Raptors great Chris Bosh headlines 2021 Hall of Fame class
Former Raptors great Chris Bosh has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. (Chris Young/CP) | May 16, 2021, 11:48 AM
May 16, 2021, 11:48 AM
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter while playing community college basketball.
For all of them, those days are long gone. Basketball s highest honor has come their way.
May 16, 2021
Take a look back at the legendary career of Tim Duncan as he is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The former NBA star was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is the only player in NBA history with one-thousand or more wins with one team. He says his greatness comes from being pushed by the best. He personally thanked Kobe as well as ex-Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. Duncan played all 19 of his NBA seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, and won his 5th championship with the team when he was 38-years old.
Kobe Bryant enshrined in Hall of Fame, along with Duncan, Garnett
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16 May 2021, 20:05 GMT+10
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) Los Angeles Lakers icon and legend Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 on Saturday, together with contemporaries the Big Fundamental Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. The 2020 induction ceremony was originally scheduled for August last year, but was delayed by eight months due to the pandemic. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died in a helicopter crash last year. During the ceremony, Bryant was represented by Michael Jordan and his wife Vanessa. Congratulations baby. You did it. You re in the Hall of Fame now. You re a true champ. You re not just an MVP, you re an all-time great. I m so proud of you. I love you forever and always, Kobe Bean Bryant, said Vanessa Bryant.