The NBA is so much different than the other Big Four Sports in North America as you can’t expect a player to rank in the Top 50 after only playing one season on an established team, but that is the game of basketball, and here we have Donovan Mitchell, who established that he was the heart of Utah’s previous success, and not Rudy Gobert.

The Cavaliers gave up a lot to get Mitchell (Collin Sexton, Lauri Markannen and five 1^st Round Picks) and though it is early, Mitchell provided Cleveland with his best year to date, a Second Team All-NBA with a 28.3 PPG.  The Shooting Guard went to his fourth All-Star Game, took Cleveland to the playoffs, and is the piece they will build around.

Time will quickly tell how that pans out.

Bob Knight, an iconic figure in college basketball passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

As controversial as he was successful, Knight became a head coach at the age of 24 when he took over the reins at Army, but six years later, he took over at Indiana where he became nationally known.  With the Hoosiers, Knight won three National Championships (1976, 1981 & 1987) went to five Final Fours and won 11 Big Ten regular seasons.  He was also a three-time AP Coach of the Year, and five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.  Following his dismissal from Indiana after years of controversial actions, he became the Head Coach at Texas Tech.

He had an overall record of 902-371.

Knight was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 and College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the family of Bob Knight.

Days after the official retirement of a future Hockey Hall of Famer in Joe Thornton, another significant hockey player has announced his career has come to an end.

Paul Stastny, the son of Hall of Fame inductee, Peter Stastny has retired from the game after last playing with the Carolina Hurricanes.  Stastny was an All-Rookie Center with the Colorado Avalanche in 2006-07, and he eclipsed 70 Points in three of his first four NHL Seasons.  An All-Star in 2011, Stastny also played for St. Louis, Winnipeg and Vegas, and accumulated 822 Points.  Internationally, he represented the United States, where he won a Silver Medal in the 2010 Olympics and Bronze at the 2013 World Hockey Championship.

Stastny, who will be Hockey Hall of Fame eligible in 2026, is unlikely to enter the Hall, but if the Avalanche ever have a franchise Hall of Fame, he is a possible entrant down the road.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Paul Stastny the best in his post-playing career.

The American Hockey League Hall of Fame has announced the four inductees who will comprise the 2024 Class.

Here are the inductees:

Dennis Bonvie:  Arguably the toughest man in AHL history, Bonvie holds the distinction of having received the most Penalty Minutes (4,493) in league history.  Bonvie played for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Providence, Binghamton and Hershey and had 275 Points in 871 Games.

Gordie Clarke:  Clarke played nine seasons in the AHL for Rochester, Springfield and Maine, the last of which he led to a Calder Cup Title in 1979.  A two-time First Team All-AHL All-Star, Clarke had 599 Points in 540 Games.

Gerry Ehman:  Ehman played 429 Games in the NHL and 659 in the AHL for St. Louis, Springfield and Rochester.  With Rochester, Ehman won two Calder Cups and the 1963-64 Scoring Title.

Roy Sommer:  Sommer is the winningiest coach in AHL history (828 Wins) and served 24 years with San Jose AHL affiliates.

The ceremony will take place on February 5.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the AHL Hall of Fame.