HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2002 PLAYERS Earvin "Magic" Johnson NBA's No. 1 pick in 1979 ... Led Lakers to five world titles ... A 12-time NBA All-Star in his 13-year career ... Three-time NBA MVP. Drazen Petrovic Led Yugoslavia (1988) and Croatia (1992) to Olympic silver medals ... Averaged 15.4 points in four NBA seasons before death in 1993. COACHES Larry Brown Has won over 1,000 games in pros (831-651 in NBA, 229-107 in ABA) ... NBA Coach of the Year in 2001 ... Led Kansas to NCAA title in '88. Lute Olson 767-255 in 29 years as D-I coach ... One of eight college coaches ever to reach Final Four five times ... Won NCAA crown with Arizona in '97. Kay Yow Fifth women's coach to reach 600 wins ... Only women's coach to win gold at Olympics (1988) and World Championships (1986). TEAM Harlem Globetrotters Played more than 20,000 games in over 100 countries.

Magic Johnson takes center stage at Friday's ceremony.   Friends And Foes

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would've sufficed, but Larry Bird was the obvious choice to present Magic Johnson at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Foes on the court but friends off it, Bird and Magic will forever be intertwined, writes ESPN.com's Peter May. The Hall of Fame honored Johnson and the 2002 class Friday night in Springfield, Mass. Stein: One Magic moment after another Katz: For Olson, family always comes first Voepel: New Hall member A-O-Kay Spears: NBA should honor Globetrotters, too