The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the fifth ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 41 to 50:

41. Otis Thorpe
42. Bob Love
43. Robert Horry
44. Norm Nixon
45. Brad Daugherty
46. Gilbert Arenas
47. Byron Scott
48. Elton Brand
49. Dick Van Arsdale
50. Andrei Kirilenko

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

Chicago Bulls have announced the creation of their Ring of Honor, which will initially house 13 members and one team.

They will be celebrating this over the weekend of January 11-12.

Named to the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor will be:

Artis Gilmore, Center, 1977-82 & 1988.  Gilmore went to four All-Stars as a Bull, leading the NBA in Effective Field Goal Percentage twice.  He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Phil Jackson, Assistant Coach, 1988-89 & Head Coach 1990-98.  “The Zen Master” guided Chicago to all six of their titles, and had a record of 545 and 193 with the Bulls.

Michael Jordan, Guard, 1985-93 & 1995-98.  The greatest player of all time was a six-time Champion and entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.  He was a 14-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA player, 10-time Scoring Champion and five-time MVP.  Jordan was also named to the 75^th Anniversary Team, and was a six-time Finals MVP.

Johnny “Red” Kerr, Head Coach 1967-68, Broadcaster 1975-08.  Kerr was the voice of the Bulls for decades and became synonymous with the team despite starring as a player for years with Syracuse/Philadelphia.

Dick Klein, General Manager, 1967-69.  Klein was also the team’s founder.

Jerry Krause, General Manager 1985-03.  Krause presided over all six of Chicago’s championships and was arguably its architect. 

Toni Kukoc, Forward, 1994-00.  Kukoc helped Chicago win three titles and won a Sixth Man of the Year Award.  He entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.

Bob Love, Forward, 1969-77.  Love went to three All-Star Games, and was twice a Second Team All-Star.

Scottie Pippen, Forward, 1988-98 & 2004.  Pippen was Robin to Jordan’s Batman in those six titles and was a seven-time All-Star, seven-time All-NBA, and eight-time All-Defensive Selection.  Pippen became a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee in 2010.

Dennis Rodman, Forward, 1996-98.  Rodman helped anchor Chicago to their second three-peat and was a three-time Rebounding Champion as a Bull.  He was chosen for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jerry Sloan, Guard/Forward, 1967-76, Assistant Coach 1978, Head Coach 1980-82.  Sloan was a two-time All-Star and six-time All-Defensive Selection as a player and he entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 as a Coach.

Chet Walker, Forward, 1970-75.  Walker played the second half of his career with the Bulls where he had four of his seven All-Star.  He entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Tex Winter, Assistant Coach, 1986-99.  Winter was an Assistant Coach for all six of Chicago’s championships.

The 1996 Championship Team.  This squad went 72-10 and won the organization’s fourth title.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com are thrilled with the Chicago Bulls pursuit of honoring their past legends.

Bob Love played his college ball at Southern, and he did well enough for the Cincinnati Royals to get drafted in the Fourth Round in 1965.  Love didn't make the team, but after a year in the Eastern Basketball League (where he was the MVP), he tried again to make the Royals, and he made the roster.

“Butterbean” Bob Love has one of the coolest names ever and for sure one of the coolest nicknames.  Oh and did we mention that he was a pretty good forward too?  Teaming with Chet Walker for the Bulls in the 70s, this forward combo may have been one of the best ever.  Love was a great scorer who could really get to the hoop; and if you played under Dick Motta as he did, then of course you played defense.  Love’s career is a story of perseverance.  Coming from tiny Southern University he was cut from the NBA on his first try and went down to the Eastern League to gain experience.  It took being drafted in an expansion draft by the Bulls and Motta’s confidence in him before he would become a star.  He averaged 17.6 points a game in his career and was a three time All-Star and twice made all league second team.  His chances of getting in rely on Walker and the rest of his Bulls teammates getting recognition.  If Chet Walker gets in, it might open the door to this superb forward getting some attention.