News from March 28. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the nominees for election for 2001. The nominees are: Players Adrian Dantley played 15 seasons in NBA with 7 teams, 23,177 career points Bobby Jones played with the Denver Nuggets 74-75 - 77-78 and the Philadelphia 76ers 78-79 - 85-86, won championship in 1983 Moses Malone played 21 season in NBA and ABA, 27,404 NBA points - 5th most, 16,212 NBA rebounds - 3rd most James Worthy played with the LA Lakers 82-83 - 93-94, Finals MVP 1988, won championships in 1985, 1987, and 1988 Coaches Larry Brown 28 years coaching in NCAA, NBA, and ABA, won NCAA championships in 1980 with UCLA and in 1988 with Kansas, over 1,000 coaching wins in NBA and ABA John Chaney 29 years NCAA coaching, 19 years with Temple Mike Krzyzewski 26 years coaching Army and Duke, 54-13 NCAA tournament record, won 2 NCAA championships with Duke Lute Olsen 739-246 record in 28 years college coaching, won 1997 NCAA championship with Arizona Jerry Tarkanian 758-185 career NCAA coaching record in 30 season, won 1990 NCAA championship with UNLV Contributors Junius Kellogg National Wheelchair Basketball Association pioneer Tex Winter 54 seasons as NBA and college coach, proponent of the triangle offense Veteran's committee nominees Grady Lewis created the oxford canvas basketball shoe Earl Lloyd first black player to play in the NBA in 1950, played 9 seasons in the NBA International committee nominees Dino Meneghin 28 years playing in Italy for a record 834 games Drazen Petrovic Yuposlavia/Croatia superstar, scored 112 points in 84-85 Croatian League game, played 4 season in the NBA Women's committee nominees Cathy Rush 149-15 record coaching at Imaculata College, won AIAW Championships in 1972, 1973, and 1974 Kay Yow 22 years coaching including 19 years with North Carolina State, 611 career wins A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will occur later in May and the enshrinement ceremonies will occur October 5. Dallas placed Mark Bryant on IR. Milwaukee signed coach George Karl to a reported 2 year, $14 million contract extension. The contract also reportedly gives Karl 1 to 2% ownership of the team. Karl is now signed through the 03-04 season. Stephon Marbury (NJ) will miss the rest of the season due to a ruptured tendon in his left pinky. He will undergo surgery on the finger today (Thursday). New Jersey signed Mark Strickland to a 10-day contract. Utah activated Quincy Lewis and placed David Benoit on IR with a sprained right ankle. Rondey White (freshman, Charlotte, forward) declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. Underclassmen have until May 13 to declared themselves eligible for the draft. Dal 94, Por 84 - at Por Juwan Howard (Dal) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points and 14 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Scottie Pippen (Por) had 10 points on 1-9 FG and 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dal shot 10-13 FT and Por shot 19-31 FT. Sac 108, LAL 84 - at LAL Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 22 points. Chris Webber (Sac) had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Hidayet Turkoglu (Sac) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Rick Fox (LAL) had 12 points including 3-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 33 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Sac shot 50.6% (41-81) FG and LAL shot 35.5% (33-93) FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL, sore left foot) did not play. Sea 94, Min 93 - at Sea Patrick Ewing (Sea) had 19 points including 3-8 FT and 10 rebounds. Emanual Davis (Sea) had 23 points and 11 assists. Ruben Patterson (Sea) had 19 points including 7-11 FT. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 20 points on 9-13 FG. Sea shot 16-25 FT and Min shot 6-10 FT. Pho 103, Cle 94 - at Pho Jason Kidd (Pho) had 29 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Tom Gugliotta (Pho) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Delk (Pho) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Cle) had 19 points including 5-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Andre Miller (Cle) had 22 points and 11 assists. Orl 96, Phi 95 - at Phi Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 44 points including 8-10 FT and the game winning layup with 2.7 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Mike Miller (Orl) had 13 points. Eric Snow (Phi) had 14 points including 10-10 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 37 points 37 points including 8-11 FT, 3 steals, and 10 turnovers. Orl shot 15-19 FT and Phi shot 28-43 FT. NJ 99, Den 96 - at NJ Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Lucious Harris (NJ) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Doug Overton (NJ) had 17 points and 6 assists. Antonio McDyess (Den) had 20 points and 16 rebounds. Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Stephon Marbury (NJ, ruptured tendon left pinky), Kenyon Martin (NJ, fractured right fibula), Terry Davis (Den, strained left calf), George McCloud (Den, lower back spasms), and Nick Van Exel (Den, lower back spasms) did not play.