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Let me begin with this: The following is not a criticism or a slight against the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. It’s simply an opinion from my perspective. A view that is not privy to the hall’s internal plans for the future. I write as both a lifelong basketball fan and a proud Springfield resident who wants the celebration of the game’s greatest legends to reflect the city where basketball was born.

If you are a true fan of the game, you know every September, Springfield becomes the center of the sport’s universe. Legends are enshrined , careers are celebrated, tears are shed. Yet for all the emot

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