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`By MIKE WISE OCT. 2, 1999
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`In one corner of the hotel ballroom, a smiling Kevin McHale doled out a healthy
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`supply of one-liners, including, "1 used to have pictures of Bill Walton on my wall as
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`a kid, he's so old." Across the room, an introspective John Thompson said he would
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`probably be remembered for "things that have kept me out of the Hall of Fame."
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`McHale, Whose repertory of post moves helped bring the Boston Celtics three
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`championships in the 1980's, and Thompson, who for 27 years was a domineering
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`sideline presence at Georgetown University, took divergent paths to the Springfield
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`Civic Center tonight. Carefree or controversial, their contributions to the game
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`earned them enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, along
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`with Wayne Embry, Billie Moore and the late Fred Zollner.
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`Thompson, who resigned from coaching at Georgetown on Jan. 8 with a record
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`of 596-239, won one national title and turned Georgetown into a perennial power by
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`relying almost exclusively on black players. Beyond coaching eight first-round draft
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`choices, 75 of 77 players who remained at Georgetown for four years under
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`Thompson received their degrees. His legacy also includes a hard-line stance on the
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`unfairness of standardized tests by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, an
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`issue the NCAA. recently gave credence to, and a disappointing bronze medal as
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`seasons. He made the All-Star team seven times and played on what is generally
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`regarded as the best front line in league history with Larry Bird and Robert Parish ——
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`a threesome that won three N.B.A. titles, nine division championships and six
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`conference titles.
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`Thompson and Embry -- who were backups for Bill Russell during their playing
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`days -- and McHale became the 26th, 27th and 28th Celtics to be enshrined.
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`Embry, the five-time All-Star and NBA. executive, was honored last night as a
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`contributor; Moore was a women's coaching pioneer who won national
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`championships at Cal-State Fullerton and U.C.L.A., and Zollner was the Pistons'
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`patriarch and longest-tenured owner of an original NBA. team.
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`Embry seemed the most affected by the induction, calling the occasion "the
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`happiest day of my life." The 62—year—old president of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who
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`last season handed over the general manager duties to Jim Paxson, was the first
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`African—American to hold a general manager post in any sport when he was hired by
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`the Milwaukee Bucks in 1972, after his 11—year career ended.
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`Zollner, who died in 1982 at the age of 81, was the first owner to hire a bench coach
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`and one of the first to Sign an African—American player.
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