Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dwyane Wade enshrined in Hall of Fame
women's coach Gary Blair, who took two teams to the Final Four; longtime coach at Amherst and two-time Division III national champion David Hixon; and Gene Bess -- who won 1,300 games as a junior college coach at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Undrafted by the WNBA, Hammon went on to be a six-time All-Star before joining Popovich in San Antonio. She coached the Aces to a WNBA championship last season. Popovich made light of his basketball talents and his image as a foul-mouthed media foil. He told the players presenting him to sit down and "shush." "Don't speak, just sit there," Popovich said as he took the microphone.
When the music tried to play him off early, Popovich sent host Ahmad Rashad back off the stage. He thanked Tom James, who as a communications vice president with the Spurs is tasked with trying to keep Popovich from getting in trouble. And then the coach went off and did it again, poking the league for abandoning the city of Seattle.But Popovich choked up when he thanked his family, saying it as if it would be news to those who see him only as a coach: "I have a family.
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