Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber, Bill Self Among 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists
Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, five-time NBA All-Star Chris Webber and two-time NCAA Coach of the Year Bill Self have been nominated as finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
McGrady and Self have the chance to become first-ballot inductees.
Congratulations to 7x @NBAAllStar, 2x Scoring Leader and #17HoopClass Finalist Tracy McGrady! pic.twitter.com/Cmyn7aeHeo
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) February 18, 2017
Congratulations to 2x AP College Coach of the Year, 6x Conference Coach of the Year and #17HoopClass Finalist Bill Self! pic.twitter.com/kHIDKyjbkW
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) February 18, 2017
UConn All-American Rebecca Lobo and five-time All-Star Sidney Moncrief join T-Mac, C-Webb and Self as first-time finalists. Tim Hardaway rounds out the list of former players.
Check out the full list of finalists:
• Tracy McGrady (player)
• Chris Webber (player)
• Tim Hardaway (player)
• Sidney Moncrief (player)
• Rebecca Lobo (player)
• Rudy Tomjanovich (coach)
• Bill Self (coach)
• Bo Ryan (coach)
• Kim Mulkey (coach)
• Muffet McGraw (coach)
• Rollie Massimino (coach)
• Robert Hughes (coach)
• Hugh Evans (referee)
• 1954-58 Wayland Baptist University (team)
Notable snubs include: Ben Wallace, Gilbert Arenas, Mark Price, Muggsy Bogues and Kevin Johnson.
Inductees will be announced at the Final Four on April 3.
