“This Hall of Fame … it was never my goal,” Motta …
Dick Motta gets his dander raised whenever the conversation drifts back to the Hall of Fame. He does his damnedest to divert the dialogue back to stories about the vegetable fields or his Italian immigrant father earning American citizenship, which Motta calls his proudest moment. “This Hall of Fame … it was never my goal,” Motta says.
“I mean, I can’t put it on my Wheaties …” The biggest blemish on Motta’s candidacy is he has a losing record, but that didn’t prevent Bill Fitch — who has a lower winning percentage than Motta — from being elected in 2019. And there are five coaches in the Hall who have more wins than Motta, but no NBA title. Those facts aren’t what irritate Motta.
It’s the anonymous, seemingly arbitrary manner in which nominees are chosen. “They’ve never met me, they’ve never watched one of my practices, which were PRE-CIS-ION,” Motta says, tapping the table with each syllable. New York Times This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “This Hall of Fame … it was never my goal,” Motta …