The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 was announced on Saturday.
Here is the list of 13 players to be inducted:
- Point guard Jason Kidd (10x NBA All-Star, second on the all-time assist list)
- Point guard Steve Nash (2x MVP, 8x NBA All-Star, third on the all-time assist list)
- Forward Grant Hill (2x NCAA Champion, 7x NBA All-Star)
- Sharpshooter Ray Allen (All-time leader in three-point field goals, 10x NBA All-Star, 2x NBA Champion)
- Point guard Maurice Cheeks (4x NBA All-Star, 5x All-Defense)
- Forward Tina Thompson (4x WNBA Champion, first college player selected in WNBA draft)
- Coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell (won 100 games at four different schools, inventor of “Midnight Madness”)
- Shooting guard Charlie Scott (5x All-Star, 1976 NBA Champion)
- Executive Rick Welts (marketed 1992 Dream Team and helped launch WNBA)
- Player, coach and executive Rod Thorn (2015 Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award winner)
- International star Dino Radja (one of FIBA’s 50 Greatest Players)
- Guard/forward Katie Smith (All-time leading scorer in women’s professional basketball, 2x WNBA Champion)
- Ora Mae Washington (Born in 1898, Washington was part of 11 straight Women’s Colored Basketball Championship teams)
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