When the NBA changed their Hall of Fame eligibility rules earlier this year to cut the buffer period down to four years after retirement, it slotted Allen Iverson and Shaquille O’Neal into first-ballot Hall of Famer potential for this year. And today, it was announced that both A.I. and Shaq made the cut, along with Yao Ming, John McLendon, Tom Izzo, Jerry Reinsdorf, and Sheryl Swoopes.