Everyone knew Jordan was going to the Hall of Fame; It was just a matter of WHEN. Along with Jordan, the class of 2009 contains David Robinson, John Stockton, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, and the University of Rutgers women's coach C. Vivian Stringer.
Michael Jordan had a career average of 30.12 points per game and is 3rd on the all-time scoring list with 32,292 points in his 15 season career, not to mention his 5 NBA MVP awards, 6 NBA championships, and 1 college basketball championship at UNC.
David Robinson's resume contains two NBA championships, an MVP season, a rookie of the year award, 10 All-Star selections, a scoring title and two Olympic gold medals.
John Stockton is most noted for playing his entire career with the Utah Jazz and holding the record for most assist in a season, 1,164 in the '90-'91 season, and having the highest assist average in a season with 14.5 in the '89-'90 season.
Jerry Sloan is the only coach to win more than 1,000 games with a single team, and currently is fighting for a spot in the playoffs for this season.
C. Vivian Stringer led 3 different teams (Cheyney State College, Iowa, & Rutgers) to the Final Four and has a career record of 825-280.
The induction ceremony is on September 10-12 in Springfield, Massachusetts, which is home to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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