Maurice Lucas & Arvydas Sabonis nominated for HOF!

[SlyPokerDog]

The late Maurice Lucas is among the nominees for the 2011 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Lucas, who died Oct. 31 after a long battle with bladder cancer, is one of 21 players, coaches and officials nominated by the Hall's North American committee.

Lucas played 14 years in the ABA and NBA and was a key figure in the Blazers' 1977 NBA championship team. He averaged 20.2 points and 11.4 rebounds on the title team and 14.6 points and 9.1 rebounds during his career. He also served as an assistant coach for the Blazers.

Also nominated this year are former Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks, a star player for the Philadelphia 76ers, and former Blazers player Arvydas Sabonis, who was nominated by the international committee.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2010/12/blazers_maurice_lucas_arvydas.html

 

[HailBlazers]

Lucas For Sure! I had no idea until this year that he had the most points on the one and only Blazers championship team (hey I wasn't even born). Not to mention averaging 9 rebounds, woo!

Great Article about that team, Blaze of Glory:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/feature/featureVideo?page=77Blazers

 

[Natebishop3]

Sabonis should absolutely be apart of the HOF based on what he did internationally.

 

[Minstrel]

Sabonis should absolutely be apart of the HOF based on what he did internationally.

Yup. I think Sabonis should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Lucas probably doesn't quite rise to the level of Hall of Famer, unless he had a storied college career that I'm unaware of (and I know nothing about Lucas' college career).

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

saw this in my room in Portland. woot.

 

[maxiep]

Sabas is a no-brainer, even if he never played a minute in the NBA. I think about the "what if" if he came in 90 instead of 96 and it kills me.