Mullin, Rodman among Hall's 12 finalists
Reggie Miller Credit: Newsday file photo
LOS ANGELES - Chris Mullin, Dennis Rodman, Jamaal Wilkes and Tex Winter were among 12 finalists announced Friday for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The other finalists are former NBA stars Maurice Cheeks and Ralph Sampson, five-time Olympian Teresa Edwards, Stanford women's coach Tara VanDerveer, former NBA coach Dick Motta, Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee, college referee Hank Nichols, and Al Attles, the current vice president and assistant general manager of the Golden State Warriors.
To be inducted, finalists must receive at least 18 votes from a 24-member committee.
Among those who did not make the final cut was former Pacers star Reggie Miller.
Mullin starred at St. John's in the 1980s and was named Big East Player of the Year an unprecedented three times. The seventh overall pick by the Warriors in the 1985 NBA draft, Mullin was a five-time All-Star who played for 16 seasons.
Rodman was the flamboyant rebounder who won five NBA titles with Chicago and Detroit; Wilkes won four NBA titles with Golden State and the Lakers after starring at UCLA; and Winter was the architect of the triangle and triple-post offense.
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, called him in Florida with the news.
"He's really more excited for his children and to secure a legacy for them. They're at an age where they're starting to know who their dad was,'' Prince said.
Hall of Fame member David Robinson experienced Rodman first-hand when he played against him as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.
"He was annoying,'' Robinson said. "He just would be in your shorts all the time, always there with you.''
- AP
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