Barkley, Wilkins, Dumars lead 2006 Hall of Fame class

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Charles Barkley and Dominique Wilkins, two of the NBA's great forwards, and Connecticut women's coach Geno Auriemma were among six people Monday to join the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The rest of the class consists of Joe Dumars, who played on the Detroit Pistons championship teams in the late 1980s and helped them win another title in 2004 as team president; Sandro Gamba, a longtime coach who led Italy to the silver medal at the 1980 Olympics; and Dave Gavitt, who produced eight straight 20-win seasons as a coach and helped establish the Big East Conference. Gavitt was elected as a contributor.

Barkley, nicknamed "The Round Mound of Rebound," was placed on 11 NBA All-Star teams with Philadelphia, Phoenix and Houston and was a member of the U.S. team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He was a member of the NBA's 50th anniversary team.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/more/04/03/hall.ap/index.html

 

[305TillIDie]

im glad to see all three of the guys are in the hall...they desevre it.. mj should be there next in the couple of years... thats sweeet

 

[Roman529]

Good selections. I never saw Nique play in person but I saw Barkley play for the Suns a few times.

 

[Rixon]

all are great pros and embassadors of the sport
i remeber watching those guys when i was a kid
they bring back good memories

 

[finfansince72]

Great class for sure. All deserve it. Glad to see there isn't a class going in with 5 foreign players no one ever heard of that had no shot whatsoever of playing the NBA and a couple of mediocre college coaches this year. Nique should have been first ballot.