For UK Affiliated Folks, Who Has Best Shot At Naismith HOF Over Next 10 Years?

[dlh331]

IIRC, people who had ties to UK and are now in the Naismith HOF are:

Coach Rupp
Cawood Ledford
CM Newton
Cliff Hagan
Frank Ramsey
Adrian Smith
Louie Dampier
Pat Riley
Dan Issel
John Calipari
Rick Pitino
Eddie Sutton

Who will be next?

Too bad Ralph Beard, Alex Groza and Bill Spivey will never be there.

 

[420grover]

Maybe Rondo.

 

[J_Dee]

Maybe Rondo.

And probably Coach Smith.

AD's likely going to make it, but probably not within the next decade.

 

[dlh331]

Does Mashburn have a shot?

 

[J_Dee]

Does Mashburn have a shot?

Excluding his accolades at UK:

11 seasons
All-Rookie
1 x All-Star
1 x All-Team (Third)
0 times leading the league in any statistic
0 MVPs
0 rings
15.7 career PER

I love him as much as anyone here, but he doesn't have even a remote chance.

 

[MoneyMuntz]

Right now, Tubby and Rondo has a shot. Rondo is still unlikely IMO but another title this year in a significant role might push him over the hump.

AD is a surefire HOFer 15 years from now. Other guys who are young that have a shot: Book, KAT, Randle, Murray, SGA, Fox. All of these guys are all-star caliber right now. Shows how much of an impact UK/Cal has made on the NBA in his tenure.

3 years ago I thought Wall and Boogie were most probably HOFers but now I think definitely neither get in due to injuries.

 

[megablue]

Louie Dampier
Dan Issel

 

[ABlockalypseBrow]

Why would Coach Smith make it and Coach Hall didn’t or won’t? Was Hall just shafted?

 

[YardCat]

Different times, that is why Tubby will make it.

 

[J_Dee]

Why would Coach Smith make it and Coach Hall didn’t or won’t? Was Hall just shafted?

They should both make it in, IMHO.

Coach Hall:
3 schools, 19 seasons (1959-1965, 1972-1985)
373-156 (70%)
1 x NCAA Championship (1978)
1 x NCAA Runner-Up (1975)
3 x Final Fours (1975, 1978, 1984)
1 x MIAA regular-season championship (1965)
8 x SEC regular-season championships (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984)
1 x National Coach of the Year (1978)
4 × SEC Coach of the Year (1973, 1975, 1978, 1983)

Coach Smith:
7 schools, 30 seasons (1991-2021)
631-355 (64%)
1 x NCAA Championship (1998)
1 x Final Four (1998)
2 x MVC regular-season championships (1994, 1995)
5 x SEC regular-season championships (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005)
2 × MVC Coach of the Year (1994, 1995)
1 x National Coach of the Year (2003)
3 × SEC Coach of the Year (1998, 2003, 2005)

 

[dlh331]

I always credit Coach Hall with that 1976 NIT title; back then it meant more than now.

 

[Aike]

With fair health, Wall should finish up top 15 in assists, and is a 5 time All Star. His cause would be enhanced by a deep playoff run or 2 before he hangs it up.

 

[TopCatCal]

IIRC, people who had ties to UK and are now in the Naismith HOF are:

Coach Rupp
Cawood Ledford
CM Newton
Cliff Hagan
Frank Ramsey
Adrian Smith
Louie Dampier
Pat Riley
Dan Issel
John Calipari
Rick Pitino
Eddie Sutton

Who will be next?

Too bad Ralph Beard, Alex Groza and Bill Spivey will never be there.

Former UK assistant coaches. Leonard Hamilton & Billy Donovan. And who knows, maybe future UK head coach Billy Donovan.

 

[Canned Heat]

Tubby
AD

 

[ABlockalypseBrow]

Different times, that is why Tubby will make it.

Not sure what you mean. I thought you might mean it was harder to make it in back in the day, but as far as I know Hall is still eligible.

I agree with @J_Dee that both should hopefully make it, but just weird everyone seems to have given up on Joe B. Sutton just got in late by media attention, why can’t we try and do the same for Joe B?

 

[BlueSince92]

Excluding his accolades at UK:

11 seasons
All-Rookie
1 x All-Star
1 x All-Team (Third)
0 times leading the league in any statistic
0 MVPs
0 rings
15.7 career PER

I love him as much as anyone here, but he doesn't have even a remote chance.

You’re completely right and I’ll hit you with a like later coz I can’t bring myself to “like” these sad facts.

It sucks so bad about his injuries. His rookie season, midway through it anyway, he was a top 5 scorer in the league. Not a top 5 rookie or top 5 rookie scorer, he was a top 5 scorer In The League and only getting better.