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 Hall of Fame
Larry Bird welcomes Magic Johnson into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Larry Brown is honored to be entering the Basketball Hall of Fame with Magic Johnson.
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Monday, September 30, 2002


HALL OF FAME
CLASS OF 2002
  • PLAYERS
    Earvin "Magic" Johnson
    NBA's No. 1 pick in 1979 ... Led Lakers to five world titles ... A 12-time NBA All-Star in his 13-year career ... Three-time NBA MVP.
    Drazen Petrovic
    Led Yugoslavia (1988) and Croatia (1992) to Olympic silver medals ... Averaged 15.4 points in four NBA seasons before death in 1993.
  • COACHES
    Larry Brown
    Has won over 1,000 games in pros (831-651 in NBA, 229-107 in ABA) ... NBA Coach of the Year in 2001 ... Led Kansas to NCAA title in '88.
    Lute Olson
    767-255 in 29 years as D-I coach ... One of eight college coaches ever to reach Final Four five times ... Won NCAA crown with Arizona in '97.
    Kay Yow
    Fifth women's coach to reach 600 wins ... Only women's coach to win gold at Olympics (1988) and World Championships (1986).
  • TEAM
    Harlem Globetrotters
    Played more than 20,000 games in over 100 countries.
  • Magic Johnson
    Magic Johnson takes center stage at Friday's ceremony.
     
    Friends And Foes
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would've sufficed, but Larry Bird was the obvious choice to present Magic Johnson at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Foes on the court but friends off it, Bird and Magic will forever be intertwined, writes ESPN.com's Peter May. The Hall of Fame honored Johnson and the 2002 class Friday night in Springfield, Mass.
  • Stein: One Magic moment after another
  • Katz: For Olson, family always comes first
  • Voepel: New Hall member A-O-Kay
  • Spears: NBA should honor Globetrotters, too


  • More Basketball Hall of Fame Coverage
    Sports Guy: The Magic Man who didn't know when to disappear
    Looking back on the icon that is Magic Johnson, there are somethings we would rather not remember.
    New high-tech museum opens at hoops Hall of Fame
    Hair flying and legs pumping, 10-year-old Kaitlin Denney soared through the air again and again as flashing lights marked her successes and misses.
    Katz: Olson's family ties
    How much does family mean to Lute Olson? Enough to keep him from his Hall of Fame enshrinement.
    May: A Hall of Fame friendship
    Larry Bird, not Kareem, is the perfect person to present Magic Johnson at the Hall of Fame.
    Wojnarowski: Europe's first shooting star
    Before there was Peja Stojakovic and Dirk Nowitzki, there was the Nets' Drazen Petrovic.
    Spears: Harlem's place in the Hall
    Once upon a time, the world's best ballers weren't in the NBA. They were globetrotting.
    Still-healthy Magic prepares for Hall of Fame induction
    Eleven years after testing positive for HIV, a healthy Magic Johnson will walk into the Hall.
    Bird to present Magic at Hall of Fame induction
    Larry Bird will present Earvin "Magic'' Johnson for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
    It's Magic: Johnson elected to hoops Hall
    Magic Johnson, Larry Brown and Drazen Petrovic were elected June 5 into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.