– Blake Griffin, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, and 1996 USA Basketball Girls’s Nationwide Group Amongst First-Time Nominees; Mark Few, Doc Rivers, and Amar’e Stoudemire Amongst Group that Return as Eligible Candidates –
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame introduced the record of eligible candidates for the Class of 2026, that includes a number of high-profile first-time nominees.
Notable new candidates for the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame Class of 2026 embody the 1996 USA Basketball Girls’s Nationwide Group, Mike D’Antoni, Jamal Crawford, Elena Delle Donne, Blake Griffin, Joe Johnson, Candace Parker, Bruce Pearl, and Kelvin Sampson. Marv Albert, Mark Few, Doc Rivers, and Amar’e Stoudemire are amongst returning eligible candidates.
“The candidates for the Class of 2026 have every left an indelible influence on the sport of basketball,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “By means of defining performances, influential management, and achievements that helped elevate the game on the nationwide and worldwide stage, this yr’s poll acknowledges these whose legacy continues to form how the sport is performed, coached, and celebrated.”
The primary have a look at the record of eligible nominees was supplied by “NBA At this time” on ESPN, hosted by Malika Andrews, with Ramona Shelburne, Tim Bontemps, Kendrick Perkins, and Shams Charania in studio. A whole record of eligible candidates could be discovered under.
Finalists chosen from the relevant Class Screening Committees for the Class of 2026 will likely be introduced at a later date. Your complete Class of 2026 will likely be unveiled throughout a nationally televised broadcast on Saturday, April 4, throughout Closing 4 Weekend.
The Finalist and Class Announcement instances and broadcast networks will likely be introduced by Monday, February 9.
Enshrinement Weekend will start on the Mohegan Solar on Friday, August 14, with the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala, adopted by the Enshrinement Ceremony the subsequent day at Springfield’s historic Symphony Corridor.
All VIP Packages, single-event tickets to the Ceremony, Tip-Off Celebration, and Awards Gala, in addition to different ancillary occasions, will go on sale on Saturday, April 4. All packages and tickets will likely be obtainable for buy at hoophall.com.
The whole itemizing of occasions and pricing will likely be launched on Monday, February 9.
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Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame Class of 2026 Poll
* Signifies First-Time Nominee
NORTH AMERICA NOMINEES
Rick Barnes (COA)
Gene Bartow (COA)
Tom Chambers (PLA)
Jamal Crawford (PLA)*
Joey Crawford (REF)
Terry Cummings (PLA)
Bobby Dibler (REF)
Mark Few (COA)
Robert Foley (COA)
Mike Gminski (PLA)
Blake Griffin (PLA)*
Anfernee Hardaway (PLA)
Herman Harried (COA)*
Robert Horry (PLA)
Marques Houtman (PLA)
Joe Johnson (PLA)*
Kevin Johnson (PLA)
Marv Kessler (COA)
Invoice Laimbeer (PLA)
Mike Leonardo (COA)
Maurice Lucas (PLA)
Jack Madden (REF)
Shawn Marion (PLA)
Rollie Massimino (COA)
Bob McKillop (COA)
Gary McKnight (COA)
Paul Mihalak (REF)*
Steve Moore (COA)
Invoice Morse (COA)
Dick Motta (COA)
Tom Murphy (COA)*
Jack Nagle (COA)
Bruce Pearl (COA)*
Jim Phelan (COA)
Donald Richardson (COA)
Doc Rivers (COA)
Dave Robbins (COA)
Lee Rose (COA)
Brandon Roy (PLA)*
Kelvin Sampson (COA)*
Scott Skiles (PLA)*
Harry Statham (COA)
Amar’e Stoudemire (PLA)
Jerry Welsh (COA)
Buck Williams (PLA)
Shelden Williams (PLA)*
WOMEN’S NOMINEES
1996 United States Girls’s Nationwide Group (TEA)*
Leta Andrews (COA)
Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
Lynn Norenberg Barry (CONT)*
Lisa Bluder (COA)
Elena Delle Donne (PLA)*
Cheryl Ford (PLA)
Wanda Ford (PLA)
Bridgette Gordon (PLA)
Chamique Holdsclaw (PLA)
Bettye McClendon (REF)
Suzie McConnell (PLA)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (PLA)
Candace Parker (PLA)*
Ticha Penicheiro (PLA)
Ruth Riley (PLA)
Tom Shirley (COA)*
Michelle Snow (PLA)*
Mike Thibault (COA)
Marian Washington (COA)
Chris Weller (COA)
Andrew Yosinoff (COA)
CONTRIBUTOR NOMINEES
Marv Albert
Pete Babcock
Bernie Bickerstaff
Tal Brody
Vic Bubas
Tremaine Dalton
Mike D’Antoni*
Invoice Duffy
Mike Fratello
Bob Gibbons
Roberto Gonzalez
Simon Gourdine
Tim Grgurich
Dennis Jackson
Junius Kellogg
Johnny “Pink” Kerr
Dan Lynch
Elmo Mahoney*
Ken Mahoney*
Jack McCloskey
Jon McGlocklin
Alex McKechnie*
Johnny Most
Dennis Murphy
Curly Neal
Jim Riswold
Ermer Robinson*
Will Robinson
Gene Shue
Otis “Dino” Smiley
Scott Tarter
Sonny Vaccaro
Donnie Walsh
World Wheelers
INTERNATIONAL NOMINEES
David Blatt (COA)
Jean-Jacques Conceicao (PLA)
Mirza Delibasic (PLA)
Jorge Garbajosa (PLA)
Marc Gasol (PLA)
Andrew Gaze (PLA)
Panagiotis Giannakis (PLA)
Giuseppe Giergia (PLA)
J.R. Holden (PLA)
Dusan Ivkovic (PLA)
Andrei Kirilenko (PLA)
Vladimir Kondrashin (COA)
Marcos Leite (PLA)
Ettore Messina (COA)
Juan Carlos Navarro (PLA)
Andres Nocioni (PLA)
Fabricio Oberto (PLA)
Jose Ortiz (PLA)
Amaury Pasos (PLA)
Modesto Palauskas (PLA)
Togo Soares (PLA)
Penny Taylor (PLA)
Amaya Valdemore (PLA)
Ranko Zeravica (COA)
WOMEN’S VETERAN NOMINEES
1982 Cheyney State NCAA Closing 4 Group (TEA)
Molly Bolin (PLA)
Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)
Edmonton Industrial Grads (TEA)
Fort Shaw Indians College (TEA)
John Head (COA)
Yolanda Laney (PLA)
Nashville Enterprise School (TEA)
Patsy Neal (PLA)*
Lometa Odom (PLA)
Hazel Walker (PLA)
Rosie Walker (PLA)*
Valerie Walker (PLA)
VETERAN NOMINEES
1936 US Males’s Nationwide Group (TEA)
1972 US Males’s Nationwide Group (TEA)
1976 US Males’s Nationwide Group (TEA)
Frank J. Basloe (CONT)*
Malcolm Brown (PLA)
Boid Buie (PLA)
Mack Calvin (PLA)
Jim Chones (PLA)
Jack Coleman (PLA)
Don Donoher (COA)
Leroy Edwards (PLA)
Leo Ferris (CONT)
World B. Free (PLA)
Travis Grant (PLA)
Bobby “Showboat” Corridor (CONT)
Cam Henderson (COA)
Robert Hopkins (PLA)
Marques Johnson (PLA)
Roger Kaiser (PLA)*
Larry Kenon (PLA)*
Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)
Butch Lee (PLA)
Abe Lemons (COA)
Henry Logan (PLA)
Loyola of Chicago 1963 (TEA)
Billy Markward (CONT)
Invoice Melchionni (PLA)
Francis Meehan (PLA)
Lucias Mitchell (COA)
Richard Mullins (PLA)
Willie Naulls (PLA)
Ben Newman (CONT)
Don Otten (PLA)
Louis Pieri (CONT)
William J. Reinhart (CONT)
Mel Riebe (PLA)
Glenn Roberts (PLA)
Holcombe Rucker (CONT)
Kenny Sailors (PLA)
Bernard “Pink” Sarachek (CONT)
Fred Schaus (CONT)
Paul Silas (PLA)
Ralph Simpson (PLA)
Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
Cleo Vaughn (PLA)
Lambert Will (CONT)
Gus Williams (PLA)
John Williamson (PLA)
Max Zaslofsky (PLA)
