Where's the role of pure dumb luck in making a Hall of Fame?

Ten days ago, I listened to the Baskeball Hall of Fame induction speeches of Greg Popovich, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, and Dirk Nowitzki.

They all cited mentors and their help at key moments in their lives.

None mentioned the word "luck."

I'm not sure if I've heard that hammered home in a top-flight sports speech since Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth."

Oh, per Jonathan Eig's great bio, he at least partially knew, if not on July 4, 1939, then well before his death.

And, per Scott Barry Kaufman, luck plays a HUGE role in life success. Kaufman has a wealth of research detail confirming this. He concludes by wondering what we can do to change that.