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The 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists: shooting guard Ray Allen, point guard Maurice Cheeks, coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell, referee Hugh Evans, small forward Grant Hill, point guard Jason Kidd, coach Kim Mulkey, point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Katie Smith, power forward Tina Thompson, coach Rudy Tomjanovich, Wayland Baptist University women's team of the 1950s, and power forward Chris Webber.
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"Ray Allen KNOCKS IT DOWWWWWWWWWNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ray Allen for the game.....GOT IT!!!! AT THE BUZZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Thanks for everything, Ray. Hope you get in 1st Ballot.

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The 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists: shooting guard Ray Allen, point guard Maurice Cheeks, coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell, referee Hugh Evans, small forward Grant Hill, point guard Jason Kidd, coach Kim Mulkey, point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Katie Smith, power forward Tina Thompson, coach Rudy Tomjanovich, Wayland Baptist University women's team of the 1950s, and power forward Chris Webber.

Chris Webber? Seriously?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhdziFWfUSg

"Ray Allen KNOCKS IT DOWWWWWWWWWNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ray Allen for the game.....GOT IT!!!! AT THE BUZZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Thanks for everything, Ray. Hope you get in 1st Ballot.

Ray is deserving of the HOF, no doubt.

I still don't want his number retired here, but that's a different argument.

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Didn't know Ray been gone 5 years already?
C/PF-Horford, Baynes, Noel, Theis, Morris,
SF/SG- Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Smart, Semi, Clark
PG- Irving, Rozier, Larkin

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Didn't know Ray been gone 5 years already?

He hasn't last played in 2014
ok fine

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Sidney Moncrief deserves to be a finalist over Mo Cheeks.


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Didn't know Ray been gone 5 years already?

They changed the rule to 3 years.


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Sidney Moncrief deserves to be a finalist over Mo Cheeks.

Absolutely.


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Kidd, Nash, Mo Cheeks, Tina Thompson and Rudy T should be get in.

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Kidd, Nash, Mo Cheeks, Tina Thompson and Rudy T should be get in.

Ray Allen over Mo Cheeks easily.

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Allen, Kidd, Nash, & Thompson are my no-brainers.

Rudy T should get in.  2 NBA titles & an Olympic gold medal are pretty darn impressive even if his winning % is only so-so. 

I really don't know much about Mulkey or Smith but they have some pretty impressive accomplishments.



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Will any of the former Celtics congratulate ray?

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Kidd, Nash, Mo Cheeks, Tina Thompson and Rudy T should be get in.

Ray Allen over Mo Cheeks easily.

Yeah. Mo Cheeks is down the list for me a bit.

For NBA players, I’d vote for Allen, Kidd, Nash, Webber and Moncrief. Hill is a tough call, even with his NCAA career, but ultimately seven good seasons get him in.
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Kidd, Nash, Mo Cheeks, Tina Thompson and Rudy T should be get in.

Ray Allen over Mo Cheeks easily.

Not for me.

Ray Allen spent too much of his career in the mediocre wilderness in Milwaukee and Seattle. Did not have enough impact in the playoffs during his best years. Only 1 playoff run with each of those teams. Then came to Boston where he begun to decline but shined in as the 3rd/4th best player on those teams and finished well as a bench player in Miami.

Mo Cheeks was an influential player on a Philly team that challenged for the title for 6-7 years (also as the 3rd/4th best player). He was a standout defensive player and intelligent floor general and highly skilled playmaker whose impact on the game went far beyond his stat-line.

Mo Cheeks was substance over flash. Ray Allen was the opposite. More flash over substance with his refusal to play defense for most of the first 10 years of his career. A superb offensive threat who lessened himself (and his teams) by not playing defense.

Ray Allen deserves to be in the HoF someday but no way am I picking him ahead of Mo Cheeks.