The American Basketball Hall of Fame announced this Thursday (21), the candidates to be immortalized at the Basketball Memorial in Springfield by the Class of 2024.
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As a result, among those nominated for the first time are high-level athletes such as the Beijing 2008 gold medalist men’s team, the so-called “Redemption Team”, which with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant revived North American prominence in the Olympic Games, after the bronze in Athens.
In addition to the former US national team, dunk king Vince Carter, eight-time All-Star and three-time Olympic champion Seimone Augustus, and two-time NBA champion center Bill Laimbeer.
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Award-winning former NBA coach and television commentator Mike Fratello and the athletes Australian Olympians Andrew Gaze, Penny Taylor and Michele Timms are also on the list.
With this, the nominees were announced this Thursday, as it is the anniversary of the presentation of the rules of basketball by James Naismith, creator of the sport, in 1891.
The finalists chosen by the Honor Committee will be revealed on February 16, 2024, during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. The winners who will form the Class of 2024 will be announced in April, during the Final Four broadcast.