Sunday, November 16, 2008

I know that their isn't many people complaining about the recent basketball hall of fame induction with names like Riley, Ewing, Olajuwon and Vitale....What Dick Vitale? The dipsy doo Dunka roo guy. What has he given to the game of basketball? 60 losses... or has given more Duke players like Alaa Abdelnaby or Danny Ferry enough hype to get into the NBA. I know of one deserving man who has giving his life to basketball and has not been recoginzed, that man is Johnny "Red" Kerr. I know your saying, "this guy is crazy for thinking Red Kerr should be in the basketball hall of fame." Johnny "Red' Kerr was the first iron man of the nba by playing 844 straight games. Tell me how many players can say that they played 70 games in a row. Don't say the level of competition wasn't equal because Kerr played against all the Hall of Famers like Chamberline, Pettit, Mikan, Russell and Stokes. Throught Kerrs twelve year career he averaged a "double double 13ppg and 11 boards. Thats better than Hall of famer Wes Unseld who averaged 10ppg and 14 rebounds a game for 13 years. Kerr was a three time allstar and able to help the Syracuse National win a championship as a player. After his playing days were over, Kerr introduced the world to the first "Sultan of Slam" Julius Dr. J Erving and The Ice Man George Gervin. When Chicago was starving for basketball, Kerr took the expansion Bulls to the playoffs and won the coach of the year. Kerr's coaching career lasted two more year than Vitale. Kerr has spent over twenty five years in the broadcast booth so why isn't he in the hall or why hasn't the Bulls hung a banner up for the good old Red?

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