The 2011 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of fame were announced on Friday.

Former NBA All-Star and five-time champion Dennis Rodman headlined the list of 12 players that also included Maurice Cheeks, Ralph Sampson, Chris Mullen and Tex Winter.

More noticeable than those who were included on the list were those who weren't.

Long-time Pacers guard Reggie Miller didn't make the cut on his first attempt since retiring in 2005.

Don Nelson, the winningest coach in NBA history, was also left off the list despite being a finalist last year.

Briefly, let's look at each of these individuals' credentials.

Miller scored 25,279 points in his NBA career, and every eligible player to score over 25,000 points is in the Hall.

Miller is also a five-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA Third Team selection.

In addition to that, Miller made the second-most three-point shots in NBA history.

He's also one of only five players in the 50-40-90 club.

Nelson won more games than any coach in NBA history, but his winning percentage of .557 isn't great.

He was a three-time Coach of the Year and named as one of the 10 Greatest NBA Coaches of All-Time.

But they're out of luck this year, and both will have to wait for at least one more.

I'm not interested in debating the candidacy of either Miller or Nelson, I want to look at the selection process itself.

Here's how it works as far as I can understand.

A committee of nine members headed by Jerry Colangelo selects 12 finalists from the pool of eligible players, coaches and other contributors.

After the 12 finalists are selected and announced, a committee of 24 select who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame that year. In order for a person to be inducted, they must receive 18 votes out of the possible 24.

Colangelo kept eluding to the fact that Miller and Nelson failed to gain traction with "this group."

This group? What's that mean?

So, Nelson gained traction with the previous group, but not this one? That doesn't seem consistent at all.

Do the groups of nine and 24 change from year to year? If they do, that's messed up.

Then, it's not so much about what you did but whether the people on the group on any given year think you did enough.

This has "Homecoming King and Queen" written all over it.

There needs to be a whole lot more transparency and accountability here. The fact that Colangelo refuses to release the names of the committee members makes me believe he's in no hurry for either one.