2016 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Hakeem Olajuwon
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Awesome. Goes in with David Stern which is kind of poetic since Olajuwon was the first draft pick under Stern.
Here is the full list of inductees that make up the 2016 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame:
PLAYERS
Panagiotis Fasoulas (Greece)
Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria/USA)
Manuel Raga (Mexico)
Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain)
Michele Timms (Australia)
COACH
Jorge Canavesi (Argentina)
CONTRIBUTORS
Juan Antonio Samaranch (posthumous - Spain)
David Stern (USA)
Here’s the other “NBA” players in the FIBA HOF (looks like they’ve only been operating since 2007):
- Vlade Divac (2010)
- Michael Jordan (2015)
- Sarunas Marciulionis (2015)
- Drazen Petrovic (2007)
- Oscar Robertson (2009)
- David Robinson (2013)
- Bill Russell (2007)
- Arvydas Sabonis (2010)
