Five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway, three-time NBA champion and two-time gold medalist Swin Cash, and five-time NBA champion and three-time NBA champion Lindsay Whalen were among the 13 members of the Naismith Memorial. Two-time NCAA Coach of the Year Bob Huggins, NBA coach George Karl, NBA referee Hugh Evans, and former NCAA champion and WNBA Coach of the Year Marianne Stanley were all honored. Along with those eight, six-time NBA All-Star Lou Hudson was elected by the Veterans Committee, six-time NBA All-Star and former coach Larry Costello and former coach Del Harris were elected by the Contributor Committee. The Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, broken down by committee. North American Committee
Hugh Evans
Manu Ginobili
Tim Hardaway
Bob Huggins
George Karl
Women's Committee Swin Cash Marianne Stanley
Lindsay Whalen
The Direct Elect Committee is for veterans.
Lou Hudson
Direct Elect Contributor Committee Larry Costello
Del Harris
The Women's Veterans Direct Elect Committee is made up of women veterans.
Theresa Shank-Grentz
The International Direct Elect Committee.
Radivoj Korac
John L. Doleva, Hall of Fame president and CEO, said in a statement that the Class of 2022 is ripe with individuals who have had a significant historical impact on the game.
The ceremony is in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Two players, including Bill Bradley, have won an NBA championship, an Olympic gold medal, and a EuroLeague title. During his 16-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, Ginobili was a two-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA selection and the 2008 Sixth Man of the Year. Argentina won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Hardaway was an All-NBA selection five times, earning first-team honors in 1996-97 and second-team honors three times. He is the 12th all-time in assists per game.
Cash was an All-Star four times. She was a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Connecticut, where she helped lead the team to a perfect 39-0 record in 2001. Cash was a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and currently serves as vice president of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Whalen was named to the first team in 2008 and 2011. She leads the league in assists five times and ranks third all-time in the league. At Minnesota, where she is now the head coach, Whalen led the Golden Gophers to the Final Four in 2004, and was named an All-American three times.
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has spent 39 seasons as a head coach. He has led his teams to two Final Fours, once at Cincinnati and once at West Virginia.
Karl was an NBA head coach for 27 seasons and is sixth in career victories. He was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 2013 after leading the Denver Nuggets to the playoffs.
Evans worked more than 1,900 regular-season games, 170 playoff games and 35 NBA Finals games during his 28-year career before retiring in 2001.
In 1984 and 1985, Stanley was the coach of Old Dominion, which won an NCAA championship and back-to-backAIAW titles. She was the coach of the year in the WNBA in 2002.
Hudson and Costello will not be alive to see it. Hudson played for the Hawks for 11 years and averaged 20.2 points per game. The last two-handed set shooter in the NBA, Costello led the NBA in free throw percentage twice.
Harris was the NBA Coach of the Year with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1994-95 as part of a coaching career that spanned more than 50 years. Immaculata University had three consecutive AIAW national champion teams from 1972 to 1974.
Yugoslavia won a silver medal in the 1968 Olympics and a silver medal in the 1962 World Cup. He was the EuroLeague's all-time scoring leader with 99 points. Korac died in a car crash.