Joining the starry trio among this year’s class are former Spurs and French national team point guard Tony Parker, Lakers and Grizzlies big man Pau Gasol and the WNBA’s Becky Hammon.
in March 2022, has won 1,363 games with a .642 winning percentage entering Saturday, in addition to compiling a 170-114 playoff record.Thanks to San Antonio’s run of consistent excellence, Popovich shares ties with this year’s other NBA honorees. The Spurs faced Wade’s Miami Heat in the 2013 and 2014 Finals — with each team winning a title — and they engaged in postseason showdowns with Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks and Gasol’s Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies.
“I’m not worthy,” Popovich said when he received the news of his election. “I’ve always thought, as you well know, that the Hall of Fame is Red Auerbach, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. And then there’s Popovich. Give me a break.” The 2022 class was officially announced at the NCAA men’s Final Four in Houston and will be enshrined on Aug. 12, in Springfield, Mass. This year’s group features the biggest NBA presence since the 2020 class, which includedParker, 40, won four titles and claimed 2007 Finals MVP honors in his 17 years with the Spurs. A speedy point guard who posted career averages of 15.5 points and 5.
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