Tony as well
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...e-hof-nominees
Gregg Popovich has been at the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony many times over the years, always there to show support for someone on the stage.Next year, he might be there in a different capacity.
The NBA's all-time winningest coach -- who has quietly declined overtures from the Hall in the past -- is among the list of prominent first-time nominees for the 2023 class released Wednesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Also on the ballot for the first time: Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol and Dwyane Wade. They were all expected; Popovich was the biggest surprise on the list, since it's never been clear until now when he would allow the Hall to list him as a candidate.
Was just about to post this.
He's been eligible for a while. I'm surprised that he finally decided to agree to the listing while he's still coaching.
Maybe he was waiting for the final member of the Big 3 to be enshrined or maybe it means that this is his last year of coaching.
yeah, i was thinking this might be a signal that he is retiring.
also, would be fitting to go in with TP.
The goat pop is hanging them up
Damn it's going to suck going back to the mid 80s to mid 90s style coaching carousel after 25 years of Pop.
Stacked class tbh.
Even the Pre-Pop DRob era was pretty rough from a coaching POV. Lucas and Bob Hill both had .650+ winning %s but still didn't inspire the kind of long-term confidence and security Pop has given us. The average tenure of an NBA coach is 2.4 years... in all likelihood, that is what is in store.
Don't be too sad when Pop retires. The fact is the team won't have enough talent for at least another 5-6 years for the coaching to matter tbh
lol at JUICE Wade aka growth hormone Jawbone Dwyane.
The thing about Pop is that he has been more than a coach. He's also been a life mentor for players and coaches who came into his orbit.
His coaching tree is one of the most influential phenomena in all of the NBA's history and it's still ongoing.
Phil Jackson's coaching tree is like two twigs and some leaves that died.
part of that is just coaching long enough that you end up having tons of assistants
Probably wants to get in before Tony so there will still be food left at the banquets.
Tony should be a first ballot. But with the stacked class, and now the unexpected inclusion of Coach Pop, would Tony be pushed off? But two of the Big 3, and for sure the coach as 1st ballot, it would be an insult not to do the same for Tony.
You can diminish his legacy all you want. Matters not to me.
you could also just look at that and say longevity in this business is a good thing. dont have to be such a downer lol
Coaching is going to matter hugely for player development.Don't be too sad when Pop retires. The fact is the team won't have enough talent for at least another 5-6 years for the coaching to matter tbh
No downer,
Just saying...
He just wants to overshadow Parker.
Pop's successor (Quin Snyder) is already waiting in the wings. He's doing a great job this year, but it's time.
Quin Synder walked away, and is sitting on his ass this year. Will Hardy is the Utah coach, and has a better chance of succeeding Pop, although the smart money should be on the very obvious coach in waiting, Bret Brown.
Good class. some nice parity among the players here.
An aside, I still find it nuts that people were putting KG in the same stratosphere as Kobe and Duncan during that class. No shade on KG, but come on now, he doesn’t touch those other two…
I remember Pop did said he will not consider HOF until the big 3s are in probably he is sure that Parker will be in an allowed the HOF to list him as eligible .
KG was an extremely talented player, but wasn’t a franchise guy. Never led his own team to a le. Had to connect with two other All Stars before he got his one ring.
MVP-04 wasn't a franchise guy. Yeah.
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