O’Neal, the top overall pick in the 1992 draft by the Orlando Magic, was the NBA MVP in 2000, a three-time NBA Finals MVP and 15-time All-Star. "I can’t even touch the backboard now," the 40-year-old lamented. Iverson was asked to reminisce on the impressive dunking he did in his career despite being only 6-feet tall. But he is a kid who came from basically nothing and had to be thrust into a whole different way of life and been successful as he has been in his profession." There’s a lot of impersonators of what he is. "I’m proud of the fact of knowing him as a person and knowing the challenges he’s had to overcome," Thompson said. John Thompson, his coach at Georgetown, was there to celebrate the latest honour with his former player. Iverson, selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, was named rookie of the year and went on to become an 11-time All-Star. The selections were announced in Houston in advance of Monday night’s NCAA Tournament championship game between North Carolina and Villanova.
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Posthumous honorees this year include 27-year NBA referee Darell Garretson John McLendon, the first African-American coach in a professional league Cumberland Posey, who also is in the Baseball Hall of Fame and Zelmo Beaty, who led Prairie View to an NAIA title in 1962.
Along with Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Jerry Reinsdorf were elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday.
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