For fans of the Utah Stars, the ABA team that brought Salt Lake City its first major sporting championship in 1971 and introduced a 19-year-old Moses Malone to the basketball world, Monday was an incredible day.
In addition to the Utah Jazz honoring the team’s legacy by renaming it’s D-League squad the Salt Lake City Stars, the original Stars’ greatest player received the sport’s highest honor. In a correction of one of the great injustices in basketball history, Zelmo Beaty was announced as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2016 induction class.