Mourning, Stern headline 2014 Basketball Hall of Fame class

On Monday, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame revealed the class of inductees for 2014 at a press event in Dallas.

All of the inductees were also revealed on the Hall's Twitter account.

The Class of 2014 is as follows, with notes on each inductee's candidacy.

Direct Elects

• David Stern - NBA commissioner for 30 years, retired two months ago, best draft day troll in sports history. Voted in from the Contributor Direct Election Committee.
• Nat Clifton - the second African American to sign and play in the NBA, also made an All-Star Game (1956-57) with the Knicks. Voted in from the Early African American Pioneers Committee.
• Guy Rodgers - four-time All-Star, is 16th in league history in assists and tops in assist percentage, thanks in part to dropping 20 dimes in Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. Voted in from the Veterans Committee.
• Bob 'Slick' Leonard - spent seven seasons in the NBA as a player and later, 12 years across the ABA and NBA as coach of the Indiana Pacers, winning three ABA Championships. Voted in from the American Basketball Association Committee.
• Sarunas Marciulionis - one of the first Europeans to play in the NBA, the Lithuanian also helped lead the USSR to a 1988 Olympic gold medal. Voted in from the International Committee.

Inductees

• Mitch Richmond - six-time All-Star, NBA Champion (2001-02), 36th in league history in points per game.
• Nolan Richardson - the only coach ever to win an NCAA National Championship, an NIT Championship and a Junior College National Championship, best known for leading Arkansas to the 1994 National Championship, earning him Naismith Coach of the Year honors.
• Gary Williams - coached Maryland to the 2002 NCAA National Championship and had a 668-360 career coaching record over 33 years.
• Alonzo Mourning - seven-time All-Star, NBA Champion (2005-06), 12th in league history in blocked shots and sixth in blocks per game, risked his life to play following kidney disease.
• Immaculata University (team) - won three consecutive AIAW tournaments from 1972-1974 and played in the first nationally televised women's game ever.

The Class of 2014 will be enshrined at the Springfield, Massachusetts-based hall on the weekend of August 7-9. You can read more about each soon-to-be Hall of Famer on NBA.com.