Bernard King Named Hall of Fame Finalist

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#2
Long overdue. It was great watching the ernie and bernie show in the 70's. Congrats BERNIE!!!
 
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#4
I hate to admit it, but i thought he had been a member for years. What's the word on why he has yet to be inducted. This is a no brainer.
 
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#5
I was young, but I saw him play in Stokely. When I was a freshman at UTK a dozen or so years later, and the first thing you had to do every semester was sweat your ass off for two hours in Stokely to pick up your schedule, while I was standing in line I thought about seeing Bernard King play there. When I lived on campus and walked by Stokely I thought about Bernard King every time; every time I drive by Stokely now, I still think about Bernard King. A bunch of other guys, sure -- Dale Ellis and Howard Wood and Michael Brooks and Tony White and more -- but when I see Stokely, the first guy I think about is Bernard King.

I know it doesn't mean anything as far as winning, but the fact that King is back involved with the program, talking to our guys, etc. just makes me giddy from a ridiculous hero-worship standpoint. I'm almost 40 years old; I don't have any heroes anymore -- except, apparently, for Wayne Grezkty and Dale Murphy and Bernard King. It's really nice to see King back in Knoxville.
 
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He should probably be in the pro Hall of Fame as well. He is the only non-active player not elected to the Hall of Fame to have led the league in scoring in the past 60 years.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
I hate to admit it, but i thought he had been a member for years. What's the word on why he has yet to be inducted. This is a no brainer.
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It's the number of games he played in. Others say he was not the best at his position when he played. Still others say his name isn't highly recognized like some of his contemporary. I hate to think it but I think some of his problems away from basketball are stuck in the back of some of the voter's heads. That should not be a consideration.

I hope he gets the needed votes this year. We'll know soon.
 
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