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2015 Basketball HOF Class Announced

Apr 06, 2015

The Basketball Hall of Fame has announced their latest Class for 2015.

As all of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com only rank players and have not yet branched out to coaches and administrators, thus there are no rankings associated with coaches, but let’s take a look at those who will be inducted into the Class of 2015!

Dikembe Mutombo, who was eligible for the first time this year, rocketed to the top of our rankings. The four time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and master of the block will be this year’s headliner (in our eyes). Mutombo led the NBA in Blocks five times and in Rebounds four times.

After being told two years ago that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Spencer Haywood has finally made it in. Haywood was a controversial figure challenging the restrictions of the NBA and joined the ABA, becoming their MVP in his rookie year. Haywood would go on to become a two time First Team All NBA Selection and would win a championship ring with the Los Angeles Lakers late in his career.

Jo Jo White was also chosen to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame. White was a two time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics and was a seven time All Star.

As leaked on Sunday, current University of Kentucky Head Coach, John Calipari was chosen for induction, though this is a small consolation for his team having been eliminated by Wisconsin in the semi-finals of The Final Four. Calipari won the NCAA Title with the Kentucky Wildcats in 2012 and made the Final Four five times with Kentucky, UMass and Memphis. His overall College Coaching Record is 593 and 174 and he is a three time Naismith Coach of the Year.

Lisa Leslie will also be enshrined. Leslie is a four time Olympic Gold Medalist, a two time WNBA Champion and a three time WNBA MVP and is considered to be one of the best female players of all time.

Former NBA referee, Dick Bavetta was also chosen for the Hall of Fame.

Former players, Tim Hardaway and Kevin Johnson were not chosen. Bo Ryan, the head coach of the University of Wisconsin did not get in either, but this year’s performance by the Badgers should help his future candidacy. Former two time NBA Coach of the Year, Bill Fitch, former High Scholl Basketball Coaches, Robert Hughes and Leta Andrews also were not chosen.

Former Head Coach, Tom Heinsohn, ABA standout, Louie Dampier, Australian player/coach Lindsey Gaze, coach George Raveling and basketball pioneer John Isaacs were direct elected earlier in the year.

Although the popularity of basketball continues to rise, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has not risen accordingly, mostly due to the lack of understanding from the public as to what the process is for induction and how collegiate accomplishments seem to carry as much weight as professional.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s class and we will be unveiling the newest Notinhalloffame.com basketball list in roughly five weeks.

RIP: Elmer Lach

Apr 06, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

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It was announced yesterday that Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Elmer Lach passed away at the age of 97.

Lach played all fourteen of his seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadians and was a member of three Stanley Cup winning teams. The former Centre would lead the NHL in scoring twice in Assists three times and retired as the all time leading scorer in the NHL with 623 Points. Lach would also win the coveted Hart Trophy in 1945 and was a two time First Team and two time Second Team All Star.

Lach would enter the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966 and would have his number retired by the Montreal Canadians in 2009.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Elmer Lach at this time.

A.J. Lee Retires

Apr 05, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It was a bit of surprise (or maybe not really) that former WWE Diva’s Champion, A.J. Lee abruptly announced her decision to retire from professional wrestling. Lee had teamed with Paige at last week’s Wrestlemania to defeat the Bella Twins and is a former three time WWE Divas Champion.

A.J. signed with the WWE in 2009 after a successful indy run and would be assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling, the then developmental territory for the WWE. Lee would win the “Queen of FCW” and FCW Divas title but would be called up to participate in the third season of NXT, which was an all female season. With Primo as her “Pro”, A.J. would finish third in the competition and would embark on a tag team with fellow diva, Kaitlyn and would become a fixture on the main roster as the on screen girlfriend of Daniel Bryan.

This would lead to a high profile run where she became “unstable” and worked programs with John Cena, Kane, CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler and would win the first of three Divas Titles, and was regarded by many as the best female wrestler in the WWE.

At the age of 28, this may seem like an abrupt retirement, but the signs were there that Lee would leave the WWE and professional wrestling. She married CM Punk in real life, who had been burned out by the business and had left the industry fifteen months ago and is now pursuing a career with UFC. Lee, when accepting the WWE Diva of the year last December, which sounded like a farewell. She also made headlines when confronting Stephanie McMahon about equal pay on Twitter, when she responded to Patricia Arquette’s equal pay speech on the Academy Awards. She has also been off a lot this past year mending past injuries.

Lee is only 28 years old and could easily come back and we will hold off on ranking her on the Notinhalloffame.com WWE list, but will create a profile for her on the Futures List.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish A.J. the best of luck and look forward to see what she is up to next!

Houston Antwine to the Patriots HOF

Apr 03, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Regular visitors to our website know that we will be launching in 2016 our fourth section which will discuss and rank the North American franchises from the four major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA & NFL) and how they honor their past players and contributors.

With that in mind, it was announced by the New England Patriots Hall of Fame that former player, Houston Antwine has been inducted into their Hall by the Senior Committee.

Antwine would join the Patriots in 1961 where the Defensive Lineman was an eight round pick out of Southern Illinois. Antwine would make the All Star team in 1963 and would be chosen as an All Star five more times and would play 142 games for the Patriots. He would be chosen for the All Time AFL Team.

Antwine passed away in 2011 and is the second man inducted by the New England Patriots Hall of Fame Senior Committee. He will be joined by another “regular” finalist, which will be announced on April 16.

The New England Patriots are easily one of the better organization in North American sports in regards to how they honor their past players.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the family of Houston Antwine for receiving this accolade.