Jason Kidd, Ray Allen Headline 2018 Basketball Hall Of Fame Nominees

by Pablo MenaDecember 22, 2017, 3:11 pmDaily Digest, News, Z-Home Slider >

Ray Allen, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash are among the eligible nominees for the 2018 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Nominees

Kidd was a ten-time All-Star who won an NBA title with the Dallas Mavericks in 2010.

Nash, an eight-time All-Star, won back-to-back MVP awards in 2005 and 2006 while playing for the Phoenix Suns. Ten-time All-Star Allen won championships in 2008 with the Boston Celtics and in 2013 with the Miami Heat. Allen is the all-time leader in made three-pointers with 2,973. Allen recently made headlines for claiming he was “catfished,” or stalked online.

Among the other 2018 inductees are seven-time All-Star Chauncey Billups and Grant Hill, another seven-time All-Star who was co-rookie of the year in 1995 and who played 18 seasons in the NBA. While at Duke, he won two national titles and was twice named an All-American.

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The Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday a series of changes to its enshrinement process, the most significant of which will allow players, referees and coaches to be eligible after just three seasons of retirement.

Richard Hamilton, who played alongside Billups on the Detroit Pistons championship team, was selected to three All-Star teams.

Here is the full list of nominees:

* Indicates First-Time Nominee

North American Committee Nominations

Mark Aguirre (PLA)
Ray Allen (PLA)*
Chauncey Billups (PLA)*
Muggsy Bogues (PLA)
Irv Brown (REF)
Jim Burch (REF)
Maurice Cheeks (PLA)
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (COA)
Hugh Evans (REF)
Steve Fisher (COA)*
Bill Fitch (COA)
Cotton Fitzsimmons (COA)
Richard Hamilton (PLA)*
Tim Hardaway (PLA)
Ed Hightower (REF)*
Grant Hill (PLA)*
Bob Huggins (COA)*
Kevin Johnson (PLA)
Marques Johnson (PLA)
Bobby Jones (PLA)
Jerry “Tiger” Jones (COA)
Gene Keady (COA)
Ken Kern (COA)
Jason Kidd (PLA)*
Rollie Massimino (COA)
Gary McKnight (COA)
Danny Miles (COA)
Sidney Moncrief (PLA)
Dick Motta (COA)
Steve Nash (PLA)*
Jake O’Donnell (REF)
Jim Phelan (COA)
Lamont Robinson (PLA)
Lee Rose (COA)
Bo Ryan (COA)
Bob Saulsbury (COA)
Jack Sikma (PLA)
Steve Smith (COA)
Harry Statham (COA)
Eddie Sutton (COA)
Rudy Tomjanovich (COA)
Ben Wallace (PLA)
Chris Webber (PLA)
Willie West (COA)*
Paul Westphal (PLA)

Women’s Committee Nominations

Leta Andrews (COA)
Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
Becky Hammon (PLA)*
Susie McConnell (PLA)
Pearl Moore (PLA)
Kim Mulkey (COA)
Kim Mulkey (PLA)
Harley Redin (COA)
Theresa Shank (PLA)
Katie Smith (PLA)*
Marianne Stanley (COA)
Barbara Stevens (COA)
Valerie Still (PLA)*
Tina Thompson (PLA)*
Wayland Baptist (TEA)
Theresa Weatherspoon (PLA)

DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Early African-American Pioneers Committee Nominations

Clarence “Puggy” Bell
Sonny Boswell
Chuck Cooper
Bill Garrett
Inman Jackson
Clarence “Fats” Jenkins
Bucky Lew
Davage “Dave” Minor
Hudson Oliver
Al “Runt” Pullins
James “Pappy” Ricks
Paul Robeson
Eyre Saitch
William “Wee Willie” Smith

DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: International Committee Nominations

Tal Brody
Jackie Chazalon
Vlade Divac
Alphonso Ford
Semen Khalipski
Vladimir Kondrashin
Toni Kukoc
Marcos Leite
Aldo Ossola
Amaury Pasos
Dan Peterson
Dino Radja
Manuel Sainz
Togo Soares
Ranko Zeravica

DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Contributor Committee Nominations

Marv Albert
Al Attles
Dick Baumgartner
Henry Bibby*
Marty Blake
Vic Bubas
Wayne Duke
Harry Glickman
Marty Glickman
Simon Gourdine*
Curt Gowdy
Tim Grgurich
Del Harris
Greg Heineman*
Robert Indiana
Johnny “Red” Kerr
Bill King
John Kline
Red Klotz
Bobby Lewis
Jack McCloskey
Jerry McHale*
Johnny Most
Dennis Murphy
Joe O’Toole
Billy Packer
Jack Powers
Dee Rowe
Zelda Spoelstra
Rod Thorn*
Jim Valvano
Donnie Walsh
Frank Walsh
Rick Welts*

DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Veterans Committee Nominations

1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)
1964 State Department Basketball Ambassadors (TEA)
Ron Boone (PLA)
Sid Borgia (REF)
Carl Braun (PLA)
Frank Brian (PLA)
Joe Caldwell (PLA)
Mack Calvin (PLA)
Jack Coleman (PLA)
Bob Dandridge (PLA)
Charles Eckman (REF)
Leroy Edwards (PLA)
Leo Ferris (CONT)
Clarence “Bevo” Francis (PLA)
Buck Freeman (COA)
Donnie Freeman (PLA)
Travis Grant (PLA)
Bob Grody (PLA)
Robert Harrison (PLA)
Flo Harvey (PLA)
Dick Hemric (PLA)
Cam Henderson (COA)
Robert Hopkins (PLA)
Lou Hudson (PLA)
Warren Jabali (PLA)
Jimmy Jones (PLA)
Charles Kenaith (PLA)
Freddie Lewis (PLA)
Jim Loscutoff (PLA)
Loyola of Chicago (TEA)
Billy Markward (CONT)
Ed McCluskey (COA)
Ray Mears (COA)
Francis Meehan (PLA)
Donald “Dudey” Moore (COA)
Willie Naulls (PLA)
Philadelphia SPHAS (TEA)
Mel Riebe (PLA)
Glenn Roberts (PLA)
Holcombe Rucker (CONT)
Kenny Sailors (PLA)
Fred Schaus (PLA)
Charlie Scott (PLA)
Kenny Sears (PLA)
Frank Selvy (PLA)
George Senesky (PLA)
Paul Seymour (PLA)
Charles Siler (CONT)
Talvin Skinner (PLA)
Ken Suesens (PLA)
Tennessee A&I (TEA)
Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
Willie Wise (PLA)
Max Zaslofsky (PLA)

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