images Longtime player, coach and broadcaster Doug Collins was among the first-time nominees announced Tuesday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Also announced as candidates for the first time were Paul Pierce, Michael Cooper, Howard Garfinkel, Lou Henson, Val Ackerman, Yolanda Griffith and Lauren Jackson. Finalists are scheduled to be announced during NBA All-Star Weekend, with those elected unveiled during the NCAA Final Four. Collins coached the Bulls for three seasons from 1986 to 1989, amassing a 137-109 regular-season record and a 13-17 playoff re...

Former Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce headlines new Hall of Fame candidates Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 22, 2020 Former Boston Celtic Paul Pierce attends the NBA basketball game between the Celtics and the Houston Rockets in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP Facebook Share Paul Pierce is officially eligible for the Hall of Fame. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday its list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2021, including eight first-time nominees. Pierce is among a group of first-timers that includes Doug Collins, Michael Co...

Seton Hall’s Kevin Willard on Duke’s Coach K: ‘Just because someone thinks something doesn’t mean they’re right’ Updated Dec 12, 2020; Posted Dec 12, 2020 Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard gestures during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Creighton in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, March 7, 2020. Creighton won 77-60. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP Facebook Share Gary Cohen asked Willard his thoughts on Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski making that suggestion. “I have a lot of thoughts,” the Seton Hall coach said in his post-game radio interview after the Pirates won their B...