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Thunder journal: Why isn't OKC assistant Mo Cheeks in the Hall of Fame?

At the end of ESPN's Around the Horn on Monday, legendary sports writer Bob Ryan was the winner of the four-man duel for points, earning him the show's closing words on its “Face Time” segment.

Ryan had something to say about Thunder assistant Maurice Cheeks. Ryan, who's covered the NBA since the 1960s, vouched for Cheeks to be inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

“The Basketball Hall of Fame is incomplete, and it will remain incomplete because they have not seen it fit to nominate the perfect point guard,” Ryan said. “The best man not in the Hall of Fame is Maurice Cheeks.