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45-680: Run TMC was the high-scoring trio of Hall of Fame basketball teammates consisting of Tim Hardaway , Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin . Starting in 1989, they played together for two seasons with the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coached by Don Nelson , who was also inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Warriors played a fast-paced, run-and-gun style, and Run TMC

90-564: A contributor and 2016 as a coach. On three occasions, the Hall has inducted new classes without honoring a player – 1965, 1968, and 2007. On November 14, 2023, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame created the inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award and he was awarded it January 15, 2024. In conjunction with the Final Four of each year's NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments,

135-619: A limited number of candidates it may submit to the Honors Committee—10 from the North American Committee, and two from each of the other committees. Any individual receiving at least 18 affirmative votes (75% of all votes cast) from the Honors Committee is approved for induction into the Hall of Fame. As long as the number of candidates receiving sufficient votes from a screening committee is not greater than

180-490: A nickname for the three stars of the Golden State Warriors : Tim Hardaway , Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin . One of six entrants who entered the name Run TMC , he was declared the winner in a drawing. In 2013, along with Michael DeWall, Elman published a children’s picture book and CD: Seasons, Rhymes in Time . In 2023, he published two books: Remember Their Sacrifice , the story of unsung minority athletes who overcame

225-779: Is an American writer, musician and teacher. Elman has performed and recorded with artists such as Peaches & Herb , Lacy J. Dalton , Roy Buchanan and Tom Johnston . In 1990, Elman recorded Durango Saloon , a collection of instrumental pieces inspired by the American West. In 1993, he followed that with Dakota Night s, and in 1994 released Race Point , an album that ranges from rock to Caribbean rhythms to plaintive ballads. 1998 brought First Take , an instrumental rock album featuring Stef Burns on guitar. His albums have sold over 100,000 copies and his music has been played in films, television and nationwide on adult alternative radio. Larry King Live featured music from Race Point ,

270-401: Is filled with their highlights. NBA.com in 2011 attributed Run TMC's popularity to "romanticism of a loyal fan base that hasn't had much to cheer about." The New York Times opined that their enduring nature "will likely remain a mystery." The Warriors gave away promotional Run TMC bobbleheads in 2012, with Mullin's likeness being handed out in conjunction with his number being retired by

315-555: Is illuminated at night and features 80,000 square foot (7,400 m ), including a Subway sandwich shop, and an extensive gift shop. The second Basketball Hall of Fame was not torn down, but was converted into an LA Fitness health club. The Basketball Hall of Fame features Center Court, a full-sized basketball court on which visitors can play. Inside the building there are a game gallery, many interactive exhibits, several theaters, and an honor ring of inductees. A large theater for ceremonies seats up to 300. The honorees inducted in 2002, included

360-608: Is quite non-exclusive. He argues that the Baseball Hall of Fame first started inducting individuals in 1936, and Basketball did not start inducting players until 1959, but the Basketball Hall as of 2014 had more members than the Baseball Hall. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame President and CEO, John Doleva , defends the exclusivity argument: "I'm used to explaining it and it's different than football and baseball," Doleva said. "Because football and baseball cover

405-843: The Oakland Tribune , Sing Out magazine, AllMusic and the Chicago Tribune , which gave the album 3½ stars and called it "A success and unique for a 'traditional music disc'". Elman was the columnist for the Oakland Fan Coalition from 2000-2005 and covered local prep and college sports for the Contra Costa Times from 2000-2011. He has worked since 2014 as a columnist for the Ultimate Sports Guide . In 1991 Elman won The San Francisco Examiner 's contest to come up with

450-677: The Harlem Globetrotters and Magic Johnson , a five-time NBA champion, three-time NBA finals MVP and Olympic gold medalist. As of 2011, the Basketball Hall of Fame has greatly exceeded attendance expectations, with basketball fans traveling there from all over the world. In contrast to the Soccer and the National Baseball Halls of Fame, Springfield honors international and American professionals, as well as American and international amateurs, making it arguably

495-532: The Tip-Off Classic , a pre-season college basketball exhibition. The Tip-Off Classic has been the start to the college basketball season ever since, and although it does not always take place in Springfield, Massachusetts , generally it returns every few years. In the 17 years that the original Basketball Hall of Fame operated at Springfield College , it drew over 630,000 visitors. The popularity of

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540-671: The Washington, D.C. area at the age of 11. Elman attended college in Boston where he played trombone in the band Swallow. He moved to California with the band Lazy River in 1973 and lived in Austin, Texas from 1976 to 1977, where he played with members of The Willie Nelson Band. He moved back to California in 1977, settling in the Bay Area, where he worked as a session musician on dozens of records and national television and radio ads. Elman

585-522: The 1990–91 season being called the "Big Three". Midway through the season, The San Francisco Examiner sponsored a "Name the Warriors Trio Contest." Over 1,500 entries were received in two weeks. The newspaper pared it down to the 50 best before presenting them to the players, who selected "Run TMC" over the other two finalists, "The Marks Brothers" and "Three-Mendous". Six entrants had entered "Run TMC", with musician Peter Elman declared

630-567: The 24-second shot-clock had two developers for the National Basketball Association in Leo Ferris and Danny Biasone , but only the latter has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ferris was listed as an eligible nominee from 2017 to 2023. Tim Hardaway is one player noted as being snubbed from the Hall for a long time, possibly due to his past negative comments on the LGBT community despite support from peers involving his playing credentials; he

675-667: The 76.7 by Denver's Alex English (28.4), Kiki Vandeweghe (26.7), and Dan Issel (21.6) in 1982–83 . The Warriors advanced to the playoffs , upsetting David Robinson and the San Antonio Spurs before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers . On November 1, 1991, Run TMC was broken up when Golden State traded Richmond and Les Jepsen to the Sacramento Kings for 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) rookie Billy Owens , whose additional height compared to Richmond

720-621: The Basketball Hall of Fame necessitated a new facility, and on June 30, 1985, an $ 11.5 million facility was opened beside the Connecticut River in Springfield. As the new hall opened, it also recognized women for the first time, with inductees such as Senda Berenson Abbott , who first introduced basketball to women at Smith College . During the years following its construction, the Basketball Hall of Fame's second facility drew far more visitors than anticipated, due in large part to

765-683: The CBS Movie of the Week, Blue Rodeo , featured music from Durango Saloon , and ABC's Good Morning America also used music from Durango Saloon . Elman grew up in Glen Echo, Maryland , where he learned the piano at the age of seven. His cousin Sidney Lippman who wrote the classic “Too Young” for Nat King Cole . Elman was inspired by music from Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans. He started playing professionally in rock and soul bands in

810-427: The Hall has formally inducted 436 players, coaches, referees, and other basketball professionals. The Boston Celtics have the most inductees, with 40. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was established in 1959, without a physical location, by Lee Williams , a former athletic director at Colby College . In the 1960s, the Hall of Fame struggled to raise enough money to construct its first facility. However,

855-549: The Hall's voting procedures, including voter anonymity, are controversial. While sportswriter voters of other major sports' Halls of Fame openly debate their choices, the Naismith Hall process is not transparent. The Hall has also been criticized for a tendency to enshrine active collegiate coaches and relatively obscure players while omitting some accomplished players and coaches. The Hall has received backlash for excluding such players, coaches, and innovators. For example,

900-436: The Hall. The members of these committees serve three-year terms. How the members get selected, and who they are, is virtually unknown to the public and is kept completely anonymous. Inductees do not know who inducted them, and those who inducted them supposedly never let them know. According to Mark Purdy, a sportswriter and selection committee member for the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Basketball Hall of Fame's selection process

945-696: The Kings retired his number in 2003. Owens never provided his expected impact and played only three seasons with Golden State. They won 55 games and finished in 2nd place, two games behind the Portland Trail Blazers in 1992 , but lost in the first round of the playoffs. In 1996 , Hardaway was traded to the Miami Heat , and the Warriors dealt Mullin the following year to the Indiana Pacers . All three enjoyed successful careers after

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990-513: The Naismith Hall gives out several awards to college basketball athletes: For men, the Hall presents awards to the top players in Division I at each of the five standard basketball positions. Each of the award winners is chosen by a Hall of Fame selection committee, plus the award's namesake. The Hall, in cooperation with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association , presents analogous awards for

1035-495: The North American Screening Committee or five votes from one of the other screening committees in a given year are eligible to advance to an Honors Committee, composed of 12 members plus rotating groups of 12 specialists (one group for female candidates, one group for international candidates, and one group for American and veterans candidates) who vote on each candidate. Each screening committee has

1080-420: The Warriors. Mullin thought that Hardaway and Richmond should have had their numbers retired at the same time. "To me, it doesn't always have to be about one person. I know I'd feel more comfortable. That would feel natural to me." Mullin said. He called his time with Hardway and Richmond "the most fun I had playing basketball in my whole life." Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame As of 2024 ,

1125-498: The breakup. Mullin and Hardaway came close to winning an NBA championship , while Richmond won one with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002 , albeit with limited playing time. Mullin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. He acknowledged that his career "took off" when Richmond and Hardaway arrived with Warriors. Nelson was inducted the following year. In 2014, Richmond

1170-420: The class of 2020, active coaches must meet the years of service requirement and be at least 60 years old. No years of service criterion is required for those who have made a "significant contribution to the game of basketball". Sportswriters and commentators can be elected as full-fledged members, in contrast to the Baseball Hall of Fame that places them in separate wings from the "real" Hall of Fame. Aspects of

1215-482: The contest's winner in a drawing. The name was a reference to hip hop group Run-DMC . "Run DMC was one of the first rap groups that most people really took notice of ... We definitely liked that nickname," remembered Richmond. Former Laker Sam Perkins recalled that the Warriors even had Run–DMC perform at one of the Warriors–Lakers playoff games that season. Richmond was a six-time All-Star with Sacramento, and

1260-591: The feat 48 times, going 30–18 in those games. The Warriors sold out every home game in 1990–91 . In the season opener, they defeated the Denver Nuggets 162–158, the highest-scoring regulation game in NBA history . Despite their scoring prowess, the Warriors were limited defensively. On February 26, 1991, they lost 131–119 to the Orlando Magic despite the trio each scoring more than 30 points (the rest of

1305-471: The increasing popularity of the game but also to the scenic location beside the river and the second Hall's interesting modern architecture. In 2002, the Basketball Hall of Fame moved again —albeit merely 100 yards south along Springfield's riverfront—into a $ 47 million facility designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates . The building's architecture features a metallic silver, basketball-shaped sphere flanked by two similarly symmetrical rhombuses . The dome

1350-721: The men's game professionally, end of story. Naismith invented this game for everyone: men, women, high school, college, pro, coaches, players. We really represent the entire game, so we have a broader class". Since 1959, 436 coaches, players, referees, contributors, and teams have been inducted, with the most recent class entering on September 9, 2022. John Wooden , Lenny Wilkens , Bill Sharman , Tom Heinsohn , and Bill Russell have each been inducted as both player and coach (Wooden in 1960 and 1973, Sharman in 1976 and 2004, Wilkens in 1989, 1998 and 2010, Heinsohn in 1986 and 2015, and Russell in 1975 and 2021). John McLendon has been inducted as both coach and contributor, entering in 1979 as

1395-574: The most comprehensive Hall of Fame among major American sports. From 2011 to 2015, seven committees were, and as of 2016, six committees are employed to both screen and elect candidates. Four of the committees screen prospective candidates: Since 2011, the Veterans and International Committees also vote to directly induct one candidate for each induction class. Three committees were formed in 2011 to directly elect one candidate for each induction class: Individuals who receive at least seven votes from

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1440-522: The nation's best student-athletes. The men's award, given since 1969, was voted on by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and the women's, given since 1984, by members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association . Both awards were discontinued after the 2012–13 season. 42°05′37.5″N 72°35′05.0″W  /  42.093750°N 72.584722°W  / 42.093750; -72.584722 Peter Elman Peter Elman

1485-405: The necessary amount was raised, and the building opened on February 17, 1968, less than a month after the National Basketball Association played its 18th All-Star Game . The Basketball Hall of Fame's Board named four inductees in its first year. In addition to honoring those who contributed to basketball, the Hall of Fame sought to make contributions of its own. In 1979, the Hall of Fame sponsored

1530-491: The number of finalists that the committee is permitted to submit, advancement to the Honors Committee is generally pro forma, although the Hall's Board of Trustees may remove from consideration any candidate who "has damaged the integrity of the game of basketball". To be considered for induction by a screening committee, a player, retired coach, or referee must be fully retired from that role for at least three full seasons. The waiting period had originally been five years, but

1575-610: The odds to achieve greatness, both off and on the field; and Insights and Outtakes , a collection of his articles on sports and culture written for the Ultimate Sports Guide. Elman is currently working on several other books: two middle grade-young adult novels, a collection of biographical vignettes, a cookbook and his memoirs of an American rock and roll musician. From 1979-82, Elman taught rock and blues workshops for Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco,

1620-414: The team totaled 21 points). Golden State finished the season 44–38, their best record in nine years, and finished second in the league in scoring (116.6). Mullin finishing eighth in scoring (25.7), Richmond 10th (23.9), and Hardaway 11th (22.9), averaging 72.5 points as the league's highest-scoring trio. Their combined scoring average was the second highest in NBA history for a 20-point trio, surpassed only by

1665-684: The third-highest winning percentage for all college basketball coaches in history, has not been inducted. The Basketball Hall of Fame is very independent of its baseball and football counterparts, specifically for its induction and voting process. There are multiple different voting committees for the Basketball Hall: The International Committee, North American Committee, Women's Committee, Contributor Direct Election Committee, Early African-American Pioneers Committee, and Veterans Committee. Each committee makes their own individual selections for their inductees into

1710-553: The top Division I women's players at each position. One has been awarded since 2000; the others were first presented in 2018. As with the men's awards, the selection committee for the women's awards includes each award's namesake. The Hall also formerly presented the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award to two college seniors—one male player no taller than 72 inches (1.83 m), and one female player no taller than 68 inches (1.73 m)—determined to have been

1755-570: Was a Warriors vice president in 1987–88 before becoming their coach and general manager starting in 1988–89. The Warriors led the NBA in scoring in 1989–90 in Run TMC's first season. Early on, Hardaway was not as proficient a scorer as Mullin and Richmond. In a win over the Boston Celtics in the 38th game of the season, all three players surpassed 20 points in the same game for the first time. In their two seasons together, they accomplished

1800-467: Was also voted in, while Hardaway was admitted as part of the Hall's class of 2022. Run TMC's short time together belied their enduring popularity. "It was only [a couple of] years, but it seemed longer," Mullin said. The Boston Globe in 2007 wrote the trio had "probably the best nickname" ever. As of 2013, Run TMC T-shirts were still available for sale online. Online tributes are authored by bloggers who were too young to have seen them play, and YouTube

1845-661: Was an original member of the San Francisco band, Pride & Joy . He moved to the East Bay in 1985, where he lives with his wife Lisa Goulder , a singer, songwriter, pianist and a longtime voice and piano instructor. They have two children. Through his production company, Real Dream Music, Elman has produced several albums for various artists, among them Wintercreek by Tony Elman, Santa Fe Trails for Brentwood Music, Dream by Michael DeWall, First and Ten by Tom McCord, Glaciers Come, Glaciers Go by Ned Selfe, and Camptown by Joe Craven . Camptown received positive reviews in

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1890-533: Was changed to four years in December 2015, and to three seasons in December 2017. Prior to the induction class of 2018, referees had been eligible for induction after 25 years of full-time service, even if still active. Changes to the criteria for consideration of active coaches were also announced as part of the 2017 changes. Coaches become eligible upon 25 years of full-time service at the high school level or above, or three seasons after retirement. Effective with

1935-487: Was inducted in 2022. Nine of the ten NCAA Division I head coaches who won 800 games are currently in the Hall of Fame, with Cliff Ellis (894 wins) being the only exception. Leta Andrews , the all-time winningest coach in the United States (1,416 wins), has been a finalist five times but never inducted. Most notably, Eddie Sutton waited twelve years after his retirement to be inducted. Ken Anderson , holder of

1980-483: Was the league's highest-scoring trio in the 1990–91 season . Despite their short time together, the popularity of Run TMC endured. Their name was a play on the hip hop group Run-DMC , with the first name initials of each member forming TMC . Mullin joined the Warriors in 1985, Richmond was drafted by Golden State in 1988, and Hardaway was a rookie in 1989. They were the core of the Warriors' uptempo offense, known as " Nellie Ball " after their coach Don Nelson . Nelson

2025-518: Was the size that Nelson believed would complete the team. Nelson said he "was under pressure to get [the team] bigger" to improve the Warriors from a good team to a great one. In the trio's two seasons together, the Warriors had a cumulative record of 81–83, never finished higher than fourth place in the Pacific Division , and won one of two playoff series. "I'd never make that trade again," Nelson lamented. Hardaway, Richmond, and Mullin began

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