Ten basketball players and coaches were elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2011 induction. Dennis Rodman, one of the best rebounders and defenders of all-time and a five-time NBA champion with the Pistons and Bulls, made the Hall, as did Tex Winter, who created the Triangle offense and won nine NBA championships as an assistant coach with the Bulls and Lakers.
Artis Gilmore, Tara VanDerveer Round Out Basketball Hall Of Fame’s 2011 Class
Here are the other players and coaches elected to the Hall:
- Artis Gilmore, one of the best centers of the 1970s and '80s, who starred for the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA and the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA.
- Tom "Satch" Sanders, who won eight championships in 13 seasons with the Bill Russell-era Boston Celtics.
- Arvydas Sabonis, a Lithuanian legend who won an Olympic gold medal with the USSR and two bronzes for Lithuania, and who was the best player in Europe before trying his hand at the NBA, where he made All Rookie first team while a Blazer.
- Chris Mullin, a top scorer and five-time All-Star with the Warriors.
- Tara VanDerVeer of Stanford University, one of the greatest coaches in college women's basketball.
- Herb Magee, the longtime coach of Philadelphia University.
- Reece "Goose" Tatum, an early Harlem Globetrotter superstar.
- Teresa Edwards, a four-time gold medalist for USA Basketball.
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