Wizards coach Scott Brooks listed the top-line credentials that were apparently overlooked when Brooks' coach as a Rockets player, Rudy Tomjanovich, was excluded from this season's Hall of Fame class, qualifications that left so many incredulous that Tomjanovich did not get the votes needed.
Then he went one step beyond saying Tomjanovich deserves a place in Springfield.
"Nobody should get in if he doesn't get in," Brooks said. "They should just say, 'You know what, we're going to close it down. No more coaches get into the Hall of Fame. You deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.