The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an illegitimate institution. Not to get all militant on y’all, but it was literally founded by a bunch of white men who ran the National Association of Basketball Coaches. They just decided in the 1950s that they were the keepers of a sport that transcends race, religion, gender, and ability and started the Hall of Fame.
Please consider reading 'Nais-MYTH: Basketball's Stolen Legacy'.
The inventor of basketball was a YMCA director named Lambert Will in Herkimer, New York.
The Washington Post did a feature story on 4/25/22. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/25/herkimer-new-york-basketball/
Lambert Will has been officially nominated for the 2023 Class.
THIS is what the basketball world needs. Thank you for writing this post.