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20 2009 file photo sacramento kings coach paul westphal looks on during an nba basketball game against the dallas mavericks in dallas. The phoenix suns confirmed westphal.
Paul westphal a hall of fame player who won a championship with the boston celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college has died.
Nba hall of fame 2009. All inductees made it a memorable night but it was the enshrinement of michael jordan that brought more people and more buzz than springfield or the hall of fame has ever seen says john schuhmann. Relive all the moments from the 2009 hall of fame ceremony. This friday hardwood greatness will be enshrined forever as the basketball hall of fame introduces the much heralded inductees of 2009.
This year s class is notable because it features a record. The naismith memorial basketball hall of fame s class of 2009 will be enshrined during festivities in springfield ma september 10 12 2009. Apr 03 2009 facebook.
Michael jordan delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame as part of the class of 2009. To learn more about mi. File in this nov.
20 2009 file photo sacramento kings coach paul westphal looks on during an nba basketball game against the dallas mavericks in dallas. Westphal the hall of fame basketball. File in this nov.
20 2009 file photo sacramento kings coach paul westphal looks on during an nba basketball game against the dallas mavericks in dallas. Westphal the hall of fame basketball player has died. The phoenix suns confirmed his death saturday jan.
Ap photo tony gutierrez file. Naismith memorial basketball hall of fame michael jordan basketball s greatest player ever was among a class of five enshrined in the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame on sept. Paul westphal a hall of fame player who won a championship with the boston celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college has died.
The phoenix suns confirmed westphal. The naismith memorial basketball hall of fame is an american history museum and hall of fame located at 1000 hall of fame avenue in springfield massachusetts it serves as basketball s most complete library in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball dedicated to canadian american physician and inventor of the sport james naismith who invented the sport in springfield. The naismith memorial basketball hall of fame located in springfield massachusetts honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball all time great coaches referees and other major contributors to the sport it is named after dr.
James naismith who conceived the sport in 1891. He was inducted into the hall as a contributor in 1959.