Why was Jerry Sloan inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame?”
David Robinson, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer were also inducted into the 2009 class. Stockton and Sloan played for and coached the Utah Jazz team Jordan’s Bulls defeated in the 1997 and 1998 NBA finals, while Robinson won two NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs. Stringer – who was inducted to the women’s Hall of Fame in 2001 – is the only coach to lead three teams to the final four in the women’s association. But it was five-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jordan who was the centre of attention as the game honoured a remarkable career. A 14-time NBA All-Star, Jordan scored 32,292 points, with 6,672 rebounds and 5,633 assists in a 19-year career that also included two retirements before he finally called time in 2003. However, he was quick to honour his fellow inductees, saying: “Contrary to what you guys believe, it’s not just me going into the Hall of Fame,” added New Yorker Jordan, currently the managing member of basketball operations of the NBA’s Charlot
