Twelve years after the conclusion of his long NBA tenure – and 25 years after he capped a legendary career at the University of New Orleans – Ervin Johnson still stands tall in and for his sport.
Johnson will be one of four standout local sports figures to be inducted into the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 4 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Johnson will be joined in the 2018 Hall of Fame class by Tom Benson, A.J. Duhe and John Fourcade. Each year’s Hall of Fame class is selected by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, a group of current and former media members who annually recognize a variety of award-winners, including the Hall of Fame, the Corbett Awards and the Eddie Robinson Award.