Superfans Billy Crystal, Spike Lee and Jack Nicholson receive spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 10/13/24 | AP

[DallasBiff]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Honored for his devotion to a basketball team that doesn’t have a Hall of Fame history, Billy Crystal couldn’t help but note the irony.

“How strange to be getting a ring before any of the Clippers,” he said.

The actor is being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery and took part in a ceremony Sunday along with fellow entertainer and filmmaker Spike Lee and Philadelphia businessman Alan Horwitz. Longtime Lakers fan Jack Nicholson is also being added but the three-time Academy Award winner was not able to attend.

[DallasBiff]

Really, wonder how much money they gave to the basketball hall of fame.

[Scrambler Bob]

How much were their tickets, and how did they get front row seats, and how did they get to those games uninterrupted (arriving, parking, ...) etc., all that stuff that a ‘common’ fan has to fight through?

[doorgunner69]

What about Lou Adler?

[Mark]

We already have seen “The Shining” .

[shadeaud]

spike lee never made a decent movie in his career Where did his money come from? There are so many talented people in the industry. To have this racist moron a model of excellence in the field is repulsive. He must have some very explicit videos hidden away to keep him warm and comfy

[BipolarBob]

and “The Joker”.

[Vermont Lt]

They are all loudmouths on the court. I can’t stand any of them as fans.

You don’t see them in Boston very often because they would get laughed out of the place.

[JBW1949]

Have they got a seat big enough for that lard-azz Nicholson now???

[HYPOCRACY]

He’s on death’s door.

[Dan in Wichita]

At first glace, I thought this story was about enshrining those three in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Then when I realized it was the NBA HOF, I suddenly didn’t give a hoot.

[JBW1949]

I knew he was rumored to have dementia....

[KierkegaardMAN]

Roman Polanskis buddy

[Larry Lucido]

I suppose Larry David won't get an award, after tripping Shaq.

Curb Your Enthusiasm reference.

[MinorityRepublican]

At first glace, I thought this story was about enshrining those three in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Then when I realized it was the NBA HOF, I suddenly didn’t give a hoot.

Off topic, universal DH rule is ruining baseball.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Jack Nicholson has been a 60 year fan of the Lakers and has had court seats like forever. I don’t imagine he paid to get in.

[Captain Peter Blood]

At least he has made it to 86, which he never expected to. He can do whatever he wants.

[JBW1949]

That’s true....

[simpson96]

Wow, the basketball hall of fame has become a joke.

Now I know.

[doc maverick]

Nothing like boosting the egos of the elite.
What about the common folk who have been fans forever without being able to afford front row seats?

[cowboyusa]

Today’s NBA is a BAD product. No Defense, too many 3s.