Announced today at NBA All-Star weekend, Rod Thorn has been selected by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to receive the 2015 John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award after more than 50 years within the NBA in multiple capacities.
Read full storyFamed photographer Rich Clarkson and broadcaster of more than 40 years Woody Durham are the 2015 Curt Gowdy Media Award recipients. The two will be acknowledged for their contributions to basketball during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement events September 10-11 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Read full storyThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame commemorates the life with the passing of iconic University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian.
Read full storyThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame celebrates the life and mourns the passing of legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith. Smith was known for being highly respected among his coaching peers and for developing one of the most impactful coaching trees in the game of basketball.
Read full storyThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the watch list of candidates for the 2015 Nancy Lieberman Award. Now in its fifteenth year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball. Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame became the host of the Nancy Lieberman Award last season after the Rotary Club of Detroit managed it for several years.
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