Michael Jordan - NBA Hall of Fame

Former NBA star Michael Jordan, David Robinson and John Stockton, as well as head coach of Utah, where it plays Andrei Kirilenko, Jerry Sloan entered the Hall of Fame Association. Several former NBA players, whose names were on the ears for the period from the mid 80's to late 90's, were honored to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame Association. The winners were former player of "Chicago" Michael Jordan, a former player "of Utah, John Stockton and former player" San Antonio "David Robinson. At a ceremony in Springfield, Jordan, which, as we know, celebrating not only as "his vozdushestvo" for a unique game on the court, testified that he, nothing human is alien. After declaring himself the winner, getting up on stage for the opening speech, Jordan openly touched, showing all the tears shed during the 20-minute speech. "I want to say a big thank you to everyone who gave me the motivation, which I desperately needed - he said, obviously remembering his temporary withdrawal from the basketball in the mid-90's. - People say that I was the greatest player ever. I am a little shudder of these words. Let it be a separate opinion. My opinion is the same that I have never played against Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain. Yes, I would have liked these words. But to say that I'm better than those people - not for me to decide. " Jordan also recalled the circumstances that accompanied his return to basketball in 1995. "In 1994 I was in Chicago and at that time was not thought to return, - has told it. - Came up to me Brion Russell of "Utah" and said: "Why have you gone? You know, I could well defend against you. " When I returned in 1995 and we played with Yutoy "in 1996, I stood with Russell in the central circle area and told him:" Do you remember what you told me in 1994 that you would like to play against me ? Try it, now is your chance. Recall that in the 1995/1996 season, as in the next two, "Chicago" became the champion of the NBA before Jordan, whose collection of six league titles, five NBA MVP titles and two Olympic gold medals (1984 and 1992), decided finally leave. In addition to his Hall of Fame also included David Robinson, who won two world championships with the San Antonio, was recognized as the best rookie season of 1989/1990 and MVP in 1995, and John Stockton. "White" defender of the NBA throughout his career in the NBA has played only for the "Utah" and was always among the leaders on the transfer and interception. He participated in a two-season finale against Chicago. UTAH late 90's was associated with both him and with Karl Malone. On that day, received their awards and two coaches. One of them - Jerry Sloan, who became coach "Utah" in 1988 and still leads the team. He has - two consecutive NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, when only "Chicago" has managed to stop the command Sloan, Malone and Stockton. The award was received and a specialist of Afro-American origin Vivian Stringer - the coach of the Rutgers University women's team. In the history of NCAA women she remembered that won the Final Four »NCAA with three commands:" Rutgers "(in 2000 and 2007)," Iowa "(1993) and" Cheney to State "(1982).