Alonzo Mourning's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech 

Back in October of 2009 I had the chance to see him, D-Wade and Shaq in person at a preseason game between them and the hornets. But he had the kidney situation, and Shaq and Dwyane was resting up for the regular season. But it was still a great game and the hornets won 85-83.(I got to see my boys Tyson and CP3 tho) but I still wish to meet Alonzo in person.

Mourning retired in 2008 though

JC 11 injured in 2007 and officially announced retirement in 2009.

The best speech from NBA player His legacy is bigger than basketball.

POWERFUL!! AGREE

You said it straight up. A man's speech.

Agreed

Supa5th Sure with LJ, Muggsy, Dell Curry, you know? As in Steph's dad?

Supa5th wow he sure did!

First thing I noticed. Even though he played most of his career in Miami, I still think of him as a Hornet for some reason.

God bless you brother !!

God bless man.

You're the one who gave him a kidney huh

That dude is a first class asshole ! I met him at the airport in toronto after the usa won gold in 94 ! Imagine being from Belgium and fly all the way up there to see the USA play ! So I see him coming into the airport and it was early so not many people and I was WOW I need to get an autograph, so I walked up to him and asked politely excuse me Alonzo can I get your autograph pls , he looked at me and said fuck off 😳 I said excuse me ? He said fuck off leave me alone ! People who know me know I wouldn’t walk away without saying anything to him! I said you what asshole fuck you and btw Shaq is better than you ! A bit later JT walks in , I see him and walked up to him to tell him what happened and he looked like a bit sorry , but before I walked away I said you sure didn’t teach good manners 😜Since than that dude was nothing to me , no matter what you simply don’t do that to people!

He never should be a hall of famer , what did he acomplish ? And as a person he is an asshole with no class

Kidney disease and all and then a kidney transplant later he comes back and goes to two NBA finals where he has more blocks that Shaq. including 5 in Game 6 to win the title. For the first 8 seasons before his illness he avg'd 20 pts, 10 reb. and 3.5 blocks ! Mourning averaged the most blocks in the NBA per 48 minutes with 5.46 = HOF

Karl Malone 0 rings HOF kukoc 0 rings HOF

Yes he did a true warrior

+James Santiago One of the few who never backed down to Shaq.

Alonzo, Dwyane and Shaq damn near made me a heat fan but I love the Celtics so while the heat had them three I had a soft spot for them and actually was happy when they won the championship in 2006 and I'm still wondering where did that ball go when D-Wade launched it in the air at the end of game six.

He created the culture people talk about now

PJ Culver ok go get a drink now

PJ Culver you wanna go grab a beer buddy?

Funny shit.. Shouldnt you guys be on a fucking stage somewhere?? Losers! Get a fucking life

How's your treatment coming along? Glad you were inspired by something to make change for better

ill drink to that!

@ Namislll Your comment was HUGE, HONEST & HEARTFELT! I can ascertain what type of human being you are in this WORLD from your WORDS..... THANK YOU!!

For real, I put Zo up there with Shaq and the Admiral as the toughest centers of the 90s. He definitely played much bigger than 6'10"

Commander G.L.R I think he is 1 or 2 inches taller but great point. Alonzo had it tough, he faced really really SERIOUS competition when he came into the league.

Like one inch, about the same

He's 6ft10 and 261 pounds he's a beast guy's

So what hakeem

So was Hakeem olajuwon. He said he was actually 6'10

MJ says after he's dunks on Zo....this how you do it Zo ...beat that ASS

Eric Matterson Zo was a pit bull on the court. I remember when he finally got a championship ring back in 2006, and he wreaked havoc on the defensive end in Game 6. I’ve never been that happy for any other player before or since. It was great comeback story. Zo still never gets the credit he deserves for that performance to this day.

Undersized?he was 6'10!

@@xtnt6723 undersized for a center

Undersized against only SHAQ!!

Dennis Leavitt nah he was shorter than Olajuwon Robinson, Ewing, Mutombo and most other centers in the league.

Not even top 10 or 15 to me !

Kidney issues hurt him

​@mariovh guess it's a good thing you didn't have a vote then?

Same here. A winner, a warrior, no excuse type guy. Great example and not just as an athlete.

With a missing season coming from a kidney disease

His numbers shows that he is and wade is a definitely

+Daniel Wong Hmmm. Kevin Johnson and Mark Price aren't in. All 3 had their primes and careers cut short due to injuries.

+potatogamer x There are. Like Haywood, Wilkes, Bill Bradley (a real joke), even Rodman and Mullin.

+potatogamer x My bad. I mentioned guys who did (unfortunately, in my view) make the Hall. I see you said guys who aren't in.

+Daniel Wong If Hardaway is in, Norm Nixon has to be.

LOL I know what you mean, but the reason why it seems like that is Larry NEVER puts on any pretense. Larry will smile and laugh, but if you watch his interviews, he was just never one to put on any facade. If critics didn't like it, he didn't particularly care. He wasn't going to change who he was for anybody. Even Magic Johnson said that about Larry, that he's as straight a shooter (in life) as there is. With Larry, you always know where you stand.

Mike S Yes...life isn't a box of chocolates to Larry, nor is it a boxed happy meal... More like a box of nails...sharpened steel, sturdy, and purposeful.

He looks like he's angry or hateful or something to be less desired, maybe just jealous or he's playing the part of talking trash or smack, but he's really a blessing to others...lol

Birds cant smile

Lol, he has resting bitch face!! 😂😂🤪

Nope