News from February 13. TRADE: Miami traded Shawn Marion, Marcus Banks, and cash to Toronto for Jermaine O'Neal, Jamario Moon, and a conditional draft pick. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the nominations for the class of 2008. The nominees are: Players Cynthia Cooper won 2 NCAA Championships with USC, won 4 WNBA Championships with Houston Comets, named WNBA MVP 2 times, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1988 Richie Guerin played 13 seasons in NBA from 56-57 - 69-70 with New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks, and Atlanta Hawks, first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season Dennis Johnson played with Seattle Sonics 76-77 - 79-80, Phoenix Suns 80-81 - 82-83, the Boston Celtics 83-84 - 89-90, won NBA championship in 1979, 1984, and 1986 Michael Jordan played 13 seasons with Chicago Bulls and 2 seasons with Washington Wizards, won 6 NBA Championships, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1984 and 1992, lead NBA in scoring 10 times, NBA MVP 5 times, NBA Finals MVP 5 times, NBA career leader in averaging 30.12 points Bernard King played 14 seasons in NBA including 4 with New York Knicks and 4 with Washington Bullets, lead NBA in scoring in 84-85 with 32.0 points Chris Mullin played 13 season with Golden State Warriors and 3 with Indiana Pacers, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1984 and 1992 David Robinson played with San Antonio Spurs 89-90 - 02-03, won NBA Championship in 1999 and 2009, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1992 and 1996, lead NBA in scoring in 93-94 with 29.8 points John Stockton played with Utah Jazz 84-85 - 95-96, NBA career leader in assists with 25,806 and in steals with 3,265, lead NBA in assists 7 times, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1992 and 1996 Maciel Ubiratan Pereira Brazilian player who won South American championships in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, and 1977 Coaches Bob Hurley Sr over 900 wins with St. Anthony's High School in New Jersey since 1972, all but 1 of his players went on to college Vladimir Kondrashin record of 727-365 in coaching in Leningrad, coached Russian Olympic Gold Medal team in 1972 Don Nelson 30 years coaching in NBA with Milwaukee, Golden State, New York, and Dallas, over 1,250 coaching wins - 2nd most in NBA history, 3 time NBA Coach of Year Jerry Sloan coached Chicago Bulls 3 seasons, Utah Jazz coach since 88-89 (21 seasons), over 1,050 career NBA coaching wins with a winning percentage of 60% C. Vivian Stringer won over 800 games as NCAA coach, 3rd all-time in NCAA women's coaching wins Contributors Al Attles 49 years with Golden State Warriors as player, coach, GM, VP, and consultant, won NBA Championship 1975 Johnny Kerr played with Syracuse Nationals 54-55 - 62-63, played 3 more seasons in NBA, won championship in 1955, 33 seasons as TV broadcaster for Chicago A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will occur April 7. The enshrinement ceremonies will take place September 10. Rookie-Sophomore game (2 20 minute halves) Sophomores 122, Rookies 116 at Phoenix 1st 2nd - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Sophomores 58 64 - 122 .661 .412 .608 .864 Rookies 61 55 - 116 .527 .478 .513 .758 MVP: Kevin Durant (OKC) Did not play: Greg Oden (Por, Rookies, sore left knee) Refs: Mark Ayotte, Eli Roe, Eric Lewis Sophomores REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Thaddeus Young (Phi) 22 6-7 1-1 0-0 13 2-4 1 3 0 1 0 Jeff Green (OKC) 27 5-10 2-5 1-2 13 0-2 3 1 2 2 0 Al Horford (Atl) 19 3-5 0-0 4-4 10 1-3 1 0 1 0 1 Kevin Durant (OKC) 31 17-25 4-8 8-8 46 1-7 4 3 3 2 0 Rodney Stuckey (Det) 24 5-6 0-0 2-2 12 0-3 9 3 2 3 0 Al Thornton (LAC) 22 5-7 0-0 0-0 10 0-2 2 1 5 0 0 Wilson Chandler (NY) 21 2-6 0-1 2-4 6 2-7 0 0 3 0 0 Aaron Brooks (Hou) 16 2-7 0-2 2-2 6 1-2 3 3 1 0 0 Luis Scola (Hou) 18 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 1-6 0 0 5 2 0 Totals 40 48-79 7-17 19-22 122 8-36 23 14 22 10 1 Rookies REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Rudy Fernandez (Por) 22 4-10 4-8 2-4 14 1-4 3 2 1 1 0 Michael Beasley (Mia) 33 11-22 1-3 6-8 29 0-3 1 2 2 2 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) 29 4-5 0-0 7-8 15 3-8 2 1 5 1 0 Eric Gordon (LAC) 30 6-8 3-4 4-5 19 1-6 2 3 2 2 0 Derrick Rose (Chi) 21 1-5 0-0 2-2 4 1-1 7 1 0 1 0 O.J. Mayo (Mem) 29 5-12 2-6 0-0 12 0-3 3 3 3 3 0 Brook Lopez (NJ) 18 5-6 0-0 1-2 11 2-6 1 1 2 0 3 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 18 4-10 1-2 3-4 12 2-2 1 1 1 2 0 Totals 40 40-78 11-23 25-33 116 10-33 20 14 16 12 4 All-Star Weekend Schedule (all times Central) Saturday February 14 All-Star Practice 11:30 am NBATV NBADL All-Star Game 3:00 pm NBATV HORSE Competition 4:00 pm TNT [sometime during pre-game show] David Stern Press Conference 5:30 pm NBATV All-Star Saturday Night 7:00 pm TNT Shooting Stars Skills Challenge 3-point Contest Slam Dunk Contest Sunday February 15 All-Star Legends Brunch 12:00 pm NBATV All-Star Game 7:00 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html