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53-736: CSKA won two titles between 2006 and 2008, as well as between 2016 and 2019, in Europe's principal club competition, the EuroLeague, making the final in all seasons these years, and in total has advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four 18 times in the 21st century. CSKA is dominating in VTB United League, winning all but two titles to date. With 8 EuroLeague championships, 1 NEBL championship, 51 home league championships, 7 home cups , 1 home Supercup and 10 VTB United League titles in total, CSKA

106-520: A 24–6 record. Qualifying to the Final Four, however, CSKA suffered a complete fiasco - losing to Real Madrid in the semifinals, and to BC Žalgiris in the 3rd place game. In the VTB United League , CSKA secured their 9th title after defeating Khimki 95:84 in the 2018 Final Four . In the next season CSKA finished at the 2nd place of the regular season, securing its 17th Final Four appearance in

159-592: A contributor and 2016 as a coach. On three occasions, the Hall has inducted new classes without honoring a player – 1965, 1968, and 2007. On November 14, 2023, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame created the inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award and he was awarded it January 15, 2024. In conjunction with the Final Four of each year's NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments,

212-601: A limited number of candidates it may submit to the Honors Committee—10 from the North American Committee, and two from each of the other committees. Any individual receiving at least 18 affirmative votes (75% of all votes cast) from the Honors Committee is approved for induction into the Hall of Fame. As long as the number of candidates receiving sufficient votes from a screening committee is not greater than

265-526: A player must have either: EuroLeague Final The EuroLeague Finals are the championship finals of the EuroLeague competition. The EuroLeague is the highest level tier , and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe. Real Madrid have won the European championship on 11 occasions, more than any other club, with its most recent victory in 2023 . Panathinaikos of Athens

318-602: A rematch of the 2006 final against Maccabi Tel Aviv 91–77 in Madrid. In 2009 , they lost a rematch of the 2007 final against Panathinaikos 73–71 in Berlin . The club competed in eight consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours from 2003 to 2010, which is an all-time record. Later the team beat its own record by making it to nine consecutive Final Fours from 2012 to 2021 (with 2020 Final Four cancelled due to COVID-19 situation). CSKA then won its seventh title in 2016 , after beating Fenerbahçe in

371-555: Is illuminated at night and features 80,000 square foot (7,400 m ), including a Subway sandwich shop, and an extensive gift shop. The second Basketball Hall of Fame was not torn down, but was converted into an LA Fitness health club. The Basketball Hall of Fame features Center Court, a full-sized basketball court on which visitors can play. Inside the building there are a game gallery, many interactive exhibits, several theaters, and an honor ring of inductees. A large theater for ceremonies seats up to 300. The honorees inducted in 2002, included

424-594: Is quite non-exclusive. He argues that the Baseball Hall of Fame first started inducting individuals in 1936, and Basketball did not start inducting players until 1959, but the Basketball Hall as of 2014 had more members than the Baseball Hall. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame President and CEO, John Doleva , defends the exclusivity argument: "I'm used to explaining it and it's different than football and baseball," Doleva said. "Because football and baseball cover

477-578: Is the current holder of the Euroleague championship of 2023-2024. For finals not played in a single game, an * precedes the score of the team playing at home. * 2001 was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two major leagues, ( SuproLeague , held by FIBA Europe , and Euroleague , held by Euroleague Basketball ). From 1958 to 1987, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals

530-702: Is the most successful basketball team in Russia (former Soviet Union ), and is also one of the most successful basketball teams in Europe. In EuroLeague in 2006 CSKA won its first title in a long time, defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–69 in the final in Prague. Next year the team lost in the 2007 final 93–91 to Panathinaikos on the Greens' home floor, the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens. In 2008 , they won

583-606: The 2015–16 season, CSKA won its 7th EuroLeague championship. At the Berlin Final Four , CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe , by a score of 101–96, after overtime . The star player of CSKA was Nando de Colo , who was named both the season EuroLeague MVP , and the EuroLeague Final Four MVP . In 2016–2017, CSKA reached the Final Four again, but once again lost to Olympiacos in the semifinals. CSKA beat Real Madrid to win 3rd place. In 2017-18 season CSKA finished with

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636-633: The EuroLeague , held by Euroleague Basketball . * The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams splitting into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague , held by FIBA Europe , and the EuroLeague , held by Euroleague Basketball . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame , located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts . It serves as basketball 's most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving

689-654: The Harlem Globetrotters and Magic Johnson , a five-time NBA champion, three-time NBA finals MVP and Olympic gold medalist. As of 2011, the Basketball Hall of Fame has greatly exceeded attendance expectations, with basketball fans traveling there from all over the world. In contrast to the Soccer and the National Baseball Halls of Fame, Springfield honors international and American professionals, as well as American and international amateurs, making it arguably

742-576: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach, worked in CSKA for more than 20 years. Nowadays, CSKA has the reputation for being one of the richest sports clubs in Europe, having been previously owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov , and being currently owned by Norilsk Nickel . CSKA was founded on 29 April 1923, then known as OPPV , when on that day soldiers and sportsmen fought in football against each other for

795-494: The Russian League title every year from 1992 through 2000, and every year from 2003 to 2008. CSKA also made the 1996 EuroLeague Final Four . They also made the 2001 SuproLeague Final Four , the 2003 EuroLeague Final Four , the 2004 EuroLeague Final Four and the 2005 EuroLeague Final Four , before finally winning the EuroLeague championship at the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four . In the 2004–05 season, CSKA eventually lost in

848-1024: The final by a score of 101–96 in overtime . The last European title up-to-date was won in 2019 , when CSKA defeated Anadolu Efes in the final in Vitoria-Gasteiz . Well-known players who have played for the club over the years include: Sergei Belov , Gennadi Volnov , Viktor Zubkov , Yuri Korneev , Vladimir Andreev , Anatoly Myshkin , Stanislav Yeryomin , Ivan Edeshko , Armenak Alachachian , Alzhan Zharmukhamedov , Heino Enden , Jaak Lipso , Sergei Tarakanov , Rimas Kurtinaitis , Vladimir Tkachenko , Sergei Bazarevich , Sasha Volkov , Andrei Kirilenko , Trajan Langdon , Darius Songaila , Gordan Giriček , Dragan Tarlać , Marcus Brown , Matjaž Smodiš , Sergei Panov , Aleksey Savrasenko , Ramūnas Šiškauskas , Theo Papaloukas , Nenad Krstić , J. R. Holden , Sasha Kaun , Miloš Teodosić , Victor Khryapa , Nando de Colo , Kyle Hines , Cory Higgins , Sergio Rodriguez and Will Clyburn . Also, Alexander Gomelsky ,

901-635: The final , on April 30, even though the overall record of Maccabi's games with CSKA Moscow favored the Israeli club. The following year, they faced Panathinaikos in the final, on the Greek team's home floor, OAKA Indoor Hall , which had been designated more than a year earlier as the site for that year's Final Four . Panathinaikos won. In 2008, their EuroLeague championship win at the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four , put them in sole possession of second place for overall top-tier level European-wide titles. On October 14, 2008,

954-508: The history of basketball . Dedicated to Canadian-American physician James Naismith , who invented the sport in Springfield, the Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1959, before opening its first facility on February 17, 1968. As of 2024 , the Hall has formally inducted 436 players, coaches, referees, and other basketball professionals. The Boston Celtics have the most inductees, with 40. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

1007-418: The 21 century. In Vitoria-Gasteiz the club made a comeback during the semifinals against Real Madrid and beat Anadolu Efes in the final, achieving 8th title in club's history. CSKA also won the VTB United League , sweeping Khimki 3:0 in the finals. There were changes in the 2019–20 season. Defending champion CSKA Moscow played steady until November, when they suffered four losses in a row, stepping down to

1060-630: The 24-second shot-clock had two developers for the National Basketball Association in Leo Ferris and Danny Biasone , but only the latter has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ferris was listed as an eligible nominee from 2017 to 2023. Tim Hardaway is one player noted as being snubbed from the Hall for a long time, possibly due to his past negative comments on the LGBT community despite support from peers involving his playing credentials; he

1113-646: The 6th position at worst. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , CSKA and all other teams quit playing after the 28th round; there was no winner declared. At the time of the season's stopping, CSKA was behind Khimki in the VTB standings. The tournament was also stopped with no winner being announced. In the 2020-2021 season, CSKA again lead in the EuroLeague standings for much of the season, before repeated conflicts by Itoudis, CSKA management, and Mike James resulted in James, team leader, leaving

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1166-553: The Basketball Hall of Fame necessitated a new facility, and on June 30, 1985, an $ 11.5 million facility was opened beside the Connecticut River in Springfield. As the new hall opened, it also recognized women for the first time, with inductees such as Senda Berenson Abbott , who first introduced basketball to women at Smith College . During the years following its construction, the Basketball Hall of Fame's second facility drew far more visitors than anticipated, due in large part to

1219-560: The Hall of Fame sought to make contributions of its own. In 1979, the Hall of Fame sponsored the Tip-Off Classic , a pre-season college basketball exhibition. The Tip-Off Classic has been the start to the college basketball season ever since, and although it does not always take place in Springfield, Massachusetts , generally it returns every few years. In the 17 years that the original Basketball Hall of Fame operated at Springfield College , it drew over 630,000 visitors. The popularity of

1272-542: The Hall's voting procedures, including voter anonymity, are controversial. While sportswriter voters of other major sports' Halls of Fame openly debate their choices, the Naismith Hall process is not transparent. The Hall has also been criticized for a tendency to enshrine active collegiate coaches and relatively obscure players while omitting some accomplished players and coaches. The Hall has received backlash for excluding such players, coaches, and innovators. For example,

1325-436: The Hall. The members of these committees serve three-year terms. How the members get selected, and who they are, is virtually unknown to the public and is kept completely anonymous. Inductees do not know who inducted them, and those who inducted them supposedly never let them know. According to Mark Purdy, a sportswriter and selection committee member for the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Basketball Hall of Fame's selection process

1378-504: The Naismith Hall gives out several awards to college basketball athletes: For men, the Hall presents awards to the top players in Division I at each of the five standard basketball positions. Each of the award winners is chosen by a Hall of Fame selection committee, plus the award's namesake. The Hall, in cooperation with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association , presents analogous awards for

1431-481: The North American Screening Committee or five votes from one of the other screening committees in a given year are eligible to advance to an Honors Committee, composed of 12 members plus rotating groups of 12 specialists (one group for female candidates, one group for international candidates, and one group for American and veterans candidates) who vote on each candidate. Each screening committee has

1484-614: The Soviet League championship was played between clubs, and CSKA under the name CDKA ( Центральный дом Красной Армии , Central House of the Red Army) debuted there. Stalin 's son, Vasily , then founded the club VVS MVO ( Военно-Воздушные Силы Московского Военного Округа ), with CDKA merging with it. By the end of the Great Patriotic War , CSKA established itself as one of the most respected Soviet basketball teams. In 1953 and 1954,

1537-447: The VTB league – therefore the budget is reduced. We have left the international scene, so CSKA's role in world basketball is declining." In the VTB United League, CSKA made the finals once again. Despite leading 3-1 in the finals, CSKA lost the last three games to Zenit St. Petersburg, who won the VTB title with a 4-3 series win - for the first time since 2010-2011, CSKA did not win the competition. Greek head coach Dimitrios Itoudis left

1590-420: The class of 2020, active coaches must meet the years of service requirement and be at least 60 years old. No years of service criterion is required for those who have made a "significant contribution to the game of basketball". Sportswriters and commentators can be elected as full-fledged members, in contrast to the Baseball Hall of Fame that places them in separate wings from the "real" Hall of Fame. Aspects of

1643-743: The club was renamed CDSA ( Центральный дом Советской Армии , Central House of the Soviet Army), between 1955 and 1960, it was known as CSK MO , and finally in 1960, it received its current name CSKA (Центральный спортивный клуб Армии, Central Sports Club of the Army). CSKA won the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague ) title, in 1961, 1963, 1969, and 1971. They also won the Soviet League championship 24 times (1945, 1960–1962, 1964–1966, 1969–1974, 1976–1984, 1988, and 1990). CSKA won

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1696-583: The first place of Moscow. "OPPV", which means Опытно-показательная военно-спортивная площадка всевобуча , a department in the General military education service, was the first central sports department of the Red Army . It was based on the pre-revolutionary "Community of Amateur Skiers". The first success of the basketball department came at the 1924 Soviet League championship, which was played between cities, not clubs. Two more titles followed in 1928 and 1935. In 1938,

1749-471: The increasing popularity of the game but also to the scenic location beside the river and the second Hall's interesting modern architecture. In 2002, the Basketball Hall of Fame moved again —albeit merely 100 yards south along Springfield's riverfront—into a $ 47 million facility designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates . The building's architecture features a metallic silver, basketball-shaped sphere flanked by two similarly symmetrical rhombuses . The dome

1802-444: The intention to sue Bolomboy for breaching his CSKA agreement earlier. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On March 22, 2022, CSKA, UNICS Kazan, and Zenit St. Petersburg were disqualified from the EuroLeague. In October 2022, CSKA Moscow president Andrey Vatutin said: "Owners and sponsors are in crisis and are not interested in spending big money just to participate in

1855-458: The league's Promotional Cup in 2008 . EuroLeague success, however, continued to elude the team. From 2009, CSKA had played in the Final Four every single year except 2011. However, CSKA suffered multiple heartbreaks. CSKA struggled, in particular playing Olympiacos , who beat CSKA in the EuroLeague finals in 2012, and eliminated CSKA in 2013 and 2015. In 2014, CSKA lost a shocker to Maccabi Tel Aviv . CSKA won 3rd place in 2010, 2013 and 2015. In

1908-721: The men's game professionally, end of story. Naismith invented this game for everyone: men, women, high school, college, pro, coaches, players. We really represent the entire game, so we have a broader class". Since 1959, 436 coaches, players, referees, contributors, and teams have been inducted, with the most recent class entering on September 9, 2022. John Wooden , Lenny Wilkens , Bill Sharman , Tom Heinsohn , and Bill Russell have each been inducted as both player and coach (Wooden in 1960 and 1973, Sharman in 1976 and 2004, Wilkens in 1989, 1998 and 2010, Heinsohn in 1986 and 2015, and Russell in 1975 and 2021). John McLendon has been inducted as both coach and contributor, entering in 1979 as

1961-569: The most comprehensive Hall of Fame among major American sports. From 2011 to 2015, seven committees were, and as of 2016, six committees are employed to both screen and elect candidates. Four of the committees screen prospective candidates: Since 2011, the Veterans and International Committees also vote to directly induct one candidate for each induction class. Three committees were formed in 2011 to directly elect one candidate for each induction class: Individuals who receive at least seven votes from

2014-491: The number of finalists that the committee is permitted to submit, advancement to the Honors Committee is generally pro forma, although the Hall's Board of Trustees may remove from consideration any candidate who "has damaged the integrity of the game of basketball". To be considered for induction by a screening committee, a player, retired coach, or referee must be fully retired from that role for at least three full seasons. The waiting period had originally been five years, but

2067-417: The quarterfinals, regular season winners Zenit Saint Petersburg 3-1 in the semifinals, and UNICS Kazan 3-0 in the finals to win the VTB United League once again. In early 2022, upon the outbreak of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Tornike Shengelia from Georgia (saying: "Everyone says it was a difficult or big decision, but it was not. First of all, I felt that my family was threatened, even though

2120-566: The semifinals on their home court to Spanish League club TAU Cerámica , and to Panathinaikos , of the Greek League , in the third-place game. That sent them to the 2nd grade teams in the EuroLeague draw. That same year they also lost a game in the finals series of the Russian League, but they eventually got the Russian League crown. In 2006, CSKA qualified for the 2004–05 EuroLeague Top 16, by finishing third in their group. They finished at

2173-657: The team in June 2022, immediately after losing the final game to Zenit, with one year remaining on his contract. CSKA played all of its home games, both national domestic league games, and European league games, at the 5,500 seat Universal Sports Hall CSKA , from 1979 to 2015. They also played a home EuroLeague game at the 13,344 seat Megasport Arena , on January 23, 2008. Starting with the 2015–16 season, CSKA began regularly playing its home EuroLeague games at Megasport Arena, while still playing at CSKA Universal Sports Hall for VTB United League games. Kaliningrad's Yantarny Sports Palace

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2226-534: The team in March. While losing the first place in the standings to FC Barcelona, CSKA went all the way to the EuroLeague Final Four. CSKA, however, lost to Efes in the semifinals, and were beaten by EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the third place game, thus finishing the season in disappointing 4th place. In the VTB United League, despite finishing the regular season in just 4th place, CSKA beat Nizhny Novgorod 2-1 in

2279-563: The team played an NBA preseason game against the Toronto Raptors , at Air Canada Centre , in Toronto. CSKA won the Russian League title every year from 2009 through 2018, continuing to add to their streak of consecutive Russian League titles won every year since 2003 overall. Since the foundation of the VTB United League in 2008, CSKA has dominated the league, winning the title in 10 of its first 11 seasons (2010, 2012–2019, 2021), excluding

2332-491: The team. Canadian-Slovenian Kevin Pangos who signed with CSKA one day before the war started never joined the team. The team informed them all that the departure means violating of their contracts and reached the agreements on terminating the contracts with all but one player, Joel Bolomboy, who was given a letter of clearance by FIBA to sign for Olympiacos Piraeus when his CSKA contract expired in summer of 2022. CSKA informed about

2385-667: The third-highest winning percentage for all college basketball coaches in history, has not been inducted. The Basketball Hall of Fame is very independent of its baseball and football counterparts, specifically for its induction and voting process. There are multiple different voting committees for the Basketball Hall: The International Committee, North American Committee, Women's Committee, Contributor Direct Election Committee, Early African-American Pioneers Committee, and Veterans Committee. Each committee makes their own individual selections for their inductees into

2438-541: The top Division I women's players at each position. One has been awarded since 2000; the others were first presented in 2018. As with the men's awards, the selection committee for the women's awards includes each award's namesake. The Hall also formerly presented the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award to two college seniors—one male player no taller than 72 inches (1.83 m), and one female player no taller than 68 inches (1.73 m)—determined to have been

2491-502: The top of their Top 16 group, being denied a perfect record at Tau , in their final game. CSKA entered the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four on a roll, as the only club to sweep their best-of-three quarterfinal series, by defeating Turkish Super League power Efes Pilsen . They defeated Barça in the EuroLeague semis, before defeating the high-powered offense of Maccabi Tel Aviv , of the Israeli Basketball Super League , in

2544-864: The war was not in Moscow. With war you never know what will occur, one second is enough for something to happen. The first thing I wanted to do was to send my family away and then I made the decision to depart too."), Johannes Voigtmann from Germany ("I can't reconcile myself playing for a Russian team.... The Russian president is responsible for a brutal war, because of which innocent people are dying in Ukraine. Millions of people have to flee their homes, and children, in particular, are losing their homes or even their lives. I just couldn't stay in Russia and carry on as if nothing had happened...."), Gabriel Lundberg from Denmark, Marius Grigonis from Lithuania, Italian-American Daniel Hackett , and Russian-American Joel Bolomboy all left

2597-528: Was changed to four years in December 2015, and to three seasons in December 2017. Prior to the induction class of 2018, referees had been eligible for induction after 25 years of full-time service, even if still active. Changes to the criteria for consideration of active coaches were also announced as part of the 2017 changes. Coaches become eligible upon 25 years of full-time service at the high school level or above, or three seasons after retirement. Effective with

2650-536: Was established in 1959, without a physical location, by Lee Williams , a former athletic director at Colby College . In the 1960s, the Hall of Fame struggled to raise enough money to construct its first facility. However, the necessary amount was raised, and the building opened on February 17, 1968, less than a month after the National Basketball Association played its 18th All-Star Game . The Basketball Hall of Fame's Board named four inductees in its first year. In addition to honoring those who contributed to basketball,

2703-480: Was inducted in 2022. Nine of the ten NCAA Division I head coaches who won 800 games are currently in the Hall of Fame, with Cliff Ellis (894 wins) being the only exception. Leta Andrews , the all-time winningest coach in the United States (1,416 wins), has been a finalist five times but never inducted. Most notably, Eddie Sutton waited twelve years after his retirement to be inducted. Ken Anderson , holder of

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2756-556: Was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team. However, there was no actual MVP award given. On the other hand, since the end of the 1987–88 season , when the first modern era EuroLeague Final Four was held, an MVP is named at the conclusion of each Final Four, at the end of the EuroLeague Final. * The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams splitting into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague , held by FIBA Europe , and

2809-458: Was used as a substitute for their round of 16 and 17 home games during the 2019-20 EuroLeague season. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Other players under contract Out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section

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