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“Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” the crowd shouted. With that, he was — officially, finally — a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Kobe Bryant is in the Hall now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, headliners of a group of nine who got their delayed and long-awaited enshrinement on Saturday night, more than a year after being announced as the Hall’s Class of 2020. “Right now, I’m sure he’s laughing in heaven, because I’m about to praise him in public,” Vanessa Bryant said. And she did, her purple dress matching the traditional Los Angeles Lake...

Kobe Bryant is in the Hall now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, headliners of a group of nine who got their delayed and long-awaited enshrinement on Saturday night, more than a year after being announced as the Hall’s Class of 2020. “Right now, I’m sure he’s laughing in heaven, because I’m about to praise him in public,” Vanessa Bryant said. And she did, her purple dress matching the traditional Los Angeles Lakers color, capping the night by giving the speech that her husband was not here to deliver. “There will never be anyone like Kobe,” Vanessa Bryan...

Kobe Bryant's induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame was inevitable - but now his old rivals like Chris Bosh, Chris Webber, and Paul Pierce wait to see if they'll follow Kobe Bryant is set to be posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on in Connecticut, where the ceremony was moved due to the pandemic He will be inducted by his mentor, Michael Jordan, and be enshrined alongside rivals such as Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, as well as Tamika Catchings After Saturday's ceremony, which was delayed by COVID-19, the Hall of Fame's Class of 2021 will be announced on Sunday. It wil...

Kobe, Duncan, Garnett among 9 enshrined in Hall of Fame Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett take their places among the legends. Tim Reynolds | Associated Press May 16, 2021 12:22 AM UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she made her way back to her seat. “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” the crowd shouted. With that, he was — officially, finally — a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Kobe Bryant is in the Hall now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan a...

Kobe Bryant remembered in emotional Hall of Fame inductions Field Level Media 16 May 2021, 11:40 GMT+10 Vanessa Bryant stood at the podium on Saturday evening as her late husband Kobe was being formally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball of Fame, and she noted that she always avoided praising the former Los Angeles Lakers star in public. You see, Vanessa Bryant regularly heard thousandsof fans and other people heaping praise on the five-time NBA champion, 18-time NBA All-Star and 2007-08 MVP. "Someone had to bring him back to reality," Vanessa Bryant said. "Right now, I'm sure he'...