Three Sacramento icons have been named finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame: Kings great Chris Webber, Kings head coach Rick Adelman, and Monarchs legend Yolanda Griffith.
Those three are among the 14 finalists for this year’s class. The list includes former NBA players Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Michael Cooper, Ben Wallace, Marques Johnson, and Tim Hardaway; WNBA great Lauren Jackson; former coaches Bill Russell and Leta Andrews; and current coaches Jay Wright (NCAAM) and Marianne Stanley (WNBA).
This is the fifth straight time Webber has been a finalist, and his exclusion from the Hall thus far is a continuous topic of discussion.