The Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame has formally introduced its Class of 2024, confirming in a sequence of tweets the inductees previously reported in addition to the opposite finalists who had been elected to the Corridor.
Right here’s the complete record of recent Corridor of Famers:
- Chauncey Billups: A five-time All-Star who made three All-NBA groups and a pair of All-Defensive groups, Billups gained a championship and a Finals MVP award with the Pistons in 2004. He’s presently the top coach of the Path Blazers.
- Vince Carter: Carter performed for an NBA-record 22 seasons and scored 25,728 profession factors, presently rating twenty fourth in league historical past. He’s an eight-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA member, and was the 1999 Rookie of the Yr.
- Michael Cooper: Cooper gained 5 NBA championships with the Lakers, incomes eight All-Defensive nods and gained the Defensive Participant of the Yr in 1987.
- Walter Davis: A six-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA member, Davis gained the Rookie of the Yr award in 1978 and stays the Suns’ all-time main scorer with 15,666 factors. He died in 2023.
- Jerry West: A Corridor of Famer already as a participant and member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic crew, West is being enshrined for a 3rd time as a contributor resulting from his work as an govt for the Lakers, Grizzlies, Warriors, and Clippers.
- Doug Collins: A four-time All-Star as a participant, Collins is being inducted as a contributor for his work as a head coach of the Bulls, Pistons, Wizards, and Sixers, together with 442 profession common season wins, in addition to his time as a broadcaster.
- Herb Simon: Simon has been the Pacers’ proprietor since 1983, making him the longest-tenured governor in NBA historical past.
- Seimone Augustus: Augustus was a two-time Naismith School Participant of the Yr and the WNBA Rookie of the Yr in 2006. She gained 4 league titles, made eight All-Star groups, and claimed the WNBA Finals MVP award in 2011.
- Dick Barnett: Barnett, an NBA All-Star in 1968, gained championships with the Knicks in 1970 and 1973 after incomes three NAIA titles with Tennessee A&I School (now Tennessee State College) from 1957-59.
- Bo Ryan: Ryan was Wisconsin’s longtime males’s basketball head coach. He gained four-time Large Ten Coach of the Yr awards and made back-to-back Remaining 4 appearances in 2014 and 2015.
- Michele Timms: A WNBA All-Star in 1999 and a Defensive Participant of the Yr runner-up in 1997 for the Phoenix Mercury, Timms gained Olympic bronze and silver medals with the Australian nationwide crew.
- Harley Redin: The previous males’s and ladies’s basketball coach at Wayland Baptist College (Texas), Redin gained six AAU nationwide championships. He died in 2020.
- Charles Smith: Smith is the winningest highschool head coach in Louisiana historical past and has led 9 groups to highschool state championships.
The enshrinement of the 2024 class will happen in Springfield, MA, on Friday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 17.
