Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard go to the Basketball Hall of Fame at the end of this year, not once, but twice. LeBron James and Chris Paul They are part of a group that will also head to the hall before their careers.
Anthony and Howard were announced on Saturday as members of the 2025 class, as well as the American Men’s Basketball Team in 2008, where they played – dubbed the “team of redemption” – that captured gold at the Beijing Games and launched five consecutive Olympic titles and counting for the US male program.
Also selected for anchoring: WNBA Greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles; Chicago Bulls Coach and double champion NCAA BILLY DONVANVAN; Miami Heat Administration of the general partner of Micky Arison and long -time referee NBA Danny Crawford.
“I got into a real basketball sky,” Howard said. “I’m just impressed with joy, gratitude, all emotions, everyone.
The weekend of anchoring is 5.-6. September in Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut and Hall of Fame in Springfield in Massachusetts.
“When the call comes and in my case I saw Springfield on the phone,” Anthony said in a television announcement, “You know what time is (when) Springfield is on the phone. You know who it is. You get a phone call and hear,” You are inside. ” ”
Donovan won the Back-to-Back titles as a college coach in Florida, attributed to his former players and employees that they helped him achieve this honor.
“It’s very stunning. It’s very, very humiliating,” Donovan said. “I was really, really blessed that I had so many great coaches and people around me for so long. I’m grateful. I’m really humble when I sat here.
Arison supervised Miami’s journey to NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013. Crawford worked for 32 seasons and was selected for the NBA finals in 23 of these years.
“For some it is an individual honor,” Arison said. “But for me it talks about what our whole family has created – players, coaches, employees and fans.”
Combined five players selected as individuals-bird, Moore, Fowles, Howard and Anthony-Byli part of 11 WNBA or NBA Championship teams, won 15 Olympic gold medals, created 37 All-NBA or All-curls and named as All-Stars in their career.
“Surreal,” Bird said about her choice. “I don’t think there is any way to really wrap your head.”
Fowles added, “I don’t think (none) one of us that goes into this thinking that we will be Hall of Famers. You just do your job … and when it’s all and done, the work is complete and here we are.”
Choosing a redemption team means that Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant – already anchored as Hall of Famers – basically go for the second time. James and Paul, who are obviously both castles to get into the hall after retiring, also played for this Olympic team, as well as Michael Redd, Carlos Bozer, Deron Williams and Tayshaun Prince.
The CEO of this team was Jerry Colangelo, who now chairs the Hall of Fame.
“We have developed a number of standards where all the boys lived according to these standards,” said former coach Duke and the 2001 Mike Krzyzewski Fame, who trained this Olympic team in 2008. “They were the best group of guys.
Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter accident. Bryant was later anchored in the hall that year.
The team of redemption was nicknamed, because it was the team commissioned to restore the US basketball place on the world scene, after the 2004 Olympic team managed the bronze medal only at the Athens Games. The redemption team went 8-0 in Beijing and won these games on average 27.9 points.
“The US basketball is excited to see the 2008 Men’s Olympic team, which was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall,” said the US CEO Basketball Jim Tooly. “The famous Redemption team in Beijing refers to a key moment in the American Olympic basketball history of male men and powered us to five direct gold medals.
“Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, members of this team and individual inductors, are two of the many legends in this class who have contributed to the success of our organization over the last 20 years, including Sue Bird, Billy Donovan, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles,” Tooley added.
UconneThe female program has already had Geno Auriumma, Swin Cash (anchored as a player) and Rebecca Lobo (anchored as a contributor) in the Hall of Fame and Bird and Moore, apparently adding what is always a huge weekend in New England.
“They are the Hall of Fame for me, they are the Hall of Famers for their family, they are the Famers Hall for all – they are even Hall of Famers for Uconn haters,” Auriemma said. “That’s one thing that everyone can agree on.”
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
