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Reggie Miller and more to be inducted into NBA Hall of Fame

by Jimmy Golen, Associated Press | September 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM
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Former NBA player Reggie Miller, now an analyst for TNT, sits courtside during NBA All-Star Saturday night presented by State Farm at Staples Center on February 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Former NBA player Reggie Miller, now an analyst for TNT, sits courtside during NBA All-Star Saturday night presented by State Farm at Staples Center on February 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) — Reggie Miller is joining his sister, Cheryl, in the basketball Hall of Fame.

The former Indiana Pacers star will be inducted into the basketball shrine on Friday along with Don Nelson, the winningest coach in NBA history, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

Ralph Sampson, the only three-time college player of the year, and Jamaal Wilkes, who won two NCAA titles at and four in the NBA, will be inducted.

Also to be honored are former Soviet coach Lidia Alexeeva; seven-time NBA All-Star Chet Walker; the All American Redheads, known as the female Harlem Globetrotters; two-time Olympic gold medalist Katrina McClain; Don Barksdale, the first black player on the U.S. Olympic team and in the NBA All-Star game; two-time NBA MVP Mel Daniels, and longtime NCAA referee Hank Nichols.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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