GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Tracy McGrady, the two-time NBA scoring champion and seven-time All Star who played for six seasons with the Rockets, was elected in his first season of eligibility for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
McGrady played for six NBA teams, averaging 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 rebounds in 15 NBA seasons before knee troubles that required microfracture surgery in 2009 plagued him through the final four seasons of his career.
Other inductees will be: Kansas coach Bill Self, UConn's Rebecca Lobo, Notre Dame women's coach Muffet McGraw, Fort Worth Dunbar coach Robert Hughes, Harlem Globetrotters owner Mannie Jackson, former NCAA executive Tom Jernstedt, Zack Clayton, European star Nikos Galis, former Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former ABA, NBA star George McGinnis
FINALISTS: Rudy T, Tracy McGrady among noted Basketball Hall of Fame finalists
Former Rockets coach and player Rudy Tomjanovich, who was a finalist this year, will have to wait again.