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It's about damn time Rudy Tomjanovich gets his Hall of Fame due

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He’d been on the ballot forever, first as a player, then as a coach. And when Rudy Tomjanovich didn’t make the finalist list a year ago for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, a handful of his peers spoke out.

How could the former NBA all-star, the two-time NBA championship coach, the Olympic gold medalist, not be in the Hall of Fame?

Well, he is now. Fifteen years after first making the ballot.

It’s about damn time.