Here are the 10 inductees:

Shaquille O’Neal: NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, played 19 seasons averaging 23.7 points and 10.9 rebounds

Allen Iverson: NBA MVP, played 14 years averaging 26.7 points and 6.2 assists

Yao Ming: former No. 1 overall pick of the Rockets, eight time all-star

Jerry Reinsdorf: longtime owner of the Bulls

Sheryl Swoopes: three-time WNBA MVP, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist

Tom Izzo: Michigan State head coach, seven trips to Final Four

Zelmo Beatty: ABA MVP, averaged 17.1 points and 10.9 rebounds in the ABA, two-time NBA all-star

Darell Garretson: referee

John McLendon: first black coach at predominantly white school, won three NAIA championships

Cumberland Posey: star in the 1900s, also in baseball hall of fame

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Legendary OSU basketball coach, Eddie Sutton, was left off the list of inductees yet again when the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class was announced on Monday. 

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