Michael Jordan to be inducted in FIBA Hall of Fame

[Andrew]

Michael Jordan to be inducted in FIBA Hall of Fame

Michael Jordan, who won two Olympic gold medals, will be inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Basketball's governing body announced Friday that Jordan will be part of class of nine players who will be enshrined Sept. 19.

The six-time NBA champion won gold with the U.S. in 1984 at Los Angeles, then starred on the famed Dream Team in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Jordan is already in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an individual and with the rest of the Dream Team.

The rest of the class includes players Sarunas Marciulionis (Lithuania), Anne Donovan (U.S.), Vladimir Tkachenko (Russia/Ukraine), Ruperto Herrera Tabio (Cuba), Antoine Rigaudeau (France); coach Jan Stirling (Australia), technical official Robert Blanchard (France) and contributor Noah Klieger (Israel).

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The nba was always great but Michael Jordan made it an international love affair and therefore the game overseas came on leaps and bounds.

I myself probably became a nba fan because of Jordan in 91 when British tv started showing Bulls games.

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I wonder who he'll call out this time
Oscar Schmidt?

[Andrew]

Meh, his "calling out" of people and all the other things in his Naismith Hall of Fame speech that people were stomping their feet and gnashing their teeth over were way overblown.