It is the end of an era.

Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade have played their final games of what should be first ballot Hall of Fame careers.

From Germany, Nowitzki was the ninth overall pick of the 1999 Draft and there were many who thought that the Dallas Mavericks were making a mistake selecting a European with their First Round Pick.  They needn’t have worried.

Nowitzki would play 21 seasons for Dallas amassing 1,522 Games with another 145 in the Playoffs. Named an All Star 14 times, he would rattle off an impressive streak of 12 consecutive All-NBA Selections (2000-01 to 2001-12) with four of them being First Team.  He would be named the MVP of the league in 2006-07 and took the Mavericks to a surprising NBA Championship in 2011.  As of this writing, he is third all-time in Minutes Played, sixth in Points, twenty-seventh in Rebounds and eighth in Win Shares.  

Wade’s career was not as long but some would argue it held a higher profile.  The Guard was the 5^thOverall Pick of the loaded 2004 Class where he would join the Miami Heat and lead them to greatness.  A 12 time All Star and eight time All-NBA Selection, Wade led Miami to their first NBA Championship in 2006 and was the architect of bringing future Hall of Famers LeBron James and Chris Bosh to Miami where they won it all in 2012 and 2013.

With both Dallas and Miami missing the playoffs we have a very rare case of having two hoops legends finish their career on exactly the same day.  Both Nowitzki and Wade are eligible for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2023. 

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank both Dirk Nowitzki and Dwayne Wade for the on the court memories and we wish them the best in their post playing career.

Manny Ramirez is still hopeful that he might get a call from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In speaking with reporters prior to the 2018 World Series ring ceremony Ramirez was asked about his Cooperstown chances where he had this to say:

"I hope so. We've been praying.  Everybody makes mistakes. Nobody's perfect. I think with time, if it's God will, you're going to be there. If not, hey, we're just happy we got the opportunity to play the game that we love."

Ramirez’s mistake that he was referring to was getting caught taking PEDs and he was suspended twice for it.  He has the numbers for the Baseball Hall of Fame with 555 Home Runs, 2,574 Hits, a .312/.411/.585 Slash Line and a bWAR of 69.4.  He has the individual accolades with two World Series Rings, a World Series MVP, 12 All Star Appearances and nine Silver Sluggers.  None of this seem to matter to the Baseball Hall of Fame voters as he has been eligible for three years and has not had a vote total over 24% and unlike players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens he is not trending upwards, likely due that this his transgression took place after Major League Baseball instituted an agreed upon penalty for those caught taking PEDs.  

It will be interesting to see if Manny will see his total improve next year but we wouldn’t place a large wager on it.

You may have noticed a change on Notinhalloffame.com.

It is a subtle one but a necessary one as we needed to change our logo on Notinhalloffame.com due to the induction of Janet Jackson.  As most of you are aware our logo consists of a film strip showcasing images of people that we have deemed worthy of Hall of Fame consideration.  Jackson just got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has necessitated a change in her position.  We have elected to go with the German band, Kraftwerk for that spot.

Since we began our website seven years ago, Kraftwerk have been in our top four and they have been overall nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame five times.  

In the past, we have had Alice Cooper, Kiss and Rush in our logo.  Randy “Macho Man” Savage was also on our logo at one time representing the WWE portion.

Hopefully we will be making more revisions to our logo in the future.

After his No Holds Barred Match loss to Triple H at Wrestlemania 35, Dave Bautista announced on Twitter that he was officially retired from Professional Wrestling.

Bautista (50) had left the WWE before due to creative differences and pursuing what is now been a successful career in Hollywood.  He had long since said that he wanted to end wrestling with closure, which he was able to do competing against his longtime friend and on screen adversary, Triple H.  

We had already ranked Bautista on our Notinhalloffame.com list of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame as he reached our minimum age of 46.  We are currently in the process of revamping our list as the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony occurred this past Saturday.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish Dave Bautista continued success in his acting career.