SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – On Tuesday, Del Harris had his second back surgery.
Four days later, he officially entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The 85 year old was moving slowly, understandably. “I’m still on (pain) meds,” he had said leading up to the ceremony.
But with his wife, Ann, at his arm and a group of family and friends who were there to lean on, Harris took the podium on Saturday night and thanked the people who helped get him here after a basketball life that touched eight decades.
As Nancy Lieberman, one of Harris’ presenters, said: “Del just wants to make people better.