The Hall of Fame is a 55,000-square-foot three-story building. Its real nature is a basketball museum, which is open to the outside world and full of tourists. The main items on display are basketball historical materials, literature and history, written descriptions of various times since the establishment of basketball, videos and CDs since the popularization of media channels. The Hall of Fame has a small basketball court for visitors to feel the atmosphere, and there is also a cinema showing audio-visual materials. Visitors can experience classic games or basketball videos in the era of black-and-white silent films if they want.
The Hall of Fame Museum is open, so are the candidates for the Hall of Fame. However, you only need to drive along Highway 9 1 to enter the museum, but it takes a lot of effort to put your photos in the crowd enshrined in the Hall of Fame and be visited by others.
First of all, the qualification for being elected to the Hall of Fame is completely open. Theoretically, anyone who has made outstanding contributions to basketball, regardless of age, color and race, is likely to be selected into the Hall of Fame. But in fact, as the world's largest basketball country, the United States is proud of all beings, and there are very few overseas people who can really meet the standards of the Hall of Fame.
Secondly, the selection criteria of the Hall of Fame are strict. Whether a player, coach or referee wants to enter the Hall of Fame, he has to wait until he retires for five years. The selection qualification of coaches is even more demanding. Only coaches who have coached for more than 25 years can be nominated.
Thirdly, even after being nominated, the examination process of Hall of Fame qualification is almost harsh. Before being submitted to the review committee, the first round of search review must be approved by five of the seven-member preliminary review team. At the time of submission, the materials almost included all the performances of the players from birth to retirement, as well as the opinions of the preliminary evaluation team. Then the jury will discuss the list passed in the first trial regularly or irregularly, and the nominees will be truly accepted by the Hall of Fame if there are 24 members of the jury who are not less than 18.
The above-mentioned high threshold makes the Hall of Fame become more than 50 superstars or higher honors such as the retirement of jersey numbers. The long and rigorous examination also doomed the Hall of Fame qualification to have a high gold content. Even the long-retired "Cobra" Worthy and moses malone were elected to the Hall of Fame in 2003 and 200 1 respectively, and such qualification glory is even more conceivable.
To be sure, the Hall of Fame will grow stronger and stronger in the next few years, because the emperor superstars led by Jordan in 1984-86 have all withdrawn from the historical stage, and most of them are eligible to nominate the Hall of Fame, such as Jordan, Olajuwon, Ewing and Buckley. For players, the Hall of Fame will always be a great monument, an affirmation of a player's career, and the best recognition besides the championship ring.